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Recently we've received some questions about employee welfare. Admittedly, they are all from one owner, but this is one issue we consistently get asked about. Our owners care about the welfare of Co-op employees.

One of the primary responsibilities of the Common Ground board of directors is to set the long term direction for our co-op, and specifically to draft a set of "Ends policies" which describe to management the change we feel it is important for the co-op  to make in our community on behalf of its members.  These policies can be thought of as an achievable set of goals that, while rather broad and subject to interpretation, are something we we can use to evaluate our progress.  Unlike a mission statement, "Ends Statements" are worded in such a way to describe the change we'd like to make, the "Happy ENDing" that should result from the work of our management and staff and the support of our members and patrons.

If you're a Common Ground member, you've no doubt heard about the proposed changes to the co-op's bylaws - the legal document that governs our organization or, as I explained to someone recently, "what's under the hood".