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OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP

Established 1973

Volume FF, Number 12 June 16, 2011 Man with a Pan: Mining the Minds Of Dads Who Cook By Hayley Gorenberg our meals in life are numbered and “Ythe number is diminishing. Get at it. Owning an expensive car or home and buy- ing cheap groceries and wine is utterly stu- pid. As a matter of simple fact you can live indefinitely on peanut butter and jelly or fruit, nuts and yogurt, but then food is one

PHOTO BY KEVIN RYAN PHOTO our few primary aesthetic expenses and Members of the General Meeting Rules Revision Committee from left to right: Glenn Brill, Tim Platt, David Golland and Allen Zimmerman. what you choose to eat directly reflects the quality of your life.” THIS MONTH’S GM: These words from Jim Harri- one writers agreed to pen son, and other choice ideas essays for the book, and Dono- from fathers who cook, hue also interviewed cooking Welcomes and Watermelons inspired longtime Coop mem- fathers from all walks of life. ber John Donohue to write “The central thing is, I’ve By Nicole Feliciano and other goodies while the a plea for a wider assortment about men who prepare food always been hungry; I’ve been or the most part, Coop microphones were tested and of packed herbs. for their families. Parts of hungry all my life,” said Dono- members coexist peace- retested. Secretary Imani Donohue’s blog, www.stayat- hue. He worked a stint as a Ffully. This could be due Q’ryn kicked off the meeting Financial 411 stovedad.com (“Or How I short-order cook to support to the tireless efforts of the with a welcome and a brief From there, it was on to Learned to Stop Worrying and himself in college but charac- members that make the rules explanation of the meeting’s the Coordinators’ Reports. Love the Kitchen: A Site for terized that job as “not cook- and guidelines that keep the rules and regulations. Mike Eakin updated the Working Fathers Who Cook for ing, but more about Coop running smoothly. The Coop meetings get under- crowd about the financial Their Families”) burgeoned organization, fried eggs and latest Coop General Meeting way with an “Open Forum”— report recapping the first 16 into his recently released book sandwiches.” He found greater was a perfect place to see the a chance for members to wax weeks of the year through Man with a Pan: Culinary Adven- inspiration as his family grew: passions that are present in poetic or list a quick gripe May 22nd. The Coop main- tures of Fathers Who Cook for Their His appetite kept him busy our midst—passions to make about something related to tained a 17% margin and the Families. Man with a Pan is an preparing food, and “when I this organization more effi- our food-loving community. markup on the products sold anthology featuring recipes had a family I had a compul- cient and welcoming. We’ll A member named Jessie at the Coop held steady at a and essays by the likes of sion to expand that. When I get to the watermelons later. popped up to the mic to lean, mean 21%. Mario Batali, Mark Bittman became a parent, I was freaked protest all the geopolitical We can all feel proud of and Mark Kurlanksy. Twenty- CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Moving on Up letters to the editor found in this accomplishment of keep- Things shifted a bit for the the Linewaiters’ Gazette. Jessie ing our budgets trim. Eakin May 31st meeting. Coop seemed to feel the newspa- shared that the typical food Next Annual & General Meeting on June 28 members sprawled out in a per is no place for debating coop runs on a 38% margin. The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is held on the new layout at the temple. For conflicts in the Middle East. To put that in perspective, last Tuesday of each month.* The next Annual & General Meet- the first time, the meeting With equal passion, a let’s look at how margins ing will be on Tuesday, June 28, 7:00 p.m. at the Congregation was held with the chairper- female member spoke next to affect your wallet. Eakin said Beth Elohim Temple House (Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Pl. son facing the stage in order praise the Coop for adding with a margin based on the For more information about the GM and about Coop gover- to increase participation. packets of frozen herbs to the national average of food nance, please see the center of this issue. Members munched on apples inventory—in fact, she made CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 * Exceptions for November and December will be posted. Monday, July 4, shopping hours: IN THIS ISSUE 8 a.m.–7:30 p.m. Lake Huntington Summer Community...... 4 Coop Hours, Community Calendar ...... 6 Regular hours on Tuesday, July 5 Coop Calendar, Workslot Needs ...... 7 The Coop needs workers on Monday, July 4, especially early morning (5:30 and 6:00 a.m.) Governance Information, Mission Statement ...... 7 and late afternoon shifts (3:30 and 6:00 p.m.) in Receiving. FTOP and make-up shifts are available. You don’t need to schedule a makeup—just show up at the start of any shift. Letters to the Editor ...... 10 The last shift on July 4 is 6 p.m. If you want to schedule an FTOP shift for this day, Classified Ads ...... 11 please contact the Membership Office at 718-622-0560. Battle for Brooklyn ...... 12 11-06-16 p 01-12_Layout 1 6/15/11 6:27 PM Page 2

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Welcomes there were no watermelons for CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Memorial Day. “We all want them. But coops, our sales would have that doesn’t mean they are been $18 million. Instead, we any good,” said Zimmerman. had sales of $14 million. This Here’s what happened: four $4 million in savings goes on bins of watermelons were to members. In this econom- delivered the Friday of ic environment of rising gas Memorial Day weekend and prices and dropping housing additional melons arrived on prices, we can all appreciate Saturday. “They were deli- the fiscal responsibility of the cious and they sold out. We Coop. How are we spending tried to get more for Monday our money? Sales per year, delivery but we tasted them per member came in at and they were horrible,” said $2872, up $94 from the previ- Zimmerman. ous year. You might wonder what Eakin went on to say that was wrong with the classic overall, expenses are down at summer fruit. Zimmerman the Coop. He noted that elec- has his techniques. “Hitting a

