Starting up a Coop

Northcountry Cooperative Foundation. An applied approach to cooperative housing, covering co-op history, types of housing co-ops, member rights and responsibilities, legal structures, meetings, board officers and policies, committees, and numerous appendices.

Baldwin, Van: UC Center for Cooperatives. This reference has information on California co-ops of many kinds, both in starting and in continuing operations. Topics covered include: choice of entity, articles of incorporation, bylaws, membership, board of directors, officers, raising capital, distributions and patronage refunds, reporting, and taxation. Note: this publication is not fully updated for subsequent changes in the law or other information provided herein.