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by tamasnet 1341 days ago
What is the role/responsibility/benefit of corporate members? It's not clear from the available descriptions why a company would want to become one. Perhaps simply to support the initiative?
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Supporting the initiative is one reason to join. Influencing the direction of the co-operative is another. Our current corporate members want Hellō to succeed as it will help their business succeed. A rising tide raises all boats.

The only responsibility of a corporate member is to abide by the bylaws, and vote for the corporate board members.

We have been having regular corporate member meetings to review progress and discuss identity trends. I think the current members learn something from the other members at each meeting.

Corporate members can also can elect board members – as can the other classes of coop member. See https://www.hello.coop/pages/cooperative.html