DUCK SOUP COOP
Board Minutes
June 23, 2005
Present: Peggy James, John Naples, Cynthia Nelson, Ruth Peterson, Kathy Stelford.
Absent: James Neale, Tania Nezrick, Mary Helen Polensky.
Members present: Dori Burg, Suzanne Satterfield
Non-member present: Tami Johnson
The meeting was called to order at 5:37 p.m. by President Stelford. She changed the printed agenda to include a statement from a non-member.
Tami Johnson made a statement regarding her employment.
Suzanne Satterfield and Dori Burg spoke in support of Johnson.
Stelford described the task of the personnel committee versus the task of the board. The board deals with policy decisions. Any issue regarding employment needs to be brought to the board personnel committee.
The next meeting dates will be on July 14 and August 18.
James suggested that the board begin to look for people to fill available board positions. Peterson will add a memo to the minutes regularly emailed to interested members asking if any would be interested in serving or knew of someone who would be interested in filling a board position.
James will contact Neale regarding service on the board in the light of his current health concerns.
The contract is in place for new cooler doors, racking and lighting. They will be delivered in 2 – 3 weeks. The store will probably need to be closed for a day during installation. That date has not yet been set.
DSC now has a new insurer – CNA is the parent company but a broker, Kapatoes, which deals with insurance for health food stores and cooperatives, is handling the account. We will be saving about $1500 yearly on liability and workman’s compensation insurance costs.
Answers to the questions that board members asked about the Point of Sale system will be emailed soon.
James is working on details for the awning trying to make it blend in with the building to enhance the exterior.
Two of the applicants for the posted full-time job will be interviewed.
Requests for bids on signs are being pursued, but nothing definite has been decided yet.
James is not sure that a booth has been reserved at the Energy Fair in August. Equal Exchange coffee has offered to partner with us by making coupons, etc. at our booth. Nezrick, who was not present, is the contact person on this activity.
The meeting was declared adjourned by President Stelford at 6:20 p.m. Since there was not a quorum of board members present no official business was conducted.
The board then went into a short executive session to talk about personnel issues.
Ruth Peterson
Secretary