tronic payment bank charges watermelon is a pretty good BY KEVIN RYAN PHOTO are up—this method of pay- way to tell if you have a bad Members vote on the changes to the General Meeting rules. ment is very popular at one. You don’t want a dull checkout as more of us whip thud—that is a bad water- we’ve got relief. The Coop will coming to new attendees,” wanted to know, “What is the out the plastic instead of melon. A nice tight boingy continue to offer California said Golland. reason that those up for elec- writing a check. Fees have sound is what you want to greens (found in 1 pound bag Golland and his group tion aren’t in attendance?” A moved up from .48% to .54% hear,” said the unofficial packaging) at cheaper prices. wanted to make the Coop run GM Rules Revision Commit- of sales. commissioner of fruit. Zimmerman also shared a more smoothly and efficient- tee member answered that The human numbers are After that update Zimmer- story that illustrates how the ly. Some of the items they this rule change was born out holding steady. Membership man shared good news: garlic Coop works with members attempted to tackle included of experience. Committee is up a mere 2.45%. In gener- scapes are on the way. Expect and farmers. A member had appointing someone to serve members apparently “screen al, membership has been to see “hundreds and hun- requested bitter melons. as secretary in the case of and pre-qualify all the nomi- capped by holding smaller dreds” of pounds of these late Since we strive for locally conflict of interest, allowing nations.” Furthermore, some- orientations. As of this article spring treats in the produce grown, organic produce, Zim- candidates to be absent at times the timing of a General there are 15,941 active mem- section. And there’s more merman called the indefati- elections and establishing Meeting is inopportune for bers, up from 15,560 last year. produce excitement to share. gable Amy Hepworth of Robert’s Rules of Order as the the candidate. The litchis have arrived. Hepworth Farms. Hepworth parliamentary back up. The Then Elizabeth Tobier Watermelon-gate The Coop will also start sourced the seeds and group also produced new made her voice heard. Tobier We promised a watermelon offering a new variety of baby expects to deliver this new materials to be used at the serves on the GM Rules Revi- update, and we’ve got the greens from local farms. Zim- crop in July. General Meetings—materials sion Committee and made scoop. Allen Zimmerman, merman said that buying created to help first-timers her displeasure known about General Coordinator and pro- from local farms raises quali- Rules and Intrigue follow along and participate the final document produced duce buyer, began his report ty and freshness. Take note: With committee reports with ease. for the meeting. Tobier had in by filling in the crowd about These greens will cost almost done, it was time for the The members of the GM hand a thorough set of revi- the melon catastrophe of 2011. $2 per pound more. But for agenda items. First up was a Rules Revision Committee sions to the document that Members were dismayed that cost-conscious shoppers, report and vote set forth from read the changes to the Coop included grammar correc- the General Meeting Rules rules aloud, one by one, eating tions and specific revisions Revision Committee. David up quite a bit of meeting time. to the Rules. With a clear and Attention Coop Squad Leaders! Golland, a member of the After reading the document, steady voice, Tobier read committee, spoke about the Secretary opened up the through all of her suggested Do you want your shift to their work. “We wanted to floor to questions. Here’s changes. operate more smoothly? make the GM process easier where things got interesting. Some members were con- to understand and more wel- A member named Monica fused as to why Tobier could- Are there folks on your squad who n’t incorporate her changes seem to irritate one another, and into the original document. it’s difficult to see what the problem is? We’ll never know what hap- When a conflict occurs between shoppers pened behind the closed doors of the GM Rules Revi- during your shift, what can you do to sion Committee meetings ease the situation on the spot? and why two documents were Do you know what resources are available produced. What we do know for people who want to follow up? is that the business of the Coop had to proceed. The Park Slope Food Coop’s Diversity and Equality Committee is A vote was called. There holding a workshop for Squad Leaders (and other squad reps who were two options: Add are not Squad Leaders). The goal of the two-hour workshop is to Tobier’s changes or stick to increase awareness and understanding of diversity in the Coop. Through the document produced in interactive discussions we will talk about the values of diversity, how differences can create both collaboration and conflict and strategies for committee. After a re-count, dealing with issues of diversity. We will discuss conflicts that have arisen Tobier’s amendment failed in the Coop, the findings of the diversity survey and what you can do to with a vote count of 109 make the Coop a more welcoming place for all. against, 62 in favor, and 22 abstentions. Thursday, June 23 Everyone had a chance to 7– 9 p.m. weigh in and democracy pre-

Please call 888-922-COOP (2667) box 89 or send an e-mail to [email protected] vailed. While everyone appre- (with “SL Training” in the subject line) to confirm your attendance and/or for more information. ciated the lively yet In either case, please tell us your name, Coop member number, contact information and the date you are interested in attending. We will reply with a confirmation within a week. respectful, debate it did eat up most of the meeting. The DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY COMMITTEE PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP additional agenda items were WORKSLOT CREDIT (MAKE-UP OR FTOP) IS AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO ATTEND. sent back to the Agenda Com- For answers, see page 4. mittee for rescheduling. ■

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Man with a Pan A Turning Point

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 In October 2010, Gwyneth Paltrow’s goop.com website out by the responsibility of featured stayatstovedad.com taking care of a child so I start- as one of her top ten favorite ed to go cook instead of deal- cooking blogs. Paltrow post- ing with it.” ed, “Being a good working Donohue seems to have parent is hard enough; mix in adjusted to parenthood. His cooking for the family and kids, now four and six, often you’re in for a challenge. Yet, enjoy joining him to cook. somehow we manage. John “They like to play in the Donohue’s blog, about being kitchen a lot,” he said. “It’s a working-and-going-home- really fun to have them wash and-cooking-dad, isn’t about John Donohue, man with a knife. the green beans. They can do having all the answers but that for about 45 minutes, about managing. His posts pen to be a father and wanted shifts, he reported his experi- which is almost enough time are about the everyday (with to hear what other fathers ence “seems to be more about to put a meal together.” His its successes and failures) were doing in the kitchen.” He moving boxes around than elder daughter recently con- through stories about food found no other books con- anything else,” but notes the cocted a tomato basil salad for his cleverly renamed wife structed in the way he envi- exposure to the Coop’s varied

and was “very proud,” Dono- and two daughters, Santa sioned Man with a Pan, a book stock has had an impact: “I’ve BY INGRID CUSSON PHOTOS hue reported. Maria, Nina and Pinta. His to address the level of accom- started drinking more since I Much of the time he’s not recipes are great for parents plishment men have reached started the shift!” Donohue’s introduction: “My cooking or eating, Donohue is who, like him, are thrifty in their home kitchens. The Wall Street Journal’s posi- wife, Sarah, and I have an working at the New Yorker, shoppers and like for their “I’m hoping the book is an tive review of Man with a Pan last open relationship. She opens where he now edits the families to try lots of different inspiration to other men, who month pronounced the book the refrigerator to take things nightlife section. His career at kinds of food without getting will see there are all these dif- “an entertaining look at the out and I open it to put food the magazine began in 1993 too complicated.” ferent guys—famous writers, a widening world of dads-in-the- in. I do almost all the cooking when he became a messenger, Paltrow’s post was a turning football coach, a bond trad- kitchen. The book brings for her and our two daughters in the days before routine point for stayatstovedad.com. er—who cook.” The payoff, together interviews, recipes . . . [but] I was cooking long electronic transmittals. As “I had 10,000 page views that Donohue opines, includes eat- and cookbook reading-lists before I became a parent, Donohue rose through the day!” said Donohue. Since ing tastier meals and spending from a diverse collection of mostly because I’ve always ranks to become an editor, he then, the blog has “popped up more time with your family characters, including larger- loved to eat.” dabbled in cartooning for the on the media landscape,” around the table. than-life celebrity chef Mario Donohue waxed enthusias- magazine as well. (He had five including the New York Times’ He touts the Coop as “cen- Batali (who, we are told, feeds tic about the Coop, which he cartoons accepted from the dining section. As a result, tral to my experience.” He his offspring ‘monkfish liver credits with making his fami- 666 he submitted, and though Donohue has been busy writ- joined in the late 1990s. “I do and foie gras’ for breakfast) and ly’s food “lifestyle” possible. he gave up cartooning after his ing posts to try and retain that all my food shopping there. It Chilean-born Omar Valenzuela, “We’re very fortunate to be second child was born in 2007, audience. allows me to eat much better a Brooklyn carpenter with a able to eat so well,” he said. his cartoons enliven the pages He’s deeply motivated to than I would ordinarily for the simple but delicately balanced “The downside is, it’s so of Man with a Pan.) seek out fellow male cooks. same amount of money.” recipe for Ceviche: raw fish crowded. But the upside is the Over time, Donohue grew “The task of cooking is not Donohue transitioned from a marinated in fresh lime and produce is always fresh. It’s the to know many writers and gender-specific, though histor- work slot in the office to FTOP lemon juice and seasoned with freshest stuff you can get. The their work, and he called ically it has become so, some- on the video squad and is now olive oil, salt, onion, ginger, Coop’s whole approach is sim- upon them for his book. how,” said Donohue. “I just newly ensconced on the beer cilantro and jalapeños.” ilar to mine: food is an impor- When he didn’t know a happen to be a man and hap- squad. After just three or four The Journal excerpted from tant part of life.” ■ writer personally—for instance, Stephen King—he The Diversity and Equality nonetheless was connected: “I know people who know VALET BIKE PARKING Committee Seeks New Members people.” While he collected Are you interested in Issues of a “long list of famous writers IS HERE who had very funny replies Diversity, Equality and Inclusion? about how they don’t cook ON SUNDAYS! The Diversity and Equality Committee is dedicated to at all,” those who took up his improving human relations and communication in invitation to write about all policies and procedures in the Coop. Our goal is to their home cooking were work toward preventing and eliminating discrimination enthusiastic. “Without really in the Coop. If you are interested in issues of diversity, much persuasion on my Every Sunday through November 20, from equality and inclusion, you can help us to achieve part, they were just very 3:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m., Coop members can ours goals by becoming a member of the DEC. excited to be a part of it,” he leave their bikes with said. “When people like to our valet parking service, which is like We are currently seeking new members, cook, especially a man, they with experience in conflict resolution and mediation, can be very enthusiastic a coat check for bikes. Working members will check in and watch your bike for you. interviewing, and leading and organizing workshops, about it. They are happy to ideally around diversity. General computer skills and explain to you how you’re editing and writing skills are also helpful. supposed cook a chicken,” Just drop off your bike, do your shopping he said. “Men who don’t like or your shift, and hop back on. Requirements: to cook…it’s like talking to a No locks, no worries, no theft. • Must be a member for at least one year brick wall.” Service operates rain or shine. • Have good attendance record Donohue conceived of the Look for us in front of the yellow wall. • Attend monthly committee meetings on Man with a Pan book a few (Note: no bike check-in after 7:30 p.m.) Thursdays from 6:30-8:00 p.m. years ago but quickly realized • Participate in subcommittee work as needed that book publishing takes a Valet bicycle parking at We seek members who are reflective of the long time. “While all that was the Coop is brought to diversity of the Coop membership. happening in the back- ground, I just wanted to have you by the PSFC Shop If interested, please send an email with your name, fun with the subject, so I & Cycle Committee. PSFC member number, and details of your started the blog,” he said. “I relevant experience to [email protected]. Please put “Diversity and Equality” in the subject line. write about my own little adventures in the kitchen.”

