Phoenix Earth Food Co-op (PEFC)
Minutes, Board Meeting 6/23/21

Location: Teleconferencing CISCO WEBEX

Present: Hermann von Grafenstein, Anita Levin, Sean Fitzgerald (General Manager), Maureen Ciesinski, Alyx Kendzierski, Thomas Fine, Shelley Boraby, Sándor Halász

Absent: Claudia Cooper, Adrienne Armstrong

MSC - Moved Seconded and Carried

Resolutions are numbered R1- 3

The meeting began at 6:32pm.

  1. Approval of minutes
    Minutes 5/26/21were approved as corrected for spelling, grammar and numbering. MSC -R1

  2. General-Manager Report - reviewed and discussed as circulated. POS System to arrive next week.

    A POS worker will be at Phoenix 2 days & we will pay hotel & travel costs for that person.

  3. Finance Report
    Tom presented a financial review for May 2021. Sales have decreased 22% over same period Year to date in 2020. Likely resulting from the beginning of the pandemic last year. No longer have COVID buying frenzy. Although cash position looks better than it used to look, we need to continue to see how sales are doing as we enter the slow period.
  4. Outreach -Very successful Vegan Bash with Hal and Adrienne. Resulted in 8 new customers already! Art on the Mall in July 2021. Hermann will arrange to get table and volunteers. Coop signs are in.
  5. Development Fund - Regulations do permit. Need to establish new account or at least new line item in accounting software.

  6. Relocation Committee - Next meeting Sunday 6/27/21 at 10 AM. Info on building collected and summarized. Next steps complete the AHP Process - for neighborhood and costs; criteria reviewed. Motion to accept criteria Discussed MSC- R2

    Reviewed actual comparison sheet for each site including current site- only 2 sites ready to go right now. Per/sqft price comparisons are equivalent.

  7. Review of Action Items-
  8. New Business - NONE; Sean F will determine how the new signs are used/sold
  9. Adjournment: Motion to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 8PM. MSC - R3

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Respectfully submitted, Anita Levin Secretary