Constitutiony stuff

Note: all the roles below have now been reorganised by this year's AGM -- need to be updated asap!!


When are people elected to committee positions?

At the Annual General Meeting (AGM), which is held around March.

 

When do the previous year's committee hand over the role to the new committee?

Before we break up for summer, so when we come back the society is on its feet and can recruit new members, sort the rota out etc without any problems in September. Here are this years' co-ordinators:

  1. General Co-op: Hannah and Katie

    The co-op volunteers rota; additions to volunteer mailing list 'foodcoop'; training- organise inductions, arrange for first shift cover, ensure knowledge distribution; check cleaning is getting done. Will be a signatory on accounts. They make sure the co-op runs smoothly.
  2. Lembas: Meave

    Organise rota for ordering; work with training person to make sure orders are getting checked off properly when they arrive and that stock is getting priced correctly; make sure personal ordering process is working; email Lembas as required and resolve any issues with deliveries, invoices etc. Will be a signatory on accounts.
  3. Goosemoor: Jess Rush

    Organise rota for ordering; additions to mailing list (vegboxes on riseup) send order deadline reminders and collection reminders; make sure order and collection system working well; ensure that those placing orders are made aware of when to collect etc.
  4. Membership: Nanda

    Check the forms weekly for new members to add to mailing list 'greenaction' and then updates the membership book, membership money; make sure everyone else is making sure people are members; additions ; moderation of mailing list; book rooms for general meetings and advertise these meetings on posters, mailing list etc; co-ordinate stalls for freshers fairs etc.
  5. Allotment: Jack

    Organise 'Big Digs' and make sure promoted; empower people to be 'stewards' of different patches and work with others on these; make sure there are enough tools; maintain the allotment plan we keep in the co-op; get lots of people involved; keep some spare keys and a list of key holders; everything allotment related! They ensure surpluses get sold in the co-op.
  6. Accounts: Nanda

    We have 3 accounts so someone needs to make sure everything is as it should be! Also need to make sure funding applications to the Union get completed before deadlines and thoroughly; they let the co-op coordinator know how much money is available for orders each week; they store all records of what they do in the file in the co-op; they report on money matters every second meeting.
  7. Website: Nikolai

    Don't need to be a super computer whizz; keep website updated; moderate if ever needed; deal with any registration issues; generally keep it all looking good and getting used well.
  8. Ideas: Jess Groling

    Ensure bits of Green Action other than the co-op aren’t neglected, empower people to put their campaign ideas/ general activity ideas into action...

 

Green Action food co-op: