March 31 General Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, March 31, 2026
7:00 p.m.

  • LOCATION: Picnic House, Prospect Park, 95 Prospect Park West, between 4th and 5th Street
  • ATTENDING IN-PERSON: Registration is required for the March 31 meeting due to high demand and limited seating at the Picnic House.
    Registration to attend in person opens Friday, March 13, through your Member Services account. Registration will close once capacity is reached.
    • Only current Park Slope Food Coop members who have pre-registered may attend in-person. Please present your membership card or a phone displaying your member ID barcode for entry.
  • ATTENDING VIRTUALLY: 
    • Registration is required via Member Services by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31.
    • Registered members will receive a unique Zoom link by email after 5 p.m. on March 31.
    • Your Member Services and Zoom email addresses must match for admission to the virtual GM.
  • Times in parentheses are suggestions. The Chair may adjust the agenda order or timing as needed.

 

I. Meeting Warm-up and Chair Committee Introduction (7:00 – 7:10 p.m.)

II. Open Forum (7:10 – 7:25 p.m.)
Members are allotted time to bring one item per person to the attention of the membership for up to one minute. Written items will be recognized first. Items can be submitted anonymously and read by the Chair.

III. General Coordinators Reports (7:25 – 7:50 p.m.)
The General Coordinators provide brief reports on Coop operations, including but not limited to finance, purchasing, logistics, and special projects.

IV. Member Committee Reports (7:50 – 8:00 p.m.)
Committees authorized by the GM can deliver a short report. This time won’t be used for discussion of an agenda item. Depending on the number of committees prepared to report, each committee will have up to 5 minutes to make a report. Committees must notify the Chair in advance of the meeting to help the Chair plan time allocations.

V.  AGENDA (8:00 – 9:30 p.m.)

Item 1: Presentation of the Board of Directors Candidates and Q&A (55 minutes)
Discussion: The following members will present themselves as candidates for the Board of Directors and answer questions from the audience: Serko Artinian, Joe Holtz, Tim Hospodar, Rex Ledesma, Barbara Mazor, Taylor Pate, and Ralph Yozzo.

Item 2: Annual Dispute Resolution Committee Election (15 minutes)
Item Sponsor: Dispute Resolution Committee
Election: The DRC will present the following candidates for election: Christopher Cox, Michael Szeto, and Daniel Weiss.

Item 3: Boycott of Israeli Goods at the Park Slope Food Coop  (20 minutes)
Item Sponsors: Naomi Brussel, Osama Aduib, Mirene Arsanios, and Rachel James
Discussion: Honoring the founding principle at the Park Slope Food Coop of joining international boycott campaigns for human rights, we request that the membership vote at a General Meeting on a boycott of Israeli goods.

VI. Board of Directors Meeting (9:30 p.m.)