The New Beet

Save the date! You should have received your Annual Meeting mailing (either by mail or in your inbox) and access to the Zoom link, along with your SimplyVoting password, as of 2/21/21. Please review the ballot for additional candidate information, Bylaw amendment study guides, and the Annual Meeting agenda as well.

Bylaw amendment study guides: https://www.franklincommunity.coop/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/FCC-Bylaw-Amendment-Proposals-2021-2.zip

Link to Board Candidate Bios: https://www.franklincommunity.coop/board-candidate-forum/

Leah Penniman is a Black Kreyol farmer, author, mother, and food justice activist who has been tending the soil and organizing for an anti-racist food system for over 20 years. She currently serves as founding co-executive director of Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York, a Black & Brown led project that works toward food and land justice. Her book is Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land. Find out more about Leah’s work at www.soulfirefarm.org and follow her @soulfirefarm on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Board Candidate Information Here:

• Kristi Ceccarossi
• Jonathan Daen
• Adam Baskin
• Peter Garbus
• Andy Grant

Bylaw amendment information

Zoom link for the forum:

https://zoom.us/j/96541867857?pwd=ZkR5NmpnM2k5Rlh0SmN3NGNwc0FSUT09

Board Nomination Information Packet

Board Nomination Forms

Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of our co-op Board of Directors! Our Co-op could benefit from your service on the board. If nominated and elected you’ll be part of helping a progressive organization important to the economy, vibrancy, and livability of our community to
grow and flourish. You’ll learn a great deal about policy governance, and participate in work focused on long-range, big picture items. You’ll engage with talented and energetic folks (board colleagues and staff) and be able to make a solid contribution to the Franklin County community.

DIRECTIONS ON NEXT STEPS:

1. Learn more about the co-op, the board, and its system of governance and the qualities and commitment required of an effective director. This packet will provide you with basic information. You are also encouraged to attend one or more board meetings and to speak
   with current board members. This background will help you decide if you are able and willing to be a productive member of the board.
2. Complete and submit the enclosed application form as well as nomination paper signed by three co-op members (please don’t ask staff to sign your nomination form while they are working). The application and nomination forms are due in the Greenfield store no
   later than: February 1, 2021.
3. Please return these materials to: Sarah Kanabay, Outreach & Communications Manager, either at Green Fields Market, or electronically: sarah.kanabay@franklincommunity.coop
4. Candidate information is shared with the membership and then elections are held at the Annual Meeting on March 7, 2021 (this year, via Zoom). Please plan to attend the annual meeting and be prepared to make a brief statement and answer member questions.
5. We also would like to post a photo of you for members. Please send electronically a photo to sarah.kanabay@franklincommunity.coop or we can arrange a time to take one.