{"content":[{"text":"And that brings us to today: The Annual Meeting for the Member \n Owners of The Old Creamery Co-op. So, the traditional role of the General \n Manager in this situation would be to give a more or less full accounting of \n the business of the store over the course of the past year. Of course, we do \n find ourselves in a slightly less than traditional situation. Seeing as how I’ve \n been with the organization for just about 3 months at this point, I believe \n the tack I’ll be taking this afternoon is to outline for you the following:","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.090056,"width":0.7530969999999999,"height":0.15615500000000002}},{"text":"I.","bbox":{"left":0.132812,"top":0.272821,"width":0.014231999999999995,"height":0.019791999999999976}},{"text":"A birds-eye view summation of our trajectory since our last meeting in \n October, 2020. \n Super cool data points that tell a pretty good story.","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.272821,"width":0.7009559999999999,"height":0.07850400000000002}},{"text":"II.","bbox":{"left":0.126666,"top":0.331533,"width":0.020363999999999993,"height":0.019791999999999976}},{"text":"III.","bbox":{"left":0.120538,"top":0.361836,"width":0.026496999999999993,"height":0.019791999999999976}},{"text":"Positive Takeaways, coupled with Cautionary Considerations for the \n future.","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.361836,"width":0.669273,"height":0.04914799999999997}},{"text":"So, I think the place to start would be to state the obvious. I know \n where we’re coming from. I’ve read Dan Esko’s GM report from the 2020 \n October meeting. It seems that the word that best sums up the state of \n affairs in The Old Creamery Co-op’s recent history might be “dire.” And I \n would like to tell you all that you’re all a bunch of superstars for hanging in \n there and pushing for this place. I’m very proud to say that I too believe in \n The Creamery, hopefully as much as you all clearly do. And I think that your \n hard work and commitment may soon begin to show some really solid \n returns. There’s no getting around the fact that there are a really serious \n set of challenges in front of us to be addressed, but I think I can confidently \n report that we do in fact have the tools to do this work. It’s going to take \n time, and it’s going to take perseverance. But we can get there. \n Now, a lot’s happened since that last meeting. The hiring of \n Columinate in a consultory capacity yielded the installment of Scot Destasio \n as interim General Manager. This guy had a big job to do, and in the middle \n of a pandemic, no less. And he did some really important work here. Chief \n amongst these tasks would probably be the establishment of an industry and \n area appropriate wage scale, and the transition to Associated Grocers of \n New England as our primary vendor.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.443275,"width":0.759117,"height":0.42983000000000005}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}