As a cooperative, Kin is owned and run by its members.
Members:
The members are:
- Everyone who uses the platform
- Every worker and every volunteer
Everyone needs to purchase a £1 share - that's how we are all owners.
Votes:
Every member gets one single vote in annual general meeting and on all major issues.
Weighting:
On all decisions, the votes of the platform users count for 50% and the votes of the platform workers (including volunteers) count for 50%. That means if we have 50,000 people using the platform and only 20 workers, the workers are still listened to and important (without them, there's no kin.coop).
The Board & Management:
A Board of 50/50 workers and users is elected by all the members to oversee the day to day work of the cooperative, and this board hires or delegates the management team, who manage the work.
The Board can also delegate sub-committees and the members can also create committees outside of the delegation of the board.
But ultimately the Board is responsible to ALL of the members.