Governance
Board of directors
Seven member-owners guide the co-op. Board meetings are held monthly, usually on the fourth Wednesday of each month. Members are welcome to join us. Email bodfccoop@gmail.com for the time and place.
Serve on the board
We always welcome member-owners who would like to join the board. The best candidates shop the store and understand the cooperative business model. Experience in retail, or on a nonprofit board, is especially welcome.
Board terms run for three years. Compensation, on top of the good vibes of helping our market, is an unlimited 20% discount on purchases.
Each fall the board announces how many seats are open. Interested members fill out an application telling us a bit about themselves and why they'd like to serve. Candidates introduce themselves at the annual member-owner meeting in the autumn, and members vote online afterward. If a seat opens unexpectedly, the board can appoint a member to fill it.
Questions? Email bodfccoop@gmail.com.
Bylaws and governance
The board of a cooperative doesn't share all the same purposes as the board of an investor-owned corporation or a typical nonprofit. A co-op is a business run in an entirely different way, and our member-owners are our shareholders.
Read the Fort Collins Food Co-op bylaws (opens in Google Drive).