Conversation with Martin, who was part of the initial instigator team of the BeesCoop and still works there after 5 years

• become a member of Beescoop
• 150 for a share
• discount in Beescoop
• Beescoop wants to make partnerships more visible + cross marketing
• building network of cooperatives (FebeCoop)

Businessmodel

• cooperative
• it is not allowed to work for free in a cooperative since jan 2024
• asbl in a cooperative with affinité sociale
• without dividend and affinité sociale - this can be considered as a non profit
• cooperative can not be without but lucratif
• both vzw and cooperative
• easier to give money and take money
• with vzw you can also take social loan
• What about shares?
• Coop to buy the place, vzw to run it
• shifters go in vzw