Meeting is at LOTH at 5:30

[Alli Reed]

Hey lovers! We were able to reserve the living room in the north house of Loth coop (on Prospect at Channing), which is a much bigger, more comfortable space for our long intense meeting. We'll be meeting at Loth at 5:30 (call me at 415-302-4682 or any steering committee member if you can't find us).

I'd like to emphasize that although this meeting is open to the general membership, this is not a general membership meeting. This will be a very long, very intense meeting that will set forth the terms on which all future coop decisions will be made. We encourage anyone who is deeply committed to the coop to attend; however, if you're not feeling a really deep, penetrative, philosophical-yet-pragmatic discussion about what the food coop IS, exactly, that's totally fine and doesn't mean you don't love the food coop. There will be a ton of ways for you to stay involved. If you want your voice to be heard but don't want to/can't come, add your thoughts here: http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleyfoodcoop/feedback/democraticvaluesandstuff 

If you haven't been involved recently but still want to come, please read the general membership and steering committee meeting minutes, available on the wiki, as well as the guiding documents available on the home page of the wiki. This conversation will go much smoother if we're all on the same page before we get there. Also, if you're not able to attend the whole meeting, that's understandable, but this conversation will move forward in its own way and there's only so much we can do to accomodate those who can't be present the whole time.

These are a lot of emails, but I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's meeting and can't wait for what comes out of it. We're making a food coop, you guys. And I love you.

Alli

PS there may or may not be vegan s'mores?

On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 3:25 PM, yonatan landau <ylan...@gmail.com> wrote:

Just to clarify - anyone who feels particularly committed to this project and wants to participate in the meeting described in Bree's email I forwarded should feel free to come to the Senate Lounge, 2nd floor of Eshelman at 5:30.

 The meeting will continue for a while, feel free to call anyone on the steering committee if you find yourself locked out.

I"m going to copy the agenda one more time for clarities sake - if you can't be there or wont be able to make it the whole time, feel free to email the steering com or post your thoughts on the wiki about any of the agenda items:

1.  Philosophical Context (how did we come to our vision and mission? the situation in the world, background for our interest, who we are, what inspired us...)

2.  A statement of our Unique Viewpoint

3.  Vision (in broad terms, what we seek to happen through our mission)  this can be flowery, sexy

4.  Mission (concretely, in 1 sentence, how will we realize our vision?)

5.  Stakeholders (people with whom we seek to work in solidarity)

6.  Members (determined by level of involvement: e.g. general/network affiliates, committee members, steering committee, advisory board, paid staff...)

7.  Process (how to make decisions, how to run meetings and how often, etc) this should also include certain benchmarks, dates, etc.

8.  Leadership, Staff and Personnel Functions (work breakdown as well as expectations) - this section can also include success factors and risks

9.  A brief note as to how and when to ammend the TOR (e.g. when we open a storefront, etc)

Much love!

On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Kaela <kaelac...@berkeley.edu> wrote:

I just wanted to remind everyone that there will NOT be a general
membership meeting tomorrow.  The time and place of the next meeting
will be announced soon.

Hope everyone is having a good last couple days of summer!

--
Yoni
510 207 3850

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