[FIG-ALL] FIG Board Meeting Minutes (11/30/09)

[Daniel Barclay and Marjorie Allison]

Hi everyone,

Here are the FIG Board meeting minutes from our last meeting on  
11/30/09.  I will paste them below and also give you the attachment  
at the bottom of this message.

FIG Board Meeting Minutes
November 30, 2009

  Members present: Dan Barclay, Ann Runner, Scott Worl, Holly  
Stovall, Vajo Necak, Jamie Lane and Margaret Ovitt.

Dan Barclay opened the meeting by telling the board about Kristy  
Boggs new milk cow and asked the board how we felt about letting FIG  
members know about this source of fresh milk since she is not legally  
able to advertise online. Since it is legal to sell raw milk at a  
farm, we agreed to spread the word for her through our website.

In order to allow Dan Barclay (chair) and Ann Runner (vice-chair) to  
be able to sign checks, we need to take the minutes of our board  
meeting to the Heartland Bank stating that they have been approved to  
sign on this account. Dan moved that the chair and vice-chair of the  
FIG board should have signing rights on our checking account, in  
addition to the treasurer (currently Jamie Lane), and that any 2 of  
these 3 members can be the 2 signers of the checks. Vajo Necak  
seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

The third order of business was a report on the winter soup supper.  
Holly and Jamie are both on this committee. Jamie reported that we  
are still waiting to hear back from the Presbyterian Church about  
what price they would charge if we gave any profit to the Loaves and  
Fishes. Vajo said that his boss is still off work after a serious  
surgery, so he has been unable to get permission to use Project  
Insight. We will continue to look for a suitable venue. Holly  
reported about the menu and the local sources of food that will be  
used. Holly offered to be the chief liaison between the soup  
committee and Dan. Since we are leaning toward paper dishes, Margaret  
recommended that we look online at Taterware.com for biodegradable  
products.  The date is still tentatively set for January 23rd, but no  
publicity will be sent out until the location is confirmed.

Dan reported that the grant was completed and sent off for the  
community garden project by Ron Porter. We will discuss this more  
when new information becomes available.

Dan said that he has been working on a new interactive website for  
FIG with Bradley. With this website, all of the FIG and FIG related  
news can be posted at one site with a place for comments. This will  
cut down on the multiple emails that FIG members now receive, and  
enable the members to go to the website to see the news all in one  
place. We were able to view the website at the meeting and Dan  
demonstrated all of the categories and features. All board members  
were very complimentary about the work that Dan and Bradley have put  
into this.

The next topic to be brought up was the Co-op planning committee  
progress. Margaret reported that she and Clare have been getting a  
survey ready to send out to FIG members, Barefoot garden subscribers,  
Macomb Munchers, and some LIFE members to see how much interest there  
is in having a storefront local foods coop. The survey should go out  
in a day or 2. In the next few weeks, the committee would like to  
hold a public meeting to explain what we are trying to do with a  
local foods store, and how a co-op works. The steering committee  
( Dan Barclay, John Curtis, Clare Kernek, Margaret Ovitt, Jamie Lane  
and Ann Runner) has been meeting every Monday morning at the Old  
Dairy to study all of the aspects of starting a coop. We are reading  
on line about the steps necessary to achieve our goal. Two topics  
recently discussed were producer vs. consumer co-ops, and various  
financial set-ups typically used for co-ops. We have met with Clay  
Hinterliter of Middle Earth and Kristy Boggs to learn from their  
experiences. We will meet with Ann Burton soon to discuss the  
incorporation process and a business plan. On Friday, Dec 11th John,  
Jamie, Dan and Clare will travel to St Louis to visit the Local  
Harvest food coop and meet with the owners.

A question was raised about the Link machine that FIG has offered to  
buy for the Farmers' Market. If the market board votes it down again  
in the spring, could that machine be available for the co-op? This  
will be discussed in the future if applicable.

Margaret proposed a stipend of $250 for the co-op committee to cover  
research, visits and other expenses. This was seconded by Vajo, and  
passed unanimously.

The next meeting will be an all FIG quarterly meeting in  
January...the date is yet to be decided. The meeting adjourned at 8:45.

Submitted by Jamie Lane and edited by Dan Barclay




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