CGIN

CGIN hosts an Operations (OPS) listserve to provide support, help facilitate discussion, exchange of ideas and information about the many complex areas of general operations and management work at food cooperatives. Listserve subscribers are individuals who are currently employed at a food co-op and engaged in operations and management work. This listserve was formed in 2009.

Eligibility

The listserve will be open to paid staff in the following positions:

• General Manager, or person responsible to their co-op’s board for operations
• One operations or store manager per co-op location.

Subscription cost is:

Enhanced members: free
Basic members: $30 per year per e-mail address

To request information or join

• For more information, contact the CGIN office”:mailto:admin@cgin.coop
• To join, contact your CGIN contact person and ask them to approve your CGIN user account for the HABA listserve. Once you are approved log into CGIN > My Account > Edit > Mailing list subscription, and select Subscribe for the appropriate listserve. Or watch our help video on managing specialized listserve subscriptions.
• If you are the CGIN contact person, watch our help video on Contact person listserve maintenance steps to subscribe.

To send a message to the OPS list

• Address an e-mail message to OPS-list@cgin.coop.
• We request that all subscribers include their name, co-op, and e-mail address at the end of your message.

To leave the list

• If you have a CGIN user account, log into CGIN > My Account > Edit > Mailing list subscription, and select Unsubscribe for the appropriate listserve. Or watch our help video on managing specialized listserve subscriptions.
• If you do not have a CGIN user account, contact the CGIN office and ask to be removed from the OPS listserve.

Out of office messages

If you are planning on using an “Out of office” message while you are away, we ask that you temporarily unsubscribe from the listserve. *

• If you have a CGIN user account, log into CGIN > My Account > Edit > Mailing list subscription, and select Unsubscribe for the appropriate listserve. Or watch our help video on managing specialized listserve subscriptions
• If you do not have a CGIN user account, contact the “CGIN office“mailto:admin@cgin.coop and ask to be temporarily removed.
• If you do not temporarily unsubscribe and your out of office message is sent out on the listserve we’ll temporarily unsubscribe you.

Archives

An archive of the Operations listserve is also available to CGIN members.

Basic listserve guidelines:

Subscribers are welcome to:

• send out any message via the list about matters related to their work as management and operations staff members of their co-ops. Subscriber’s messages are sent out directly to the list. There is no screening of list messages.

The OPS listserve may NOT be used to:

• advertisements or solicitations.
• circulating such things as petitions, a mass mailing requesting that e-mail messages be sent to someone, or a “chain letter”.
• forward warning messages without reliable confirmation — e.g. a warning about mass computer flaws, rampant medical problems, etc

We expect all subscribers:

• to be respectful of one another and others’ viewpoints in their postings.
• keep in mind that the listserve is a public forum and your message will go to all subscribers exactly as you send it.
• use more descriptive subject lines and to change the subject line when the substance is different.
• use good judgment in sending messages out via the list.
• identify yourself, e-mail address, co-op/organization and city/state.

List of subscribers:

Monique Marollo – Abundance Food Co-op
Meg Torrance – BloomingFoods
Reese Williams – Central Co-op
Michael Melton – Central Co-op
Liza Tedesco – Chico Natural Foods Cooperative
Clem Nilan – City Market/ORC
Pat Burns – City Market/ORC
Jacqueline Hannah – Common Ground Food Co-op
Kelly Dean Wiseman – Community Food Co-op, Bozeman
Joel Landau – Deep Roots Market
Rob Baran – East End Food Co-op
Joe Coley – East End Food Co-op
John Russo – Ever’Man Natural Food
William Rolfs – Ever’Man Natural Food
Claire Gelinas – Fare Share Co-op
Michele Adams – First Alternative Co-op
Evelyn Hall – First Alternative Co-op North Store
Ben Kuzma – Food Conspiracy
Holly Jarvis – Food Front Cooperative Grocery
Anthony(Tony) White – Hanover Consumer Co-operative
Damian Tody – Hendersonville Community Co-op
Cindee Lolik – Honest Weight Food co-op, Inc.
Deirdrie Lang – Kootenay Country Store Co-op
Tim Bartlett – Lexington Co-operative Market
Gail Graham – Mississippi Market
Christina Nicholson – Mississippi Market
Robynn Shrader – NCGA
Karen Zimbelman – NCGA
Paula Gilbertson – NCGA
Peg Nolan – NCGA
Francis Murphy – Neighborhood Co-op
Kelli Reese – North Coast Co-op
Jody Gagnier – Oryana Natural Foods Market
Pam Mehnert – Outpost Natural Foods Co-op
Ed Senger – Outpost Natural Foods Co-op
Alysen Land – Ozark Natural Foods
Mike Anzalone – Ozark Natural Foods
Lori Burge – People’s Food Co-op (OR)
Sage Benson – People’s Food Co-op(OR)
Mead Stone – River Market Community Co-op
Bruce Phlegar – Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op
Steve Cooke – Sevananda Natural Foods co-op
Todd Wood – Skagit Valley Food Co-op
Travis Hance – Syracuse Real Food Co-op
Ryan Gorham – Syracuse Real Food Co-op
Jacqueline Arthur – Three Rivers Market
Jan Rasikas – Viroqua Food Co-op
Glenn Bergman – Weavers Way Co-op
Rick Spalek – Weavers Way Co-op
Kim Spellman-Hall – Weavers Way Co-op
Stacey Brown – Wheatsfield Cooperative
Linda Johnson – Wheatsfield Cooperative
Bill Bickford – Wheatsville Food Co-op
Dan Gillotte – Wheatsville Food Co-op
Care Kerlin – Whole Foods Cooperative
Renate Kopynec – Wild Oats Co-op
Alice Rubin – Willimantic Food Coop