A co-operative society means everybody owns the same amount as their next door neighbour.
Nobody dominates and everyone has the same share holding as everyone else.
The management of the co-operative society is vested in seven directors, three of whom stand down in one term and the four others stand down the next. You don't have a complete change of directors in one fell sweep which could be disastrous if everybody had to move out at the one time and a new team had to learn the ropes again, so that we can continue on. The membership of the co-operative is firstly restricted by law to a minimum age of eighteen and a maximum age of unlimited. There is evidence of that in member Les Wilson, who has been a member for many years, and now is in his eighties. Les is the man responsible for the level of our jetty .