There were present Yvonne Goodwin (YG), John Starr (JS), Sándor Halász (HS), David Finet (DF), Shawn Stein (SS), Karl Richardson (KR), Tamatha Brandner (TB), and Abby Youngs (AY). (For advice with the lease, Tom Goodwin also was present.) The meeting was called to order at 18:20.

YG warned that since the yearly meeting the board had not voted on officers. They are now JS president, KR vice-president, DF treasurer, and HS secretary. TB said that because of personal burdens she will withdraw from the board, and KR said that in April he & family, following better employment, will move to North Carolina.

The lease has not been signed. Its terms favor the owner. Lawyers Tom Cotter and Tom Goodwin have looked at it.

AY: with Royce Haddad in Florida, there will be no personal negotiation. Helen Elden is worried, prefers herself & AY for negotiators. SS suggests JS, the new president. DF suggests lease-negotiation committee, made up of YG, SS, AY, & JS, charged with negotiating for the best possible lease. KR seconds, all approve.

JS, former treasurer, reports all in spreadsheet. (DF suggests that Leah Foley send all board her reports.) DF, new treasurer, suggests reports show current, budgeted, and prior year; income statement and balance sheet current and year-to-date; cash, sales, stock, accounts payable, .... JS shows last month, this month, year-to-date; budget, income??; this, other mean coöps. JS is willing to donate to the coöp Quickbooks 2009.

AY speaks of budget, new draught by February 1st, of bizness plan and cashflow budget. There is now a purchasing budget. YG says some of NFI s wares are already expired, or almost, but, AY says, the coöp has not the staff to check it all.

There were discussed the case discount and membership-appeal, and the staff s meager pay. AY said also that although the debt had been paid off, and the coöp now has the usual 30-day credit, the coöp yet pays book price, with no volume discount.

HS said bylaw changes are needed for the already approved changes. DF says many of the bylaws are slack, what about a committee? YG moves, KR seconds, all approve of a bylaw committee of DF, SS, HS, KR.

The meeting dissolved at 20:26