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In this post, we’ll explain what Member Activities are and how you can sign up to earn points by performing these activities.
Three intertwined policies – a trinity – form the foundation of our unique, multi-stakeholder, community-owned business structure. As any woodworker knows, a 3-legged stool is the strongest design. In this post, we take a moment to explain how the Ownership Model, Handmade Policy, and Points & Tiers Policy interact with each other to incentivize, empower, and engage our community.
It is graduation season! After many years of dedicated studying, students are preparing to move onward, armed with the knowledge and experience that they learned in school. These four handmade gifts are perfect for the journeys that new graduates are about to embark on.
We’re offering special perks – including a lower sales commission – for the first 25-100 artisans to join our Founders Circle. Let’s take back control from big marketplaces together!
Artisans Cooperative is now accepting its first members! In this post, we’ll share all the details about membership.
In this post, we’re sharing our rules of engagement: our cooperative bylaws. In enacting the bylaws, we also had to appoint an interim board and create a plan for board elections.
In this post, the Tech Team willl break down how we’re going to build the website on Shopify in phases before October launch.
In this post, we’re presenting the details of our innovative Points & Tiers policy. The purpose of the Points & Tiers system is to incentivize member engagement, equitably value and reward all kinds of contributions (not just cash), and help the co-op be successful.
In order to learn more about “the workmanship of risk” from our handmade policy, we spoke to a few artisans from the co-op about their experiences with risk, craftsmanship, and what “handmade” means to them.