Phoenix Earth Food Co-op (PEFC)
Minutes, Board Meeting 05/23/2018

Location: Main branch of Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, 325 Michigan St., Toledo, OH 43604; Present: Adrienne Armstrong, Shelly Boraby, Maureen Ciesinski, Claudia Cooper, Hermann von Grafenstein, Mary Sawers, Sean Fitzgerald (General Manager). Absent: Thomas Fine, Anita Levin, Alyx Kendzierski. Resolutions are numbered R1–R2.

The meeting began at 6:50 pm.

  1. Approval of minutes
    The minutes of the 4/25/2018 board meeting was approved (R1, 5/0/1 for/against/abstention).
  2. Review of action items

    12/20/18

    1/24/18

    2/28/18

    3/28/18

  3. General Manager's report

  4. Financial report
    Due to Tom's absence, Hermann presented the financial report. We appear to have a majority of the long-term obligations satisfied. Short term obligations are normal for a business. Accounting revealed an increase in sales by 4%. Phoenix is currently stable.
  5. Outreach report

    Adrienne presented the committee's report

    Past events

    Planned participation at future events:

  6. Quarterly Potluck
    The date of the Spring potluck was set at May 27 to be held at Hermann's house starting at 3pm.
  7. New action items

    All ongoing items listed above plus the following:

  8. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 7:34pm (R2, 5/0/0).
    Date of next meeting: June 27, 2018, if not decided otherwise. Note: the renovation of the main library will not start before September. Board members present agreed to skip the July meeting due to numerous anticipated absences.

Minutes submitted by Maureen Ciesinski