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underserved groups requires creative 

approaches to meeting time and 

capacity restraints. Incubating co-ops, 

implementing build and recruit 

methods, and developing a cooperative 

franchise are all examples of innovative 

approaches. How can these approaches 

be structured to clarify members’ 

responsibilities versus the co-op 

development center’s responsibility? 

5. The authorizing statute prioritizes 

applications that network with and 

share the results of their center with 

other cooperative centers and 

organizations involved in rural 

economic development. What 

suggestions do you have for 

documenting the results of networking 

with other cooperative development 

centers and organizations involved in 

rural economic development efforts? 

6. The authorizing statute prioritizes 

applications that include multistate and 

multiorganization approaches to rural 

economic development. What 

suggestions do you have for 

documenting these approaches? 

7. The authorizing statute requires 

applicants to take all practicable steps to 

develop continuing sources of financial 

support, particularly from private sector 

sources to support the sustainability of 

a center. How should an applicant 

demonstrate this requirement? What 

criteria or factors should the Agency use 

to determine sustainability of a center? 

How would the Agency verify this 

information beyond written application 

narration? 

8. The authorizing statute permits the 

Agency to make multiyear awards, up to 

a 3-year period of performance for 

centers that have been previously 

awarded under this program and have a 

successful record of performance. What 

criteria or factors should the Agency 

focus on in determining eligibility for 

applicants proposing multiyear awards? 

9. RBCS is seeking feedback on how 

the program’s performance should be 

assessed. As stated above, the purpose 

of the program is to improve the 

economic conditions of rural areas 

through cooperative development. The 

required goals of recipients must 

include facilitating the creation of jobs 

in rural areas through the development 

of new rural cooperatives, value-added 

processing, and other rural businesses. 

Given this purpose and these goals, 

what performance measures should be 

established for the program? How 

should they be measured? 

10. RBCS is seeking feedback on how 

an applicant can demonstrate the 

successful establishment of a 

cooperative or mutually owned business 

given the varying state incorporation 

laws. What documentation should the 

Agency request to demonstrate 

establishment? 

11. RBCS is seeking feedback on how 

applicants can document previous 

expertise when the outcome was no 

incorporation of a cooperative or 

mutually owned business. Applicants 

are required to discuss their cooperative 

development expertise when making an 

application to the Agency. This 

information is used as part of the meritbased scoring process. Experience has 

shown that not all cooperative 

development efforts result in the 

incorporation of a new cooperative; in 

fact, with some projects the most 

prudent advice is not to proceed. How 

should ‘‘no-go’’ cooperative 

development technical assistance efforts 

be recognized by the Agency and 

documented by the applicant to show 

previous cooperative development 

expertise? 

12. RBCS seeks feedback on when the 

application deadline for the program 

should be. It is our intention to have a 

consistent deadline from year to year, 

rather than released at variable times 

through a Federal Register Notice. We 

also must allow sufficient time for 

processing applications in order to make 

awards and obligate funds prior to 

September 30 each year. 

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USDA is an equal opportunity 

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Karama Neal, 

Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service. 

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Meeting Agenda 

I. Approval of Agenda 

II. Business Meeting 

A. Presentations from Advisory 

Committees to the Commission on 

Recent Reports/Memo Releases 

B. Discussion and Vote on Iowa 

Advisory Committee Chair 

Appointment 

C. Discussion and Vote on Advisory 

Committee Appointments 

D. Discussion and Vote on the Release 

of The Civil Rights Implications of 

Cash Bail: Briefing Report Before 

the U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights 

E. Management and Operations 

• Staff Director’s Report 

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Persons who desire additional 

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Agenda: Thursday, September 2, 

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1. Press Conference to Release Fair 

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2. Chair Remarks/Question and Answer 

3. Adjourn 

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