Bulletin - Semester 1 Week Zero
Thu, 12/03/2009 - 19:05 — Andrew
NEWS
FRUIT & VEG
Envelopes/orders need to be under the door by Wednesday morning, or if you're organised, in the box by Tuesday close. If you have any queries please email veggies@thoughtfulfoods.org.au
COMMUNITY Start of Semester Social BBQ
From Chris
Location: Roundhouse Beergarden
Day: Friday 6th March
Time: 5.30pm
It's time to celebrate the end of O-Week and the start of another semester at Thoughtful Foods! Come along for some free vegan BBQ food, and meet your fellow food co-oppers. This event is being run together with our friends from the Environment Collective.
Free Skool Sydney
From Linette
Hello everyone! Hello especially to all the new members we collected at O Week!
Welcome to the start of Autumn, the start of semester and the biggest bulletin I have ever seen. There's a lot of info packed into this here email - we have a new bread ordering system, suggestions on how to rack up those vollie hours, meeting minutes and agendas, a barbecue and a Free Skool (scroll down to the community section for those last two)!
Sit back, relax, let the news wash over you, and I'll see you all at the BBQ with a tofu skewer.
Welcome to the start of Autumn, the start of semester and the biggest bulletin I have ever seen. There's a lot of info packed into this here email - we have a new bread ordering system, suggestions on how to rack up those vollie hours, meeting minutes and agendas, a barbecue and a Free Skool (scroll down to the community section for those last two)!
Sit back, relax, let the news wash over you, and I'll see you all at the BBQ with a tofu skewer.
Opening Hours
We are back to our regular opening hours! Tuesday and Wednesday, 10:30 am to 4:30 pm; Thursday, 9 am to 6 pm. So drop by, pick up a snack bag and check out our snazzy new bread ordering system (it's PURPLE!).
Meetings
From Andrew
We had our first proper meeting for the year last week. It was held in the ARC building, just south of the Roundhouse. The minutes are attached for anyone interested in reading what was discussed, as well as the agenda for this week's meeting (thanks to the lovely Linette).
We will continue to meet in the ARC building every Wednesday from 6pm. If you have anything you'd like to add to the agenda, you can send it to the bulletin (email bulletin@thoughtfulfoods.org.
Vollies for Veggies
Thank you all for your patience over the past few months with this slightly complicated system. The good news is that it is now over for the year and you no longer need to include extra money for vegetable boxes! This week is also your last opportunity to earn some of this money back. If you volunteer anytime over the coming week, see a coordinator and they can help organise your refund. (Important note: no refunds can be made after this week.)
Volunteering
From Andrew
Apart from working in the shop (see sections Roster and Training in this bulletin), there are other ways you can help the co-op. If you see a system which can be improved on, think of content which you can write for the bulletin, or can think of some information which may be useful for the website - or anything else, really! - please talk to a coordinator or bring up your suggestion in a meeting for discussion (see Meetings section). Anything you do to help your co-op strengthen counts towards volunteer hours (earning you a discount!) but, more importantly, it helps our sense of community grow.
The following are a few current ideas for extra ways which you can help:
Roster
The roster board (the blackboard outside the shop) is a little bare at the moment - though I suspect that is because of the confusion of the coming 'Week Zero' where few students actually have classes. Putting your name down on the roster - for a casual or a permanent shift - is one of the easiest ways to get involved in your co-op.
The roster is transferred to our website at the end of every Thursday, so you can see what times are available in the next few weeks by going to http://thoughtfulfoods.org.au/
Training
Before working in the shop, volunteers are asked to take part in a simple training session on either Tuesday or Wednesday, which gives them a better understanding of cooperatives and how our particular space currently runs. Turn up at 11am or 1pm on either Tuesday or Wednesday if you'd like to take part in a one hour session - all training time counts as volunteering hours and earns you a discount in the shop!
For students, it's perhaps easier to volunteer earlier in the semester so as to get it out of the way before assessment begins to loom. This coming week (Week Zero) may be perfect as most students do not have classes!
2009 Membership
Last week was the last time we accepted old 2008 membership cards (the salmony/pink ones). No shop discounts, bread or vegetable orders can be made without first renewing your membership for this year. Please make sure your new number is written clearly on your vegetable and bread orders, and that you bring your new card (very bright purple!) into the shop when shopping.
