Hello Food Co-op Shop Members

From time to time the team of Co-op Cordinators loses some its members due to people leaving town, work pressures or personal/family matters.

Currently several people have left and we would like to have more people join us!

The basic time requirements are the ability to staff shifts of just over three hours on a regular(freqency to be arranged) basis. Training is provided.

In return there are considerable discounts and other benefits. Of course there is also the chance to meet a host of interesting people and be part of the co-ordinator team.

If there is anyone who is interested please contact Assistant Manager Barbara Schreiner at the anu@foodco-op.com email address.

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We need a quorum of 20 members for the Annual General Meeting, so would really appreciate the attendance of any Co-op members who can attend.

To ease you along, there will be free nibbles & drinks and every attending member gets 2 stamps on their card – that’s four months of shopping at a 20% discount on ordinary prices.

The Agenda can be found here. The items in italics are the Management Committee’s reasons for supporting proposed rule changes including changing the name of the Co-op, increasing the hours of work required for “working member” status to 12 hours per year, and providing Shop Co-ordinators a $30 voucher for shifts worked.

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Yesterday was ANU O-week Market Day. Thank you to the volunteers who helped me run The Co-op stall, tell students about The Co-op and sign up new members.

And check out this a gorgeous new sign made by an Zsuzsi, our enthusiastic and talented illustrator volunteer. Thank you! She is also creating a new poster for us. Very exciting!

Next week is Sustainability Day at ANU, volunteers are welcome and it’s a lot of fun too.

Now for the Important Bits – AGM on March 13

I want to remind all members that our AGM is coming up on Saturday, March 13 at 4pm. To encourage the quorum of 20 members to pass agenda items there will be free nibbles & drinks.

Every attending member gets 2 stamps on their card – that’s four months of shopping at a 20% discount on ordinary prices.

Please put this date in your diary and join us.

Volunteer and Co-ordinators – opportunities to help and to comment

We are in desperate need of volunteers and co-ordinators and running this co-op is dependent on your generosity. Since we resumed 6 day a week trading, it has been a very time consuming process trying to fill the shifts and the few people who have been available to co-ordinate have had to double or triple up just to cover the shifts we are open.

Obviously co-ordinators are critical to the opening and operation of the Co-op and we are struggling to find enough volunteers. I would really appreciate any members taking the time to train as a co-ordinator and if you don’t have time for this then I would appreciate any suggestions of changes we could/should be making to alleviate this situation.

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