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COOPERATIVE
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PRESENTED BY: RIZAMAY SIERAS
DAVE DEGUZMAN
How to
ORGANIZE A COOPERATIVE
First
Contact
Community organizers, particularly
cooperative organizers, play a crucial role in
initiating and forming cooperatives. They
assess the socio-economic conditions of the
community, identify its needs, determine
existing facilities and necessary
improvements, and gather information on the
population, households, education levels, and
livelihoods to assess the cooperative's
feasibility.
First
Organizational
Whatever answers have been
obtained in the interview with
Meeting
contact persons, it is wise to
visit the area or institution
seeking the organization of a
coop, so that certain matters
are clarified and brought into
focus.
The organizational meeting
should have
a. History the following
of cooperatives
b.Nature of man and cooperative principles
agenda:
c.Structure of the cooperative type
d. Question and answer period
e. A show of hands among those present
f. Election of the cooperators and incorporating
board
g. Staffing of Committees
h. Setting the date of the second organizational
meeting.
i. Adjournment.
Cooperative
Committees
1) Membership Committee
2) Economic Survey Committee
3) Documentation Committee
4) Collection Committee
Second
Organizational
Meeting
The second organizational meeting should
begin with cooperative education,
reinforcing the cooperative principles for
both new and returning attendees, as not all
participants may have been present at the
first meeting. Additionally, the meeting will
serve as a plenary session to discuss the
economic survey, as well as approve the
articles of cooperation and by-laws
Second
Organizational
a. History of cooperatives
p. Cooperative principles and
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of man
c. Structure of the cooperative type
sought to be established, including
the functions of the
officers and committees
d. Question and answer period
Second
Organizational
e. Plenary session for:
• 1) Discussion and approval of articles of
Meeting
cooperation
• 2) Discussion and approval of by laws
• 3) Presentation of the economic survey to the
body
• 4) Approval of the resolution to organize the
group into a cooperative.
• 5) (Optional: Election of incorporating officers
Second
Organizational
f. Affixing of signatures to the approved
articles of cooperation and the by-laws.
Meeting
Treasurer signs
treasurer’s affidavit.
g. Adjournment
Documents for Registration
a. Articles of cooperation
b. The bylaws
c. The economic survey
Education and Training
While Awaiting the
Certifi cate of Registration
a. Cooperative principles and philosophy of man
b. What is it to be a board of director
c. What is it to be an audit committee member
d. What is it to be a credit committee member
e. Bookkeeping and financial statement
preparation
f. Operating system of the cooperative
g. Human development training
General Assembly after
Receiving Certifi cate of
Registration
a. Designation of a depository bank;
b. Appointment of the members of the education
committee;
c. Ratification of promoter’s contracts;
d. Reminder to the incorporating treasurer to have
all books of the cooperative stamped mark
by the BIR and the securing of tax exemption
status from BIR;
General Assembly after
Receiving Certifi cate of
Registration
e. Resolution to pay BIR the corresponding
documentary stamp taxes based on the subscribed
share capital;
f. Appointment of a general manager and other
personnel;
g. Call for a special general assembly, within 90
days from registration, to elect the regular
board.
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Man
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