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A WORLD THAT TIME FORGOT: Lake Huntington Summer Community By Allison Pennell eep in the Borscht Belt, minutes from the site of Woodstock in one Ddirection and the perfect stoner (stoner crossed out) family idyll in the other (Skinners Falls on the Delaware) lies a little slice of summers past: Lake Huntington Summer Community. Set on 17 acres of beautiful wooded grounds for shade and open fields for sun, LHSC is one of a few secular bun- galow colonies still thriving in the Catskills. Cooperatively running the community is a tug-of-war, but Retro in the best sense of A few weeks ago, I was swimming after—faced with broiling the kids have more fun! the word, LHSC is a throwback far into the lake and as I turned to temperatures and inadequate to a time when hotels and head back, I looked at the crowded air conditioning and enter- bungalow colonies in the dock from afar. The dock was full of tainment—I went looking for a Catskills were the summer parents and children… the young place where I too could stomping grounds of genera- teenagers, who grew up here together benignly neglect my kids while tions of New Yorkers. Founded all these summers, were now playful- reading a book on a chaise in 1978 by 13 families from ly flirting with one another on the lounge. While my momentary Brooklyn (sort of like the floating dock. There was laughter fantasies about Viggo Morten- colonies), Lake Huntington and conversation, splashing, boats son selling me organic pro- renewed a tradition that had rowing out. I treaded water, taking duce have gone unfulfilled, I largely gone the way of subway the moment in. discovered that this world tokens and Walkmans. Thirty At their heyday after World time left behind more than something years later, it’s still War II, there were as many as compensated for the dearth of thriving, with 60 families in the 500 bungalow colonies in the hot blouse men.

cooperative. Catskills. Now, according to Filled with Michael Pollan- SUMMER COMMUNITY BY LAKE HUNTINGTON PHOTOS When longtime PSFC mem- Phil Brown of the Catskills loving cooperators, unionists Lake Huntington is a bucolic family bungalow community, ber Mary-Ann Cappellino first Institute, there are fewer than who like a good sing-along, a set in the heart of the Catskills. started coming to Lake Hunt- 100 left, about a third of which revolving and varied cast of ington in 1994 after seeing an are secular. city folk and an army of snotty- the month of August at Lake friend. That first morning after ad in the Gazette, it was still a Judi and Howie Aronson nosed kids running around in Huntington for the last ten arriving, sitting with a cup of coffee place where women ruled the heard about the community nothing but mud and panty years with their kids Daniel on the porch looking at the tree line roost during the weekdays, from friends who worked their liners, Lake Huntington has (18) and Marissa (15). He says next to the road, watching the day with the menfolk showing up same shift at the Coop. been an annual pilgrimage for that if you ask his kids what float in... All the welcome waves and on weekends. While that’s Every time we think of selling the hundreds of families through- they love best, they’ll talk visits from my varied (and yes some largely gone by the boards, it bungalow, our kids (who are now 26 out Brooklyn, many of whom about running around, walk- of us are quite meshugena) friends. really is true that the more and 29) forbid us from selling. They are members of the Coop as ing five miles to get a sand- Like the Food Coop, LHSC things change, the more they want to bring their children there! well. Untold numbers of kids wich and playing king of the has plenty of organically stay the same: as Cappellino We measured their height every year have learned to ride two- raft down at the lake. But for grown fodder for making fun. recalls, and their growth is on one of the wheelers on the main path, to him and his wife, like many a This year, Jeremy Hoffman, a I remember the pleasure of the beams in the bungalow. Our bunga- swim in the pool and lake, to Coop member the world over, PSFC member and LHSC screen door slamming as children low is filled with memories. play INDEPENDENTLY, to the bungalow colony can be a board member wrote an April came in and out, sleepovers, the As a latecomer to the party, gamble at casino night, and to little like your maddening Fool’s sendup that was so shouts of “man hunt at the black- I learned everything I needed do we-don’t-want-to-know- Uncle Frank who takes the deadpan, half the community top”—the freedom our children were to know about bungalow what under cover of dark. express bus every day to thought they were going to able to exercise all those summers colonies and blouse men from Coop member Jonathan Atlantic City. It’s not wholly have to actually get off their without parents around telling them the movie A Walk on the Moon. Fabricant and his wife Anne without complications: decks and apply themselves. to play nicely or setting up the rules. One summer shortly there- Capeci have been spending If you ask my wife, she’ll say that In discussing the issue, the Board sometimes she can’t stand the place came to the conclusion that we have (I agree, sometimes) but other times been overlooking our most important it’s like a rush of relief to get there resource: you, the members of the MERTI and breathe, together alone or with a CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 SUM ME

...and the living is easy.

