Phoenix Earth Food Co-op (PEFC)
Minutes, Board Meeting 4/28/21

Location: Teleconferencing CISCO WEBEX

Present: Hermann von Grafenstein, Anita Levin, Sean Fitzgerald (General Manager),Sándor Halász (arrived at 6:46 pm), Claudia Cooper, Adrienne Armstrong, Maureen Ciesinski, Alyx Kendzierski, Monika Perry (Staff), Nik Botek (Staff)

Absent: Thomas Fine, Shelley Boraby

MSC - Moved Seconded and Carried

Resolutions are numbered R1- 2

The meeting began at 6:37pm,

  1. Approval of minutes
    Minutes 3/24/21 were approved as corrected for spelling, grammar and numbering MSC -R1
  2. General-Manager Report - reviewed and discussed as circulated. Discussed delay in POS-system arrival. Discussed Coop being present at the Farmers Market.
  3. Outreach - Adrienne outlined several programs we will attend in upcoming months despite COVID. Attended Party for the Planet at the Zoo and Leaf and Seed event. Will attend UT Art in the Mall. Discussed yard signs. 500 are being printed. Outreach and Finance sub-Committee of Relocation Committee will discuss and decide how to distribute and what the proper donation should be.
  4. Finance Report
    Hermann presented a financial review for March 2021. Revenue not growing. Sales have decreased over same period Year to date in 2020. Likely resulting from the beginning of the pandemic last year. Current aim is to increase sales. Cash position remains stable.
  5. Relocation Committee - Hermann explained the AHP system for ranking the importance of moving criteria. Board asked to complete the forms ASAP as best they can. 3 subcommittees are Real estate, Finance and Criteria. Anyone on the Board is welcome to attend the Relocation Committee or join the Committee. The sub-committees are making contacts with local real-estate market, and city.
  6. COVID Precautions - no report and no changes to policy. All of the staff are fully vaccinated.
  7. Development Fund - Tabled
  8. POS System- discussed in GM Report - hopefully coming soon and will include ability for on-line ordering.
  9. Review of Action Items - See attached list.
  10. New Business -No new business
  11. Adjournment: Motion to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 7:33PM. MSC - R2

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Respectfully submitted, Anita Levin Secretary