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February 2012 General Meeting 12_03-22 p01-20_Layout 1 3/21/12 5:54 PM Page 1 OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP Established 1973 Volume GG, Number 6 March 22, 2012 Anatomy of Direct Democracy: OPEN LETTER TO ALL MEMBERS: COOP Subject to Severe Sanctions February 2012 From Fire Department Headquarters General Meeting By Allison Pennell paprika from the Park Slope elaying firefighters threatens lives. Food Coop members are cre- fter covering this Food Coop. Sadly, that’s next D month’s GM, I’m begin- month. I had gotten the ating a life-threatening situation on Union Street. A representa- Aning to get what assignment fantasizing that I tive from the Fire Department headquarters recently met with me. Jonathan Lethem meant would arrive to find a giant when he said that Brooklyn is vat of hummus in the middle He warned us in the strongest terms that they have zero tolerance cancerous with novelists. of the Beth Elohim ballroom for double-parking on Union Street and for blocking the fire station That goes for journalists too. and there would be live driveway. Our activities have caused delayed responses to fires. In Because, I tell you, never has wrestling and color commen- an uneventful monthly Coop tary by Ann Herpel and Imani addition, when a car is parked or is standing in the loading zone meeting been so widely and Q’ryn, the GM Chairwoman. without actually loading it tempts others who cannot pull to the hilariously reported as the In fact, the 300 or so mem- curb to double-park. So waiting by the curb without being engaged February General Meeting. bers who showed up were And this wasn’t even the told the March 27 General actively in loading is therefore also a hazard. It is also illegal. Tickets big meeting about the refer- Meeting will be held at will be issued and the Coop will be subject to sanctions if we do not endum to vote on whether to Brooklyn Tech’s auditorium, remedy these situations. vote on voting to ban Israeli- which is somewhere between Union Street is two-way, and every double-parked car could poten- made SodaStreams and CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 tially delay a fire truck responding to an emergency. If a vehicle is Next General Meeting on March 27 parked in our driveway, it forces delivery trucks and anyone quickly The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is held on picking up groceries to double-park. We are requesting all members the last Tuesday of each month. The next General Meeting to follow these guidelines: will be on Tuesday, March 27, at 7:00 p.m. at a different loca- tion, for this meeting only: Brooklyn Technical High Please use the yellow-vested “Walkers” to Do not call a car service until you are School, 29 Fort Greene Place. Use main entrance on cor- help you bring your groceries to your waiting out in front of the Coop. ner of South Elliot and DeKalb Ave. car—don’t bring your car to the Coop. If Do not allow your car service car to block The agenda is in this Gazette, on the Coop website at there are no walkers, please take your the firehouse driveway. Find a different www.foodcoop.com, and available as a flier in the entryway groceries to your car. place to load even if it is further away. of the Coop. For more information about the GM and about Consider using public transportation or a Do not park in the Fire Department Coop governance, please see the center of this issue. bicycle. The Walkers will accompany you reserved spaces across the street or just Check-in for this meeting will begin at 6:15 p.m. Members to the subway or bus stop and return the past the firehouse. If firefighters are will not be allowed in prior to 6:15 p.m. You must be a Food grocery cart. delayed in arriving on the job it could Coop member to attend the General Meeting and must Do not bring your car to the front of the jeopardize someone’s life if a fire hap- bring a photo I.D. card to be admitted. There is no re-entry. Coop, especially during delivery hours pens at that time. Once you check-in, if you leave the building, you will not be that extend from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Do not double-park anywhere else on the allowed to re-enter. Snacks and beverages will not be pro- Never park in front of the Coop, even block. vided by the Coop. Please plan accordingly if you need food with someone sitting in the car. Cur- Please always consider how your behav- or drink. We request that you keep eating to a minimum. rently this is a common practice, as ior may delay the Fire Department from Time for agenda item in parentheses is a suggestion. The inconsiderate and life threatening as responding to an emergency. Chair has the discretion to change the time allotted. This it is. Thank you for your cooperation, meeting must end by 10:15 p.m. More information on this Joe Holtz, General Manager item may be available at the entrance table at the meeting. Fri, Sat • Blood Drive IN THIS ISSUE Mar 30–31 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Flower Power . 