C. EXPLANATION of PROPOSED RULE CHANGES
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1.3B Active membership requirements
In order to establish and maintain active membership of the co-operative, a member must:
(a) Pay any annual subscription set out in rule 3.1; and
(b) Make at least one purchase of products or services from the co-operative in a given calendar year.
The new part (a) above is the only change to our current Active Member rule, which has been in force since 2003.
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3.1 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
Members must pay an annual subscription of up to $50 plus GST each calendar year as determined by the Members’ Council from time to time, and announced at the co-operative’s Annual General Meeting.
[Delete ‘or such other amount’, which made the intention of the rule, to cap subscriptions at $50, ambiguous.]
1.3 Purpose
b) provide information on, and promote the use of:
i) low-cost, ethically-produced and minimally-packaged wholefoods,
[clarify the intention under our Purpose rule to provide minimally-packaged products to members]
5.2.7 Any active member of the co-operative who has a resolution that requires a decision by the members at a general meeting, must serve written notice of it on the co-operative. [insert the word ‘member’]
A A fully track-changed copy of the Draft Rules amendments including the proposed new Active Membership rule, and other changes can be viewed here. Current rules can be viewed together with our current Rules, are available here.