Repaired Nations Membership Overview

Repaired Nations was founded as a multi-stakeholder cooperative because we want to acknowledge the many groups of people that are required to create an ecosystem building organization such as ourselves.

“Typically, cooperatives have drawn their membership from a single class of stakeholders – producer cooperatives are owned by producers, worker cooperatives by workers, consumer cooperatives by consumers, etc. Multi-stakeholder cooperatives are co-ops that are owned and controlled by more than one type of membership class such as consumers, producers, workers, volunteers, or community supporters. Stakeholders can be individuals or organizations such as non-profits, businesses, government agencies, or even other cooperatives.” - University of Wisconsin

We’ve chosen to offer membership to Projects, Workers, Learners, Supporters, Investors & Co-Founders. Below is a preliminary illustration of how these membership categories come together to govern and manage what is at the center of our work: supporting Black & Diasporan communities to create cooperatives that provide a thriving future and intergenerational wealth.

  • Candidacy: An organization is a candidate for 6 - 18 months before being recommended, and then confirmed by current members.

    Requirements:

    • Substantially complete tasks co-determined with Project Officer

    • Participation

      • Quarterly 15-30 minute calls with Project Steward

      • Member Meeting Attendance

      • Cross-Promotion on Social Media

    Dues: ~1% of annual net income, paid annually based on previous year

    Benefits:

    • Access to grant pool

    • Technical assistance

    • Access to non-extractive investments

    • Board of Director Representation

    • Participation in Member Meeting

    Governance:

    • Elect 3 Directors

    • Participation in Member Meeting

    • Advises Seed Commons TA & Loan Fund mission, vision, and implementation

    • The Lead steward may be removed from leadership with a vote of no confidence from 76% of Project, Worker & Co-Founder Members.

    Management: n/a

    Ownership: Participation in surplus through low-to-no cost technical assistance & education offerings

  • Candidacy: A person is a candidate until they’ve worked over 3000 hrs or have been employed more than 1.5 years; afterwards a person may be voted in by current members.

    Requirement: To maintain membership, a person must work at least 10 hours a week or over 500 hours per year.

    Benefits:

    • Org intention for living wage

    • Potential Profit Sharing

    • Self-Directed Workplace

    • Board of Director Representation

    • Participation in Member Meeting

    Governance:

    • Elect 3 Directors

    • Participation in Member Meeting

    • Primary guidance for mission, vision, strategy

    • The Lead steward may be removed from leadership with a vote of no confidence from 76% of Project, Worker & Co-Founder Members.

    Management:

    • Primary implementer of mission, vision, strategy

    • Self-Directed, Autonomous workgroups, circles & committees

    • Primary Stewards, Coordinators, & Leaders of workgroups, circles & committees

    Ownership: Limited participation in surplus from earned income

  • Candidacy: At least 5 Years; then (a) appointed by current Co-Founder members or (b) voted in by 80% of All members except Supporter Members.

    Requirement: candidate has demonstrated a profound impact on the organization over 5+ years

    Benefits:

    • Board of Director Representation

    • Participation in Member Meeting

    Governance:

    • Elect 1 Director

    • Participation in Member Meeting

    • The Lead steward may be removed from leadership with a vote of no confidence from 76% of Project, Worker & Co-Founder Members.

    Management: n/a

    Ownership: Limited participation in surplus

  • Candidacy: Become a member by attending either the book club, conference, work-based learning program or workshop series. During the next year(s) complete the one you did not.

    Requirement: Yearly certification of previous year’s offerings.

    Benefits:

    • Exclusive workshops & discounts

    • Board of Director Representation

    • Ability to help co-shape education offerings

    • Limited Participation in Member Meeting

    Governance:

    • Elect 1 Director

    • Limited Participation in Member Meeting

    • Advises Education Programming mission, vision, and implementation

    Management: n/a

    Ownership: Participation in surplus through discounts & exclusive offerings

  • Candidacy: at least one year

    Requirement: $5 / year minimum donation

    Benefits:

    • Board of Director Representation

    • Limited Participation in Member Meeting

    Governance:

    • Elect 1 Director

    • Limited Participation in Member Meeting

    Management: n/a

    Ownership: n/a - no participation in surplus

  • Candidacy: at least one year

    Requirement: $100 minimum investment

    Benefits:

    • Board of Director Representation

    • Limited Participation in Member Meeting

    Governance

    • Elect 1 Director

    • Limited Participation in Member Meeting

    Management: n/a

    Ownership: limited returns from investment equity

Become a Repaired Nations Member

Project Members are cooperatives or collectives that acquire membership recommendation from a Project or Staff Member and then completing candidacy.

Learner Members are individuals that acquire membership by attending our education offerings and completing candidacy.

Supporter Members are individuals that acquire membership regularly donating and completing candidacy.

Investor & Worker Membership Categories are still being built out. Get our newsletter to see upcoming opportunities!