Governance

• (8:00 – 9:30 p.m.) Item: Annual Revolving Loan Committee Election (10 minutes) Sponsor: Revolving Loan Committee Election: Wendy Fleischer will be presented for re-election. Item: Annual Pension Education Committee Election (15 minutes) Sponsor: Pension Education Committee Election: Kathy Martino, Jesse Shapiro, and Allison Thrush will be presented for re-election. Item: Restore Simple Majority for Boycott Votes (30 minutes) Sponsors: Abdi-Hakin Dirie and John Caramichael Vote: Remove article VII.I (a.k.a. the 75% supermajority rule for boycotts) from the “Guide to the General & Annual Meetings”, in effect restoring simple majority voting for boycotts. Explanation: The supermajority rule for boycotts (requiring a 75% passage rate) is detrimental to the ethos of the Coop and should be removed for several reasons. First, the rule is new in the context of Coop history, having only been voted into effect in 2016

• all prior boycott votes since the Coop’s founding have been simple majority. Second, it’s profoundly undemocratic, diminishing member voices that support any boycott. Third, the rule was introduced specifically to prevent members from fairly voting on, and possibly passing, a boycott of Israeli goods. Fourth, it has since prevented the Coop from joining a separate but popular boycott, causing harm as a result. We should return to our tradition of simple majority voting, as afforded to other proposals. Item: Boycott of Israeli Goods (35 minutes) Sponsors: Alyce Barr, Naomi Brussel, Rachel James, Jasper Nathaniel and Gabriel Young Vote: Until Israel complies with international law, including by ceasing unlawful discriminatory practices, in its treatment of Palestinians, the Coop will not sell goods produced in Israel (pre-1967 borders) or in Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Explanation: Our Coop has a long and proud tradition of over 20 boycotts. In all these instances, our Coop joined a wider movement and used a consumer boycott to push back against injustice. International boycotts helped dismantle apartheid in South Africa, overturn Jim Crow in the American South, and win fair labor standards for workers. It is in this spirit that we invite our fellow Coop members to boycott Israeli products in order to pressure Israel to comply with international law. There is collective power in boycotts.

Pending Agenda Items

• 881 · Boycott of Israeli Goods at the Park Slope Food Coop

  Submitted: resubmitted 2/4/2025

• 882 · Palestinian solidarity via a commitment to BDS

  Submitted: November 2023

• 887 · Restore boycott votes to simple majority

  Submitted: March 2024

• 888 · Revise the Threshold to Change the 75% Supermajority Rule

  Submitted: March 2024; Revised: September 2025

• 890 · Ban the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel at the Coop

  Submitted: April 2, 2024

• 901 · Pause of Votes on Israel Boycott-related agenda items pending completion of conflict resolution

  Submitted: Nov 2024

• 902 · Co-existence Committee

  Submitted: Nov 2024

• 910 · Amending Coop bylaws, policies, and procedures to ensure the Coop’s survival and success

  Submitted: 03/24/2025

• 922 · Parental Leave Period Extension

  Submitted: 8/30/2025

• 923 · Podcast Committee

  Submitted: 10/07/2025

• 925 · Adopting Community Agreements and a Code of Conduct

  Submitted: Oct. 7, 2025

• 927 · Reimagining the Temporary Price Mark-up Increase

  Submitted: 11/04/25

• No number assigned · Hire an accredited parliamentarian to audit our governance structure

  Submitted: 10/7/2025