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Attend DNF annual meeting and vote

What is a food co-op, and why is one important to a community? These are a few of the questions that Durango Natural Foods Co-op owner-members and community members alike might be asking themselves.

From 4-8 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at the Powerhouse Museum, DNF will host its annual meeting where these questions plus others may be addressed by the 11 candidates running to fill five open seats on DNF’s Board of Directors. Voting for new Board of Directors members will begin at the annual meeting and continue for 10 days, enabling nearly all 1,400 active DNF owner-members to cast their votes.

DNF is guided by a group of volunteers, the board of directors who are elected by the DNF’s owner-members. Board members are tasked with representing the owner-members in a democratic process that serves all owner-members, DNF staff, the business and the mission of DNF.

As a candidate for the board, I encourage all DNF owner-members and other community members to attend the annual meeting to hear from board candidates so informed decisions can be made about the future of DNF.

This is a critical year for DNF, as it heals from a campaign of fear and misinformation waged against the board of directors last summer, which disrupted public dialogue between owner-members about the numerous possible futures of DNF.

Conversations must take place among DNF owner-members and in public forums in order for democracy to be served. We DNF owner-members are intelligent, thoughtful citizens who, once accurate information is presented, can decide for ourselves the future direction of our co-op!

Please inform yourself by attending the meeting and/or stopping by DNF to pick up information about each of the board candidates and, if you are able, vote!

Jules Masterjohn

Durango



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