Park Slope Food Coop

Workslot Credit

Since the Coop’s inception in 1973, the General Meeting has been our decision-making body. At the General Meeting (GM) members gather to make decisions and set Coop policy. The General-Meeting-for-workslot-credit program was created to increase participation in the Coop’s decision-making process.

Advance Sign-up Required: To be eligible for workslot credit, you must sign yourself up in advance of the meeting by adding your name to the sign-up sheet in the ground floor elevator lobby at the Coop (over-the-phone sign-ups are not allowed). The sign-up sheet is available all month long, though on the day of the meeting you have until 5 p.m. to sign up and the sign-up sheets will be in the Membership Office all day. Some restrictions to this program do apply. Please see below for details.

Two GM attendance credits per year: Each member may take advantage of the General-Meeting-for-workslot-credit program two times per calendar year.

Certain Squads are omitted from the Program: You may attend the GM for credit only if you are a member of a Shopping, Receiving/Stocking, Food Processing, Office, Maintenance, Inventory, Construction, and FTOP committee. If you are a member of another Squad, you must speak to your staff supervisor before attending a GM for credit. Members of Squads where attendance at the GM is already part of the workslot’s responsibility may never get double credit for attending a GM.

Attend the entire GM In order to earn workslot credit you must be present for the entire meeting. GMs typically run from 7:00 p.m. - 9:45 p.m., though they occasionally run longer.

Childcare is provided at the General Meeting location: Childcare is always provided at the General Meeting. No advance notice about your need for childcare is required. Childcare takes place in a children’s playroom at the rear of the GM room.

Sign the Attendance Sheets at the Meeting: During the GM an attendance book will make its way around the room. Please sign your name in this book. After the meeting the Chair will provide the Workslot Credit Attendance Sheet. You must also sign this sheet in order to receive credit.

Being Absent from the GM : There is no penalty if you sign-up for the meeting and then cannot attend. We do ask that you try to keep the sign-up sheet current and remove your name if you know cannot attend. Please do not call the Membership Office with GM cancellations.

Consider making a report to your Squad after you attend the meeting: You can help inform other members about current Coop issues, the GM in general and the GM-for-credit program in particular by making a brief report about your GM experience. You can make this report the next time you meet with your squad or, if you are on FTOP, the next time you work on any Squad. Generally these reports work best as part of a squad end-of-shift meeting.

HOW WORKSLOT CREDIT IS APPLIED

If you are on an ABCorD shift and are “ACTIVE” for work on the night of the meeting: You will be given an FTOP credit for attendance at the meeting. You are not required to use this credit at a particular time. However, to use this credit you must accrue two (2) FTOP shifts and follow the Coop’s other rules for using banked FTOP time that are explained in a flier ("How It Works: Banking FTOP Shifts") available in elevator lobby literature racks and in the Membership Office.

If you are on an ABCorD shift and owe a make-up on the night of the meeting : The GM attendance credit will automatically be applied as a make-up.

If you are on FTOP: Recording of your attendance at the meeting and an FTOP shift credit will be applied to your FTOP record after you have attended the meeting.