Committees

Interested Owners are able to apply to serve on Co-op committees. We have a variety of committees to help with:

Oversight of certain areas of the Co-op where we want feedback from Owners and/or knowledgeable experts outside of the Board and/or management
Make decisions in certain areas
Improve processes at the Co-op

Committees will periodically put out calls for applications of new members, but at any time Co-op Owners can indicate their interest in serving on a committee by completing the form linked below. You will receive an acknowledgment that we've received your form submission and—when the committee admits new members—we will let you know whether or not you were selected to be a part of it.

Committees currently seeking applicants

Community Reinvestment Fund Committee. Apply via the form below by Friday, November 17, 2023.

Click here to fill out the Committee Interest Form

List of Our Committees

Community Reinvestment Fund Committee (CRF)

Committee function: Since 1992, the Willy Street Co-op has contributed more than $555,000 to local nonprofits and cooperatives to support developmental and educational projects for our community. Grants from the Community Reinvestment Fund may be awarded to projects supporting food justice or access, creating/developing Co-operative businesses, sustainable agriculture, health and wellbeing, and/or social change.

Committee member information: Committee members must be available from 6-9pm between February 13 and March 5 for two meetings, and the week of April 22nd for the awarding of the grants. Ideal candidates have backgrounds in at least one of the following program focuses: food justice and/or access, creating cooperatives, sustainable agriculture, health and well-being, and/or social change.

Committee kind: operational

Access Discount Review Committee

Committee function: In 2014, the General Manager and Co-op Services Director, now the Customer Experience Manager, created this committee of staff, board members, and Owners to biennially review Access Discount Program qualifiers, discount percentage, and enrollment goals. The committee was charged with biennially proposing any changes to the Access Discount Program by May for implementation on the first day of the next Fiscal Year (or as soon as possible thereafter).

Committee member information: Committee members must be available from 5-7pm for 2 to 3 meetings between February 1st and April 30th. Ideal candidates have participated in the Access Discount Program and/or have experience with food insecurity OR have experience working with food access or folks who are food insecure.

Committee kind: Operational committee

Finance Committee

Committee function: The Finance Committee is a Board committee established to assist the Board in providing oversight to the financial operations of the Co-op. The Finance Committee performs the following duties:

Recommend an annual operations and capital budget to the Board of Directors
Review the financial appropriateness of unbudgeted capital expenditures over one percent of the Coop’s total equity, any decision to buy or sell the Coop’s building(s), or expenditures over ten percent of the Coop’s total equity on an expansion project.
Review quarterly financial statements and other reports to ensure coop is operating in a financially prudent manner
Report to board as necessary about financial operations
Monitor and review policies related to financial operations
Propose new policies as needed to promote financially sound operations
Participate in audit process as requested by the board
Review recommendations from annual audit and work with management to develop plans to
address identified concerns
Provide input on GM performance related to financial operations
Review soundness of key financial partners.
Identify and align capital requirements with strategic goals set by the Board.

Committee member information: Committee members must be available to meet approximately once per month.

Committee kind: Board committee

Board Development Committee

Committee function: The Board Development Committee is a Board committee established to assist the Board in Board Member recruitment, new director orientation, and community outreach. The BDC is responsible for the following duties:

Educate Board on the responsibility to continuously recruit candidates; focus recruitment on geographic, cultural and industry/skills (e.g., health care, social services) diversity
Lead Board skills assessment to identify strengths and needs and increase the efficiency of recruitment efforts
Keep Board informed of board development opportunities such as training, conferences, and events
Ensure Board Reader articles are contributed monthly
Develop strategies for increasing communication between the Board and owners
Develop strategies that enable the Board to increase voter turnout for Co-op elections
In partnership with GM and Board administrator, develop and execute new Board member orientation

Committee member information: Committee members must be available to meet approximately once per month for one hour.

Committee kind: Board

Policy Governance Committee

Committee function: The Policy Committee is a Board committee established to assist the Board in providing oversight of the policies of the Co-op at the direction of the Board. Committee duties include the development of an understanding on current Board policy language, the proposal of new policies and measurements as needed, recommend revisions as needed to existing policies, and aiding the Board in properly evaluating monitoring reports

Committee member information: Committee members must be available to meet approximately once per month.

Committee kind: Board committee

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Committees currently seeking applicants

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