Chapter 3: Membership Flashcards
Chap. 2 (Articles 24 and 25) Chapter 3 - Articles 26 -31
ART. 24. Functions of a Federation of Cooperatives
“(a) To carry on any cooperative enterprise authorized under Article 6 that complements augments, or supplements but does not conflict, complete with, nor supplant the business or economic activities of its members;
“(b) To carry on, encourage, and assist educational and advisory work relating to its member cooperatives;
“(c) To render services designed to encourage simplicity, efficiency, and economy in the conduct of the business of its member cooperatives and to facilitate the implementation of their bookkeeping, accounting, and other systems and procedures;
“(d) To print, publish, and circulate any newspaper or other publication in the interest of its member cooperatives and enterprises;
“(e) To coordinate and facilitate the activities of its member cooperatives;
“(f) To enter into joint ventures with national or international cooperatives of other countries in the manufacture and sale of products and/or services in the Philippines and abroad; and
“(g) To perform such other functions as may be necessary to attain its objectives.
“A __________ may be registered by carrying out the formalities for registration of a cooperative
Federation of Cooperatives
“Registered cooperatives may organize a federation according to the type of _________ engaged in by the cooperatives.
business activity
True or False
“ART. 25. Cooperative Unions. Registered cooperatives and federations at the appropriate levels may not organize or join cooperative unions to represent the interest and welfare of all types of cooperatives at the provincial, city, regional, and national levels.
False; MAY organize and join cooperative unions
Cooperative unions may have the following purposes: (8)
“(a) To represent its member organizations;
“(b) To acquire, analyze, and disseminate, economic, statistical, and other information relating to its members and to all types of cooperatives within its area of operation;
“(c) To sponsor studies in the economic, legal, financial, social and other phases of cooperation, and publish the results thereof;
“(d) To promote the knowledge of cooperative principles and practices;
“(e) To develop the cooperative movement in their respective jurisdictions;
“(f) To advise the appropriate authorities on all questions relating to cooperatives;
“(g) To raise funds through membership fees, dues and contributions, donations, and subsidies from local and foreign sources whether private or government; and
“(h) To do and perform such other non-business activities as may be necessary to attain the foregoing objectives.
“_________ may assist the national and local governments in the latter’s development activities in their respective jurisdictions.”
Cooperative unions
“ART. 26. Kinds of Membership. A cooperative may have two (2) kinds of members, to wit:
(1) regular members
(2) associate memebers
is one who has complied with all the membership requirements and entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership.
Regular member
is one who has no right to vote nor be voted upon and shall be entitled only to such rights and privileges as the bylaws may provide
Associate member
True or False
An associate who meets the minimum requirements of regular membership, continues to patronize the cooperative for two (2) years, and signifies his/her intention to remain a member shall be considered a regular member.
True
“A cooperative organized by minors shall be considered a __________ and must be affiliated with a registered cooperative.
Laboratory cooperative
True orr False
A laboratory cooperative shall be governed by special guidelines to be promulgated by the Authority.
true
True or False
“ART. 27. Government Officers and Employees.
(1) Any officer or employee of the Authority shall be disqualified to be elected or appointed to any position in a cooperative: Provided, That the disqualification does not extend to a cooperative organized by the officers or employees of the Authority.
“(2) All elective officials of the Government shall be eligible to become officers and directors of cooperatives: Provided, That the disqualification does not extend to a party list representative being an officer of a cooperative he or she represents; and
“(3) Any government employee or official may, in the discharge of is duties as a member in the cooperative, be allowed by the end of office concerned to use official time for attendance at the general assembly, board and committee meetings of cooperatives as well as cooperative seminars, conferences, workshops, technical meetings, and training courses locally or abroad: Provided, That the operations of the office concerned are not adversely affected.
- True
- False; ineligible
- True
True or False
“ART. 28. Application. An applicant for membership shall be deemed a member after approval of his membership by the board of directors and shall exercise the rights of member after having made such payments to the cooperative in respect to membership or acquired interest in the cooperative as may be prescribed in the bylaws.
True
In case membership is refused or denied by the board of directors, an appeal may be made to the _________ and the latter’s decision shall be final.
General Assembly