Our Governance

VeriMe is a membership cooperative dedicated to researcher identity verification.

VeriMe provides secure, researcher-owned and directed digital identity verification services that enable verified access without exposing personal data.

VeriMe is an open research infrastructure supported by our Members, Subscribers, and Sponsors.

  • Researchers may create an account for no fee.

  • Researcher Members may access services to verify identity using official documents and may also take part in VeriMe governance.

  • Subscribers may request verified identity data from Members using VeriMe APIs.

  • Sponsors may support the adoption and implementation of VeriMe services by purchasing blocks of vouchers, providing “patient capital” in the form of long terms loans, or supporting us with a grant.

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  • Verime is committed to conducting its business ethically and transparently. Integrity and honesty underlie all of our community relationships. Our Code of Conduct articulates our high expectations for our Members and stakeholders: listen first, and actively practice good judgment, diplomacy, and courtesy in our interactions with each other and our community. Our goal is to foster a values-based culture in which each individual within our organization and across our community feels welcome, respected, and treated with dignity, while also recognizing the personal responsibility each of us has in creating and maintaining that culture. 

  • VeriMe Cooperative (the “Cooperative”) is a limited cooperative association organized under the Colorado Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act, C.R.S. Title 7, Article 58 (“ULCAA”). The Cooperative’s business shall be conducted on a cooperative basis for the mutual benefit of the Cooperative’s Members.  The Cooperative may have offices in such places as the Board may from time to time determine or the purposes of the Corporation may require. Our Articles of Incorporation were filed on 1 May 2025 withe the State of Colorado.

  • Our bylaws describe our governance structure, membership classes, requirements for patronage distributions, decision-making processes, and specify our living will provisions. You may review and comment on our bylaws in this open document.

  • VeriMe Members include Researchers, Workers, and Founders.

    The Membership Agreement specifies buy-in provisions, annual fees, activity requirements for patronage distributions, and governance access and expectations.

    At launch (2026) the Researcher Member fee is US$20 per year. Researcher Members are required to maintain the currency of their contact information and undergo an annual identity verification to be eligible for patronage distributions.

    Patronage distributions come in the form of credit points that can be applied to the annual membership fee or other products and services available through VeriMe.

    We will be releasing the Researcher Member Agreement at the same time we launch VeriMe account services. You can view the Researcher Member Agreement here and sign up for alerts.

  • Our Board Policies guide our cooperative activities, including our fiduciary duties; confidentiality and conflict of interest disclosure; whistleblower and document retention policies; as well as our code of ethics and code of conduct.