Harvest Co-op Supermarkets
Board of Directors Meeting
May 5, 2003
Present: Ed Barsamian (general manager),
Eliza Strode (vice-president), Jeff Rosenblum (secretary),
Mike Wiecek (president), Andrew Weaver (treasurer),
Melitta Jakab, Sujatha Byraven, Betsy Adams, and
Elisa Alonso (board members)
Absent: none
Revisions to the Agenda
none
Approval March 31 Board Minutes
Motion: Minutes approved as written.
For: Unanimous; Abstaining: Andrew due
to being absent from previous meeting.
President's Report - Mike Wiecek
Mike had nothing to report at this time.
Eyes and Ears of the Board
Sujatha said that the Cambridge store looks fantastic.
Elisa agreed and said the stores keep looking better
and better. She added that she got overcharged
on a product and then undercharged on a product.
Jeff asked if there was an easy way for cashiers
to notate pricing discrepancies. Ed answered yes.
(Mike left the meeting at this
point.)
Committee Reports
MSSC: Jeff said this committee will be meeting
soon. One of their priorities is to set up a staff,
board interaction. The other priority is arranging
for the board, in particular Eliza, to do co-op
presentation to staff. Mike added that MSSC is
natural place to keep an eye on the membership
progress and new rollout.
Nominations and Elections Committee: Betsy
is putting together the schedule for the board elections.
She asked the board to think of potential nominees.
Mike reminded everyone that Mike and Eliza's terms
are expiring this year and the board should think
about the officer slate. There was discussion about
priority characteristics for board members. Betsy
said business acumen, co-op values, and possibly experience
as an attorney would be helpful. Elisa added diversity.
Eliza asked if there was a way to find out the skills
of current members. She suggested adding that to member
applications. Mike added that it is worth sending
out information to about nominations, elections, and
committees to Harvest's email list, which is about
1,200 right now. Jeff suggested recruiting nominees
with a marketing background. Andrew suggested checking
board exchange organizations. There was also a note
to keep in mind representation from the JP store.
Planning Committee: Eliza will
be contacting Phil in order to invite him to be more
involved and possibly chair this committee.
CCMA
This conference coming up next month and Ed questioned
who was attending. Ed is attending and Jeff has
expressed interest. Ed and Jeff will coordinate
registration, etc.
General Manager's report - Ed Barsamian
Ed reported that the annual membership was re-introduced
on April 17. He said the campaign is going okay and
that a bigger push is coming. Floral departments have
been set up in both stores and are starting to do
well. The co-op sponsored a wine tasting recently.
It brought the issue of doing the tasting here at
the store. New stores hours are in affect in both
stores. Parking in JP has been introduced to members.
Bob Steadman is the interim store manager in JP. He's
doing a good job.
[Board moved into executive session
at this time]
[Minutes submitted by Natalie C. Jaeger]