Shawn Stein 2011/08/16 16:26
resigns.

Klear, John 2011/09/06 01:10
resigns

Sándor Halász 2011/09/07
suggests that, because of Michael Kelly s insulting (to wit, the foregoing resignations) and manipulativeness, the rest of the board accept his and Sam Rodriguez s repeated offers of resignation.

Sam Rodriguez 2011/09/08 20:50
sends first Robert Bower, John Starr, Tamatha Brandner, and Nancy Sloan, deliberatly leaving Sándor Halász out, later (2011/9/9 12:41), after Nancy Sloan resigns, Robert Bower, John Starr, Tamatha Brandner, and Sándor Halász the following:

This letter is to inform you that our contract letter for full-time employment starting May 30, 2011 till November 30, 2011 will come to an end earlier then we had anticipated. Our goal was to reevaluate our financial situation and your ability to successfully complete the goals established by the Board along with the 3 additional goals you had identified. I am pleased to say that you met and exceeded those goals within a 4 week period of time as reported in our July 2011 board meeting. We are pleased with your performance and have tried to work as a team to turn the very discouraging situation around with the co-op after many years of mismanagement by previous General Managers and a series of inactive board members.

Unfortunately, with the road construction, environmentally unsafe store conditions, the resistance for change by staff and some previous board members and the continued financial issues facing the co-op, we will not be able to honor our agreement/contract. As a result, your services will no longer be needed after October 15, 2011. This should give you enough time to tie up loose ends and turn in your computer and keys over to the Store Manager.

Since you have fulfilled your end of our agreement/contract we will have a severance package prepared for you to help you as you make this difficult transition. We will honor the 7 remaining weeks that were to carry you to the November 30, 2011 contract; a total of $4800.00 and with appropriate taxes taken out would come to $3688.00 approximately. Again, we apologize for not being able to offer you longer employment with the co-op but unfortunately the situation has called for us to make the necessary changes both with your position and our involvement as a board with this organization.

Thank you for all your efforts to assist me with trying to turn around this organization but unfortunately this does not seem to be possible. We wish you the best of luck in these very difficult economic times.

Tamatha Brandner 2011/09/09 12:43
approves.

Robert Bower 2011/09/09 12:46
approves.

John Starr 2011/09/09 12:52
approves.

Sándor Halász 2011/09/09 13:30
approves.

Tamatha Brandner 2011/09/10 11:35
suggests that Mike Kelly take the laptop computer with him. John Starr and Sam Rodriguez agree, and Sándor Halász objects. Mike Kelly refers to his earlier statement that upon departure he will leave it with the board president.

Nancy Sloan 2011/09/11 11:24
objects to offering Kelly the laptop, and to the foregoing agreement, that this violates the bylaws, to wit, protect the financial and legal viability of the co-op. (Although she had resigned, messages on this matter yet were being sent to her.)

Sam Rodriguez 2011/09/12 10:08
directs Helen Elden to make out a check for the amount (adjusted to $3942.81 after Leah Foley s reckoning because it is not a whole number of weeks) in the foregoing agreement. Sándor Halász objects to the haste of forthwith doing it instead of waiting until October 15th.

Shelley Luettke 2011/09/18 16:27
sends the board a message of protest.

Sam Rodriguez 2011/09/18 21:50
writes that he, Tamatha Brandner, and John Starr resign.

Robert Bower 2011/09/20 13:55
resigns.