August General Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, August 26, 2025
7:00 p.m.

• LOCATION: TBD
• 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 – 7:15 p.m.)

II. Open Forum (7:15 – 7:30 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 (7:30 – 7:50 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 (7:50 – 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: PSFC Treasurer Position Eligibility Requirements (15 minutes)
Item Sponsors: Bookkeeping Coordinator Terry Meyers, Receiving Coordinator Gillian Chi, and Membership Coordinators Jana Cunningham and Yuwie Tantipech
Proposal: For the well-being of the Coop, any candidate for the position of Treasurer of the Park Slope Food Coop must, at the time of the election, be an upper-level management staff person who is chiefly responsible for the financial operations of the Coop. This modifies the language in the Park Slope Food Coop Guide to the General and Annual Meetings.

Item 2: Restore Boycott Votes to Simple Majority (40 minutes)
Item Sponsor: Abdi-Hakin Dirie
Discussion: Discussion about restoring boycott votes to a simple majority.

Item 3: Make the 75% Supermajority Rule Permanent (40 minutes)
Item Sponsor: Ramon Maislen
Discussion: Our official boycott policy of a 75% supermajority, meant to foster cooperation and unity, was affirmed only a short while ago.  The Coop has spoken.  There is no official rule, bylaw, regulation, or emergency situation that stipulates that we should undue it.  Therefore, it should remain permanent.