The agenda includeded a vote
on the meat and fish policy, a vote
on the alcohol policy, a discussion
of the patronage refund, an update
on the new store, and an open
discussion.
General
Membership Meeting - Sunday, April
21, 2013
Board
elections were held at this meeting.
Erin Shaw, Bill Frye, Lynne Lekakis,
Marwin Margolies, and Sam Messina
were elected to the Board. We thank
Ned Depew for his service on the
board. Paul Kopmar and Stephen
Winters also were not elected. On
the other confidential matter that
we considered, we decided to follow
the suggestion of the NCGA.
Meeting
agenda Minutes
(Due to confidential content, these
minutes are password protected.
Please email nate [at]
honestweight [dot] coop for the
password.)
General Membership Meeting -
Sunday, March 18, 2013
General
Membership Meeting- Sunday,
September 30, 2012
There was a vote
about the member discount, a
Governance Review Council election,
a discussion about the mission
statement, a discussion about
product manual issues, and a
discussion about Board member
compensation.
General
Membership Meeting- Sunday, April
22, 2012
The membership voted
to support the development of the
new store. We adopted a
resolution to authorize
construction and development,
including committing to a fixed
budget, borrowing money from primary
and secondary lenders, leasing
equipment, expending resources to do
so, and completing any necessary
steps in land use permitting we
need from the
city. The vote passed
overwhelmingly, 120-6.
Item 1: Proposal to Amend HWFC
Bylaws to Address Conflicts of
Interest and Employee-Directors
DEFEATED: No votes: 77, Yes
votes: 64
Item 2: Shall we raise the price of
a share from $100 to $150 and retain
the payment plan options?
DEFEATED: Yes votes: 90, No votes:
52
(2/3 of those
who voted are required by
the bylaws and the Cooperative
Corporations Law to pass this item-
we were very close.)
Item 3: Shall we extend the current
discount structure (8%/24%) for six
months until September 30, 2012?
PASSED: Yes votes: 121, No votes:
21.
General
Membership Meeting- Sunday, January
29, 2012
The first two questions had to do
with editorial changes to the
membership manual to facilitate
future editing:
Question 1:
Shall we adopt these small issue
changes to the Membership Manual?
Passed:
109 yes to 8 no
Question 2:
Shall we adopt these changes in
language describing discount in
the Membership Manual?
Passed: 96 yes to
16 no
The next
question was about new rules for
members to transfer hours to one
another. It puts limits on the
amount per month and
year allowed to be
transferred and gives the co-op
the ability to decline transfers
when they have exceeded the
limits:
Question 3:
Shall we adopt the proposed
changes to the Membership Manual
regarding hours bank transfers?
Passed:
104 yes to 10 no
The
next question had to do with
orientation requirements. All
those who buy a share will be
invited to attend an orientation,
but it will no longer be
mandatory. It will, however, be
mandatory for those who wish to
work in the store to attend an
orientation. The membership
committee will recommend materials
to be given to those who buy a
share.
Question 4:
Shall we adopt these proposed
changes regarding orientation
requirements for household and
shareholders?
Passed: 84
yes to 35 no
The
final question was about lowering
the discount by 2% for weekly and
monthly workers for 9 months while
we study shopping patterns and
make recommendations for the 2012
budget cycle to further address
the discount expenditures:
Question 5:
Shall we adopt this change to the
member manual which will lower the
discount until March 30, 2012 to
24% for weekly and 8% for monthly
work requirements, and update the
balance of the manual where the
discount levels are spelled out?
Passed: 97 yes to
40 no
General
Membership Meeting- Apr. 10, 2011
Voting results:
Jessica Allen Hayek, Alexandra
Juhre, Roman Kuchera, and Rob
Sweeney were elected to the Board of
Directors. The question, "Should we
proceed with establishing the Honest
Weight Community Initiative, Inc. a
nonprofit organization, with HWFC,
Inc. as its sole member?" passed
with 70 "yes" votes and 32 "no"
votes.
Jody Haggard and
Ursula Abrams were elected to the
Governance Review Council. Members
voted 89-48 in favor of applying for
a beer license. There was also a
discussion of the member discount. Meeting
minutes and agenda.
Special
Membership Meeting- August 1st, 2010
There was a
presentation of and voters approved
the design of the new store. For
more information, including drawings
of the proposed new store, see the meeting announcement
(pdf file) and the meeting minutes.
General
Membership Meeting- April 18th, 2010
Members elected five
board members at this meeting, and
voted on a change to the bylaws. Meeting minutes and Meeting Agenda.
General
Membership Meeting- January 24th,
2010
The agenda
for this General Membership Meeting
included voting on the co-op's 2010
budget.
Meeting minutes.
After a lively
meeting, Honest Weight members voted
123 to 11, with one abstention, to
pursue a design for the new store
that presumes building to suit on
the 100 Watervliet Avenue site.
Co-op members voted 189-13 to
purchase property at 100
Watervliet Ave. in Albany as a
future site for the Co-op. The
closing was scheduled for Oct. 31.
For more information:
Slideshow that lays out the
considerations for the co-op's new
space at 100 Watervliet Ave. Download a PDF
version.
General
Membership Meeting - September 23,
2007
A discussion of
bylaw changes to clarify our
structure and help our organization
run smoothly. These items were
discussed at the last meeting, but
were unable to be voted upon due to
a rule about bylaw and incorporation
changes.
