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The People's Food Co-op is a consumer cooperative; this means we are owned by our customers. Our owners fill a nine-seat board of directors from among their ranks. 

Board Meetings

The Board currently meets from 7-9 pm on the 4th Tuesday of the month. Our meetings are open to the public and all owners and community members are encouraged to attend. Our next meeting is Tuesday, May 28, at the office of theGreat Lakes Peace Jam (625 Harrison St, Suite 2).  You can download the next meeting's agenda soon.  We'd love to see you at a board meeting!

 

March Board Meeting Summary 

We covered a lot of ground at this month's meeting!

 

The Board discussed what would be the best way to link the PFC's policies to our website, so the public can have access to our most up-to-date policies.  We monitored PFC policies M Global and M1-4.  The Board recently took an evaluation of ourselves and we looked at areas we scored low on.  We will also compare the data we retrieved to the last Board self-assessment survey taken two years ago to see where we have grown.  

 

We also discussed the progress of moving into the managerial position of the Kalamazoo Farmers' Market and possible partnerships for implementing improvements.  The Read and Seed program is coming along, with more information to be announced at the Annual Owner Meeting.  The Annual Owner Meeting is on April 12th, and we are looking for volunteers for before, during, and after the event!

 

 

The role of the Board is to establish a vision for the future of the Co-op and govern the cooperative towards these ends. At People's, our Board governs via our By-Laws and our Policies. In addition to governance, the Board provides fiduciary and management oversight.

 In addition, our Ends Policy is used to guide the organization in every decisions that we make - from what to carry on the shelves to how to best engage our community. 

The general manager regularly reports on PFC's progress toward achieving our Ends. See the most recent Ends report here. 


PFC Ends Statement

GLOBAL:
The People’s Food Co-op of Kalamazoo exists to create access to food that is healthy for people, land and the economy. (updated 1/26/10) 

SUB ENDS: (created 11/15/10, updated 11/18/12)
People – Because of PFC:
Bridges exist between our multiple diverse communities.
Kalamazoo is a food sovereign community. 

Land – Because of PFC:
There is a healthier ecological system. 

Economy – Because of PFC:
Cooperative business exists in our community.
Local jobs exist in our community.
Local money stays in our local economy.

 

Board Members

Our Board is made up of the following volunteer directors (the date after the name denotes the end of the term for that director):

 

 

You can also find past board meeting summaries and meeting minutes in the archive sidebar above.

 

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April 2011 Board Meeting

DateTuesday, May 3, 2011 at 01:35PM

In April, we welcomed new director Elizabeth Forest to her first board meeting.  Elizabeth has years of experience with the People's Food Co-op and we are excited to have her on the board.  We monitored our Board-General Manager linkage policy, and started a discussion about whether to host Moo-nique dairy's raw milk share pick up in the parking lot at our new store.  We are currently researching different aspects of this, and will continue to discuss this at our next meeting on Tuesday, May 24 from 7-9pm at PeaceJam.  As always, owners are welcome and encouraged to attend board meetings, so please consider joining us!

Download the Meeting Minutes.