Brattleboro Food Co-op Board of Directors Meeting Agenda
Board of Directors
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Meet the Board! Yoshi
As of December 2021, Yoshi Manale is the new Brattleboro Town Manager! And as you’ll read below, he immediately became a Co-op member, and expressed an interest in joining the Board of Directors. As it happened, the Board had a vacant seat to fill, so Yoshi was appointed, and is now a BFC Director. Yoshi has been acclimating to our town and Vermont, making new friends, hiking/skiing local trails, attending shows at the many performing arts locations around town, and enjoying the variety of food choices.
Calvin Dame: Board of Director Interview
Calvin Dame was elected to the Co-op Board of Directors last November for a 1-year term. As you’ll read below, Calvin is a retired Unitarian Minister, and served for eight years on the Unitarian Universalist Association’s National Board of Trustees.
Board of Directors Meeting: February 2022
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes: January 2022
New Board Member Appointed
The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that it has appointed Yoshi Manale to fill the remainder of Steffen Gillom’s term on the Board (term expires 2023). Here is Yoshi in his own words, from the statement of interest he submitted to the Board. Welcome, Yoshi!
Board of Director Interview Nick Dickison
Nick Dickison joined the Brattleboro Food Co-op as a shareholder-owner in 2018. Nick is currently working in the kitchen, a job that they’ve done for most of their working career. Last year, they accepted an appointment by the BFC Board to fill out another staff Director’s term, as the 2nd staff shareholder on the Board; the BFC bylaws require at least one staff Board member, but no more than two. As Nick says, they’re learning as they go about being on the Board of Directors.
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes: December 2021
December 2021 BFC Board Meeting
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DECEMBER 2021 Board of Directors Meeting via ZOOM
All Shareholders are welcome to join the BOD’s meetings!
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes: November 2021
GM SEARCH UPDATE: DECEMBER 2021
We have not provided an update for a while, but we’ve certainly been busy! In October, the Committee met with a couple of staff members to get some “on the ground” perspective about what characteristics would be ideal in the next GM. Normally, due to the strictures of policy governance, Board members do not reach out to employees directly (“The only official connection of the board to the operational organization, its achievement, and conduct shall be through the general manager.” – Policy C.1), so this was a rare opportunity to get a window into staff sentiment that will help ensure our next GM will be a good fit.
News
- BOD Meeting Agenda: August 2022
- August Update
- Misty Knoll Farms
- What’s New at the Co-op? Woodstock Easy Spread Organic Peanut Butter!
- What’s New at the Co-op? Vermont Creamery’s Strawberry Spritz Goat Cheese Log!
- And the BEST in Show is from Jasper Hill Farms…
- Board of Directors Meeting Minutes: June 2022
