1 00:00:13,357 --> 00:00:17,394 From a Funeral to an Hospital - a process of cooperative integration 2 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,929 42 years ago, 10 cooperatives of our town Barquisimeto, 3 00:00:27,391 --> 00:00:32,701 El Triunfo, La Salle, Kennedy, among others got together 4 00:00:33,102 --> 00:00:37,002 in order to offer a funeral service. 5 00:00:37,951 --> 00:00:43,091 That's the origin of our movement, a cooperative of cooperatives. 6 00:00:50,398 --> 00:00:54,479 Private burials are that expensive … 7 00:00:56,402 --> 00:00:57,862 What can we do? 8 00:00:59,223 --> 00:01:01,824 May be collecting money ? 9 00:01:09,914 --> 00:01:15,262 Thus, the cooperatives of that time got together and said: 10 00:01:15,806 --> 00:01:18,573 We have a problem, every time that someone dies, we have to collect money. 11 00:01:19,269 --> 00:01:23,702 We should provide a permanent solution. When a neighbour dies, we have to help. 12 00:01:24,589 --> 00:01:27,737 That's our way: we get together and discuss a problem. 13 00:01:28,238 --> 00:01:31,938 For instance, if we agree upon new services, 14 00:01:32,239 --> 00:01:35,231 outlining the possibilities we have as an organization. 15 00:01:37,802 --> 00:01:41,568 Part 1: Where's the boss? 16 00:01:42,562 --> 00:01:45,860 Suddenly, a new workmate remains just watching, 17 00:01:46,061 --> 00:01:49,061 since no one is telling you: do this, do that. 18 00:01:49,848 --> 00:01:57,322 Until you realize that there is no boss, unless we create him ourselves. 19 00:02:00,123 --> 00:02:01,923 There is no hierachy. 20 00:02:02,434 --> 00:02:06,094 If there's something lacking, one should take the initiative to get it. 21 00:02:07,454 --> 00:02:10,495 Sometimes I see something's wrong, But wait for someone else to solve it. 22 00:02:11,593 --> 00:02:14,852 So I don't care if the whole gets spoiled, I only do my job well, and that's it. 23 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,459 Don't care about the rest, period! 24 00:02:20,060 --> 00:02:24,260 Those are the things to discuss, see? In 15 minutes we solved a problem … 25 00:02:27,287 --> 00:02:32,755 Hierarchy is not a written paper, it's something we carry deep within us. 26 00:02:33,364 --> 00:02:38,307 Even if I have no formal power, it can pop out at any moment. 27 00:02:39,337 --> 00:02:44,560 When that happens, we can discuss it, so reflection can make us change and transform. 28 00:02:45,058 --> 00:02:47,067 And what do we need so that a boss is not needed? 29 00:02:47,368 --> 00:02:48,906 Love 30 00:02:54,881 --> 00:02:56,618 A lot of honesty and spontaneity 31 00:02:56,970 --> 00:02:58,192 Being respectful to all others 32 00:02:59,309 --> 00:03:01,763 Transparency helps to build trust. 33 00:03:02,955 --> 00:03:07,689 Such things give us identity, respect; the chance to build trust inside the team. 34 00:03:13,541 --> 00:03:16,877 None of them are isolated words, they're related. 35 00:03:17,773 --> 00:03:21,290 Identity, love, transparency, respect ... 36 00:03:22,922 --> 00:03:25,485 neither are attitudes of separation. 37 00:03:26,486 --> 00:03:30,186 They start happening together, and when this occurs, a balance is reached. 38 00:03:35,387 --> 00:03:37,891 Salary or anticipated payment? 39 00:03:38,401 --> 00:03:40,492 That is what we pay us weekly, 40 00:03:40,793 --> 00:03:43,593 an anticipation for what we expect to produce during the year. 41 00:03:43,794 --> 00:03:46,294 It is not a workers salary, but a collective payment. 42 00:03:46,595 --> 00:03:51,595 Depending on our productivity we adjust our anticipated payment. 43 00:03:51,996 --> 00:03:57,568 Sometimes we can't increase it because we haven't been productive enough. 