Neighboring Food Co-op Association Annual Meeting 2015

THANK YOU!

Thank you to the co-‐operative community for your partnership & support.NFCA Annual Meeting, 2015

! Welcome & President’s Report! Glenn Lower, President, NFCA Board of Directors

! Staff Report! Erbin Crowell & Bonnie Hudspeth

! Keynote Speaker! Jerry McGeorge, Organic Valley

! Small Group Dialog: Elevating Member Engagement! Lunch // Peer Networking Tables! Afternoon Workshops! Appreciations, Evaluations & Raffle!

NFCA Annual Meeting, 2015

AGENDA FOR THE DAY

1)  Brattleboro Food Co-‐op (VT)2)  Buffalo Mountain Food Co-‐

op (VT)3)  City Market / Onion River Co-‐

op (VT)4)  Co-‐op Food Stores (NH & VT)5)  Fiddleheads Food Co-‐op (CT)6)  Franklin Community Co-‐op

(MA)7)  Hunger Mountain Co-‐op (VT)8)  Leverett Vil lage Co-‐op (MA)9)  Littleton Food Co-‐op (NH)10)  Middlebury Natural Foods

Co-‐op (VT)11)  Monadnock Food Co-‐op (NH)

12)  Old Creamery Co-‐op (MA)13)  Plainfield Food Co-‐op (VT)14)  Putney Food Co-‐op (VT)15)  River Valley Co-‐op Market

(MA)16)  South County Food Co-‐op

(RI)17)  Springfield Food Co-‐op (VT)18)  St. J Food Co-‐op (VT)19)  Stone Valley Community Co-‐

op Market (VT)20)  Upper Valley Food Co-‐op

(VT)21)  Wild Oats Co-‐op Market

(MA)22)  Will imantic Food Co-‐op (CT)


MEMBER CO-‐OPS IN ATTENDANCE!

1)  Amherst CommunityCo-‐op (MA)

2)  Assabet Village FoodCo-‐op (MA)

3)  DorchesterCommunity Food Co-‐op (MA)

4)  Granite City Co-‐opGrocery (VT)

5)  Great River Co-‐op(NH)

7)  Holyoke CommunityCo-‐op Market (MA)

8)  Manchester FoodCo-‐op (NH)

9)  Merrimack ValleyFood Co-‐op (MA)

10) Morrisville Food Co-‐op (VT)

11)  Souhegan ValleyFood Co-‐op (NH)

12)  Urban Greens FoodCo-‐op (RI)


START-‐UPS IN ATTENDANCE!

1)  Artisan BeverageCo-‐op

2)  Associated Buyers3)  Cabot4)  CDS Consulting Co-‐

op5)  Cooperative Fund

of New England6)  Food Co-‐op

Initiative

7)  Valley Alliance ofWorker Co-‐ops

8)  NCB (National Co-‐operative Bank)

9)  National Co-‐opGrocers

10) New EnglandFarmers Union

11)  Organic Valley


WELCOME, PARTNERS & GUESTS!

! Network partnerships! Increasing our impact, accessing resources

! Regional sourcing! Collaboration with Deep Root and NEFU on research grant

! Peer to peer collaboration! Member trainings, HFA and partner support

! Marketing & education! Regional conferences, UMASS program

! Financially sustainable organization! Member dues and supplemental grant support


PRIORITIES FOR 2014

! Education & Outreach. Formalization ofUMASS Amherst Co-‐operative Program.

! Peer Network Development. Two PeerTraining events in 2015.

! Sourcing. Associated Buyers collaboration,Natural Value, re-‐launch of Farm to Freezer.

! Organizational Development. Strategicagreements; explore expansion ofmembership area into Maine.


2015 PRIORITIES

Connec&ng our Coopera&ves

Jerry McGeorgeVice President Coopera0ve Affairs, CROPP Coopera0ve

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Elevate participation within membership andgovernance to a new level by focusing on practicalopportunities:! Strengthening relationships with young people! Innovation & best practices in member participation! Membership development as a strategic goal! Innovative models (e.g. multistakeholder co-‐ops)! Engaging participation of employees through co-‐operative management practices & membership

! Engaging capital in a way that supports co-‐op identity


OVERALL GOALS

1)  Do you have a powerful example of MemberParticipation that has supported your co-‐op’ssuccess? Share it with the co-‐ops at your table.

2)  What is the one thing each of our co-‐ops could do in2015 to facilitate effective Member Participation thatwill contribute to our success and help make theICA’s Vision a reality?

3)  And, what could our co-‐ops do collectively throughthe NFCA over the next five years to advanceMember Participation and support the success ofthe Co-‐operative Decade?


SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION

THANK YOU!


1)  Operations GrabBag

2)  Board of DirectorsGrab Bag

3)  Successful CapitalCampaigns

4)  Communicating theCo-‐op Difference

5)  Successful LoanCampaigns

6)  Healthy FoodAccess Programs

7)  Responding to NewCompetition

8)  “Building Co-‐operative Power”

9)  GMO Labeling10) Organic Valley:

Growing Food Co-‐ops


PEER NETWORKING TABLES

Thanks to our candidates…! Kari Bradley (GM, Hunger Mountain Co-‐op, VT)! Faye Conte (BoD, City Market/Onion River Co-‐op, VT)

! Glenn Lower (GM, Middlebury Natural FoodsCo-‐op, VT)

! Sue Miller (GM, Upper Valley Food Co-‐op, VT)! Mike Peabody (Mgmt Collective, PlainfieldFood Co-‐op, VT)

! Michael Wells (BOD, Putney Food Co-‐op, VT)


BOARD ELECTIONS RESULTS

THANK YOU!


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