New Deal Café

113 Centerway

Greenbelt, MD 20770

APPROVED

New Deal Café Minutes

New Deal Café Board of Directors

February 9, 2007

Continuation of adjourned annual meeting of February 5, 2007.

Meeting was called into session at 7:47pm.

In attendance:  Newly elect Board Members: Vasili Francos, Peter May, & David Ziegler

Seated:      Diana McFadden, Ronnie Scotkin

Membership:  Bill Jones – Parliament, Jen Harris, Ametheyst Dwyer

David was elected as temporary chair for the elect.  There was a brief discussion of powers and duties of the chair.  Further information can be found in the Bylaws, Article 6, Sec. 2.

Presidential Elect:

Ronnie nominated Diana, Vasili nominated Pete

Results: 1st elect:  Tie w/ one vote abstained

                              2nd elect: 3 votes for Pete, 2 votes for Diana

Peter May elected and appointed as President & Chair of New Deal Café.

Peter May then presided to chair the final elect.

Secretary Elect:

Vasili nominate David; Motion was made to elect David Ziegler as Secretary of Board.  Ronnie seconded.  Unanimous decision.

Treasurer Elect:

Pete nominated Vasili; Vasili nominated himself.

Unanimous decision.

  1. David’s eligibility to be elected as board member was placed into question by former secretary and parliamentary on the basis of not fulfilling the prerequisite of the minimum of 6 months of being a member to the café.  Evidence of full eligibility was verbally communicated and provided by the former President and Kitchen Manager to the former secretary and current parliament.  David’s elect to the board was accepted.
  1. It was formally noted there was a presence of a quorum.
  1. Security
    1. Motion was made to call for a special meeting to allow Detective Lanier to present to the board recommendations on security measures for next scheduled meeting for Thursday, 2/15/07 at 7:30 pm at the contingent location in the meeting room on the 2nd floor of the Food Co-op.  Police station was designated as the back-up location for the meeting.
    1. Regular tentative meeting scheduled for Wed., 7:30pm, 2/28/07.
  1.  Pest Control

                                                           i.      A history of the last certificate should be pulled and reported to the board at the next meeting.

                                                          ii.      It was noted that this was the #1 concern of the staff members of the café.

                                                        iii.      Motion was made to grant Vasili and Ronnie the power to authorize the assessment and service up to $350.00 from Ed Alfred of Piece of Mind

Pest Management, Inc. scheduled for Mon. 2/12/07 at 11am.  Motion was voted and accepted unanimously.

5.  Monday Hours for NDC?

It was recommended to research and report on Monday’s income.

  1. Process of Book Obtainment

Ronnie suggested Leonette Carlson and Lynn Edmonston to review books.

Laptop will be placed into Ronnie’s possession at the adjournment to tonight’s meeting.

  1.  Keys/Locks

Vasili suggested investment in ASSA Key Corp., which provides a database of key duplication.

  1. Employment of Food Safety Manager

i.             Motion was made to temporarily employ Jennifer Harrison for a duration of two weeks at her own discretion to dictate her own time sheet under the supervision and approval of the Shift/Cook Manager as a certified Food Safety Manager.  Motion was accepted.

  1. Employee Concern

i.         Motion was made to grant Debra Taylor’s hourly wage request according to the 2/7/07 e-mail to the board.  Vote Results:  3 in favor, 1 vote abstained, 1 in disfavor.  Motion was accepted.

ii.       Motion was made to grant Debra Taylor’s request for the NDC to provide her one worker assistant between and up to two hours as needed in order to perform heavy lifting duties.  Ronnie seconded motion.  Motion was accepted.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:35pm.

                                                                                                         David Ziegler, Secretary