Awards Criteria

Area Criterion
Online Do you use a .coop domain name for your web site?
Online Do you use a .coop domain name for your email addresses?
Online Do your clearly identify your enterprise as a cooperative where this can be easily seen on your site? Please provide the URL where this is located.
Online Does your web site display or provide a link to the Cooperative Values and Principles? Please provide the URL where this information is located.
Online Does your web site describe cooperatives and how they are different from other businesses? Please provide the URL where this information is located.
Online Does your web site provide information about local, regional, national or international cooperative organizations where people can find more about the variety of co-op businesses? Please provide the URL where this information is located.
Membership Does your cooperative do business with its members only or is it open to the public?
Membership Do you encourage new membership through your web site? Please provide the URL where this information is located.
Membership Does your website contain information about how to become a member of your cooperative? Please provide the URL where this information is located.
Membership Does your cooperative publish reports or information on how it conforms to the cooperative principles and acts as a cooperative? Please provide the URL where this information is located or attach samples of the information such as RSE report, annual report or special report to the membership.
Membership Does your cooperative have a strategy for increasing member participation in meetings and cooperative activities? Please summarize that strategy and identify any current goals.
Membership Please provide the following information from your last report to your members:

number of members in your co-op

the number or percentage of members that participated in the last annual meeting

Membership What percentage (%) of those eligible for membership that participate in your cooperative are members of the co-op?

Is this level of participation high, normal or low in your sector and country?

Membership How do you measure member satisfaction in your cooperative? If you provide a survey, please explain how that is used to improve member satisfaction in future cycles.
Communications Does your web site support communications between members and cooperative management and Board?
Communications Describe how you provide information to your members and to the general public about your co-op and cooperatives. This could include media such as:

Radio, television, print

Social media such as Facebook and Twitter

Print and electronic newsletters

Economic Benefits Please present the economic benefits your cooperative has provided to members over the last three years. This could include:

amount of patronage refunds to co-op members

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