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Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY June 16, 2011  5 Candidates for Board of Directors of the Park Slope Food Coop, Inc. One three-year term is open. To vote you may use a proxy or be present at the Food Coop Annual Meeting on June 28, 2011. Every member will receive a proxy package in the mail in late May. You will have the opportunity to meet the candidates at the Annual Meeting. Candidate Statements (unedited and presented in alphabetical order):

Albert Solomon ware that wouldn’t work for two years. The brutish outcome, I can definitely see a great many members sacking of the Construction Committee and its plans feeling empowered and owning the results, rather Why haven’t more people found dismembered a promising and striking design for our than snoozing over their laptops at general meetings. the deceptive and profoundly new building. The removal of the cheese case was As a Director I would aggressively promote gov- undemocratic government of done without proper notice. It should have been a ref- ernmental change by every means at my disposal. I the Co-Op to be a serious prob- erendum! It seemed that the membership wanted to would exercise Director’s Right of Inspection to lem? In my seventeen years of continue item pricing after the scanners finally started review the functions of the Co-Op and make public advocating for government to work. But Joe Holtz deceptively supported it at two the results. I would develop a set of motions to be reform here I’ve heard and general meetings, then squashed it. It too should have voted down at every BOD meeting, including that thought about many reasons. been a referendum! they should meet outside the general meetings. Such reform would require Over the years, many changes small and large Maybe we should have a Committee to Apply The fundamental change. Therefore might have been different. Today we allow red meat, Sociological Imagination to some of our ridiculous it’s hard to see the consequences without prolonged beer, chemical additives, and simple sugars. With a problems. Long ago Max Weber used the words “rou- and farsighted thinking, which can be demanding. single vote we gave up requiring Management to tinization of charisma” to describe the miasma that has “You’re not the only person who’s told me just a notify the Membership of increases in staff. We have become our Co-Op’s government and morale. The Fam- few people rule the Co-Op, and I’ve gotten the same a professionally boring and top-down Gazette that ily Rule and the Town Meeting were probably appropri- impression from some of my own experiences. How- prints 3,000 copies at untold cost. And a Disciplinary ate and fair to a stable group of less than 300 people. ever the Co-Op seems to run well and it’s very useful Hearing Committee that keeps getting larger and A larger, older group is a totally different organism to me, so I’m not willing to rock the boat.” larger. We still have the oppressive and unnecessary than before. Different people are attracted, and see “I think it’s a good cause but my advocacy time is Family Rule, and of course the alluring but noxious their roles differently. That is how we can have 25% all filled up with other issues at the moment.” town meeting form of government. annual turnover in membership, and a quintessen- My own experience with a new democracy has pro- And what’s so bad about the government? Since tially insensitive response like Jess Robinson’s in l’Af- vided a reality check on what “democracy” can and the Board of Directors has given up its power, there faire Glesta (Letters of January 27th and February cannot do. In many ways, democracy has been sadly are no elected representatives. So the institutional 24th), and hardly anyone seems to notice. The same destructive to The Pacifica Foundation. But the same memory of the Co-Op has been essentially co-opted structure that was a purveyor of community can could be said for the lack of democracy at our Co-Op. by the permanent cadre. become a purveyor of tyranny. “How would the Co-Op be different under a democ- Hence, with our version of the “town-meeting” It is an honor to run for the Board for the ninth ratic regime?” No one can predict the future, but here form of government, management can claim we are time (approximately), and an honor not to have the are a few things that were deceptively or imperiously “democratic” and that “everyone has a say,” when endorsement of the Management. I thank you for rammed through by Management: The pension plan nothing of the sort is really going on. your serious consideration of my candidacy. might be different if they hadn’t frozen out other mem- Under factionalized but fair and transparent man- Albert B. Solomon bers who proposed a different one. Someone might agement by elected delegates, yes, I could see quite a [email protected] have been fired for the retention of the scanning soft- few of these things being different. And whatever the 718-768-9079

Bill Penner debated and voted on by the Coop membership pre- health remains strong and I believe as a Board mem- sent. At the end of the Meeting, the Board of Direc- ber it is critical to be committed to helping maintain I am writing to ask for your sup- tors vote on taking the advice of the membership. our financial strength. Our low prices, created as a port for reelection as one of the This is how the Coop combines its corporate struc- result of the Coop’s financial stability and efficien- six members of the Board of ture with its town hall style of democracy. cies, enable many people to benefit from fresh Directors of the Coop. My candi- In my opinion, there is often confusion as to the pri- wholesome food while supporting the Coop commu- dacy has been endorsed by the mary role of the Board of Directors within the Coop’s nity and values. The amount of money that members Coop’s General Coordinators. decision-making process. I believe an important dis- save at the Coop is substantial, in fact, our members I have been a member of the tinction is that the Board’s role is one of oversight save millions of dollars each year shopping at the Coop for eleven years. In addi- rather than one of advocacy. Each member of the Coop! This savings is true power for people of all eco- tion to serving on the Board of Board has a responsibility to act to the benefit of the nomic backgrounds and allows members to make Directors for the last five years, I have served on both Coop as a whole not to any one constituency or group. healthy decisions for themselves and their families the receiving committee and on the CHIPS soup Proposals covering many different topics are present- while supporting the environmental and the social kitchen committee preparing meals with food donated ed, debated and voted on by all members at the Gen- missions of the Coop. by the Coop. In my work outside the Coop, I am a prin- eral meeting. However, when the Board of Directors I have been honored to have had the opportunity ciple in an architectural firm that I created nine years vote, I base my decision to the best of my ability on to serve the Coop as a member of Board of Directors. ago in Brooklyn. And prior to receiving a degree in three criteria: 1) Will a proposal ratified by the General I am always amazed at the breadth of talent and ener- architecture, I apprenticed as a chef and cooked pro- Meeting jeopardize the financial health of the Coop? gy members contribute and I still believe that each fessionally for 6 years. The Coop is an important part 2) Will the proposal expose the Coop to unnecessary Meeting is an opportunity to learn something new so of my life; it is a place where I connect with my passion legal risk? 3) Does the proposal violate the spirit of the that I can be better prepared to play my role in what for food and realize the significance of food and food Coop’s own by-laws? Historically, it has been extreme- is truly a unique community. The late President of the production in our society as a cultural, environmental, ly rare that the Board votes to overturn a decision Board, Israel Fishman, used to say that the Coop and economic force of incredible importance. made at a General meeting. I believe that this is testa- saved his life—the different viewpoints and different Because the Coop is a corporation, it is required ment to the strength of our democratic process and people all working together for a common purpose to have a board of directors. Our Board of Directors the commitment both the members and the paid staff gave him the perspective and patience to see beyond meets every month in public at the General Meeting. place on contributing to that process. himself towards what was really important. I am At the General Meeting, any Coop member can pre- The last 10 years have been a period of incredible reminded of this cherished thought each time I sent an item for discussion or make a proposal to be growth and change at the Coop. The Coop’s financial attend a Meeting and when I shop.

The Role of the Board members shall be known as the General Meet- The Election Process Members who have a current member- From our inception in 1973 to the present, the ing.... The members who gather to give advice to Each year the Coop must, by law, hold an ship as of Saturday, June 18, 2011, are eli- monthly General Meeting has been the deci- the directors may choose to vote in order to Annual Meeting. This is the only meeting gible to vote in the election of Directors sion-making body of the Coop. Since the express their support or opposition for any of the where proxies can be used. Those members at the Annual Meeting either in person or Coop incorporated in 1977, we have been issues that have come before the meeting.” who cannot attend the Annual Meeting may by proxy. legally required to have a board of Directors. The Board of Directors conducts a vote at be represented, if they wish, by a proxy. Proxy packets are mailed to members in The Bylaws of the Park Slope Food Coop state: the end of every General Meeting on whether If you submit a proxy but come to the mid-May. If you do not receive a packet, “The portion of the Board of Directors meeting to accept the advice of the members as Annual Meeting in person, your proxy will be please call the Membership Office or pick one that is devoted to receiving the advice of the expressed in their vote(s) during the GM. returned to you when you register. up at the entrance door of the Coop.

