Meetings & Materials

[ May 19, 2013; 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM. ] Our 2013 Spring Members’ Assembly Meeting is coming up on Sunday, May 19th from 12-2pm. Your Board of Directors will present the 2012 Annual Report and we’ll hear an Operations Update from the Workers’ Assembly. Additionally, we’ll be discussing the results of the 2013 Member-Owner Survey. If you have not yet completed this year’s survey [...]

[ January 27, 2013; 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. ] Our next Board of Directors Meeting will be held Sunday, January 27, 2013 from 11am-2pm. Due to scheduling difficulties, this meeting will be held at a private residence. The meeting is still open to member-owners, so please contact us at info@blackstar.coop for the address if you would like to attend.

In the Fall Members’ Assembly Meeting on October 28, 2012, the Annual Report Committee requested that the Board of Directors issue a corrected 2011 Annual Report with updated financial information to reflect our 2011 payroll tax obligation. Included in this updated annual report is financial information regarding our 2011 payroll taxes as reported in the [...]

The October Board Meeting has been moved to Sunday, October 21 from 1 pm-4 pm. The meeting will still be held at 5604 Manor. We hope to see you there!

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes – Regular Session
August 19, 2012
Directors Present: Erin, Johnny, Dana, Donald, Mark, Rose Marie, Therese
Directors Not Present: Stuart, Andy
Board-Staff Liaison: Nicole
Meeting Minutes Recorded by: Christa
Guests Present: Kemlie Maddux, Scott Kelley, Jake Carter, Jeff Young
Call to Order: 11:07
Comment Period
Kemlie Maddux, Scott Kelly, Jake Carter, and Jeff Young are all attending the meeting [...]

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes – Regular Session
July 15, 2012
Directors Present: Rose Marie, Johnny, Dana, Therese, Mark, Donald, Erin, Andy
Directors Not Present: Stuart
Board-Staff Liaison: Nicole
Meeting Minutes Recorded by: Christa
Guests Present: Jason Walcott
Facilitator: Christa
Call to Order: 11:05
Comment Period:
Rose Marie comments that the member assembly fall meeting is scheduled the same weekend of a large Co-op think [...]

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes – Regular Session
June 17, 2012
Directors Present: Therese, Dana, Erin, Donald, Andy, Mark
Directors Not Present: Rose Marie, Stuart, Johnny
Board-Staff Liaison: Karinne and Nichole
Meeting Minutes Recorded by: Natasha (Not present)
Workers’ Assembly Members Present:
Guests Present:
Facilitator: Christa
Call to Order: 11:08AM
Comment Period
Karinne is moving to San Francisco at the end of July, and she is [...]

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes – Regular Session
May 27, 2012
Directors Present: Mark, Dana, Erin, Stuart, Johnny, Rose Marie
Directors Not Present: Therese, Andy, Donald
Board-Staff Liaison: Karinne
Meeting Minutes Recorded by: Natasha (Not present)
Workers’ Assembly Members Present:
Guests Present:
Facilitator: Christa (absent)
Call to Order: 11:06AM
Comment Period
Rose Marie suggests that Black Star may be interested in participating in an event the [...]

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes – Regular Session
November 20, 2011
Directors Present: Mark, Therese, Dana, Jake, Donald, Stuart, Andy, Johnny, Erin
[Johnny and Erin seated as Directors during the meeting]
Directors Not Present: Colin, Jessica
Board and Staff Liaison: Dana [until Karinne arrives], Karinne
Meeting Minutes Recorded by: Natasha (Not present)
Guests Present:
Workers’ Assembly Members: Dana, Johnny
Facilitator: Christa
Call to Order: 11:00 [...]

A Policy – Ends
A.0 Global – Black Star Co-op has organized its Ends policies into the “Five Points of the Black Star.”

B Policy – Governance Process
B.0 Global – The purpose of the Board of Directors (“the Board”) is to, on behalf of the member-owners (“the members” or “the membership”), assure that Black Star Co-op (“the Co-op”): a) accomplishes what it should, and; b) avoids unacceptable activities and conditions.

C Policy – Governance / Workers’ Assembly Connection
C.0 Global – The Board’s sole official connection to the operational organization, its achievements, and its conduct will be through an elected representative of the Workers’ Assembly titled the Board-Staff Liaison (“the Liaison”). The Workers’ Assembly will speak with one voice through the Liaison.

D Policy – Workers’ Assembly Limitations
D.0 Global – The Workers’ Assembly shall not cause or allow any practice, activity, decision, or organizational circumstance that is unlawful, imprudent, or in violation of the bylaws, the co-operative values and principles, or commonly accepted business and professional ethics.