Bread Ordering
The bread system has changed! Well, it's still the same basic idea - place an order and pay for it by Thursday to receive it the next week - but there are now cool little plastic tag things, and purple baskets to put them in. It's all quite exciting, practical, and colourful, and is worth a trip to the lower part of the campus just to check it out!
We are back to our regular opening hours! Tuesday and Wednesday, 10:30 am to 4:30 pm; Thursday, 9 am to 6 pm. So drop by, pick up a snack bag and check out our snazzy new bread ordering system (it's PURPLE!).
Meetings
From Andrew
We had our first proper meeting for the year last week. It was held in the ARC building, just south of the Roundhouse. The minutes are attached for anyone interested in reading what was discussed, as well as the agenda for this week's meeting (thanks to the lovely Linette).
We will continue to meet in the ARC building every Wednesday from 6pm. If you have anything you'd like to add to the agenda, you can send it to the bulletin (email bulletin@thoughtfulfoods.org.
Vollies for Veggies
Thank you all for your patience over the past few months with this slightly complicated system. The good news is that it is now over for the year and you no longer need to include extra money for vegetable boxes! This week is also your last opportunity to earn some of this money back. If you volunteer anytime over the coming week, see a coordinator and they can help organise your refund. (Important note: no refunds can be made after this week.)
Volunteering
From Andrew
Apart from working in the shop (see sections Roster and Training in this bulletin), there are other ways you can help the co-op. If you see a system which can be improved on, think of content which you can write for the bulletin, or can think of some information which may be useful for the website - or anything else, really! - please talk to a coordinator or bring up your suggestion in a meeting for discussion (see Meetings section). Anything you do to help your co-op strengthen counts towards volunteer hours (earning you a discount!) but, more importantly, it helps our sense of community grow.
The following are a few current ideas for extra ways which you can help:
Parking information
Andrew would like someone to do a little research into available parking spaces near the co-op, and their details/restrictions, in order to put the information on the website. Bonus points if you can also (or, instead) compile a list (perhaps with links!) of public transport to and from the campus. He receives many questions on where to park and it would be nice to have a somewhere on the Intorwebz to refer them to.
Box collectors
It has been months since we last asked for people to collect boxes, but we imagine orders will steadily increase over the coming weeks and we foresee a dire need for more boxes of a specific size. If anyone works or studies on campus (or anywhere off-campus, too!), and knows of a source of A4 boxes (the ones which hold five reams of paper) and their lids, such as a copy room or a faculty office, for example, we would very much appreciate it if you could regularly bring them to the co-op - these are perfect for our $20 boxes!
Gardening
Since the call out last week, one person has expressed interest in coordinating some sort of restructuring of the garden. If you'd be interested in helping them, please either come to the meeting this coming Wednesday, or email them at gardening@thoughtfulfoods.org.
Help with our Week Zero social event
This coming Friday we are holding a barbecue for all co-op members, with a few other campus groups, in order to properly welcome members, new and old, to the new year at Thoughtful Foods. The event begins at 5.30pm, but if you have some time beforehand on Friday, or earlier in the week, to help prepare, please email info@thoughtfulfoods.org.au. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Andrew would like someone to do a little research into available parking spaces near the co-op, and their details/restrictions, in order to put the information on the website. Bonus points if you can also (or, instead) compile a list (perhaps with links!) of public transport to and from the campus. He receives many questions on where to park and it would be nice to have a somewhere on the Intorwebz to refer them to.
Box collectors
It has been months since we last asked for people to collect boxes, but we imagine orders will steadily increase over the coming weeks and we foresee a dire need for more boxes of a specific size. If anyone works or studies on campus (or anywhere off-campus, too!), and knows of a source of A4 boxes (the ones which hold five reams of paper) and their lids, such as a copy room or a faculty office, for example, we would very much appreciate it if you could regularly bring them to the co-op - these are perfect for our $20 boxes!
Gardening
Since the call out last week, one person has expressed interest in coordinating some sort of restructuring of the garden. If you'd be interested in helping them, please either come to the meeting this coming Wednesday, or email them at gardening@thoughtfulfoods.org.