44 00:04:00,371 --> 00:04:02,438 We all earn the same. 45 00:04:02,739 --> 00:04:05,339 Almost... but not exactly the same. 46 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:07,840 Each one according to his needs. 47 00:04:08,041 --> 00:04:11,441 Because a person may have four or five children, while another has none and earns the same. 48 00:04:12,442 --> 00:04:14,842 Thus, the payment is slightly different. 49 00:04:15,343 --> 00:04:17,443 Who does inventories? 50 00:04:17,644 --> 00:04:19,744 We all do inventories. Who receives the produce? 51 00:04:19,945 --> 00:04:22,345 All of us. Who are the cashiers? 52 00:04:22,546 --> 00:04:26,846 We all do... well, not all, but most of us do. 53 00:04:27,047 --> 00:04:32,447 In our many meetings we organize the rotation in our different activities. 54 00:04:32,748 --> 00:04:37,048 This opens up learning possibilities. 55 00:04:37,449 --> 00:04:42,449 We keep our minds open and busy, 56 00:04:42,750 --> 00:04:48,178 grasping a much more global perspective. 57 00:04:48,779 --> 00:04:51,079 And this way we get to know one another. 58 00:04:52,107 --> 00:04:53,780 What did you do this week? 59 00:04:55,982 --> 00:05:00,007 I took part in the meeting for the planning of crop production. 60 00:05:00,308 --> 00:05:02,408 Then, I was coordinating supplies. 61 00:05:02,642 --> 00:05:04,680 On Friday, I was cooking in the kitchen, 62 00:05:05,780 --> 00:05:08,085 then working at the cashier. 63 00:05:09,086 --> 00:05:13,115 Tuesday night, I had a night shift guarding the cooperative Health Center. 64 00:05:14,804 --> 00:05:17,716 And now we are leaving for supplies, 65 00:05:18,017 --> 00:05:20,517 I´m one of the truck drivers. 66 00:05:25,466 --> 00:05:28,766 Part 2: Bus fare for a quarter 67 00:05:29,974 --> 00:05:33,074 In the seventies, Cecosesola ran a bus service for Barquisimeto, 68 00:05:33,227 --> 00:05:37,458 where the fare was for years 25 cents of a bolivar. 69 00:05:37,759 --> 00:05:43,038 This led to a political conflict with the government of that time. 70 00:05:43,239 --> 00:05:48,642 They seized by force all the buses; that was a power struggle, a political confrontation. 71 00:05:49,944 --> 00:05:55,044 We rallied together with citizens associations, cultural and student groups. 72 00:05:55,145 --> 00:05:58,818 They all were using our cooperative buses. 73 00:05:59,019 --> 00:06:04,379 All this produced a really interesting example for grass-root organization. 74 00:06:06,591 --> 00:06:11,091 Local subsidy now! Bus fare for a quarter! The people united will never be defeated! 75 00:06:26,847 --> 00:06:32,347 The local government, in retaliation, seized the buses. 76 00:06:36,103 --> 00:06:38,403 More than 4 months! 77 00:06:41,073 --> 00:06:47,323 They destroyed the whole fleet, they stole engines, seats. 78 00:06:50,774 --> 00:06:54,590 The economic pressure of the bus transport experience gave birth to the Food Fairs. 79 00:06:55,690 --> 00:06:57,791 Together with agricultural cooperatives 80 00:06:58,690 --> 00:07:04,190 We started selling five kilos of each product. 5 kg of onions, of carrots, of tomatoes. 81 00:07:06,261 --> 00:07:09,891 There was a great community response. 82 00:07:10,092 --> 00:07:12,592 Many people bought to at the El Triunfo selling place. 83 00:07:12,893 --> 00:07:16,693 Based on that very successful experience, three months later we took away 84 00:07:16,894 --> 00:07:19,394 the seats of one of the buses, 85 00:07:19,495 --> 00:07:23,055 filled it up with produce and went to the outskirts selling vegetables. 86 00:07:25,548 --> 00:07:29,554 In that life or death situation we had to generate incomes from other sources. 87 00:07:30,506 --> 00:07:33,055 Only 15 of the 128 buses were operating. 