Governance

People's is a consumer cooperative. This means we are owned by our customers if they so choose. Our owners fill a 9-seat board of directors from amongst their ranks. The role of the board is to establish a vision for the future of the co-op and govern the cooperative toward that vision. At People's our board governs via a set of written policies. In addition to governance, the board provides fiduciary and management oversight.

Election Results

Thanks to those who ran for the board! The membership has elected all three of the people who ran for board elections this time around. Congratulations to Ethan Morgenstein, Valda Karlsons, and Aliisa Lahti (who was re-elected and holds the chair position)!

Upcoming Board Meeting Schedule:
The board currently meets the 4th Tuesday of the month from 7-9pm in Classroom 6 in the basement of the Gilmore Center at Bronson Hospital. All owners and members of the community are encouraged to attend. The upcoming dates are as follows:

  • April 22, 2008
  • May 27, 2008
  • June 24, 2008
  • July 22, 2008
  • August 26, 2008
  • September 23, 2008
  • October 28, 20008
  • November 25, 2008
  • December 23, 2008
If you have an interest please contact Aliisa Lahti, our current board chair.

We want to thank all the candidates for running, and all the PFC members who voted for making this organization functinally democratic.

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

Our governance structure is laid out in our
By-Laws.