Welcome to CGN’s most valued asset—a resource library of more than 3,000 documents contributed by cooperators for over a decade. From membership forms to Policy Governance to operations manuals, members can access one of the deepest resource collections for co-ops in the nation. See below for featured items, and use the menu on the right to visit our full sections.
Featured Magazine Articles
| Agile and Efficient: Board Committees and Committee Structures that Work | Feb 27, 2013 |
| Directors’ Perspectives on the CCMA Conference | Feb 07, 2013 |
| Accounting Best Practices: The Balance Sheet | Dec 14, 2011 |
Featured Documents
| How to Start a Food Co-op | Apr 05, 2013 |
Featured Wikis
| Co-op Month Toolkit | May 07, 2013 |
| International Co-op Organizations | May 02, 2013 |
| Customer Service and Service Training | Apr 22, 2013 |
| Policy Governance Basics | Apr 10, 2013 |
| Patronage Dividends | Nov 12, 2012 |
| Paid Time Off | May 15, 2013 |
| Board-Management Relations and Management Reports | Nov 12, 2012 |
| Board Recruitment and Orientation | Nov 20, 2012 |
Resource Library
- CGN General
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- Boycotts
- Catapult Custom Report
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- Disaster Planning / Emergencies
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- Food Safety and Handling
- Gross Margin Management
- Incident Reports
- Information Technology (IT)
- Local Programs
- Organic Certification
- OSHA
- Planning
- Retailing
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- Shoplifting
- Special Order Forms
- Store Infrastructure
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- Wholesaling
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- Employee Handbooks
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- Evaluation
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- Job Descriptions
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- Health & Wellness Job Descriptions
- Human Resources (HR) Job Descriptions
- Information Technology (IT) Job Descriptions
- Maintenance Job Descriptions
- Management Team Job Descriptions
- Marketing & Communications Job Descriptions
- Member Services Job Descriptions
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