193.478 Director Education. A director shall annually attend a course in at least 2 of the following topics offered by a recognized provider of cooperative director education:
(1) Duties and responsibilities of a cooperative director.
(2) Board and management relations.
(3) The board's role in defining and developing cooperative policies.
(4) Understanding cooperative governance and structure.
(5) Understanding financial statements, key financial ratios, and control tools.
(6) Cooperative finance and equity redemption.
(7) Cooperative strategic planning.
(8) Cooperative membership communication and education.
(9) Selecting and evaluating principal cooperative management.
(10) Board evaluation.
(11) Analyzing and understanding the current cooperative business environment.
History: 2005 a. 441.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 193 - Unincorporated cooperative associations.
193.105 - Use of term “cooperative" restricted.
193.111 - Filing fees and other requirements.
193.115 - Registered office and agent.
193.121 - Legal recognition of electronic records and signatures.
193.201 - Organizational purpose.
193.215 - Articles of organization and notice of mailing address.
193.221 - Amendment of articles.
193.225 - Conversion to cooperative.
193.245 - Cooperative records.
193.311 - Agricultural product and commodity marketing contracts.
193.315 - Indemnification and insurance against securities law claims.
193.401 - Board governs cooperative.
193.405 - Number of directors.
193.411 - Election of directors.
193.415 - Removal of directors.
193.417 - Resignation of directors.
193.423 - Allocation of voting authority among directors.
193.431 - Quorum; presence of objecting director.
193.435 - Actions of the board.
193.441 - Actions without a meeting.
193.443 - Board authority concerning certain cooperative property.
193.455 - Conduct and liability of directors.
193.461 - Director conflicts of interest.
193.465 - Limitation of director's liability in articles or bylaws.
193.511 - Regular members' meetings.
193.515 - Special members' meetings.
193.518 - Effect of insufficient notice.
193.521 - Certification of notice.
193.524 - Revocation of electronic communication.
193.525 - Quorum at members' meeting.
193.531 - Virtual members' meetings and attendance.
193.535 - Actions of the members.
193.541 - Actions without a members' meeting.
193.545 - Member voting rights.
193.551 - Patron member voting based on patronage.
193.553 - Voting rights limited to members as of date certain.
193.555 - Voting rights of nonmembers.
193.557 - Voting of jointly owned membership interests.
193.559 - Cumulative voting by members.
193.571 - Member authority concerning certain cooperative property.
193.601 - Membership interests.
193.605 - Cooperative securities.
193.611 - Assignment of financial rights.
193.615 - Nature and terms of a membership interest and statement of interest owned.
193.621 - Certificated membership interests.
193.625 - Replacement certificates.
193.631 - Restriction on transfer or registration of membership interests.
193.701 - Authorization, form, and acceptance.
193.702 - Valuation; presumption and liability.
193.705 - Restated value of previous contributions.
193.711 - Contribution agreements.
193.715 - Contribution rights agreements.
193.721 - Allocations of profits and distributions of cash and other assets.
193.725 - Allocations and distributions of profits to patron members.
193.731 - Member control agreements.
193.735 - Distribution of unclaimed property.
193.801 - Merger and consolidation.
193.805 - Merger of subsidiary or parent.
193.807 - Effective date; effect of merger or consolidation.
193.835 - Abandonment of merger.
193.905 - Voluntary dissolution; winding up.
193.911 - Revocation of dissolution proceedings.
193.925 - Court-supervised voluntary dissolution.
193.931 - Involuntary dissolution.
193.935 - Procedure in involuntary or court-supervised voluntary dissolution.
193.941 - Receiver qualifications and powers.
193.951 - Filing claims in involuntary or court-supervised voluntary dissolution proceedings.
193.955 - Discontinuance of court-supervised dissolution proceedings.