Guest guest Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 I agree . The real key is to have the liability limited among the partners or members, and have a legal entity have the liability. This entity does not need to have a lot of assets either. It should be insured and the members should have a tight resolution dispute agreement to eliminate lawsuits (arbitration or liquidated damages clause. If we have ten members of a limited liability company, and the LLC owns the assets, and we have a membership operating agreement, then we are all " in it together " , with one or more managers who are responsible for day to day operations. The liability to the members is extremely limited (that's the whole idea), and the limit of the liability of the LLC would be its limited assets (which should be very limited). The LLC can pay the farmer (or others) a salary, and the members can make their investments to make sure the money gets distributed properly and the bills get paid. Profits and/or losses are passed straight through to the members/shareholders on a K-1 annually just like a partnership or even an S corp. A decent lawyer could put this together one time for a group, and you should accomplish the goal here. Then members could come and go as they and the other members saw fit. Good Luck all! Googa > > > > > >> > > >> When we put our little cow-op together here our > > >> farmer-ette was the ideal candidate ; smart, full > > of > > >> energy and totally into the RawDairy thing. She > > was > > >> employed at a local commercial dairy, as a > > milker. > > >> Having a cow on her own place was a joy for her. > > >> > > >> She is such a great gal that I could tell she'd > > be > > >> TOO generous. I warned her to run the thing to > > >> suit herself, not the demanding cranky > > " health-food > > >> fanatics " (prime for-instance, moi) who'd > > >> invariably come along. And if anyone started > > >> getting awkward, to dis-engage politely. Which > > she > > >> has since done. There's such a waiting list that > > >> she can afford to be arbitrary about who gets > > some > > >> of the only legitimate supply of REAL MILK in > > >> British Columbia. > > >> > > >> What makes cow-sharing work is the common law > > >> principle that what one person may do legally, a > > >> syndicate of individuals may do. If it's lawful > > to > > >> drink milk from a cow you own, then, by > > extension, > > >> it's lawful to use and enjoy the dividends ( the > > >> milk and other products) from a jointly-held > > assett. > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. > > > http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/ > > > > > > > > > > > > PLEASE BE KIND AND TRIM YOUR POSTS WHEN REPLYING! > > > Visit our Raw Dairy Files for a wealth of > > information! > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/files/ > > > > > > Archive search: http://onibasu.com > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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