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Office Hours: Community calendar listings are free. Please submit your event listing in 50 words or less to Monday through Thursday [email protected]. Submission deadlines are the same as for classified ads. 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Please refer to the Coop Calendar in the center of this issue. Friday & Saturday An asterisk (*) denotes a Coop member. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Shopping Hours: SAT, JUN 18 hunger to climate change. Vaimoana Niumeitolu, Anaís Monday–Friday At 7pm. The Commons, 388 Alonso, & Lizzy Fox* share 8:00 a.m. to 10:00* p.m. Brooklyn Children’s Museum Atlantic Avenue. More info/RSVP: poetry & music to tell personal Saturday Jazz Fesitval: in partnership with www.pursueaction.org. stories about gender, race & 6:00 a.m. to 10:00* p.m. Heart of Brooklyn, WBGO & Cir- sexuality. Audience members Sunday cuit Productions Susan Goldbet- TUE, JUN 21 are invited to share their expe- ter*. In honor of Father’s Day, riences in a story circle. 7:30 6:00 a.m. to 7:30* p.m. Junteenth & Jazz history. Live Neighborhood Housing Services p.m. Brooklyn Society for Ethi- *Shoppers must be on a checkout line performances at 2:30 p.m. with of E. Flatbush, a not for profit cal Culture, 53 Prospect Park 15 minutes after closing time. Circuit’s All that Jazz & Blues fea- organization, is offering this free West. $10. Childcare Hours: turing the jazz duet of vocalist event. It will cover getting Monday through Sunday Dee Dee Michel’s (Sounds of started, closing cost assistance, WED, JUL 6 8:00 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. Deliverance) and bassist grants, affordable mortgages, Michael Max Fleming. advice from professionals in the FOLK OPEN SING: Come sing Telephone: field. At 6pm. Citibank, 702 Utica with us the first Wednesday of 718-622-0560 MON, JUN 20 Ave. (Lenox Rd. & Clarkson Ave.) every month. Bring voice, instru- Web address: Brooklyn, NY 11203. To register, ments, friends. Children wel- www.foodcoop.com Chewing on Food Justice: On the call 718-469-4679. www.nhs come. Cohosted by the Folk heels of the Jewish holiday , join ofeastflatbush.org, Contact: Society of NY, the Ethical Pursue and Hazon to hear from Tyrone McDonald. Culture Society & the Good Nancy Romer of the Brooklyn Coffeehouse. At the Ethical Cul- Food Coalition. She’ll help us WED, JUN 22 ture Society, 53 Prospect Park connect the dots between local West. 7:30–10:00 p.m. Info: and global food justice issues Still We Speak: Working Within 718-636-6341. and elements from labor to Tension. Carmen Mojica, The Linewaiters’ Gazette is published biweekly by the Park Slope Food Coop, Inc., 782 Union Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215. Opinions expressed here may be solely the views of the writer. The Gazette will not knowingly publish articles that are racist, sexist, or oth- Please protect your feet and toes erwise discriminatory. while working your shift at the The Gazette welcomes Coop-related articles, and letters from members. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Coop by not wearing sandals or All submissions must include author’s name and phone number and conform to the following guidelines. Editors will reject letters and other open-toed footwear. articles that are illegible or too long. Submission deadlines appear in the Coop Calendar opposite. Thanks for your cooperation, The Park Slope Food Coop Letters: Maximum 500 words. All letters will be printed if they Than conform to the guidelines above. The Anonymity and Fairness policies appear on the letters page in most issues. Voluntary Articles: Maximum 750 words. Editors will reject articles This Issue Prepared By: that are essentially just advertisements for member businesses and Monthly on the... 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Writers are responsible for the factual area at the Coop. Cathy Wassylenko content of their stories. Editors must make a reasonable effort to Y contact and communicate with writers regarding any proposed Photographers: Lisa Cohen editorial changes. Writers must make a reasonable effort to Ingrid Cusson respond to and be available to editors to confer about their arti- PLASTIC S Kevin Ryan cles. If there is no response after a reasonable effort to contact What plastics do we accept? the writer, an editor, at her or his discretion, may make editorial Traffic Manager: Barbara Knight Until further notice: changes to a submission without conferring with the writer. 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We areapart buying agentforourmembersandnota ethical employerandneighbor. We area equally. We strivetobearesponsibleand we shareresponsibilitiesandbenefits principles. Onlymembersmayshop,and ble withinthecontextofourvaluesand enables ustokeeppricesaslowpossi- through cooperationandteamwork labor: workingtogetherbuildstrust business. Asmembers,wecontributeour alternative tocommercialprofit-oriented ber-owned andoperatedfoodstore— The Park SlopeFood Coopisamem- Gazette Park SlopeFood Coop Mission Statement akSoeFo op roln YJune16, 2011 Park SlopeFood Coop,Brooklyn, NY information. Cynthia intheMembershipOfficeformore might beforyou.PleasespeaktoAdrianaor Sound likeyourdreamcometrue?Thisjob recycling, washingdishesandmakingcoffee. labeling andputtingawayfoodsupplies, tables andchairs,buyingfoodsupplies, variety ofphysicaltasksincluding:settingup Need anearlyriserwithlotsofenergytodoa 6:00 to8:30a.m. Office Set-up while you’restanding onlineORonlineatwww.foodcoop.com We strivetoreducethe We arecom- We respect We seekto We an vote •Announcements,etc. the meeting)•Meetingevaluation •BoardofDirectors Agenda CommitteeasanitemforafutureGM. an itemismorethanbrief,itcanbesubmittedtothe members tobringbriefitemstheGeneralMeeting. If • Exploremeetingliterature • EnjoysomeCoopsnacksSubmitOpenForumitems Wrap Up(9:30-9:45) and mayalsoappearelsewhere inthisissue. 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jun 17 John Cabán and jun 28 PSFC JUNE Annual and fri 8 pm Pyeng Threadgill tue 7 pm General Meeting John Cabán—guitarist, composer and sound The Annual Meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. followed by the GM. Meeting location: alchemist—presents “Extra Terrestrial Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Pl. at Eighth Ave. Sounds for Everyday People”: an evening of Annual Meeting Agenda song, grooves, improvisation and atmos- phere. Joining Cabán is an international Coop ensemble including Item #1: The audited financial report for the year ended January 30, 2011. Anthony Pinciotti—drums, Tyler Wood—keyboards, Alexis Cuadrado— Report & Vote: Following a presentation by our outside auditor, Cornick, Garber & bass, Jenny Hill—sax, Todd Isler and Mathias Kunzli—percussion. Sandler, LLP, members will have the opportunity to pose questions to the auditors. Pyeng Threadgill: Indie Jazz Meets Afro Groove. The Pyeng Members will then vote whether to accept the audited statement. Threadgill/Songlines Project is based on the aboriginal notion of locat- Item #2: Board of Directors Election ing place according to our ability to sing and dance our way there. Election: One position is open this year for a full three-year term. This music speaks to conditions of the environment and the heart through improvisation, storytelling and a collective groove. General Meeting Agenda Concert takes place at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West (at Item #1: Renewing the Services of the Auditor 2nd St.), $10, doors open at 7:45. The Very Good Coffeehouse is a monthly musical Proposal: “To retain the services of Cornick, Garber & Sandler, LLP, to perform an audit fundraising partnership of the Coop and the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture. of the Coop for the fiscal year ending January 29, 2012.” To book a Coffeehouse event, contact Bev Grant, 718-788-3741. —submitted by the General Coordinators Item #2: Election of Officers Election: Following the election of members to the Board of Directors at the Annual jun 18 Meeting, the General Meeting must elect officers of the corporation—President, Vice sat 12 pm How to Chase Fear Away President, Secretary and Treasurer. The President and Vice-President shall be, at the time of election, members of the Board of Directors. The positions of Secretary and Fear is a destructive and paralyzing emotion. It can stop your emotional, mental and Treasurer can be elected from the membership at large. spiritual growth. Let’s take control of this debilitating emotion and start living our lives fully and liberated! A simple, easy and fun exercise will be demonstrated that can clear these emotions in minutes sometimes in seconds. Join Marija Santo-Sarnyai, a Geotran Practitioner and Certified Naturopath, to find out how to take your authority, dominion and personal power back. jul 5 tue 8 pm Agenda Committee Meeting The Committee reviews pending agenda items and creates the jun 18 Joy! What Is It? Where Is It? sat 3 pm agenda for this month’s General Meeting. Drop by and talk with How Can I Get It? committee members face-to-face between 8 and 8:15 p.m. Before submitting an item, read “How to Develop an Agenda Come and learn specialized eastern and Mayan secrets to discovering what it is that may be Item for the General Meeting” and fill out the General Meeting Agenda Item Submission blocking you from your own power, strength and joy. You will be introduced to Emotional Form, both available from the Membership Office. The next General Meeting will be Freedom Techniques (EFT) and the Four Agreements, which show you how to reduce or held on Tuesday, July 26, 7 p.m., at Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (Garfield eliminate your emotional blockages, past traumas, pain, anger, phobias, fears and trauma Temple), 274 Garfield Place at Eighth Avenue. memories. Carolyn Meiselbach is a long-time member of the Coop. She has an advanced certification in both hypnosis and EFT, with a private practice in Carroll Gardens.