88 00:07:34,456 --> 00:07:41,227 Those transport workers without buses got involved in a productive activity. 89 00:07:43,298 --> 00:07:46,414 The Fairs continued the community involvement, present since Transport: 90 00:07:46,728 --> 00:07:53,568 Service not only for coop-members but for everyone who lives in the area. 91 00:07:53,969 --> 00:08:00,981 Additionally, the farmers coops from Sanare became more and more part of the Fairs. 92 00:08:03,356 --> 00:08:09,539 From the closed circle of people looking only for a funeral service 93 00:08:11,492 --> 00:08:18,200 by that time the sense of identity forming one community was growing. 94 00:08:20,896 --> 00:08:24,568 Part 3: The fairs 95 00:08:56,765 --> 00:08:59,185 For how long have you been shopping here? 96 00:08:59,385 --> 00:09:01,131 Well, around 15 years. 97 00:09:02,532 --> 00:09:04,353 Since 1985 98 00:09:05,562 --> 00:09:07,478 For 500 light years! 99 00:09:08,570 --> 00:09:10,678 Why do you buy here? 100 00:09:11,573 --> 00:09:13,661 Because everything is really fresh. 101 00:09:14,762 --> 00:09:15,723 Exactly: fresh, nice. 102 00:09:16,008 --> 00:09:20,029 Apart from prices, the certainty that you´ll find everything you need. 103 00:09:21,691 --> 00:09:26,107 It's not only shopping, we chit-chat. It's like we're a big family. 104 00:09:26,908 --> 00:09:29,308 Because here I can stretch the little money I have. 105 00:09:29,548 --> 00:09:31,546 30 % Saving. 106 00:09:34,031 --> 00:09:37,346 Cecosesola, who is that? Who are the owners? 107 00:09:37,447 --> 00:09:39,242 Ourselves. 108 00:09:40,947 --> 00:09:43,271 Each member of the cooperative. 109 00:09:47,861 --> 00:09:52,965 Well, I've heard that they are many people, but I don't really know their names. 110 00:09:54,011 --> 00:09:58,279 What can you tell us about task rotation? You see them working only in one place? 111 00:09:59,209 --> 00:10:02,129 No, no ... What's good about them is that they get involved in everything. 112 00:10:02,330 --> 00:10:05,372 Sometimes, I see them in accounting, 113 00:10:05,507 --> 00:10:08,131 sometimes at the butcher's or in the kitchen. 114 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:09,900 Do they rotate shores? 115 00:10:10,133 --> 00:10:11,533 Yes, of course they do. 116 00:10:12,515 --> 00:10:17,788 Me, for instance, have you seen me in different activities? 117 00:10:18,812 --> 00:10:21,889 Everywhere! You're just like Droopy! 118 00:10:26,624 --> 00:10:31,157 Please, can you explain how works shopping here in the vegetable area? 119 00:10:33,182 --> 00:10:36,886 Well, the process is ... you pick what you need. 120 00:10:37,570 --> 00:10:40,923 You take a bag and start putting everything in it. 121 00:10:42,173 --> 00:10:44,959 Potatoes, onions, papaya ... anything. 122 00:10:48,998 --> 00:10:53,103 It's all averaged at a single price per kilo. 123 00:10:53,355 --> 00:10:55,554 Then you come and weigh it here, all together. 124 00:10:56,584 --> 00:10:58,356 Every product at the same price. 125 00:10:59,457 --> 00:11:01,110 Where do the vegetables come from? 126 00:11:01,713 --> 00:11:04,897 Every three months we gather for a crop planning meeting. 127 00:11:06,097 --> 00:11:12,399 The first relationship with crop coops was with La Alianza and La Montaña. 128 00:11:14,779 --> 00:11:18,647 When the cooperative movement grew in the state of Trujillo, 129 00:11:21,048 --> 00:11:24,330 other groups started to get involved. 130 00:11:26,061 --> 00:11:28,248 We all produce the same vegetables. 131 00:11:28,549 --> 00:11:31,749 So we needed to plan and distribute everyone's share. 132 00:11:32,150 --> 00:11:38,415 And we had to find ways to help the integration of new groups like San Roque in Cecosesola. 