September General Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, September 30, 2025
7:00 p.m.

• LOCATION: Picnic House, Prospect Park, 95 Prospect Park West, between 4th and 5th Street
• Only current Park Slope Food Coop members may attend. To enter the meeting, all members must present their membership card or phone with their member ID barcode at the entrance.
• Time in parentheses is a suggestion. The Chair has the discretion to modify the order of the agenda or adjust the time allocated to each item.

I. Meeting Warm-up and Chair Committee Introduction (7:00 – 7:10 p.m.)

II. Open Forum (7:10 – 7:25 p.m.)
The time is allotted for members to bring one item per person for up to one minute to the attention of the membership. Written items will be recognized first. Items can be submitted anonymously and read by the Chair.

III. General Coordinators Reports (7:25 – 7:45 p.m.)
The General Coordinators provide brief reports on Coop operations, including but not limited to finance, purchasing, logistics, and special projects.

IV. Member Committee Reports (7:45 – 8:00 p.m.)
Committees authorized by the GM can deliver a short report. This time won’t be used for discussion of an agenda item. Depending on the number of committees prepared to report, each committee will have up to 5 minutes to make a report. Committees must notify the Chair in advance of the meeting to help the Chair plan time allocations.

V.  AGENDA (8:00 – 9:30 p.m.)

Item 1: Financial Advisory Committee (30 minutes)
Item Sponsor: Michael Freedman-Schnapps
Discussion: The Financial Advisory Committee will regularly review the financial performance of and economic conditions facing the Coop and provide advice to the members and staff on addressing these issues through regular reports. This committee is advisory only. Click here for the full committee proposal.

Item 2: Starting a “Childcare Solutions Committee” to explore equitable options in place of in-house Childcare (30 minutes)
Item Sponsor: Brian Russ and Lauren Belski
Proposal: We want permission to establish a two-year committee to research measures to alleviate the stresses and logistical challenges of scheduling and completing shifts for members who are parents or caregivers of children 0-13. We are seeking a solution that replaces the long-running option of the childcare room, and we plan to conduct research and bring various agenda items up for discussion and vote during our committee’s term.

Item 3: Hearing Administration Committee Election (15 minutes)
Item Sponsors: Hearing Administration Committee
Election: Matt Cecil will be presented for election to the HAC.

Item 4: Hearing Officer Committee Election (15 minutes)
Item Sponsors: Hearing Officer Committee
Election: Marian Hertz, Andrea Hirshman, Julie Vasady Kovacs, and Liam Malanaphy will be presented for re-election to the HOC.