As a Cooperative COA is capable of bringing in investment from people and corporations and engaging the same community in its activities through active membership. COA is distributing, which means it has share capital and members must hold at least the minimum shareholding specified in the rules of the coop.
As a distributing coop, members may receive a part of the surplus generated in a year by way of:
- a rebate, or
- the issue of bonus shares to members, or
- the issue of a limited dividend.
Once you have read, understood and accepted the Rules, Disclosure Statement and any associated documents, you'll first need to become a COA Member. Membership to COA entitles you to purchase shares in COA. There are properties for Camping and Outdoor recreation, permanent and temporary Accommodation and whichever types of properties you would like to use requires a different amount of shares to be purchased. To purchase shares you'll first need to become a COA Shareholder Member today!
Once your Shareholder Membership has been approved, you can then head to the COA online store and purchase COA Member Shares. The minimum purchase requirement is 10 x $250 shares. You can buy more than the minimum shares and in fact you could own up to 20% of COA. More shares means you could receive substantial returns when and if a shareholder dividend is paid. Once you have been approved as a COA Shareholder Member and logged into the site, you can own Member Shares in COA!
Custom Level Shareholding
Minimum investment level to be discussed.
Properties use may vary for Camping, Outdoors or Accommodation
Example of Custom Level Shareholding is Caravan Industry Property and 4WD Industry Property
These are Custom Class Properties
Level 1 Shareholding
$20K + investment.
Properties are for accommodation, ie. tiny house villages
Entitles the shareholder to access and use all classes of property, ie. 1 to 5.
These are Class 1 Properties
Level 2 Shareholding
$15K+ to $20K investment
Properties are for mixed use public and members. Members receive discounted access to use these assets.
Properties are commercial/ money making properties, eg. caravan parks, sports facilities, etc. These are any type of property whose activities can be covered by COA's own insurance.
These are Class 2 Properties
Level 3 Shareholding
$10K+ to $15K investment
Member use only
Mixed use properties, eg. 4WDing, camping, Cycling, hunting, horse riding, etc
These are Class 3 Properties
Level 4 Shareholding
$5K+ to $10K
Properties are for member use only
Specific use properties only, eg. motorcycle/ ATV and camping, or 4WD/ SSV and camping, or hunting / scouting and camping, etc
These are Class 4 Properties
Level 5 Shareholding
$2.5K to $5K investment
Properties are for member use only
Small parcel, off grid camping only properties that permit related activities, campfire, bush walking, creek swimming, etc
These are Class 5 Properties
