FEED Operations Committee Meeting, Nov. 9, 2015
FEED Conference Room
Present: Lisa Wiese, Adam Haen, Lauri Lee, Abha Thakkar, Martee Mikalson, Chris Brockel, Karin Cretney
Agenda:
- FEED Operations Coordinator Position description
- Common Council Meeting—Public Market Support
- Food Entrepreneurs Council
- DVR Employees
- Contract changes
Decisions:
- Tweaked position description for presentation to board
- Will voice support of moving Public Market schedule up
- We are the logical place to re-introduce a Food Entrepreneurs Council or Group
- Give DVR employee one more chance, with stepped up supervision, in order to be able to fairly evaluate him at the end of his tenure.
- See if other DVR employee can change hours from four 5-hour days to five 4-hour days to have better coverage.
Action Plan:
- Terrie will write letter to alders, on behalf of Board of Directors, in support of Public Market in the current budget, citing Food Corridor.
- Abha will send Terrie language re: Food Corridor.
- Adam will initiate discussion with early players in the food entrepreneur coalition group.
- Martee will continue to give DVR employee additional direction and supervision for the remaining two weeks of his DVR contract.
- Adam will contact other DVR employee and his job coach about potential change in hours.