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News at a Glanceby Nancy
Ellegatethe Scoop? The HWFC
Board of
Directors met on Tuesday, November 27. Strategic
Planning It was
agreed that the Strategic Planning committee
will hire an expert to represent the Co-op in discussions with
engineers,
architects and others planning the new store. The position will be paid
at an
hourly rate, with a cap amount to be established. Meeting on
Co-op Law The
operations and administrative coordinator is
working on setting up a meeting with an expert on cooperative law.
There was
discussion about who should attend this meeting. Board members, members
of the Note:
News at a Glance is a summary of the meetings of the HWFC
Board of Directors.
Collective Management Team and members of the Governance Review
Committee could
attend. After this meeting takes place, an ad hoc committee will be
convened to
work on member labor issues. Board
Matters Both a
financial training for Board members and a Board
retreat were scheduled for December. Finance The Finance
committee asked that committees submit their budget
proposals for 2008. It is anticipated that most budgets will be cut in
half
next year. There
was discussion of how the year-end coupons members receive might be
used to
support the new store; several options were considered. Plans for
the Current Store It was
reported that plans to reconfigure
the current store will need to take into account recent problems with
refrigerators and coolers. Changes will be concentrated on other areas
of the
store. Bylaws The Bylaws
Panel is being organized and nominees’ names forwarded
to the Board member coordinating the start-up of this group. We will
need to consider
how to stagger the members’ two-year terms since the panel will have
all
members starting at the same time, but the Co-op’s bylaws require
staggered
terms. Creating
Change Policy The policy
on the process for effecting change
at the Co-op will be discussed with the membership at the January
membership
meeting. The Governance Review committee plans to present the policy in
two
parts: (1) the voting procedure; and (2) the rest of the creating
change
policy, if it is ready. Personnel A new draft
of the dispute mediation policy is available.
The Board was asked to read it and provide feedback. Nutrition The
committee has been involved in a variety of outreach
activities. It was noted that the committee still has money left in its
budget
as the end of the year approaches, and the committee’s representative
offered
to share these funds if they are needed elsewhere. Product
Manuals The
Nutrition committee will be working on
product manuals for the Health-and-Body-Aids and Bulk departments.
Other
members are working on materials on meat and sweeteners. Board
Meeting Times In order to
have more financial information available
by the time of the monthly Board meetings, it was decided to move Board
meetings to the first Tuesday of the month. (The January meeting will
be on
Wednesday, January 2 because of the Tuesday holiday.) The meeting dates
on the
Co-op’s website will need to be changed. Minutes Minutes of
all meetings are available at the Co-op. Minutes of the
most recent meeting are posted on the bulletin board. They are also
available
on the Co-op’s website as password-protected files. See instructions on
the website
for obtaining a password. (See the Meetings section and
go to Board Meetings.) |
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