EVENTS IN THE BUILDING OF A CO-OP:

12 July 2010 - Our ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION (PDF format)
were approved by the State.

By this time, we are providing free advertising to local providers of agricultural goods and services, and are identifying "deals" which can provide savings to a group buying in bulk (see PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)

We began researching products and services of interest
(see our surveys.)

24 July 2010 - We began selling Co-op memberships.
(get your membership form here.)

We also began selling capital shares for investors
(see Information on Capital Shares .)

29 July 2010 - We received our business license.

13 September 2010 - We received our Federal Tax ID number.

7 October 2010 - after multiple meetings to hash them through, we FINALLY ratified our by-laws!

28 October 2010 - we approved the minutes from the previous meeting, identifying signers on a bank account. This was the last item required by the bank to open an account.

30 October 2010 - Our treasurer and president met with bank officials for the final signatures to open our bank account.

(2 November 2010 - My check for membership, which I wrote on 30 July 2010, was finally cashed. Our treasurer had been sweating holding on to all those checks and cash all through the process of becoming a legal entity and setting up our account. I can feel her sigh of relief from here.)