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    Rakesh <rake...@googlemail.com> Feb 08 10:58AM -0800  

    Hi All
     
    When do you want to place your next order?
     
    Given that a new catalogue is due to be out in the next 3 weeks, can I
    suggest we delay the new order till then? This way we can take
    advantage of any offers (as most offers will probably have sold out by
    now).
     
    Maybe we can start putting items into a spreadsheet now, and adjust it
    when the new catalogue is out.
     
    What do you say?
     
    We should also think about how to start finding more local people to
    join.
     
    Cheers
     
    Rakesh

     

    "Baking Your Own Bread... mmmm" <baking...@gmail.com> Feb 08 10:19PM  

    Hi Rakesh,
     
    Thank you for your emails. Regarding the next order, I think is best to
    wait for the new catalogue for everybody to look at and enter the orders in
    the spreadsheet to avoid confusion between both catalogues.
     
    Kind regards,
     
    Ricardo
     

     

    Rakesh <rake...@googlemail.com> Feb 08 10:54AM -0800  

    Dear all
     
    We had a very fruitful meeting today with a local lawyer, who looked
    at our constitution and is helping us rewrite it to make it more
    appropriate and robust.
     
    A few decisions were made from this discussion which are aimed at
    protecting our members. These will be reflected in the constitution
    which we are now drafting. If you have any objections, please email me
    within a week, so we can enter into an appropriate dialogue and make
    sure your views are taken into account in the reviewed constitution.
     
    As current members we will send you a draft proposal of the
    constitution for your consideration before the constitution is
    ratified.
     
     
     
    1. Transition Pimlico Food Coop will be used solely for Food Coop
    purposes as described in the constitution. This means non food coop
    activities, even if they are food related should not go through the
    food coop or it's bank account. Which means we will have to set up a
    new entity for Transition Pimlico activities.
     
    2. To make membership criteria more simple and manageable. We would
    like to propose scrapping the idea of full member and buying member
    and replace it with a member. All members will get the full wholesale
    price, regardless of their participation.
     
    3. To become a member we are proposing a yearly membership, with an
    annual subscriptions. This could be by some kind of alternative
    currency or a nominal cash amount, such as £1. If we decide on a cash
    sum, we can decide where this money will be spent (i.e. bags and boxes
    to carry divided foodstuffs, web site).
     
    4. The management committee has the right, by way of a consensus
    decision to refuse a member from joining or from renewing their
    membership (this is just in case the catering staff at Monsanto try to
    join our coop http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/gm-food-banned-in-monsanto-canteen-737948.html).
     
    5. Remove chairman right to hold a casting vote in favour of true
    consensus
     
    6. Management committee will be made of between 3 and 7 people. Of
    which 3 will be the Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary. The remaining 4
    will be members. All committee members must be voted in annually.
     
    7. All operational procedures should be taken out of the constitution
    and placed into an operations manual, which is updated by the members,
    upon approval from the members.
     
    We are also revisiting the role of the management committee. To help
    facilitate this we have started a document on the functions of
    Transition Pimlico Food Coop, from which we will decide what role the
    management committee takes in each action (if any); from which we can
    form an operations manual and the responsibilities of the management
    committee.
     
    I have started a document under bubbl.us, but struggling to work out
    how to share it. So here is a cut n paste of what I have so far (will
    share it properly once I have worked it out).
     
    Transition Pmlico Food Coop Activities
     
    Select wholesaler
    Core values
    Local
    Ethical
    Wholesale price
    Ordering process
    Receiving delivery
    Choosing when to place order
    Payments
    Refunds
    Sorting
    Collection
    Membership

     

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