Frequently Asked Questions

Consumer Cooperative Management Association.

CCMA is designed for food cooperative leaders including general managers, board directors, staff members and consultants, plus their national allies. In the last several years, the attendee breakdown is as follows:

• Co-op directors- 45%
• Co-op GMs, CEOs, CFOs, and department managers – 28%
• Co-op support professionals such as consultants, attorneys, accountants – 17%
• Co-op staff – 10%

CCMA will be held on June 3-5, 2027 in Ithaca, New York.

Please contact Megan Webster at mawebster@wisc.edu to make your request.

Requests for reasonable accommodations for disabilities or limitations should be made prior to the date of the program or activity for which it is needed. Please do so as early as possible prior to the program or activity so that proper arrangements can be made. In certain situations, information related to requests may be shared with staff or units necessary to help coordinate an appropriate accommodation.

Ithaca Downtown Conference Center
116 E. Green Street, Ithaca, NY 14850

Registration is will open in early February. You can find registration options for CCMA here.

Registration rates are available on our CCMA Registration page. We have multiple options for cooperators to participate at CCMA in person or for a day.  There are also several scholarship opportunities available.

No. Travel and hotel reservations are not included in the registration fee.

You can read about our registration policy here.

All registration fees must be paid in advance. Payments can be made by:

1. Credit Card: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Diners or American Express are all accepted
2. Check: please make checks payable to:  Conference Management – CCMA and mail payment to:

Memorial Union
Conference Management
800 Langdon St.
Madison, WI 53706

Checks must be received within fourteen days of registration or your registration will be automatically cancelled. The exception to this deadline are registrations that occur less than two weeks before the start of the Conference; all checks and money orders must be received by the Wednesday prior to the start of the Conference.

UWCC will charge attendees a $30.00 returned check fee to cover the administrative costs.

Once you are registered for the conference, you can login to your registration profile to:

• Update your information
• View/print a receipt
• Register a guest or another attendee

Substitutions are accepted at any time prior to the start of the program at no additional cost. Please email Megan Webster at mawebster@wisc.edu regarding substitutions.

Yes, security requires that all registered participants wear their name badge in order to gain admission to conference events/sessions. Those without a name badge may be denied entrance. See the on-site registration desk if you misplace your name badge.

Call Union Conference Services Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Central Time) at (608)265-6534 or email at conferences@union.wisc.edu.

Volunteer slots are limited and are reserved for staff and board members from the host cooperatives. Each host co-op is allocated a small number of volunteer positions, which are used to help cover essential conference support roles such as room monitoring.

Because the number of volunteer positions is very limited, we are not able to offer volunteer registration to the general public. We appreciate your interest in helping make the conference a success and hope you will still be able to join us as a registered attendee. If your co-op is experiencing financial hardship, please consider applying for a scholarship to attend CCMA.

We suggest using the SEA-TAC International Airport. More information on getting to Tacoma can be found here.

No, attendees will need to arrange their own transportation to and from the airport.

We will send out a tour sign up to everyone that has purchased a ticket approximately 4 weeks before the conference.

Some tour stops may offer small samples, but these are not intended to replace a full meal. We recommend that attendees eat lunch beforehand to ensure you’re comfortable and energized throughout the tour. Please bring a water bottle to stay hydrated. 

Unfortunately, no. Participation is limited to attendees who have registered for the tour in advance. This helps us manage capacity, transportation, and host expectations.

No. All tour participants must travel on the designated conference transportation from the departure location. We are not able to hold spots for attendees who plan to meet the group later.

This policy helps us manage attendance accurately and fill any empty seats with standby participants. Because flight delays and last-minute schedule changes sometimes prevent registered attendees from making the tour, it can be difficult to track who intends to join later and who is unable to attend. Requiring all participants to depart on the bus ensures that available seats are used efficiently and that tour hosts have an accurate attendee count.

No, we only allow purchase of tour tickets to attendees. Due to limited seats, we want registered attendees to have first access to the tours.

We are still making decisions about recordings for CCMA 2026. Please check back later for more information.