All monitoring reports submitted to the Board will demonstrate compliance or will include a plan for attaining compliance that is acceptable to the Board. Compliance with this global policy will be achieved if the Board accepts the B1-9 monitoring reports. The GM will ensure that the co-op conforms to any municipal, county, state or federal laws and/or any regulation that applies to our organization. Compliance will be achieved if the Cooperative has not been fined or successfully sued for any illegal activity. The GM will report to the Board any known illegal activity even if there are no fines or lawsuits as a result of that activity. Activities and practices of The Co-op will align with the seven Cooperative Principles. See the data section for detailed operational definitions of each principle. Data: See the attached Monitoring Summary Table. Fines assessed during this reporting period: None Lawsuits initiated or resolved during this reporting period: None Illegal activity known to the GM: None Cooperative Principles Co-op Principle (bold) with Operational Data ICA definition Definition/interpretation 1st Principle: Voluntary and Articles of incorporation Our articles of incorporation and bylaws Open Membership and bylaws provide legal call for open and voluntary membership structure consistent with of a cooperative. Co-operatives are voluntary the cooperative principle. organizations, open to all Membership requirements are set by the persons able to use their Our common practice is members in the bylaws. services and willing to consistent with the Members have joined (###) and accept the responsibilities of cooperative principle. withdrawn (###) during the past year membership, without with no claims other than these acts gender, social, racial, being voluntary. political or religious discrimination. 2nd Principle: Democratic Bylaws authorize An election was held, concluding on Member Control members to exercise [date] in which the members elected their one member-one representatives to the Board. Co-operatives are vote rights to elect a democratic organizations Board of Directors to controlled by their represent them, to make
All monitoring reports submitted to the Board will demonstrate compliance or will include a plan for attaining compliance that is acceptable to the Board. Compliance with this global policy will be achieved if the Board accepts the B1-9 monitoring reports. The GM will ensure that the co-op conforms to any municipal, county, state or federal laws and/or any regulation that applies to our organization. Compliance will be achieved if the Cooperative has not been fined or successfully sued for any illegal activity. The GM will report to the Board any known illegal activity even if there are no fines or lawsuits as a result of that activity. Activities and practices of The Co-op will align with the seven Cooperative Principles. See the data section for detailed operational definitions of each principle. Data: See the attached Monitoring Summary Table. Fines assessed during this reporting period: None Lawsuits initiated or resolved during this reporting period: None Illegal activity known to the GM: None Cooperative Principles Co-op Principle (bold) with ICA definition Operational Definition/interpretation Data 1st Principle: Voluntary and Open Membership Co-operatives are voluntary organizations, open to all persons able to use their services and willing to accept the responsibilities of membership, without gender, social, racial, political or religious discrimination. Articles of incorporation and bylaws provide legal structure consistent with the cooperative principle. Our common practice is consistent with the cooperative principle. Our articles of incorporation and bylaws call for open and voluntary membership of a cooperative. Membership requirements are set by the members in the bylaws. Members have joined (###) and withdrawn (###) during the past year with no claims other than these acts being voluntary. 2nd Principle: Democratic Member Control Co-operatives are democratic organizations controlled by their Bylaws authorize members to exercise their one member-one vote rights to elect a Board of Directors to represent them, to make An election was held, concluding on [date] in which the members elected representatives to the Board.
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