{"id":3556,"date":"2025-10-31T09:37:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T09:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.krakelee.org\/?page_id=3556"},"modified":"2025-12-01T08:16:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:16:22","slug":"warum-genossin-werden-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.krakelee.org\/en\/warum-genossin-werden-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why club as a co-op?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We chose the legal form of a co-op because it allows for broad participation \u2014 something that best reflects our collective approach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bottom-up instead of top-down<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In contrast to corporations (such as a GmbH or AG) that act with profit maximization in mind and are typically structured top-down, co-ops are legally required (under the German Co-operative Act, GenG) to operate in a member-oriented way.\nA co-op means doing business collectively and pursuing shared goals. The Executive Board and Supervisory Board of a co-op work on a voluntary basis \u2014 which makes the structure fundamentally bottom-up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founding or supporting a co-op means taking a stance that is critical of growth, oriented toward the common good and sustainability, and proving that solidarity-based economics is possible.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stable, adaptable, future-oriented, sustainable<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Thanks to the annual legally required audit by a co-operative auditing association and its grassroots democratic principles, co-ops are considered particularly stable and adaptable.\nThe structure of the Executive Board, Supervisory Board, and General Assembly, together with its \u201cmany-eyes principle,\u201d ensures that truly relevant goals are pursued and that corrective mechanisms are in place. Risky or outdated actions \u2014 often possible in corporations through individual decision-making \u2014 can be stopped more quickly in a co-op, since decisions require majority approval. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like many other cultural organizations, krakelee eG will need to evolve in response to social and cultural changes. Through participation and opportunities for co-creation, diverse perspectives can be brought in, and new ideas and solutions can be implemented more quickly.\nFor this reason, co-ops are considered especially resilient and future-proof, even in economically turbulent times and amid the climate crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investing in a co-op is therefore a particularly sustainable and future-proof investment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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No profit, but social value<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Even though investing in a co-op is generally safer than speculative investments, it yields little to no financial return for supporting members.\nThe benefits are not monetary but ideational \u2014 the \u201cprofit\u201d is social and cultural.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

krakelee eG pursues primarily cultural goals. According to the German Co-operative Act (GenG), its purpose is to promote the cultural interests of its members through collective operations.\nThis means that all of krakelee eG\u2019s economic activity serves \u2014 and must serve \u2014 the cultural interests of its members. muss<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cultural and ideological principles of krakelee eG are defined in its statutes and mission statement (e.g. \u00bborganizing cultural and dance events\u00ab).\nAny change to these requires a General Assembly and a two-thirds majority vote. In this assembly, full members have voting rights, while financing members do not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Financing members support krakelee eG\u2019s economic and cultural work through the purchase of co-op shares and thereby become supporting members of the co-op. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who support krakelee eG take a long-term stand for non-commercial culture in Cologne.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Culture needs urban space<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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krakelee eG also sees itself as a city-political project.\nIn the past decade, many well-known and beloved clubs in Cologne have closed \u2014 including Jack Who, Barinton, Heinz Gaul, Stecken, Underground, and many more.\nSelf-organized, socio-cultural projects like Kaffee G\u00fczel, Wandelwerk, and Kartoffelkeller also lost their spaces, with no alternatives provided.\nCultural projects are being pushed out of the inner city to make room for large-scale investor projects. This is happening despite the fact that, in early 2020, the German Bundestag officially recognized clubs as cultural venues (facilities for cultural use).3<\/a><\/strong><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a cooperative club project we shape the city collaboratively and from the bottom up.\nSupporting krakelee eG means standing against the disappearance of clubs, and for clubs to finally be recognized as cultural spaces deserving their rightful status in public awareness.\nCulture needs space \u2014 right in the heart of the city!<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cologne needs a diverse club scene<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Clubs play an essential role for local identity and vibrancy.\nMany alternative club concepts \u2014 something Cologne is lacking \u2014 want to avoid becoming mere marketing tools and prefer to operate away from the overhyped mainstream.\nThere\u2019s a paradox here: many projects lose their unique charm once they become popular.\nHow \u201cunconventional\u201d a project can be while still enjoying public acceptance is a balancing act and depends on local conditions.\nIn this regard, Cologne\u2019s club scene remains quite limited. A more alternative concept like krakelee club would significantly enrich the city\u2019s cultural diversity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supporting krakelee eG means standing up for the diversity of Cologne\u2019s club culture \u2014 and for giving space to unique, unconventional concepts, too.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More alternative club projects are also needed because many established venues are not safe spaces for everyone.\nNight spaces serve as counter-spaces to a performance- and consumption-driven society, offering people the chance to express themselves in ways that everyday life often does not allow.\nEspecially for those who feel uncomfortable in mainstream society, clubs can hold a vital, identity-forming role.\nThey can provide safer spaces for marginalized social and cultural practices to be lived out.\n\nAt the same time, nightlife environments can also carry risks of discrimination and boundary violations.\nkrakelee eG takes these opportunities and risks seriously \u2014 from the very beginning of the club\u2019s concept. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

krakelee eG stands firmly against discrimination and strives to make club culture itself more diverse.\nSupporting krakelee eG means supporting the creation of a discrimination-sensitive club concept \u2014 and affirming the importance of such approaches in general.\nBy supporting krakelee eG, you\u2019re also making a political statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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You want to co-finance non-commercial subculture?
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Become a co-op member!<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Join the crowdfunding!<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

rechtlicher Rahmen Wir haben uns f\u00fcr die Rechtsform der Genossenschaft entschieden, weil diese eine gro\u00dfe Teilhabe erm\u00f6glicht, was unserem kollektiven Ansatz am ehesten entspricht. bottom-up statt top-down. Im Gegensatz zu Kapitalgesellschaften (wie zum Beispiel GmbH oder Aktiengesellschaft), die gewinnmaximierend handeln und meist nach dem top-down Prinzip strukturiert sind, ist bei Genossenschaften das mitgliederorientierte Handeln schon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3556","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krakelee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krakelee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krakelee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krakelee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krakelee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3556"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.krakelee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5073,"href":"https:\/\/www.krakelee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3556\/revisions\/5073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krakelee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}