Help with our Week Zero social event
This coming Friday we are holding a barbecue for all co-op members, with a few other campus groups, in order to properly welcome members, new and old, to the new year at Thoughtful Foods. The event begins at 5.30pm, but if you have some time beforehand on Friday, or earlier in the week, to help prepare, please email info@thoughtfulfoods.org.au. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Roster
The roster board (the blackboard outside the shop) is a little bare at the moment - though I suspect that is because of the confusion of the coming 'Week Zero' where few students actually have classes. Putting your name down on the roster - for a casual or a permanent shift - is one of the easiest ways to get involved in your co-op.
The roster is transferred to our website at the end of every Thursday, so you can see what times are available in the next few weeks by going to http://thoughtfulfoods.org.au/
Training
Before working in the shop, volunteers are asked to take part in a simple training session on either Tuesday or Wednesday, which gives them a better understanding of cooperatives and how our particular space currently runs. Turn up at 11am or 1pm on either Tuesday or Wednesday if you'd like to take part in a one hour session - all training time counts as volunteering hours and earns you a discount in the shop!
For students, it's perhaps easier to volunteer earlier in the semester so as to get it out of the way before assessment begins to loom. This coming week (Week Zero) may be perfect as most students do not have classes!
2009 Membership
Last week was the last time we accepted old 2008 membership cards (the salmony/pink ones). No shop discounts, bread or vegetable orders can be made without first renewing your membership for this year. Please make sure your new number is written clearly on your vegetable and bread orders, and that you bring your new card (very bright purple!) into the shop when shopping.
Bread Ordering
The bread system has changed! Well, it's still the same basic idea - place an order and pay for it by Thursday to receive it the next week - but there are now cool little plastic tag things, and purple baskets to put them in. It's all quite exciting, practical, and colourful, and is worth a trip to the lower part of the campus just to check it out!
Please remember that the bread is available only to co-op members. So you MUST write your member number on your tag, or you might not receive your order.
Yoga
Thursdays at 2pm outside the co-op. Come stretch out those kinks and get back in gear for Semester One!
FRUIT & VEG
Envelopes/orders need to be under the door by Wednesday morning, or if you're organised, in the box by Tuesday close. If you have any queries please email veggies@thoughtfulfoods.org.au
COMMUNITY
From Chris
Location: Roundhouse Beergarden
Day: Friday 6th March
Time: 5.30pm
It's time to celebrate the end of O-Week and the start of another semester at Thoughtful Foods! Come along for some free vegan BBQ food, and meet your fellow food co-oppers. This event is being run together with our friends from the Environment Collective.
Free Skool Sydney
From Linette
Free Skool Sydney is in its foetal stages of becoming a larger network of activists collectives, affinity groups, skill shares and critical dialogues around the area of Sydney. While there are many radical spaces and events happening, Free Skool functions as a means to direct people even further in those directions and areas. Additionally, Free Skool also exists to activate everyday spaces in different communities of Sydney, currently focusing on the Inner West, to provide open and free learning opportunities and skill shares to free peoples.
Undoubtedly, the project is a response to institutionalised forms of learning and the trajectory of oppression, marginalisation, and conformity that is a product of it. Free Skool thus functions as a decentralised and interactive model of learning, without the the limitations of hierarchy and the sterile environment of institutions, through skill sharing, learning sessions, etc. Education is an opportunity and right for people, not a privilege. Learning is fun! And really fun when it is shared with like minded people in an open and safe space.
Free Skool Sydney is an attempt to establish such grounds while supporting a global movement of free skools.
Undoubtedly, the project is a response to institutionalised forms of learning and the trajectory of oppression, marginalisation, and conformity that is a product of it. Free Skool thus functions as a decentralised and interactive model of learning, without the the limitations of hierarchy and the sterile environment of institutions, through skill sharing, learning sessions, etc. Education is an opportunity and right for people, not a privilege. Learning is fun! And really fun when it is shared with like minded people in an open and safe space.
Free Skool Sydney is an attempt to establish such grounds while supporting a global movement of free skools.
If you are interested in helping out with such projects, the collective, or simply being involved and having fun through skill shares, creative learning, or facilitating spaces, please come to its first meeting.
Monday March 9, 2009
Camperdown Park
5.30 pm
If you have any questions, comments, ideas, or contributions, please feel free to e-mail linettep@gmail.com