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Sunday: 9am - 7pm

526 Gaffney Road
Fairbanks, AK 99701
907.457.1023

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HELP CREATE OUR FOOD CO-OP – JOIN A COMMITTEE

June 11, 2009 By mary.christensen 8 Comments

With a lofty goal of opening Fairbanks Community Cooperative Market (Co-op Market) by 2011 there are many tasks at hand. Committees have been formed and many need volunteers. Won’t you help it fly? You can volunteer a little of your time or a lot.

There are many small tasks to do so if you can sign up for even one small task it will be a blessing and you will enjoy the fruits of your labor as you shop our own little grocery store next summer.

To find out how you can best serve the Co-op Market e-mail info@fairbankscoop.org or call 457-1023. Or contact one of the committee chairs and let them know you want to participate in that committee.

Business Plan Committee – Board of Directors

This committee is central to the organization as it is organizing all the pieces that go into creating a good business plan. HOWEVER, the work of the other committees is absolutely necessary to putting together a good business plan. Tasks involved include:
1.    Putting together the estimates that come from the other committees into a formal business plan..
2.    Determining a final estimate of the funds necessary for the project before seeking funding

Finance Committee – Committee chair – Hans Geier  – Email: ffhtg@uaf.edu

This committee is responsible for developing sources of funding including:

  • Bank Loans
  • Grants
  • Member loan Program – The committee must research and form a legal structure for member loans.

Store Design – Committee Chair – Robert Leach – Email robertleach@alaska.net

Local Producers and Product Selection Committee – Chair –Cora Kelley – Email bearhug@gci.net

  • Identify potential vendors from the Tanana Valley and around Alaska
  • Create a member survey to be utilized in the blueprint of the Co-op Market
  • Determine criteria for product selection with a priority on local products when available

Health and Wellness Education – Chair – Sharon Alden – Email fwxsca@yahoo.com

Operations Committee – Chair –  Mary Christensen E-mail fccm2010@gmail.

The work of this committee is almost complete.

Communications/Outreach Committee – Chair – Mary Christensen Email themagiccarpet@gci.net or call 347-4463

  • Organize membership equity drive
  • Hold fundraising events
  • Advertisement and promotion
  • Communicate with membership on a regular basis
  • Website and blog updates
  • Responsible for annual meeting

The numerous activities involved with outreach require a lot of help. Many people already participate but we can always use more creative minds!

Filed Under: Events, Member education, Publicity Tagged With: committees, financing, health, local food production, planning, product selection, store design, volunteering

Health Fair & Communications Committee meeting

April 7, 2009 By coopmarket Leave a Comment

FCCM will be participating at the Health Fair being held at the Friends Community Church, 1485 30th Ave., April 17 – April 18, 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. this event offers low cost blood tests, free medical screenings, and an abundant array of health educators! To volunteer contact Tom and Barb @ barbarajbradley@yahoo.com.

The next Outreach / Communications/ Membership committee meeting will be Wednesday, April 15th at 6:00 p.m. This meeting will be to prepare for the Health Fair by creating the display and preparing informational handouts. Please come to the meeting if you’re interested in volunteering. This will be held at the University View Bed & Breakfast (directions here).

Filed Under: Business, Events, Member education Tagged With: education, health, meetings

Agriculture-related events this week

March 17, 2009 By coopmarket Leave a Comment

Two events of possible interest and relevance to the FCCM’s membership are happening in Fairbanks this week:

the Sustainable Agriculture Conference and Organic Growers’ School (PDF), Tuesday and Wednesday, March 17 & 18, at the Princess Riverside Lodge.

the CSA Roundtable, a gathering of CSA operators (or farmers who are thinking about going to this model) and brainstorming session.

Producers and consumers both may be interested in these events. The retail perspective is where the FCCM comes in, and we may soon be working with local CSA farmers, organic growers, and others interested in sustainable agriculture.

Filed Under: Events, Food, Member education Tagged With: conferences, local food production

Ripe for Change at Schaible Auditorium

March 2, 2009 By coopmarket Leave a Comment

The Sustainable Campus Task Force is hosting a showing of the documentary Ripe for Change, Tuesday, March 3, 6:30-8:30pm in Schaible Auditorium on the UAF campus. This documentary explores the intersection of food and politics in California over the last 30 years and highlights some of the major issues associated with large-scale agriculture practices in our country.

Filed Under: Events, Food, Issues, Member education Tagged With: education, movies, politics

Bill Gessner and capitalization strategies

February 11, 2009 By coopmarket Leave a Comment

Bill Gessner, of the group Cooperative Development Services, has quite a few useful articles on organizing, funding, managing, and expanding co-ops. Here is an excerpt from one he published in Cooperative Grocer (#129. March-April 2007):

Capitalization Strategies
by Bill Gessner

Where we gonna get the grubstake? The 300 food co-op stores in the United States, owned by more than 400,000 consumers, face the continuing challenge of building capital if they are going to continue to grow and develop to serve their members and communities. As much as we might want to ignore this challenge, co-ops need to find ways to acquire more capital as a means to fulfilling their mission.

Capital is defined as money or property used to produce more wealth. Traditionally, businesses require talent and capital to develop and flourish. The Food Co-op 500 program for creating new food co-ops has put forth a “Four Cornerstones” model, surrounding talent and capital with vision and systems.

Food co-ops have most often been chronically undercapitalized. There has been a continuing lack of education that focuses on a member’s responsibility to help capitalize their co-op. System-wide, food co-ops have been weak in the area of ongoing capital planning. In this article, we will feature the cornerstone of capital and describe both traditional and creative approaches to building capital for existing and new food co-ops…

Read the full article here.

Further reading:

• Food Co-op 500
• “Financial Toolbox,” available from Cooperative Grocer
• “Expansion Toolbox,” available from Cooperative Grocer
• “Conducting Member Loan Campaigns,” by Bill Gessner, Cooperative Grocer, Jan.-Feb. 2000
• “Leveraging Benefits for Producer and Consumer Co-ops,” by Kevin Edberg, Cooperative Grocer, Jan.-Feb. 2006

Filed Under: Business, Member education Tagged With: education, financing

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