jun 25 jul 22 sat 10 am Knit and Sip Series fri 7 pm Why You’re Not Pregnant For intermediate knitters. Please bring a set of needles and three balls of different-color Learn the nine underlying causes behind “mystery infertility,” miscarriage, blocked yarn (can be the same type). Ava Tomlinson’s knitting is influenced by her paintings. tubes, anovulation, cysts and fibroids. The presenters will show women how to solve She blends colors and textures when she knits, and plays with palettes. Her knitting those problems, and tell men how to get their sperm in shape. Get strategies to elimi- explores tactility as well as color, so much so that people want to touch her work when nate environmental toxins and identify the foods, exercises and supplements that best they see it. Naeemah Senghor is a knitter, crocheter and raw-foodist and loves to orga- support your individual fertility. Pre-registration suggested: to register call (646) 483- nize swaps and community events. She has been organizing “Knit & Sips” all over 4571 or e-mail [email protected]. Rebecca Curtis is a certified Holistic Brooklyn. She has been a Coop member for several years. Health Coach who specializes in helping busy, professional women replenish the nutri- ents they need to conceive healthy babies naturally. Mary Hart is a licensed and regis- tered acupuncturist and the founder of Healing Heart Acupuncture in Park Slope. jun 25-26 Food Drive to Benefit sat-sun 9 am–7 pm CHIPS Soup Kitchen CHIPS Soup Kitchen, located at 4th Avenue and Sackett Street, is the recipient of jul 24 much of our edible but unsaleable perishable food. They also need donations of sun 12 pm Introduction to Infant Massage nonperishable foods. This food will go to CHIPS to help them feed people in the neighborhood who are in need of a nutritious meal. Consider contributing nonperish- If you’re a parent with a newborn to year-old infant, here’s a perfect way to spend an able foods and commercially packaged foods; canned fish; canned fruits and veg- hour that will benefit you and your child for a lifetime. Bring the baby and learn some etables; pasta sauce; pasta; pre-packaged rice; pre-packaged beans; canned beans; techniques to understand infant reflexes and what they mean and to soothe and calm canned soups; Parmalat milk; dry milk; peanut butter; cooking oil; or boxed raisins. her/him. Coop member Deirdre Lovell is a licensed massage therapist and massage Give donations to the collection table outside the Coop. therapy instructor, former performing artist and mother. For more information on these and other events, visit the Coop’s website: foodcoop.com All events take place at the Park Slope Food Coop unless otherwise noted. Nonmembers are welcome to attend workshops. Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop.

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Unable to translate your information needs to concrete queries? Learn about the current jul 26 information environment and how to navigate its layers for more fruitful searching ses- tue 7 pm PSFC JULY General Meeting sions. Whether you’re a student, a community activist, an independent journalist or just someone who wants to be more efficient, come for research tips and tricks (and bring Meeting Agenda to be announced. For information on how to your own to share)! Melissa Morrone is a public librarian in Brooklyn and a member of place an item on the Agenda, please see the center pages of the librarians’ collective Radical Reference. the Linewaiters’ Gazette. The Agenda Committee minutes and the status of pending agenda items are available in the Coop office. Meeting location: Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Place at Eighth Avenue. aug 2 tue 8 pm Agenda Committee Meeting jul 30 Joy! What Is It? Where Is It? The Committee reviews pending agenda items and creates the

sat 2 pm How Can I Get It? agenda for this month’s General Meeting. Drop by and talk with committee members face-to-face between 8 and 8:15 p.m. Come and learn specialized eastern and Mayan secrets to discovering what it is that may be Before submitting an item, read “How to Develop an Agenda Item blocking you from your own power, strength and joy. You will be introduced to Emotional for the General Meeting” and fill out the General Meeting Agenda Item Submission Form, Freedom Techniques (EFT) and the Four Agreements, which show you how to reduce or elim- both available from the Membership Office. The next General Meeting will be inate your emotional blockages, past traumas, pain, anger, phobias, fears and trauma memo- held on Tuesday, August 30, 7 p.m., at Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (Garfield ries. Carolyn Meiselbach is a long-time member of the Coop. She has an advanced Temple), 274 Garfield Place at Eighth Avenue. certification in both hypnosis and EFT, with a private practice in Carroll Gardens.

jul 30 The Gems of Excellence aug 9 Safe Food Committee Film Night: sat 5 pm tue 7 pm Chinatown A Geotran introduction. A brain-mind empowerment course for joyous-successful living. Want to love again, but feel isolated? Would like your creativity back, but lost your pas- Plow to Plate will be screening the 1974 psycho-mystery-noir sion, focus and drive? Do worry, fear and fatigue steal your joy away? If you are to willing classic film Chinatown, which was inspired by the historical dis- and open to transform your old patterns it can be done with ease and fun. The body is putes over land and water rights that raged in southern like a magnet, and when these experiences are in cellular memory, the body attracts the California during the 1910s and 1920s. Starring Jack same experiences. Doctors and other professionals have used these techniques for daily Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and directed by Roman Polanski. stresses, eating disorders, robbery, rape and emotions such as anger, anxiety, fear and Special guests will be on hand for a post-screening discussion. others. This unique technology will be demonstrated by Marija Santo.

jul 31 Peeling the Onion: aug 19-20 Blood Drive sun 12 pm fri-sat 11 am–6 pm A Workshop on Research Fact: Less than 3% of the population donates blood, and 90% will use blood some time Are you frustrated by how long it takes to find useful information about a given topic? in their life. Presented in cooperation with New York Methodist Hospital. For further Overwhelmed by the Internet and all the data out there? Unsure when to trust a source? information about blood donation, call 718-780-3644.

aug 30 PSFC AUGUST General Meeting sep 11 Fibroids, Cysts and PMS

sep 1 Food Class sep 13 Safe Food Committee Film Night

sep 2 Film Night sep 16 The Very Good Coffeehouse Coop Concert Series

sep 6 Agenda Committee Meeting sep 27 PSFC SEPTEMBER General Meeting

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POLITICS AND FOOD Israeli goods. While I disagree with important decisions collectively. DON’T MIX Jesse on the boycott question, that Right now the Coop is operating by is not why I am writing. It is the rea- status quo, buying some Israeli prod- these members should feel personally TO THE EDITOR: sons he gave for why we should ucts out of convenience and general unwelcome. Will they suddenly per- We love our Coop. We love our avoid the issue. Jesse began his appeal. However, there are certainly ceive anti-Semitism where none friends from our Coop. We love talking speech by saying that one of the many members (including us!) who existed previously? with them about food and cooking and main things that makes the Coop feel strongly that an organizational Do they equate the policies of the health and children and schools and great is that we are such a welcom- boycott is the right tactic to take in the current Israeli government with the food. You want to know what else we ing community – as well as, in a ges- struggle for equality and justice in entirety of the Jewish people? Do they love about our friends from our Coop? ture at good humor, his own Israel/Palestine. By proposing a refer- consider the many Jewish citizens of We love that we don’t have to know enjoyment of flirting with other endum on this question, we want our Israel who oppose the government’s about them the stuff we don’t need to Coop members. voices to be heard, and we want to policies as anti-Israel and anti-Semitic? know about them—stuff that isn’t our Now, I can’t speak to how welcome open up space so that members who Does it matter that some of the business anyway. people might find Jesse’s flirtations. share our views don’t feel alienated by Gazette’s letter writers who support We want to preserve the friendly, I’ve never had the pleasure. And calls for “peace” that merely shut down BDS are themselves Jews, and may cooperative and inclusive atmosphere while we strive to be accepting, I healthy debate and the opportunity for have had relatives who perished in the of our Coop. We want our 11 General don’t think everyone would agree an evolving Coop. Holocaust, or who perhaps have rela- Meetings each year to be used only for that the Coop is always “welcoming.” Many, many people were active in tives living in Israel? Is it really conceiv- things that will make our Coop better But semantics aside, from there the anti-South African apartheid move- able that these members—the and better. We want our dedicated Coop Jesse stated that a dialogue on the ment, and those of us who fight against supporters of BDS—are unappreciative staff to be able to do their jobs without boycott would inevitably destroy the Israeli apartheid policies are following of the high emotions surrounding the unnecessary distractions. We want to welcoming environment of our Coop. in that tradition. How can our commu- issue? More likely they also feel strong- maintain our Coop’s reputation as wel- He argued that divisiveness, disre- nity shy away from engaging with ly about the issue, and object to the come to all, committed to diversity, and spect, incivility and accusations of issues around Israel/Palestine simply Coop selling products from a country opposed to discrimination in any form. racism among Coop members are because it’s so polarizing? whose government has implemented These will change if a proposal to inevitable whenever the subject is Obviously the idea of a boycott of such harsh treatment of people. hold a referendum to join the Global discussed, citing as an example an Israeli goods is a difficult and emotion- Also more likely, the 5/19 letter is an BDS (boycott, divest and sanctions of allegedly rancorous debate at a food al issue to many. A referendum would emotional ploy meant to chasten the Israel) Movement is advanced to the coop in Ann Arbor, Michigan. not take away people’s voices or opin- membership into a numbed avoidance General Meeting. At every food coop There’s no doubt that can be the case ions—in fact, it does the opposite by of the issue altogether. Were the pro- where a BDS effort was introduced, with debates about Israel/Palestine, as giving a vote to each and every mem- posal to pass, and if resignations anger, hostility and disharmony fol- well as many other human rights issues. ber. Expressing viewpoints via these ensue, we should be clear that they will lowed. The biggest losers were the staffs However, accepting the idea that we letters in the Gazette is important. But not be due to an unwelcoming Coop. and boards of directors who had to deal can’t have a civil and respectful dialogue taking action, ideally in the format of a Rather, the resignations will be in protest with it. We request the submitters to about an important issue, and therefore referendum, is the most democratic of the Coop’s decision, a perfectly valid voluntarily withdraw their proposal from that we should not even broach it, path to a resolution. form of political and personal expres- the Agenda Committee’s list. would be toxic to the Coop and our abil- We submitted this proposal for a sion. But the protesters will be reject- Let’s be nice to each other. Let’s ity to be a democratic organization. As Coop referendum on the boycott of ing the Coop, not vice versa. The parties keep it about the food and give peas a members we have a responsibility to be Israeli goods to the Agenda Committee “hurt” by adopting BDS will not be chance. respectful of each other, even and espe- in February 2011. We are expecting it to Coop members, but Israel’s commer- If you love the Coop, too, (or even if cially when we feel strongly about some- be on the agenda of a General Meeting cial interests, who hopefully will put you only just like it) and you want to thing. We also have a responsibility to later this summer (we have not yet pressure on their government to add your name to the list of people raise concerns and make proposals that been notified by the Agenda Commit- change its treatment of its occupied who want to keep the Coop GM free might be controversial when the Coop’s tee). Regardless of how you may ulti- Arab civilians. from divisive political issues that have values are at stake. mately vote, please remember that we In “Withdraw Referendum Propos- no connection to the primary purpose To drive home his point, Jesse char- are a community and we need to work al” (6/2/2011) the authors claim that of our Coop, then send an email to acterized his proposal that the mem- out our differences collectively. BDS leaders “have openly expressed [email protected]. bership reject discussing the boycott With respect and justice for all people, their opposition to the two-state solu- More Hummus, Please proposal as being “bigger than that.” Naomi Brussel, Thomas Cox tion” and ultimately want to end “the Rhudi Andreolli, Maurice Appelbaum, But avoiding a difficult conversation existence of the Jewish State.” BDS Rebeccah Appelbaum, Shena Gitel Astrin, is not a virtue—conducting ourselves OPPOSING BDS THE endorsement would therefore contra- Pauline Beam, Steven Berke, Ruth Bol- with respect for one another in the dict the Coop’s mission statement. letino, Elisa Bonneau, Matthew Brown, course of one is. That is the kind of PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE First, I challenge anyone to find text Darrin Cabot, Nathalie Cabot, Chana dialogue I hope we can have about WAY in our mission statement to support Crayk, Meir Crayk, Zusha Dean, Audrey Israel/Palestine, whatever the ulti- this claim. Second, the use of the term Elias, Mickey Elias, Eli Eliav, Shayna mate outcome. TO THE EDITOR: “Jewish State” is misleading. What BDS Eliav, Carol Freeman, Riva Freeman, Beth Tim Judson Two Linewaiters’ Gazette letters, leaders have openly called for is a one- Halpern, Devorah Hershkop, Esther Hertzel, signed by the group “More Hummus, state solution, with all the inhabitants of Sheldon Jacobson, Constantine Kaniklidis, PSFC POLICIES AFFECT Please,” call for the withdrawal of a Israel and the West Bank deemed full David Kastin, Chaya Lang, Tzvi Lang, forthcoming General Meeting propos- citizens, and an end to laws privileging David Leveson, Margaret Leveson, Chana HUMAN RIGHTS al to boycott, divest, and sanction Jewish ethnicity and religion. BDS lead- Lew, Sylvia Lowenthal, Abie Mazor, Avishay Israel (because of harsh treatment of ers are not calling for the destruction of Mazor, Barbara Mazor, Poppy O’Neill, TO THE EDITOR: its occupied Arab population). Some Israel, as implied by the lurid “Jewish Rachel Ravitz, Yigal Rechter, Lila Rieman, We’re part of a group of members of their claims need clarification. State” wording. Jill Robinson, Mirele Rosenberger, Jesse who believe it’s in keeping with the In “A Peaceful, Conflict-Free States based on ethnicity or religion Rosenfeld, Tzivia Chaya Rosenthal, Ruth Coop’s mission to boycott Israeli goods Coop: Our Opposition to the BDS are by definition undemocratic. Arabs Seliger, Rivkah Siegel, Nancy Spitalnick, as a response to the Palestinian call for Proposal” (5/19/2011) the group have everything to gain from integrat- Allen Tobias, Baruch Weisman a global boycott, divestment and sanc- claims that the BDS proposal, ing into a truly democratized Israel, as tions (BDS) movement. whether intentional or not, will do Jews. Then the country would be in WHY WE SHOULD DEBATE We realize that this proposal may “hurt” and “alienate a substantial truth what it often claims to be: the bring to the surface very different and number of Coop members” who “will Middle East’s only democracy and an THE ISRAELI BOYCOTT strongly-held views and feelings in our no longer feel welcome” and “will example for the rest of the region. Coop community. But our intent is to choose to leave.” One wonders why David Barouh TO THE EDITOR: promote a positive action at the Coop, At the May 31 General Meeting, meant to make human rights for all CORRECTION Jesse Rosenfeld made a speech urg- people a priority in our purchasing In the May 19 issue, the Gazette failed to retain the italicized portions of Albert ing the membership not to entertain decisions. The Coop is a community Solomon’s letter, and we regret this error. Solomon used italics to highlight his a proposal that the Coop conduct a that’s concerned with justice, not just a correspondence with another member. referendum on whether to boycott grocery store, and we need to make

