Category: Board News
2018 Election Results
7th December
Welcome to the Board of Directors!
Amanda Womac
Elizabeth Gentry
Joy Wilson
Thinking about Diversity and Food Co-ops
28th September
Three Rivers Market’s Board of Directors has been studying diversity and inclusion since spring 2016, and we hosted a discussion of diversity with members at the 2016 Annual Meeting in December.
Three Rivers Market is also a supporter of CDS Consulting Co-op’s work exploring issues of racism and oppression. CDS recently released “Everyone Welcome? Personal Narratives about Race and Food Co-ops” by Jade Barker and Patricia Cumbie. In this report, fifteen co-operators from a variety of backgrounds — class, gender, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation — talk about their introduction to co-ops and respond to two questions: how did food co-ops become so white and what can be done to make food co-ops more racially inclusive? You can find the report and here: http://library.cdsconsulting.coop/everyone-welcome-personal-narratives/
More material will be forthcoming from this project, including case studies of individual co-ops exploring their challenges around … Read More »
BOARD NEWS
1st October
This year, the Board of Directors for Three Rivers Market will shift its annual all-day retreat from Spring to Fall to coincide with both calendar year planning and the introduction of newly elected Directors. As a result, your 2016 Board will participate in its second retreat to commune, strategize, and envision for the Ends and long term goals of our Co-op. The retreat will be held at Narrow Ridge, “a nonprofit organization established to study, teach and demonstrate sustainability with solar powered rental facilities and homes that have been “off the grid” since 1991.” (read more here: http://www.knoxmercury.com/2016/05/18/living-off-grid-seeking-enlightenment-narrow-ridge-earth-literacy-center/)
Because the retreat is scheduled for October 15th, (in close proximity to our monthly Board meeting) we’ve decided to cancel/combine the Oct 13th meeting. Note: We welcome member’s thoughts and ideas at the beginning of every meeting and a new meeting tradition, to allow … Read More »
Board News
28th August
It’s that time of the year again and . . . WE WANT YOU!
No, we’re not the U.S. Army. We are your friendly neighborhood Board of Directors at Three Rivers Market. Chances are, if you’re reading the Board News, you’re not only interested in the inner workings of your cooperative, but perhaps, you have considered Board service, or at least wondered what it is.
Do you have ideas on how Three Rivers Market can be even stronger? It’s recruitment time, and we want to make sure you know we have an election coming up. If you’re a member and appreciate the positive impact the cooperative has on our community, don’t just read the news. We encourage engaged members to take the next step towards active involvement: attend a Board meeting and learn about our Ends. Even if Board service isn’t for … Read More »
Board News
15th August
Board News
On June 9th, 2016, Three Rivers Market’s Board of Directors and General Manager visited Weaver Street Market, a consumer and worker cooperative in Carrboro, North Carolina. The purpose of our trip was to learn more about “hybrid” or “solidarity” membership structures. Weaver Street was the first consumer grocery cooperative in the United States to create and successfully implement this hybrid governance structure since 1988. What this means is that Weaver Street, unlike most grocery co-ops, has two membership classes: consumers (shoppers) and workers.
We were curious: what does a hybrid structure imply in terms of long-term sustainability, in terms of board structure and organization, and in terms of general care and investment on the part of co-op owners?
To explore these questions, we timed our trip so that we could attend a Weaver Street Board meeting. Weaver Street’s Board of … Read More »
