New Resident Booklet

Procedures          Forms

  Application

  Room Change

  Move-Out             Intent to Vacate   Room Condition Form

Governance

Constitution = Articles of Incorporation + Member Resolutions to Amend

Decisions of the Board

Purchasing Criteria

MSC Policy Handbook

Minutes    More Minutes

Budgets

2018 Board of Directors    Officer Resources (Restricted Access)

Current Directors: Mitesh, Brian, John, David F., Xiao, Naomi

Originally Elected Directors in June'18: David E., Dmitriy Pliev, Ed McGarity, Frank Summerfield, Mitesh Rai, David Fritsche, Brian Ashman, Xiao Yi, Dylan O'Brien

Officer Positions remain as assigned until re-delegated by the BOD.

An out-going officer is obligated to help train and transfer tools & records to the next even after stepping down as a Director.  With so few members, we must be creative to keep operations going as academic obligations change who has time for what.

Each member on the MSC Board of Directors casts one vote.

Five Directors are a quorum to pass any board decision, or enact new MSC policy.  Because we are only 41 members, the quorum for members meetings to elect Directors, Amend our Incorporation, or over-ride a BOB/Management Decision is only 5 members.

Since MSC now logically falls under Housing Cooperative, that law implies a quorum of only three Directors is needed to make binding decisions that all agents and Members are to abide by.  Directors can now pass motions and enact policy via email, but it still must be recorded in Minutes that get posted in each house. Coordinators and various member positions created to serve our needs often have authority comparable to an Officer, without a requirement to sit through BOD deliberations.

2015 BOD: Mitesh, John, Yi, David, Brian, Peter, Aaryn

Current Officers & Contracts

Past Boards of Directors

Relevant Links:

http://www.nasco.coop/

http://www.doitgreen.org/article/community/coop

http://www.ace.coop/

DEFINITION

A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically controlled enterprise.

VALUES

Cooperatives are based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity. In the tradition of their founders, cooperative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others.

PRINCIPLES

1. Voluntary and Open Membership

2. Democratic Member Control                 <-- A key is to translate technical choices, so members can see the values choices

3. Member Economic Participation           

4. Autonomy and Independence                <-- If we had 3 independent contracts to consult with, we'd be more likely to realize choices.

5. Education, Training, and Information     <-- We need to find help

6. Cooperation among Cooperatives

7. Concern for Community