The role of the Members' Council
Royal FloraHolland is a cooperative of growers. Through the Members' Council, growers are involved in important decisions and policymaking from the very start. The choices and solutions arrived at take on board the interests of all our members.
Composition of the Members' Council
The duties of the Members' Council:
1. Formal duties:
The Council appoints the members of the Supervisory Board and sets their remuneration. It approves the annual accounts and the main membership rates. The Council has approval rights for investments exceeding €20 million. Each member of the Council has one vote at the Members' Council meetings. The Members' Council Regulations stipulate that formal Members' Council meetings (held twice a year) are chaired by the SB chair, and other meetings (held four times a year) are chaired by the Members' Council chair.
2. Advisory role:
The advisory role is laid down in the Members' Council Regulations. The Council can offer both solicited and unsolicited advice to the Management Board on issues it deems important, sometimes after consultation with the members they represent. Issues are often first discussed in one of the four committees established by the Members' Council.
3. Connecting with the members:
A key responsibility is to connect with the members of Royal FloraHolland. While representing the members, the Members' Council also actively engages with members during various sessions held for this purpose and is also accessible outside these sessions via ledenraad@royalfloraholland.com.
Member sessions
Committees within the Members' Council
The Members' Council has four committees: the Strategy Committee, Finance Committee, Member Engagement Committee and Cooperative Committee. These committees explore topics relevant to their fields and prepare the opinions and decisions of the Members' Council.
Members' Council instead of the GMM
On 1 January 2019, the Members' Council was established to replace Royal FloraHolland’s General Members' Meeting (GMM). Consequently, the Members' Council has taken over the formal duties of the GMM. The minutes of the General Members’ Meetings up to and including 6 December 2018 are available here.
Become a member of the Members' Council
If you are a member of Royal FloraHolland and are passionately engaged in our cooperative, consider applying to become a member of the Members' Council. Find out what to expect as a member, what profile we are looking for and how the nomination and election processes for new members work.