General Meeting Agenda – October
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
7:00 p.m.
- Where: Prospect Park Picnic House, 95 Prospect Park West, between 4th and 5th Streets
Limited parking is available in the Litchfield Villa parking lot. - Only Park Slope Food Coop members may attend. Members need to bring their membership card or phone with their member ID barcode to enter the meeting.
- Time in parentheses are suggestions. The Chair has the discretion to change the order of the agenda or the time allotted 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 will have up to one minute to ask a brief question regarding Coop operations. Appropriate staff or committee members may respond, and a brief follow-up may be taken.
III. Treasurer’s Report (7:25–7:40 p.m.)
IV. General Coordinators’ Reports (7:40–7:50 p.m.)
V. Member Committee Reports (7:50–8:00 p.m.)
Depending on the number of Committees prepared to report, each Committee will have up to 5 minutes to make a report. Committees need to notify the Chair before the meeting to help the Chair plan time allotments.
VI. AGENDA (8:00–9:30 p.m.)
Item 1: Personnel Committee Election (15 minutes)
Item Sponsor: Personnel Committee
Election: The Personnel Committee will present candidates for election.
Item 2: Annual Agenda Committee Election (15 minutes)
Item Sponsor: Agenda Committee
Election: The Agenda Committee will present one new candidate for election and one candidate for re-election to the Committee.
Item 3: Vote on Authorizing a Masking Referendum (60 minutes)
Item Sponsor: David Bartner
Proposal: Proposal to authorize a referendum to decide the Coop’s mask policy.
The referendum sent to all members for a vote will read:
◊ No, I do not agree that masking should be voluntary. The Coop should maintain its current masking policy and future decisions on masking can be decided at GM.
VII. Board of Directors Meeting (9:30 p.m.)