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One member one vote applies to major annual decisions; managers retain operational authority.

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Ander Etxeberria OtaduiHead of Cooperative Dissemination · MONDRAGON CorporationLinkedIn ↗
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Ander Etxeberria OtaduiHead of Cooperative Dissemination · MONDRAGON CorporationLinkedIn ↗

One member one vote applies to major annual decisions; managers retain operational authority.

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Attributed contributors: Ander Etxeberria Otadui. “One member one vote applies to major annual decisions; managers retain operational authority..” Ideology vs. Practice in Building the World’s Largest Federation of Cooperatives. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 17 September 2026. Session time 19:45–20:47. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-c3daa7c6cb63

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One member one vote applies to major annual decisions; managers retain operational authority.

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Ander Etxeberria OtaduiHead of Cooperative Dissemination · MONDRAGON CorporationLinkedIn ↗

Proposed mechanism: Separate democratic strategic control from delegated operations.

Conditions: Defined domains for assemblies and management.

Limit: Voting rights do not show how influence is distributed in practice.

decision rightsgovernance rules

Where it connects.

Representation becomes power only when it affects decisions or creates a credible route to challenge them.

A seat, a consultation or technical expertise may coexist with exclusion from binding decisions. Analyse authority and the costs of participation.

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