§ 11. Five or more persons may form a corporation, under this chapter,
by making, acknowledging and filing a certificate of incorporation which
shall state:

1. Its name. The name shall include the word "Cooperative."

2. Its purposes, as permitted by this chapter.

3. Its duration.

4. The city, village or town and the county in which its office is to
be located.

5. The names and post office addresses of its incorporators.

6. The number of its directors, or that the number of directors shall
be within a stated minimum and maximum as the by-laws may from time to
time provide. In either case, the number shall be not less than five.

7. The names and post office addresses of the directors until the
first annual meeting.

8. Whether organized with or without capital stock. If organized with
stock, the total amount thereof, the total number, if any, of the shares
without par value, and the total number and par value of any shares
having a par value. If the shares are to be classified, the number of
shares to be included in each class and all of the designations,
preferences, privileges, and voting rights or restrictions and
qualifications of the shares of each class.

9. That all of the subscribers are of full age; that at least
two-thirds of them are citizens of the United States; that at least one
of them is a resident of the state of New York; and that of the persons
named as directors at least one is a citizen of the United States and a
resident of the state of New York.

10. A designation of the secretary of state as agent of the
corporation upon whom process against it may be served and the post
office address within or without this state to which the secretary of
state shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him.

11. If the corporation is to have a registered agent, his name and
address within this state and a statement that the registered agent is
to be the agent of the corporation upon whom process against it may be
served.