Phoenix Earth Food Co-op (PEFC)
Minutes, Board Meeting 06/22/22

Location: Teleconferencing CISCO WEBEX

Present: Hermann von Grafenstein, Anita Levin, Maureen Ciesinski, Thomas Fine, Sándor Halász, Leah Foley, Staff, Claudia Cooper, Sean Fitzgerald (General Manager).

Absent: Alyx Kendzierski, Shelley Boraby, Adrienne Armstrong

MSC - Moved Seconded and Carried. Resolutions are numbered R1-3

Meeting convened at 6:45pm.

  1. Approval of Minutes-Minutes of 5/25/22 were approved as corrected. MSC -R1
  2. General Manager Report - discussed as circulated. Switching payroll service possibly as soon as 7/1/22
  3. Finance Reports- Leah &Tom reported May 2022 finances. 1st qtr had a $4,785 loss. Poor trajectory. Need increased sales and to utilize the reports available from CoPOS system more aggressively to get people into the store and shopping. Use of CoPOS system to facilitate the Delivery systems. Need tech assistance. Hermann referred the matter to the Technology Committee.
  4. Outreach Committee- Adrienne not present. Have had good response from OWE Festival contacts. Hal will represent Coop at the Vegan frankfurter eating contest on 7/2/22. Art on the Mal in late July. Hermann to spearhead.
  5. Development Committee-Anita presented the current situation with the need for putting all the coop building needs together to get a City-of-Toledo façade grant and also a Better-Building loan from the Port Authority which will attach permanently to the building as property taxes. Met with architect and waiting for his summary and estimate. Next meeting of committee will be 7/10/22 at 4 pm on Zoom. Discussing ways to fundraise for floor and parking lot.
  6. Committee to Celebrate 30th Anniversary of the Coop. Not much interest. Decided to have only one kick off. Potluck Sunday August 21, 2022 3-7 PM. Plans for music, children's activities and magician. Flier to go out soon with save the date. Working on a newsletter as well.
  7. Review of Action Items - items discussed as circulated.
  8. Executive Session to discuss GM Evaluation.
  9. Adjournment: Motion to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 8:02 PM before the quorum was lost. PM MSC - R2

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Respectfully submitted, Anita Levin Secretary