133 00:11:41,029 --> 00:11:47,197 For instance, La Montaña plans to harvest 300 sacks of potatoes. And Sanare ... 134 00:11:50,198 --> 00:11:51,498 Meeting: planification of sowing 135 00:11:51,597 --> 00:11:54,415 From February onwards about 200 sacks a week, maybe more. 136 00:11:57,557 --> 00:12:00,162 And we the same for March, from 400 to 500 sacks a month. 137 00:12:01,763 --> 00:12:03,805 Around 120, or better 100. 138 00:12:07,225 --> 00:12:09,523 Note keeper! 100 for San Roque. 139 00:12:09,638 --> 00:12:11,370 Of course, at least 10 or 15 sacks. 140 00:12:12,204 --> 00:12:15,683 Basically we plan the amount of produce that each of us will bring to the Fairs. 141 00:12:15,983 --> 00:12:19,023 So the Food Fairs can really count with our produce, 142 00:12:19,290 --> 00:12:25,156 avoiding to buy it in the wholesale market, where there's price speculation. 143 00:12:27,381 --> 00:12:29,235 Building relationships of mutual support. 144 00:12:29,336 --> 00:12:32,036 Any time we place a certain amount of produce in the Fair, 145 00:12:32,137 --> 00:12:35,416 we contribute with a percentage to our mutual support fund. 146 00:12:37,502 --> 00:12:40,465 Every coop participates, actually every associated organization, 147 00:12:40,766 --> 00:12:44,801 not only who brings produce to the Fairs. 148 00:12:46,130 --> 00:12:53,061 If we have financial problems, for instance when we need to acquire a new warehouse. 149 00:12:54,462 --> 00:13:01,661 We need a loan of 23.000 US$, that's the amount our coop agreed on. 150 00:13:03,496 --> 00:13:09,766 I don't know what the rest of you people think. 151 00:13:11,284 --> 00:13:15,652 It's the area where we try to help each other to solve our economic problems. 152 00:13:16,652 --> 00:13:23,485 Now, these solutions are a result of the way we relate to each other. 153 00:13:25,661 --> 00:13:27,199 Of course we do our bit. 154 00:13:27,300 --> 00:13:31,159 But now we also need the support from the community, from Cecosesola. 155 00:13:34,041 --> 00:13:36,526 Los Horcones Fair closes down because of improper facilities. 156 00:13:36,748 --> 00:13:39,225 Let's try to find solutions collectively. 157 00:13:40,826 --> 00:13:47,069 We, from El Triunfo Coop, for example, are really close by, and we want to help. 158 00:13:49,005 --> 00:13:51,468 I don't think it's only a Los Horcones' problem. 159 00:13:50,469 --> 00:13:53,669 It's an issue affecting the whole community. 160 00:13:55,946 --> 00:13:58,009 It's everyone's problem! 161 00:13:59,659 --> 00:14:01,398 I perceive a lack of commitment. 162 00:14:03,504 --> 00:14:10,543 Why couldn't we open up on Fridays and Saturdays, just outside in the street. 163 00:14:12,256 --> 00:14:15,628 If we stick together as a cooperative movement, the solutions will come up. 164 00:14:17,229 --> 00:14:20,076 The more we are, the more ideas arise and bring solutions. 165 00:14:21,734 --> 00:14:25,533 Part 4: The Health Network 166 00:14:53,685 --> 00:14:57,710 There are six cooperatives which form the cooperative health service. 167 00:15:03,541 --> 00:15:05,645 There are some 40 medical specialities. 168 00:15:06,816 --> 00:15:15,561 Among them laboratory, X-ray, Surgery and Alternative Therapies. 169 00:15:22,929 --> 00:15:25,576 CICS stands for Integrated Cooperative Health Center. 170 00:15:26,462 --> 00:15:29,670 Once started, we realized that we didn't have enough money. 171 00:15:30,498 --> 00:15:32,686 But, we said: "We're such a big organization". 172 00:15:32,787 --> 00:15:33,787 60 grass-root organizations. 173 00:15:34,388 --> 00:15:36,388 A thousand associative workers. 174 00:15:37,589 --> 00:15:38,789 20.000 members in the different cooperatives. 175 00:15:39,790 --> 00:15:40,890 55.000 families who come every week to do their shopping. 