Upcoming committee meetings

The committee meetings are open to all who would like to participate.  It is only through our collective action that we will be able to open a food cooperative in Tacoma.  If you have any questions about these committees, would like more information, or want to get in contact with one of the committee leads, please email tfccommittees@gmail.com.  We look forward to working with you and contributing to the Tacoma Food Co-op growth together.

FINANCE:  Meeting will be held on Monday, June 15 at 7pm.  Please email Ava Brock for location (avag_99@yahoo.com).  The agenda will focus on  organizing the books as well as researching accounting software. TECHNOLOGY:  Meeting will be held on Monday, June 15th at 6:30pm at Origin Coffee.  The agenda will focus on reconciling the email database and over-hauling the website. OUTREACH:  Meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 16th at 10am at Origin Coffee.  The agenda will focus on tabling opportunities (Farmer's Markets & Art of the Ave) and volunteer recruitment. EVENTS: Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 17th at 6:30pm at the Trinity House.  The agenda will focus on the summer benefit and the summer potluck series. MARKETING:   Meeting will be held Thursday, June 18th at 7:30pm at Mandolin Café.  The agenda is to review marketing materials that we have developed and determine what information needs to be updated.   DEVELOPMENT: Meeting will be Tuesday, June 23rd at 7pm at the Mandolin Café. The agenda will focus on revisiting the feasibility study and beginning to assess the next steps towards developing a business plan. INNOVATION: Meeting will be held Thursday, June 25th at 7pm at the Cork Wine Bar.  The agenda will focus on brainstorming ideas and developing a forum to host ideas.   See you all there!

pot-luck

That is right...we are having our first potluck for the year! 

Tacoma Food Co-op News

Please join us for our monthly Food Co-op Potluck gathering! 

Date:  Wednesday June 24, 2009

Time: 5:30-7:30

Location:  Franklin Park Picnic Shelter-Conveniently located off of south 12th street and Union street

S 12th & S Puget Sound 

Tacoma 
WA, 98405

This is a wonderful opportunity to support the health of our local communities! Bring your favorite food, family and friends to meet other co-op members and continue the ongoing educational process of creating a food cooperative for Tacoma!  We will update everyone on the status of our continued progress, talk about committee work opportunities and what our next steps will be as we continue to bring our community vision to fruition.

 This will be a potluck-type event, so please bring a dish to share and your own plates/utensils with which to eat. The Co-op Steering Committee will provide the refreshments.

Also, the website is back up and running!  See you all this Thursday at the committee meeting and the 24th for the pot-luck.

website

We have become aware of the fact that our domain name for our website has expired and are doing our best to get it back up and running.  It is at the top of our work-list and the technology committee will take care of it as soon as possible.  Please excuse the fact that the expiration date went unnoticed.  As committees are being formed and after this week will be operating, things such as this will not slip through the cracks.  Please join us at the committee meeting on Thursday (see below post) and help us prevent things like this from happening and help new ideas grow!

great volunteering opportunity

We would like to give you all the opportunity to join some committees to directly contribute to the growth of the co-op.  Below are the committees that are now in place and a short description of each.  Take a minute to read through it and if any of them sound interesting please send an email to tfccommittees@gmail.com by MAY 31st with your information and what you would like to help out with.  Questions directly pertaining to these committees can also be sent to that email.  Your response will be put onto a list and in early June you will be contacted by the contact person for that committee.  

Ø  Outreach: responsible for member activities such as cooking classes and farmer's markets tabling as well as educational endeavors on behalf of the co-op

Ø  Marketing: responsible for designing and creating co-op marketing materials, co-op branding, sending out regular newsletters to co-op members, and engaging in proactive advertising

Ø  Technology: responsible for maintaining communication lines into and out from the co-op (e.g., website, blog, email server, etc.), website updates and maintenance, and email management

Ø  Finance: responsible for working directly with the co-op accountant, providing regular updates to Steering Committee regarding current financial and budget situation of the co-op, work with the development committee to form a business plan, research and apply for grants, design member loan and gift program, and organizing and reconciling records

Ø  Development: responsible for working with the finance committee to form a business plan, ongoing strategic planning, and revising the co-op goals and plans

Ø  Events: responsible for planning the Summer Benefit and monthly potlucks, and other miscellaneous events

Ø  Innovation: responsible for continuously thinking of new and innovative ideas the co-op should pursue and informing and supporting the other 6 committees with enacting these ideas

New Website

Hey folks!  Our new website is looking good.  Things are being updated on a pretty regular basis so keep checking it out at tacomafoodcoop.com.  One of the greatest things about the new website and something I know many of you have pointed out were the broken links to the membership page.  Well, that link has been fixed and you are now able to print out a copy of the membership form and mail it in to become a member.  Spread the word!  Thanks for all you do as members and friends of the TFC.  We appreciate you all.

February Update

Hello Tacoma Food Co-op friends.  Hope all has been well in the short month.  We have some good news.  Our website (tacomafoodcoop.com) is up and running under its own host!  This is very exciting news because it is continually being updated and re-formatted.  Check it out!  Soon emails will be sent from a tacomafoodcoop.com email address and website content will progress.  As the website is growing we will be looking for people to help out on a website & technology committee.  Along with a website & technology committee many other committees are being developed as the Board is organizing itself.  More info will be posted as it arises.

Keep checking back for more updates and news as the TFC evolves and grows!

A Word From Your Local Co-op Board!

Happy New Year and welcome back to the TFC blog which will NOW be more consistently updated to keep you all in the loop! 

There are a lot of goals for this year and the Tacoma Food Co-op Board of Directors is taking some time to reassess itself and learn how to better serve the development process and these set goals. Through this, the board is hoping to better understand what is needed and what each member and co-op friend can help us to achieve.  The TFC website is also in process of being changed, updated, and better furnished to serve everyone and will hopefully be up and running in the next month or two.  Thanks for the support and keep checking back for updates and ways to help.