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Lake Huntington get from eating and drinking to CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 excess with a real sense of community grounded in working together; learn- community. And so, inspired by the ing useful skills, like plumbing and example of the hugely successful electrical; getting to drive the Kubota Park Slope Food Coop, we propose (you know you want to!) the elimination of all contractors Even with how very annoying from the community and their a band of vacationing city folk replacement by a maintenance work can get when forced to get requirement. Every member of every cooperative, the tradeoff is shareholder family will be required to completely worth it. Even kid- work as follows: frees could get something out • 2 weekends in the spring to of staging a salsa night

open the community takeover, introducing lap danc- MORRISON BY ROD ILLUSTRATION • 1 entire week during the ing to the talent show or mak- summer ing s’mores at the bonfire. You longs and spooky nights. What- field trips. don’t even have to sit through • 2 weekends in the fall to close can take or leave the many ever your tolerance level for This summer vacation can the five-hour-long semi-annu- the community activities such as potluck din- socializing, Lake Huntington is be yours for a whole lot less al meetings or debate the fine Think of the many benefits this ners, talent shows, movie night, a wonderful place to unwind, a than a Hamptons timeshare or points of deck fees. Find out system will bring: replacing the game night, pool, lake and field perfect locale for reunions, and a play farm in Columbia Coun- more at lakehuntingtonsum- superficial sense of community you days, dances, bonfires, sing-a- an ideal base camp for area ty. Plus, if you just visit, you mercommunity.com. ■ Battle for Brooklyn Member What would you do if New York State tried to take your home? Contribution

By Jezra Kaye epic struggle of Prospect Heights which Goldstein co-founded, raised story is not over. In the words of New hat was the question Park Slope residents and small business owners over $2 million in small York Daily News reporter Michael TFood Coop member Daniel Gold- to prevent the demolition of their donations), Battle for Brooklyn focuses O’Keeffe, Battle for Brooklyn has stein faced in 2003 when he discov- neighborhood. From activist Patti on the personal odyssey of Daniel exposed “how corporate interests ered that the Empire State Hagan’s first warning that mega- Goldstein and his wife and fellow enlist their allies in government to Development Corporation (an developer Bruce Ratner was going to activist Shabnam Merchant. As Steve get what they want, even if that unelected state agency) planned to be given 22 acres of prime real estate Dollar wrote in the Wall Street Jour- means lying to the public and screw- raze his apartment to make way for a around the MTA’s Flatbush and nal, “Nothing depicts the borough’s ing people who lack deep pockets privately-owned basketball arena. Atlantic rail yards, through the com- backbone with more personality and and political connections.” Film- The eight-year struggle that fol- plex process of organizing an oppo- urgency than Battle for Brooklyn... a makers Galinsky and Hawley hope lowed was recorded by Brooklyn sition movement from scratch, to the crisp, dramatic and narrator-free 93 that their movie will educate and filmmakers Michael Galinsky and city and state officials who, with minutes, focusing on the remarkable sensitize other communities to the Suki Hawley, and has been distilled notable exceptions, shielded the story of neighborhood activist Daniel dangers they face from eminent into their new documentary, Battle for largest development project in NYC Goldstein, the last resident in a Pacif- domain abuse. “We’ve had interest Brooklyn. Hailed by the local and history from public input, Battle for ic Street building marked for demoli- from theaters around the country,” international press as “feisty but Brooklyn details the horrifying, pow- tion through eminent domain.” Galinsky said at a recent Brooklyn fairly told,” “thoroughly engaging,” erful and moving experience of a And though developer Bruce Rat- Film Festival showing. “They’re just “riveting,” and “superb storytelling,” community fighting against massive ner did ultimately exercise his state- waiting to see how the film does in the film opens its theatrical run odds for its soul. given right to demolish close to New York.” ■ on June 17, 18 and 19 at Cinema Vil- While the fight involved thousands 1,000 busi- lage in Manhattan. of local residents and supporters nesses and This powerful story follows the (Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, homes, the

What Is That? How Do I Use It? Food Tours in the Coop You never know where it will be: Be alert what you are looking for In the silent shadows of the leaves hides in plain sight where the sparrow’s bright eye shines It’s not what you think or when a fleet of sparrows fling out of the bushes like seed It’s what you are

or in the silence of the car as you wait at The Park Slope Food Coop the light Everything You’re Looking For

or how the stranger reorders your words by Myra Klockenbrink and they describe your destiny

or when the sun shines through the trees to lay petals of light on the ground and you walk through them and they flutter Monday June 20 July 11 Or when a party of men and machines noon to 1:00 p.m. pull up the walkway with racketing noise and 1:30 t0 2:30 p.m. and lay down a pavement as quiet as a grave You can join in any time during a tour.

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