[Hcoop-discuss] NCBA

[rob at hcoop.net]

Did I miss a chain of emails reguarding this?  Why do we want to be a
member of NCBA?  What is the insentive?

-Rob

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