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South Philly Food Co-opSteering Committee MeetingMonday, November 8, 2010

In attendance: Alison, Julia, Julie, Marsha, David, Rebecca, John, Josh, Cassie,Mary Beth, Stephanie, Maria

1. Subcommittee updatea. Outreach

i. Julie and Mary Beth presented at Ignite Phillyii. Sundayfirst local business survey (food survey)

iii. new surveys for religious groups w/different dietary needs (KatieOxx)

iv. Kensington Co-op meet and greet at PBC on November 18 th

v. they reached out to pastors to get into the communityvi. should we try to have a meeting at a church instead of SPOAC?

b. Legal/Financei. recommendation is to incorporate

1. fees for incorporating then fees for submitting bylaws2. recommendation for Steering will be at next meeting3. happy hour fundraiser soon (Devils Den, POPE, SPTR 1601)

1 st week of December (Tues, Wed, Thurs)---$5 at the doormaybe food specials

2. Letter to Fattaha. CC Bob Nobleb. send similar letter to Bob Bradyc. Erica will sign b/c she lives on other side of Broad in Fattahs district

3. General discussion: membership structuresa. Ideas from last time

i. Optional volunteer Program/Committeea. prices the same for everyone but offer coupons for

doing work hours instead of discountii. Mandatory initial volunteer hours

1. would have to be spread out in case we have a large amountof members join and then a lapse

b. If people are working/non-working and pay different amountsnot equalequity

c. incentives to shop---points card?d. 2 price system---members price or non-members price

i. how do we manage our pricesmake sure that lowest price is thebase price, not a discount

e. Weavers Way examples: members can do cash back on purchases. Work= 6hrs per person per year. Handicap(able) persons are exempt. $30/yr

f. what is work? What about training people?

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g. larger you are, more policies, more things to do. Smaller stores can bemore relaxed, require fewer people

h. Everyone is non-working w/a volunteer bankPCC in Seattlei. some board members at other coops get paid so a wider variety of people

can serve j. members could sponsor other membersk. Working: How should it work? 8 hours per person (adult) in the

household or 8 hours per household?l. One equity share per household, but how much should each

member of the household work?m. card can carry up to 2 people, then you need another card

4. Unanimous: we want the co-op to be open to the publici. point system for members who work as incentiveearn

coupons/rewardsii. easier to start as working-only and then revise as needed rather

than ask people to work later oniii. Phases---it wont be perfect right at onceiv. we like the member/non-member pricev. if everyone is required to workno coupons/rewards

5. Steering committee proposal :a. Steering committee recommends that the co-op is open to the

public, that co-op member-owners pay lower prices than non-member-owners and that member-owners will work 8 hours ayear.

b. questions to pose: 1) Should it be 8 hours per person (adult) inthe household or 8 hours per household? 2) If each householdhas more than 2 adults, should additional hours be worked?

6. These items will be proposed to the other committees for feedback.

7. Other news?

a. Fall membership general meeting soon

8. Set date and time for next meeting.a. Education topic for next meeting: History of Food Co-ops

Next meeting: Marias house 1617 S 11 th --