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2022 Principle Six Conference
April 2, 2022 @ 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
$50.00This year’s theme is “Cooperative Resilience”. The conference will be held at the Hutchinson Center at the University of Maine in Belfast, from 8:30am to 4pm, on Saturday, April 2nd.
We will offer interactive skill-building workshops, inspiring stories from Maine cooperatives, lunch, and ample opportunity to network and learn from each other. Following the conference, there will be a reception from 4pm to 6pm. See details below…
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2022 Conference Schedule
Welcome
Morning Midcoast Co-op Celebration – The Maine Cooperative Ecosystem
A range of co-ops in the Maine midcoast region will celebrate their resilience and discuss ups and downs in recent times.
Coffee Break sponsored by Rock City Coffee Cooperative
Keynote – Christine Hallquist – See bio and media links below
Post Keynote Panel – Rep. Seth Berry, Rep. Morgan Rielly, Vaughan Woodruff (RevisionEnergy), Scott Vlaun (CEBE), and Christine Hallquist will discuss consumer owned utilities and cooperative resilience.
Lunch – Sponsored and crafted by Belfast Co-op
Workshop Block 1
- Governance – Simplifying our Democratic Practices
- Community Owned Solar – Solar and practical alternative consumer owned utilities
- Housing Co-ops: A Solution for Maine’s Affordability Crisis
Coffee Break – Sponsored by Rock City Coffee Cooperative
Workshop Block 2
- Co-op Financials – How to communicate financial information effectively with different stakeholder groups
- Capital Improvement Planning for Co-ops
- Cooperative Tech to Scale your Business and Support your Community
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Christine Hallquist’s Bio
Christine’s career has included roles in computer design, manufacturing, and manufacturing consulting with tech, automotive, food and beverage companies. She became a CEO for Vermont Electric Cooperative in 2000 that ultimately became nationally recognized for its work using advanced technologies.
In 2015 Christine transitioned to female while still keeping her role as CEO. In 2018, she ran for Governor of Vermont as a democrat and became the first openly transgender major party gubernatorial candidate in the country.
After the race, Christine formed a joint-venture company in Canada to develop a new porous silicon battery storage technology to enable the electric grid to operate on 100% renewable energy, 100% of the time. Unfortunately the technology could not be scaled to the size needed for the electric grid.
Christine then went on to help two start-up Communication Union Districts in Vermont whose goal was to get all locations in member towns connected to fiber optic broadband. In July, 2021, Governor Scott appointed Christine to lead this effort for the entire state.
Get to know her through the media:
New York Times, Christine would like to talk about the power grid
Samantha Bee episode about Christine Hallquist
Now This; Christine Hallquist is paving the way for transgender politicians