The New Orleans Food Co-op is excited to announce that its first potluck dinner of the new year will mark a return to the event’s original home. The potluck dinners are welcome to anyone and everyone as always. This month’s potluck will follow the NOFC board meeting.

The dinner will be at the community center at 623 North Rendon Street, February 1, 7:00pm.

This is an open meeting - everyone is welcome. Monthly potluck social to follow.

This meeting will be at the community center at 623 North Rendon Street, February 1, 5:30pm. Board members should advise Erin of their availability by phone at 504/314-1301, or by (email) erin (at) nolafoodcoop (dot) org.

At the annual member meeting on January 5, the NOFC elected a new Board of Directors. The board members for 2006 are:

• Tommy Boehm
• John Calhoun
• Karley Frankic
• Erin Laine
• Ann Sobol

At the subsequent board meeting the board’s officers were elected: Tommy
Boehm president, John Calhoun treasurer, and Karley Frankic secretary.

This neighborhood meeting is to raise awareness in the community of the NOFC, the Buying Club, and our plans to open a cooperative grocery.

The meeting will be at the Sound Cafe, Chartres Street, in Faubourg Marigny on February 16, at 7:00pm.

In the last few weeks the NOFC has put considerable energy towards quickly opening a small storefront. We now have an opportunity to place a store in the Melonhead Cafe in Marigny, and we are working quickly to reach a decision as to whether we will take up this opportunity.

Several members have met with the owner of the Melonhead Cafe in Marigny and the owner of the space they occupy. We have introduced the possibility of using some of their space for running our first storefront. Pharon of Melonhead and Adam, the building owner, were very receptive to this idea.

The amount of space available to us is yet to be determined. Please see the calendar section of this website for upcoming meetings on this topic. And please try to attend a meeting - the more input we have, the better a decision we can make.

Erin has taken a few pictures of the outside of the Melonhead Cafe and also scanned in two floorplan drawings provided by the owner. These documents will convey a sense for the space we are considering. The pictures are on Erin’s personal picture gallery; there is also a map showing the location of the Melonhead Cafe.