# Orientation Overview

Quick and dirty overview of everything

**Co-op Overview**

- Mission statement
- Greens & Beans Grocery Cooperative is a community-driven grocery cooperative that challenges traditional grocery and economic models through collective buying power to increase access to affordable and value-aligned products.

- We are a labor-based co-op. We all contribute labor to keep things running (and running smoothly)

**Membership**

- Requirements
    
    
    - Sign [membership agreement](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkf7TcEVj5F1pCvj8_6tyJmp46UCX5kM4Q80r8rfbcOoq_ww/viewform?usp=header)
    - Pay dues: $5-$20/month (or $60-$240 annually) sliding scale based on social and economic circumstances. See table below for suggestions
    - Contribute at least one labor shift per month (monthly sign up offered at the beginning of the month)
- Benefits 
    - Hold leadership roles
    - Attend meetings/events
    - Shop

<div align="left" dir="ltr" id="bkmrk-consider-paying-less"><table><colgroup><col></col><col></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>Consider paying less for dues ($5, $10 monthly/$60-$120 annually) if you…

- Support children or family members/friends
- Have significant debt
- Are eligible for public assistance
- Belong to a historically marginalized group

</td><td>Consider paying more for dues ($15, $20 monthly/$180-$240 annually) if you…

- Own your home
- Have investments, retirement accounts, and/or significant savings
- Benefit from generational wealth
- Have a high earning power due to advanced degrees or other privileges

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</div>*(inspired by payment system for Common Good City Farm)*

**Committees**

- Administration: Manages finances, governance, and legal/compliance for the co-op
- Facilities: Manages physical space, infrastructure, and material resources needed to operate the co-op
- Products: Manages products and inventory, including ordering products, ensuring product quality, and maintaining relationships with suppliers
- Internal Membership Engagement: Handles member experience, communication, and internal community-building, such as the onboarding process, meeting management, and event/social planning
- External Community Engagement: Leads public-facing, activities, outreach, and external relationships, which may include organizing tabling and external communications (social media, newsletter)

**Logistics**

- Location: Luther Place Church basement
- Regular activities:
    
    
    - Sunday 6 pm: Open shop and meeting
    - (Second Sunday of the month is reserve for community social from 6-8)
    - Wednesday 6 pm: Open shop

**Next Steps**

- Sign [membership agreement](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkf7TcEVj5F1pCvj8_6tyJmp46UCX5kM4Q80r8rfbcOoq_ww/viewform?usp=header)
- Pay monthly or annual dues (see info [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-lqIcKZBUm0Ju5BRGYsJ1I9yQwXQxKIgHonMjWjs5eE/edit?usp=drive_link))
- Get added to WhatsApp community and Google group
- Get involved! Join a team! Come to a meeting!