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 ===== ARTICLE I. ORGANIZATION ===== ===== ARTICLE I. ORGANIZATION =====
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 ==== 1.3 VISION. ==== ==== 1.3 VISION. ====
  
-The Cooperative cultivates strong relationships with food and the community through \\ cooperative principles. We connect the food we eat, the people who produce it, the friends and family we \\ share it with, and those who most need access to safe, healthy food through a member-owned grocery. We \\ strive to buy directly from farmers and food producers whenever possible, and nurture strong connections \\ within our local economy. We are committed to just, safe, and sustainable growing, production, and food \\ delivery practices. We use a democratic cooperative process to effect community decision-making, \\ place-based ownership and investment, and workers’ rights. We strive to minimize our impact on the more \\ than human world and nonrenewable resources. We are committed to being good co-members and good \\ neighbors who listen carefully, and who include our neighbors in the identity, work, responsibility, and \\ benefits of the Cooperative.+The Cooperative cultivates strong relationships with food and the community through cooperative principles. We connect the food we eat, the people who produce it, the friends and family we share it with, and those who most need access to safe, healthy food through a member-owned grocery. We strive to buy directly from farmers and food producers whenever possible, and nurture strong connections\\ 
 +within our local economy. We are committed to just, safe, and sustainable growing, production, and food delivery practices. We use a democratic cooperative process to effect community decision-making, place-based ownership and investment, and workers’ rights. We strive to minimize our impact on the more than human world and nonrenewable resources. We are committed to being good co-members and good\\ 
 +neighbors who listen carefully, and who include our neighbors in the identity, work, responsibility, and benefits of the Cooperative. 
  
 ==== 1.4 TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE PRINCIPLES. ==== ==== 1.4 TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE PRINCIPLES. ====
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 ===== ARTICLE V. OFFICERS ===== ===== ARTICLE V. OFFICERS =====
  
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 ==== 5.1 OFFICERS. ==== ==== 5.1 OFFICERS. ====
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 The President is ex-officio a member of all standing committees of the Board of Directors and has the power and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of president of an association. The President is ex-officio a member of all standing committees of the Board of Directors and has the power and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of president of an association.
  
-==== 6.3 SUSPENSION OF OFFICERS. ==== The President has power to suspend any officer for cause or pending an investigation, but such suspended officer is entitled to appeal to the Board of Directors within 30 days, upon which a meeting of the Board will be called immediately upon notice of such an appeal being given. Time of notice to be as for special meetings as herein provided for.+==== 6.3 SUSPENSION OF OFFICERS.  ==== 
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 +The President has power to suspend any officer for cause or pending an investigation, but such suspended officer is entitled to appeal to the Board of Directors within 30 days, upon which a meeting of the Board will be called immediately upon notice of such an appeal being given. Time of notice to be as for special meetings as herein provided for.
  
  
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 ===== ARTICLE XII. FISCAL YEAR ===== ===== ARTICLE XII. FISCAL YEAR =====
  
-[[:article_xii._fiscal_year|ARTICLE XII. FISCAL YEAR]] 
  
 ==== 12.1 FISCAL YEAR. ==== ==== 12.1 FISCAL YEAR. ====
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 ===== ARTICLE XIII. OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY ===== ===== ARTICLE XIII. OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY =====
-[[ARTICLE XIII. OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY|]]+ 
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 +==== 13.1 DISSOLUTION DISTRIBUTIONS. ==== 
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 +Upon liquidation, dissolution, or sale of the Cooperative, any assets left after payment of all debts and Member Account balances shall be distributed to a charity or cause as determined by the membership. No distribution need be made to any person who fails to acknowledge a receipt of notice of liquidation in a timely manner. Said notice shall be deemed sufficient if sent by certified mail, at least 30 days before  istribution of any residual assets, to the person’s last known business or residence address. 
 + 
 ===== ARTICLE XIV. AMENDMENTS ===== ===== ARTICLE XIV. AMENDMENTS =====
-[[ARTICLE XIV. AMENDMENTS|]]+ 
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 +==== 14.1 AMENDMENTS ==== 
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 +The Bylaws may be altered or amended by vote of two-thirds of the members cast at any annual or special meeting of the Cooperative, provided the notice of the proposed amendments has been mailed to each member of the Cooperative at least ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, or has been presented in writing at a previous annual or special meeting of the Cooperative. 
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 ===== ARTICLE XV. NEUTRALITY ===== ===== ARTICLE XV. NEUTRALITY =====
-[[ARTICLE XV. NEUTRALITY|]]+ 
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 +==== 15.1 ==== 
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 +The Cooperative recognizes that it is the policy of the United States to encourage the practice and procedure of collective bargaining and to protect the exercise by workers of full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of their own choosing, for the purpose of negotiating the terms and conditions of their employment or other mutual aid or protection. 
 + 
 +==== 15.2 ==== 
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 +The Cooperative shall adopt a neutral position in the event any labor organization seeks to represent employees of the Cooperative. 
 + 
 +==== 15.3 ==== 
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 +Neutrality means that the Cooperative will not conduct itself or communicate in a negative, derogatory, or demeaning nature about any labor organization that seeks to represent employees of the Cooperative, including but not limited to comment on the motives, integrity, character, or performance of any labor organization or its officers and agents. The Cooperative shall not engage in conduct, threats, misrepresentations, or delaying tactics that might frustrate the desires of employees or interfere with employee efforts to select representation by a labor organization. The Cooperative shall not provide any support or assistance of any kind to any person or group which is opposed to the principles of this article. In addition, neutrality means that the Cooperative and its agents will not conduct a campaign to oppose employee representation by a labor organization. Upon request, the Cooperative will advise its employees in writing and orally that it is not opposed to a labor organization being selected as their bargaining agent. 
 + 
 +==== 15.4 ==== 
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 +The Cooperative agrees to instruct its owners and agents (including Board members and management) on the obligations and duties of this article and to direct its agents to avoid any conduct or actions that are inconsistent with this article. 
 + 
 ===== ARTICLE XVI. ADOPTION ===== ===== ARTICLE XVI. ADOPTION =====
-[[ARTICLE XVI. ADOPTION|]]+ 
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 +==== 16.1 ==== 
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 +The following Bylaws of the Louisville Community Grocery, LCA (the “Cooperative”) were adopted\\ 
 +by the organizers on August 11, 2019. 
 + 
 +__Amanda Fuller, Secretary__ 
 + 
 +__Cassia Herron, President__ 
 + 
 +===== AMENDMENTS ===== 
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 +==== AMENDED 1/16/24: ====\\ 
 +At the January 2024 Owners’ Meeting, with a Quorum of Owners of the Co-op in attendance, and in recognition of the termination of the Memoranda of Agreement between the Louisville Association for Community Economics (L.A.C.E.) and the Louisville Community Grocery (L.C.G.) by LACE on __,__ it was unanimously approved to remove the condition in Article 4.2, BOARD OF DIRECTORS REQUIREMENTS that 1 of 9 seats on the LCG Board of Directors be filled by a representative of LACE. Authorized on 1/16/24 by unanimous vote. Signed 10/15/24 
 + 
 +__Judy Schroeder, Secretary__
  
  
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