176 00:15:41,178 --> 00:15:45,408 Nearly all the cooperatives checked their bank accounts and inverted money in the project. 177 00:15:45,509 --> 00:15:48,254 Another part of the money came from the idea of piggy banks, 178 00:15:49,055 --> 00:15:51,653 informing that they would be used to buy equipment for the health center. 179 00:15:51,397 --> 00:15:55,903 We asked people in the Food Fairs: "Do youhave some change for the piggy banks?" 180 00:15:56,238 --> 00:16:00,938 "That's for our new Health Center." 181 00:16:01,834 --> 00:16:03,922 We felt the support, a growing relationship. 182 00:16:04,549 --> 00:16:06,614 Did you already contribute with the hospital? 183 00:16:06,814 --> 00:16:08,515 Well, I've just given a contribution. 184 00:16:10,951 --> 00:16:15,117 It's a really beautiful project with which many feel identified. 185 00:16:15,318 --> 00:16:19,970 We like to contribute. It's so huge, we can´t believe it's true. 186 00:16:23,079 --> 00:16:25,833 A real "gold mine": the fororo. 187 00:16:26,597 --> 00:16:28,946 It's made of toasted ground corn, 188 00:16:30,051 --> 00:16:32,758 with sugar, cinnamon and milk. 189 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:38,092 We'd like to remind you of the tasty and delicious fororo 190 00:16:38,192 --> 00:16:41,732 at the entry of the vegetables Fair. 191 00:16:46,116 --> 00:16:51,073 The income goes directly to our health funds, which we're all part of. 192 00:17:00,380 --> 00:17:05,340 Apart from the Food Fairs, do you know other areas of Cecosesola? Funeral service? Health? 193 00:17:06,204 --> 00:17:08,242 Everything. I'm part of them all. 194 00:17:08,643 --> 00:17:11,213 Are you coop member? 195 00:17:11,512 --> 00:17:12,876 I'm associated to the Kennedy Cooperative. 196 00:17:13,361 --> 00:17:18,089 There's the funeral service, household appliances, 197 00:17:18,703 --> 00:17:20,405 there's also the hospital being built. 198 00:17:20,506 --> 00:17:22,122 And what do you know about the cooperative? 199 00:17:23,796 --> 00:17:26,588 Me ... nothing. Me ... less than that! 200 00:17:27,607 --> 00:17:30,616 What other areas are there in Cecosesola, Funeral and health services?? 201 00:17:31,508 --> 00:17:36,613 Well, yes ... the Red Cross, I have my medical insurance, 202 00:17:37,317 --> 00:17:40,170 the military hospital, the public hospital here in Barquisimeto. 203 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:48,364 At the beginning of he Food Fairs task rotation was quite impossible. 204 00:17:50,944 --> 00:17:54,010 At the wholesale market the companions, 205 00:17:54,011 --> 00:17:58,081 spent a lot of time learning what and how to buy. 206 00:17:58,182 --> 00:18:00,290 We didn't have any chance to rotate. 207 00:18:00,525 --> 00:18:07,270 We hardly knew the difference between cauliflower and broccoli! 208 00:18:07,471 --> 00:18:09,685 Nowadays here we're in a similar situation. 209 00:18:10,786 --> 00:18:16,202 While we learn how things work in the health service, we can't rotate all the time. 210 00:18:19,197 --> 00:18:24,215 First, we must get to know this well. 211 00:18:24,416 --> 00:18:26,482 Afterwards, maybe we can start rotation. 212 00:18:29,311 --> 00:18:35,500 So this has made us rethink how we relate to each other. 213 00:18:35,701 --> 00:18:39,609 Not all of us are doctors, not all of us know how to take blood samples. 214 00:18:40,713 --> 00:18:42,722 In the health area we have a challenge: 215 00:18:42,923 --> 00:18:46,885 To find out how we all can learn from each other, 216 00:18:47,086 --> 00:18:50,768 sharing, without ranks, no hierarchy. 217 00:18:51,269 --> 00:18:55,061 We want to build up a different relationship with doctors, not only pay them for a service, 218 00:18:55,396 --> 00:18:59,913 but creating a closer relationship where mutual confidence can spread. 