[Hcoop-discuss] NCBA

[ntk at hcoop.net]

I contacted the National Cooperative Business Association to ask them
about dues.  They are just what they sound like, a sort of "business
association" for cooperatives of all kinds, and the only such U.S.A.
organization that is a member of the International Cooperative Alliance.

I think that such membership would be valuable, but since according to
this quote our dues would be flat $370 annually while our income is <$3
million, that it is premature.  However, I think we should keep this in
mind and perhaps join once the dues would be less than 1% or so of our
revenues.

-Nathan

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Subject: RE: Membership dues
From:    "Valencia, Alicia" <AValencia at ncba.coop>
Date:    Mon, November 14, 2005 10:25 am
To:      ntk at hcoop.net
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Nathan,

Thank you for your interest in joining NCBA. After reviewing your web
site, I would have to classify you in our "Specialized" category of
cooperatives. Your dues would be based on the schedule found below. To
join, please complete a membership application, return your co-op's
bylaws and an annual report, and your dues.

Please let me know if you have any questions. And thanks again for your
interest.

Alicia Valencia
NCBA
1401 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005-2160
(202) 383-5440 - direct
(202) 638-1374 - fax
avalencia at ncba.coop


Specialized Sector
Membership Dues


*        Payable in January for the calendar year (a membership year is
the calendar year)
*        Based on the organization's gross assets or income or revenue
reported for the most recent fiscal year
*        Please round to nearest dollar (down if amount is less than
fifty cents; up if amount is fifty cents or more)

Dues schedule

If assets/income/revenue                                         Dues
are:
for the most recent fiscal year were:

Up to $3,000,000                                                $370

$3,000,001and above                                        $105 per million
of sales

Minimum dues are $370.
-----Original Message-----
From: ntk at hcoop.net [mailto:ntk at hcoop.net]
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:29 PM
To: Dines, Richard; Valencia, Alicia
Subject: Membership dues

I am the secretary of HCOOP, Inc., a rather new consumer cooperative
providing internet hosting services to its members.  (Our website is at
http://hcoop.net/ )  I have been looking at NCBA to see if it is
appropriate for our organization to join, but I could not find anything
on
your website delineating dues.  We are small but growing, and currently
our revenues amount to only a few thousand per year.

-Nathan