Elections of the NOFC Board of Directors
The most important aspect of the annual member meeting is the election of the board of directors. The board is the governance body of the co-op. This next board will be negotiating with developers and working with consultants leading to the opening of our retail store. Our by-laws provide the rules for this election. According to these by-laws, if you can not attend this annual meeting, you can send your proxy to me, as secretary of the NOFC, via e-mail.
We are electing up to 9 board members to serve until the 2009 annual member meeting. We currently have three candidates for the board and I am presenting them now, in the order I received them, for your consideration. Again, you can vote for them now, by sending me an e-mail or via secret ballot at the annual member meeting in two days.
NOFC Board of Directors Candidates:
http://nolafoodcoop.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/candidates.pdf
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Annual Member Meeting and Potluck
Please come to the New Orleans Food Community, Inc. annual member
meeting Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 7 p.m. in the Holy Angels
cafeteria at 3500 St. Claude, at Gallier.
6:30 p.m. - potluck dinner, bring a dish if you can, meet you fellow member-owners
7:00 p.m. - meeting begins, introductions, state of the co-op, discussion
8:00 p.m. - election of new board of directors to serve this next year
Following the election will be more discussion and members may propose by-law changes or other matters if they desire. We will adjourn by 9:00 p.m. or sooner.
The Future of Your Store is at Stake!
A cooperative is a member owned and member run business. The New Orleans Food Co-op needs you. We are in urgent need of candidates for our board of directors. While several of our board members hope to be re-elected for another year, we also welcome and need more board members. This coming year is pivotal to the opening of a store. Please consider
stepping forward and offering some of your time and ideas.
If you can serve the NOFC on our board of directors, please email me no later than Monday Oct. 13, 9:00 a.m., mailto:erin@nolafoodcoop.org. Please include a statement of why you would like to serve. I will gather all the candidate statements and send these out to the membership, and also bring to the meeting, to help members decide who to vote for.
I look forward to seeing you on October 15 as we come together as a co-op and come closer to our dream of opening a cooperative grocery store in New Orleans.
Sincerely,
Erin Laine
Secretary, New Orleans Food Community
erin@nolafoodcoop.org
504-314-1301