Meetings of the Board of Directors are currently held the third Tuesday of every month starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Blue Hill Public Library. Owners are welcome to attend, and there are ten minutes at the opening of the meeting allotted for comments from individual owners. Board contact information as well as a variety of ways in which owners and community members can communicate with the Co-op may be found by clicking this link.
- Ends Policies which define the overarching values and purposes of the Co-op
- Minutes of Board meetings
- By-laws governing the Blue Hill Co-op
- Articles of Incorporation
- Co-op Board Policy Register
If you have been a Co-op owner for at least 6 months and would like to receive a board member application, please e-mail board@bluehill.coop or contact Mark at 374-2165 or at generalmanager@bluehill.coop. Thanks for your consideration!
Current Board Members
BOARD CONTACT LIST
Jim Picariello, Vice President
John Miller, Laura Livingston, Allison Watters, Richard Paget, Chris Ramsay
Co-op Board representatives serve three-year terms and may stand for re-election.
More About the Co-op Board
The Co-op is organized as a cooperative under Maine law and, as such is owned and controlled by those who hold equity in the corporation and who receive dividends based on the Co-op’s earnings and the patronage of each owner. The Co-op’s board of directors creates and monitors policies used by the store’s General Manager to guide operations. This process is know as Policy Governance and has been used and refined by the Co-op in recent years. The board is elected by the owners and, in turn, hires the General Manager or Co-Managers. There are monthly board meetings and board members also take on specific tasks or hold board offices as a part of their service. Board members receive a 10% store discount for their work on behalf of the cooperative. Though the Co-op Community Market and Café is the only enterprise operated by Blue Hill Co-op, Inc., it could, in theory, also run other businesses for the benefit of its owners. Note that, other than the owners, there are no outside shareholders or governors.
There is currently a Relocation Committee reviewing sites for a possible future Co-op home. If you would like to contact them click here.
Blue Hill Co-op Community Market and Café