Phoenix Co-op Board Meeting
Nov. 15, 2011

1. Meeting begins at 6:20.
2. Present: Val Leonardi, Heather Mominee, Halasz Sandor, Pete DeWood, Shelley Luettke, Steve Steel, Rev. Vines, Stacey Grasso, Shelly Boraby.
3. Reading and approval of minutes.
4. Election of officers: President: Shelley Luettke, Vice President: Steve Steel, Treasurer: Rev. Vines, Secretary: Stacey Grasso.                   
5. There is a discussion of putting in Bylaws the enactment of new policies and possibly digitizing information. Sandor states the Board minutes are missing from various years.
6. Manager and Financial Report:
• - Thanksgiving product sampling was held
• -Store is taking turkey orders
• -Bank loan is being processed
• -Sasha is working on new co-op brochure and the suggestion is made that membership application information is on new brochure.
• -Slight profit made in Oct.
7. Committees:
• -Discussion on networking between various committees.
• -Goals of committees should be stated and committee lists provided to Board members.
• -Holiday party is proposed.
• -Need to have current membership on site and a point of sales system.
8. Other Business:
• -It is suggested we start a Buyer's Club to increase membership and promote pre-orders. Perhaps Buyer's Club could be online.
9. Board moves into Executive Session and agrees to keep Helen and Leah as co-managers until Jan. 31, 2012.
10. President discusses instances of verbal abuse and threats perpetrated by some of the previous Board members. Article III, section 1-C of the Bylaws is quoted, [members] must act in a civil manner … when dealing with other Co-op members and staff.
11. Meeting is adjourned at 8:05 p.m.