| “Connecting Community with Culture and Economics” |
| Membership Structure and Compensation |
| Membership is required. |
Board Member
- *Membership Investment Paid
- Eligible for Vanguard Team Member Discount
- Signed up 10 Members each (Goal: 100 members signed up)
- *Membership Investment Paid
- Monthly Membership Donations in good standing (starting no later than the end of the month
following membership date.) - 40% Discount on TRC activities (i.e., events, sales, etc.,)
- One of the first 100 Members
- Signed up 10 Members (Goal: 1000 members signed up)
- *Membership Investment Paid
- Monthly Membership Donations in good standing (starting no later than the end of the month
following membership date.) - 35% Discount on TRC activities (i.e., events, sales, etc.,)
Pioneer Members (5000 members signed up)
- One of next 1000 Members
- Signed up 5 Members (Goal: 5000 members signed up)
- *Membership Investment Paid
- Monthly Membership Donations in good standing
- 30% Discount on TRC activites (i.e., events, sales, etc.,)
- Signed up 3 Members
- *Membership Investment Paid
- Monthly Membership Donations in good standing (minimum $1.00 donation)
- 25% Discount on TRC activities (i.e., events, sales, etc.,)
Members ~ Inactive (Unlimited)
- *Membership Investment Paid
- No Monthly Membership Donation received for 2 months or more
- 10% Discount on TRC activities (i.e., events, sales, etc.,)
- No Membership Investment Paid
- Receives no discount on TRC activities (i.e., events, sales, etc.,)
* Membership incentive is to waive Membership for the first 100 membership sign-ups in each Member Type.
To be a member of the The Rastafarian Cooperative (TRC), membership is required. For those who
cannot afford the minimum membership investment, it will be absorbed by the organization.
* Regardless of the amount contributed to support TRC, ‘active’ TRC Board Members will have one
(1) vote on each initiative brought forth for consideration by the TRC Board; with only a simple
majority needed for approval. A quorum will be considered satisfied with at least ½ of the ‘active’
TRC Board voting in-person and/or by voice-vote . This will insure that each ‘active’ TRC Board
Member has equal representation in TRC which is here to provide maximum benefit to our
Community and not to any specific individual or group.
The objective is mass membership and mass patronage of our own enterprises.
Lifetime Membership Ladder: Once “paid” as described in one of the options below, Member will
have attained and qualified to receive their “The Rastafarian Cooperative Lifetime Membership
Certificate and will be recognized at annual TRC Membership Meeting:
(1) $1200.00 – Paid in single donation within 1 calendar year = $1200.00
(2) $600.00 – Paid in 2 equal donations within each year for 2 successive years = $1200.00
(3) $300.00 – Paid bi-annually within 2 successive calendar years = $1200.00
(4) $60.00 – Paid every 3 months (quarterly) for 5 years = $1200.00
(5) $10.00 – Paid monthly for 120 months = $1200.00
cannot afford the minimum membership investment, it will be absorbed by the organization.
* Regardless of the amount contributed to support TRC, ‘active’ TRC Board Members will have one
(1) vote on each initiative brought forth for consideration by the TRC Board; with only a simple
majority needed for approval. A quorum will be considered satisfied with at least ½ of the ‘active’
TRC Board voting in-person and/or by voice-vote . This will insure that each ‘active’ TRC Board
Member has equal representation in TRC which is here to provide maximum benefit to our
Community and not to any specific individual or group.
The objective is mass membership and mass patronage of our own enterprises.
Lifetime Membership Ladder: Once “paid” as described in one of the options below, Member will
have attained and qualified to receive their “The Rastafarian Cooperative Lifetime Membership
Certificate and will be recognized at annual TRC Membership Meeting:
(1) $1200.00 – Paid in single donation within 1 calendar year = $1200.00
(2) $600.00 – Paid in 2 equal donations within each year for 2 successive years = $1200.00
(3) $300.00 – Paid bi-annually within 2 successive calendar years = $1200.00
(4) $60.00 – Paid every 3 months (quarterly) for 5 years = $1200.00
(5) $10.00 – Paid monthly for 120 months = $1200.00
| Please join us in this worthy endeavour! Please complete the form on our "Contact Us" page to submit for membership. |
- 100% Gross Income
- 30% - Taxes (Subtract 30% from Gross Income)
- 70% - Net Income
- 65% - Service Provider(s) Earnings
- 10% - Charity#1 (The Church of Haile Selassie I)
- 10% - NJRC Annual Distribution Fund (Distributed annually on Ethiopian New Year (09/11)
(first distribution planned for 09/11/2016)* - 05% - NJRC Operations Fund
- 05% - NJRC Training & Education Fund
- 05% - City of Plainfield
Note: *NJRC Board reserves the right to improve the equitable distribution of the above distribution
formula and/or change date of distribution if target distribution is less than $10.00 per member.
What you get for Membership:
- More interaction with our youths, adults, and elders of diversified cultures within our Community.
- Discounts at Community events/festivities.
- Access to healthy foods for you, your family, and Community.
- Access to available skilled and non-skilled employment opportunities. With special considerations
for residents returning to our Community after being incarcerated or detained. - Make our Community more economically viable, financially independent, and "future-ready".
- Shared responsibility and compensation (NJRC Distribution Formula below).
| Final TRC Distribution Formula is reviewed and finalized and will be shared once approved by TRC Board. |
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