ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF [NAME OF COOPERATIVE]
 
Article 1. The name of this Corporation is ____________________________.
 
Article 2. This Corporation is a cooperative corporation organized under the California Consumer Cooperative Corporation Law. The purpose of this Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under such law.
 
Article 3. The name and address in the state of California of this Corporation’s initial agent for service of process is _______________________________________________________________________, _______________________________________________________________________.
 
Article 4. The voting rights of each member of the Corporation are equal, and each member is entitled to one vote. The proprietary interests of each member of the Corporation are unequal, and the rules by which the proprietary interests are determined shall be prescribed in the Bylaws of the Corporation.
 
Article 5. The names and post office addresses of Directors who shall serve until the first annual meeting are:
 
Name	Address

 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the initial Directors of this Corporation, have executed these Articles of Incorporation on ___________________, 20__.

	Director

	Director

	Director

	Director

	Director

DECLARATION
 
We are the persons whose names are subscribed below. We collectively are all of the Incorporators of this Corporation and all of the initial Directors named in the Articles of Incorporation, and we have executed these Articles of Incorporation. The foregoing Articles of Incorporation are our act and deed, jointly and severally.
 
Executed____________________,20__, at _________________, California. 
We, and each of us, declare that the foregoing is true and correct.

	Director

	Director

	Director

	Director

	Director