<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:18pt"><div><span>Maybe, they can do like we use to do in small elections, and have a person from each candidate's campaign in the room when ballots are counted. What does the Coop's constitution and bylaws dictate?</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Donovan Arnold</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Rosemary Huskey <donaldrose@cpcinternet.com><br> <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Moscow 2020 Vision' <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 16, 2012 3:08 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] A literate rewriting of my Co-op message<br> </font> </div> <br>So, per my usual rapid write and run response (although perhaps worse this<br>time since I had a baking project concurrent with my message and the oven<br>timer was binging at me) let me correct my sloppy text.<br><br> Who will monitor both the voting and the counting of ballots to<br>ensure that the integrity of the election is maintained? If the current<br>Board is operating as<br> described it certainly would not be helpful to them to have new<br>board members elected who disagree with their policies and management. And,<br>for those of us outside the
inner co-op circle, what events<br>and/or attitudes precipitated this sad turn of events?<br><br>Rose Huskey<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> [<span id="misspell-2" class="mark">mailto</span>:<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>]<br>On Behalf Of Rosemary Huskey<br>Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 12:31 PM<br>To: 'Steven <span id="misspell-4" class="mark">Basoa</span>'; 'Moscow 2020 Vision'<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Moscow Food Co-op needs our help<br><br>Who will monitor both the voting and counting of ballots to the ensure that<br>the integrity of the election is maintained? If the Board is operating as<br>described it certainly would not be helpful to them to have board members<br>who disagree with their policies and
management. <br>Rose Huskey<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> [<span id="misspell-6" class="mark">mailto</span>:<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>]<br>On Behalf Of Steven <span id="misspell-7" class="mark">Basoa</span><br>Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 11:23 AM<br>To: Moscow 2020 Vision<br>Subject: [Vision2020] Moscow Food Co-op needs our help<br><br>Save OUR Food Coop<br><br>The Moscow Food Co-op Board of Directors supported censorship of the <br>Co-<span id="misspell-8" class="mark">op's</span> newsletter, when five letters to the editor from Co-op <br>members were deleted from the January 2012 issue. That censorship <br>resulted in editor Bill London resigning in protest.<br><br>The Moscow Food
Co-op Board of Directors has made significant <br>decisions in isolation, without allowing member input, in clear <br>violation of the Co-op mission. For example, in December of 2011, <br>the board ruled, with no previous announcement or opportunity for <br>member involvement, that members who had been Co-op employees or even <br>job applicants in the last 2 years were NOT eligible to be board <br>candidates. Well-prepared candidates, including former Co-op board <br>president Bill Beck and local farmer and former board member Margo <br>Kay (who had both applied for Co-op jobs within the last two years) <br>were not allowed to run for election.<br><br>WHAT YOU CAN DO<br><br>See www.saveourfoodcoop.com<br><br>Vote for a new board.<br>Vote at the Co-op during the week of March 6 through 12, for board <br>candidates Kurt (Sam) <span id="misspell-9" class="mark">Obermayr</span>
and Bill London.<br><br><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br> serving the communities of the <span id="misspell-10" class="mark">Palouse</span> since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> <span id="misspell-11" class="mark">mailto</span>:<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================<br><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br> serving the communities of the <span id="misspell-12" class="mark">Palouse</span> since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br>
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