February 24 General Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, February 24, 2026
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.)
Members are allotted time to bring one item per person to the attention of the membership for up to one minute. Written items will be recognized first. Items can be submitted anonymously and read by the Chair.

III. General Coordinators Reports (7:25 – 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 – 8:15 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 (8:15 – 9:15 p.m.) 

Item 1: Amending Coop bylaws, policies, and procedures to ensure the Coop’s survival and success (20 minutes)
Item Sponsors: Zack Zaban
Discussion: Form a study committee of members and staff to make recommendations about what amendments to the bylaws (including Article VI) and to Coop policies and procedures may be necessary or useful to ensure the Coop’s continued success.

Item 2: Podcast Committee (20 minutes)
Item Sponsor: Amy Brinker and Rahima Nasa
Discussion: We want to establish a Podcast Committee to create an oral history of the Park Slope Food Coop. The Coop’s mission is all about collaboration, and our goal is to showcase the people and personalities that make this place so unique. We want to capture memories and accents, breathe new life into old stories, and use this medium to celebrate the history and the future of the Coop.

Item 3: Reimagining the Temporary Price Mark-up Increase (20 minutes)
Item Sponsor: Tim Hospodar
Discussion: Since 2020, staff annually recalibrates the Temporary Price Mark-up increase until the Coop’s finances reach break-even level. Let’s rethink its purpose and its policy, and let’s discuss alternative ways to break-even, enabling staff to terminate the temporary mark-up.

VI. Board of Directors Meeting (9:15 p.m.)