219 00:19:00,414 --> 00:19:03,504 But In our experience that has been truly difficult. 220 00:19:05,955 --> 00:19:10,962 They need to have a global perspective: Our so called "WE"-feeling. 221 00:19:11,163 --> 00:19:13,924 That´s not easy for them. 222 00:19:13,925 --> 00:19:18,760 When we explain them our way of working, and that we all participate in meetings, 223 00:19:18,961 --> 00:19:23,071 some doctors say they prefer to sit on a desk waiting for patients. 224 00:19:23,972 --> 00:19:30,695 They need to have quite a global view of the place they are working at. 225 00:19:32,774 --> 00:19:36,613 So, that's what´s nice here, in this cooperative movement: 226 00:19:36,814 --> 00:19:39,123 Our profession is honored, valued. 227 00:19:51,208 --> 00:19:53,831 Part 5: Here we don't vote. 228 00:19:55,981 --> 00:19:58,045 How many times have we voted, here in the Food Fairs? 229 00:19:58,998 --> 00:20:00,328 Never ever. 230 00:20:01,397 --> 00:20:04,608 In many ways, voting splits us apart. 231 00:20:04,609 --> 00:20:08,416 There's a group which agrees and another one that doesn´t. 232 00:20:08,451 --> 00:20:10,833 The consent decisions. 233 00:20:12,197 --> 00:20:16,886 It's a matter of discovering there are other ways of making decisions. 234 00:20:18,187 --> 00:20:23,595 When a decision is needed, we do it based on information. 235 00:20:23,796 --> 00:20:30,949 Information is what keeps us moving, without it we stay still, not knowing where to move. 236 00:20:32,912 --> 00:20:35,760 For instance, many coops come several times a week 237 00:20:35,861 --> 00:20:38,690 to the warehouse for supplies. 238 00:20:40,143 --> 00:20:42,293 We always exchange the news. 239 00:20:43,194 --> 00:20:45,549 So that the information flow is fast and widespread. 240 00:20:47,084 --> 00:20:51,700 It's a permanent interchange, everybody can get the information. 241 00:20:51,801 --> 00:20:53,801 We are permanently finding ways so that we all get information. 242 00:20:54,135 --> 00:20:56,853 That strengthens the trust among us. 243 00:20:57,348 --> 00:21:00,338 You must also move to get the information. 244 00:21:01,888 --> 00:21:06,264 What happened in the meetings I have missed? 245 00:21:08,865 --> 00:21:13,559 Sometimes there's information that should be known but it's not passed. 246 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:20,369 These situations give us the chance to reflect and analyze ourselves. 247 00:21:32,989 --> 00:21:39,795 The flow of information together with collective criterion making decisions effective. 248 00:21:39,996 --> 00:21:43,199 So two, three or four people can make a decision which – based on the criterion - 249 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:47,177 involves the entire organization. 250 00:21:47,778 --> 00:21:49,773 That makes it really flexible. 251 00:21:50,574 --> 00:21:56,080 People say, that a consent organization paralyzes when somebody disagrees. 252 00:21:56,581 --> 00:22:00,588 What we do is construct consent around collective criterion and share information. 253 00:22:01,289 --> 00:22:04,911 This facilitates decision-making anytime, anywhere. 254 00:22:06,315 --> 00:22:12,482 Hundreds of people, based in discussed collective criterion, do that permanently. 255 00:22:12,883 --> 00:22:16,017 When there are difficulties in reaching an agreement, 256 00:22:16,618 --> 00:22:19,989 there must be a slow – maybe – long process of discussion. 257 00:22:20,190 --> 00:22:22,085 But that's really an exception. 258 00:22:22,686 --> 00:22:25,342 Criteria, criteria ... 259 00:22:25,343 --> 00:22:27,743 Collective criterion ... 260 00:22:27,944 --> 00:22:31,179 Collective criterion is a way of establishing discipline in our activities. 