2 Apr 1, 2, 3, • Training Sessions for 2012 Menstrual Products Trigger Concerns . 2 Coop 5, 17, 21, 22 Brooklyn Food Conference – various times Puzzle . 4 Thu, Apr 5 • Food Class: Board of Directors Candidates. 7 Event Food for BrainPOWER 7:30 p.m. Coordinator’s Corner . 9 Coop Hours, Coffeehouse . 10 Highlights Tue, Apr 10 • Safe Food Committee Film Night: Calendar of Events, with GM Agenda . 12 Farmageddon 7:00 p.m. Safe Food Committee Report . 14 Look for additional information about these and other events in this issue. Letters to the Editor . 15-19 Classified Ads . 20 12_03-22 p01-20_Layout 1 3/21/12 5:54 PM Page 2 2 March 22, 2012 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY interior projects. Flower Power Her largest project to date was the White House holiday décor. The big job came her By Nicole Feliciano sculpture, earning her MFA in way at the end of the summer loral artistry is alive and Los Angeles. After gradua- of 2011. While knee-deep in Fwell in Brooklyn. And one tion, she moved back east to another massive project, of the most promising tal- New York City and eventually Emily got an email from Laura ents can be found wrapping found her way to Brooklyn. Dowling, the White House cheese on her regular Coop After a brief period assisting florist. Dowling is a new fix- shift. A Coop member since other sculptors in NYC, Emily ture at the White House and 2008, Emily Thompson has launched her floral business has a reputation for shaking quite an impressive portfo- in 2006. Though she changed things up. The installation is lio of clients—including the medium she worked in, BY KEVIN RYAN PHOTOS an annual holiday tradition Michelle Obama, but more there is still a strong sculp- Floral artist Emily Thompson. and Dowling tapped Emily to on that later—and she’s tural element to all her work. bring in fresh ideas to the done it all while maintaining “I focus on the textures of settings. It appears her For example, Emily uses quite landmark. Upon completion a delightfully non-promo- the materials as opposed to embrace of form has captured a bit of driftwood in her work. of her Labor Day project, tional attitude and with a color,” says Emily. When she’s the attention of tastemakers. It would be impossible for the Emily returned the email and nod to conservancy. talking flowers she tends to In 2009 she opened her in-demand designer to stroll found out more about the The down-to-earth Ver- talk in sculptural terms, “I like storefront in Vinegar Hill, the Long Island beaches for scope and scale of the project. monter was raised to the character of each material Brooklyn. A visit to Emily’s stu- the just-right pieces; her time During the discussions with embrace rough and tumble to come forth in what I do,” say dio and shop is illuminating. is better spent in the studio re- Dowling, Emily was told to beauty. After some schooling Emily. Today you can find her One quickly gets a sense of her imagining these found objects “Go to the limit and we’ll scale on the East Coast, she head- creations featured in national whimsical style. The studio is as part of a larger design. it back if need be.” ed to California to study media and in some very fancy filled with antique vases, tan- On a typical day, Emily will In November of 2011, Emily gles of branches, vintage either head out herself or drove down to Washington, paper and more. In fact, what send an assistant to comb DC, for a week-long marathon stands out are the relatively the market for finds. Then the setup. As the designer tells it, few flowers in the shop. For greenery, branches and flow- her mission was to “bring the the most part, the workspace ers are lugged back to Brook- outdoors inside.” For Emily, is filled with natural finds— lyn for processing. Each week that meant not simply relying berries, branches and wood. is different depending on the on 16’ fir trees. She and her While it may appear that Emi- projects she’s landed.
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