261 00:22:32,380 --> 00:22:34,559 That's precisely why we agree on criterion: 262 00:22:35,228 --> 00:22:42,448 the time of arrival, our shifts as cashiers, the procedures in receiving merchandise ... 263 00:22:44,674 --> 00:22:49,849 But there's a moment in which we have to reflect them. 264 00:22:51,437 --> 00:22:53,942 We're thinking that criterion are rules and not a temporary result of our meetings. 265 00:22:55,434 --> 00:22:59,363 Other criterion are more of a feeling. 266 00:23:01,312 --> 00:23:05,606 The birthday cake today, that is a collective feeling. 267 00:23:05,818 --> 00:23:09,004 But there's not a rule that every birthday we have to bring a cake. 268 00:23:09,384 --> 00:23:12,970 Decision making has to be made responsibly. 269 00:23:13,499 --> 00:23:16,026 As we're not perfect, we sometimes make mistakes. 270 00:23:16,315 --> 00:23:19,915 When we make mistakes, we must take responsibility for their consequences. 271 00:23:22,153 --> 00:23:24,949 If there's money missing from the cash register in my shift 272 00:23:25,448 --> 00:23:30,206 - even if you feel that your work was okay - 273 00:23:30,402 --> 00:23:34,719 you have to pay for it. 274 00:23:36,049 --> 00:23:42,198 If we don't do that, the productivity of the entire Fair suffers the consequences. 275 00:23:45,247 --> 00:23:48,393 I don't see happening any more the following: 276 00:23:48,728 --> 00:23:55,447 Formerly, when someone had problems as cashier, she or he had to stop for a while. 277 00:23:57,060 --> 00:24:01,818 I won't work just to pay the money missing from my cashier shifts. 278 00:24:02,865 --> 00:24:04,956 In my case we're talking about 120 US$. 279 00:24:06,942 --> 00:24:08,657 It happened at the vegetables cashier. 280 00:24:08,858 --> 00:24:12,803 If she continues there, it's like make her fall even more. 281 00:24:15,499 --> 00:24:19,848 Part 6: What is Cecosesola? 282 00:24:22,495 --> 00:24:25,032 We're not civil servants, we are not a social enterprise, 283 00:24:25,133 --> 00:24:27,707 we are a community organizational process. 284 00:24:29,381 --> 00:24:32,569 Well, in the first place, to me, Cecosesola is a family. 285 00:24:32,953 --> 00:24:36,065 When I come here everyone says hi and hugs. 286 00:24:36,300 --> 00:24:41,371 They treat me: "Hey Sasha, 'cool baby', how's it hanging?" 287 00:24:56,419 --> 00:24:59,509 My sons and daughters joined the coop, then my grandchildren. 288 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,053 So a big part of my family is also part of this community organization. 289 00:25:15,597 --> 00:25:17,576 Getting here is like coming home. 290 00:25:19,126 --> 00:25:22,192 I mean, we're all equal, that's what´s nice about it. 291 00:25:22,764 --> 00:25:28,209 It has been like a school for life, day after day learning lots of things. 292 00:25:28,609 --> 00:25:32,848 We're as well learning all the time, as teaching others what we've learned. 293 00:25:36,220 --> 00:25:39,730 It's not like some of us are teaching and others are learning. 294 00:25:39,930 --> 00:25:44,642 We're all looking for solutions together, looking for ideas. 295 00:25:45,852 --> 00:25:50,165 Our "fishing together", we progressively adapt to the situations that come along. 296 00:25:52,610 --> 00:25:57,072 Cecosesola is a part of life, of what I live every day, of who I am. 297 00:25:57,573 --> 00:25:59,858 What we live together deep inside. 298 00:26:00,704 --> 00:26:02,752 It is a really gorgeous feeling. 299 00:26:02,815 --> 00:26:05,615 Sharing more and more every day ... in Cecosesola. 300 00:26:09,461 --> 00:26:15,264 Most testimonies were filmed spring 2010 in the many meetings that are weekly held, in the different areas of Cecosesola.