Member-Owner Meetings
The next Membership Meeting is scheduled for:
Sunday, January 26, 2025
Notice of HWFC Regular Membership Meeting
Sunday, January 26, 2025, 6:00PM
(To be conducted remotely)
You have received this notice because you are eligible to vote (up to date on time investment requirements and ownership interest payments). If you have questions regarding your eligibility, contact Membership Manager Sharon Lastique at MemberServices@honestweight.coop or (518) 482-2667 Ext. 104, three days prior to the meeting to confirm that your name is on the voting list.
There is no vote at this January 2025 Regular Membership Meeting. We encourage Member-Owners to attend and participate in updates and discussion as part of engaged ownership of our cooperative. Time investment hours will be given as outlined below.
The meeting agenda will be available at the Customer Services Desk and on HWFC's website at https://www.honestweight.coop/page/member-owner-meetings-22.html Instructions to participate remotely by phone or online are posted on the HWFC Member-Owner meeting webpage at https://www.honestweight.coop/page/member-owner-meetings-22.html
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm CHECK-IN Refer to “Check-in Process” section for instructions.
6:00 pm - 7:15 pm Membership Meeting
The meeting will be adjourned on Sunday, January 26, 2025, at the close of the virtual meeting.
We encourage you to participate and be a part of the Co-op discussion. A successful Co-op depends on the active support and participation of the Membership. Member-Owner participation is the most significant part of our ability to successfully govern the Co-op. Our Bylaws require a quorum to start a meeting.
Online meeting link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81073676905
We recognize that some of the language associated with online meetings may be unfamiliar to some Member-Owners. Please reach out to Sharon at memberservices@honestweight.coop or 518-482-2667 ext. 104 before January 23 if you have questions or need assistance.
The Meeting
While Member-Owners who dial in by phone will be able to fully participate in the meeting, you are encouraged to connect to the meeting online (via laptop, computer, smartphone app, etc.) to be able to view presentation materials. For the best meeting experience, and to better allow us to provide help if something isn’t working for you, please update to the latest version of Zoom before the Meeting: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362233-Upgrading-Zoom-to-the-latest-version
Phone Login information:
Meeting ID: 810 7367 6905
Phone number: 1 (929) 205 6099 OR Toll-free phone number: 1 (833) 548 0282
Participant ID: Only needed to link dial-in phone audio to your computer/tablet video.
Linking dial-in phone audio to your computer/tablet video through Zoom requires a Participant ID. To find your Participant ID, log into the meeting through Zoom on your computer/tablet first and click on the icon in the upper left corner (it may be an “information” circle or may be a shield). The participant ID listed there will be needed during one of the prompts when calling in with your phone to link the two devices.
If you have trouble logging into the January 26 Regular Membership Meeting, please call the Membership Manager at (518) 482-2667 Extension 104. We will help people log in on the night of the meeting as time permits, which may result in a long wait.
Check In Process
When first arriving at the “meeting,” you will be in a virtual waiting area.
- Please be patient and stay by your device listening for prompts until you are checked in.
- Next, you will be assigned to a check-in table where you will be checked into the meeting.
- Each person may only check themselves in.
- While checking in, a live person will need to be able to communicate with you to verify your name and owner number - please be prepared to communicate.
- Please have your Owner or "Member" number ready.
Member-Owners who check in to the meeting will receive 2 hours for attending the meeting. Member-Owners who check in between 4:00 pm and 5:30 pm will receive an additional .5 hour for helping to alleviate the last-minute rush.
We appreciate people checking in early. After you are checked in, you may freely move about; return to your phone/computer by 6:00 pm for the start of the meeting or to actively wait for quorum.
After you are checked in, you will be moved into the “Meeting Room.” Once in the “Meeting Room” if you click on ‘participants’ on the computer screen you will see yourself as ‘checked in.’ For those connecting by phone only, your confirmation will only be by voice during check-in.
Out of consideration for all and to protect your own privacy, please mute the mic on all your devices while waiting for the meeting to start.
Once quorum is reached, the meeting will proceed in the order shown above. To reduce bandwidth usage and help those with slower internet connections, participants in the meeting will be muted and their videos disabled.
To participate in the meeting, you will use the “raise hand” function. If you have a question/verbal comment, you may “raise your hand” to place yourself in the queue to speak. If you are attending the meeting via phone, press *9 on your phone keypad. When it is your turn to speak, unmute by pressing *6 on your phone keypad. If you are attending the meeting online, you may press the “raise hand” button found in the “reactions” menu.
Voting.
There are no items scheduled for this meeting which require an election or voting.
Additional 2025 Membership Meetings are scheduled for:
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Sunday, October 26, 2025
See Past Membership Meeting Minutes
Orientation Meetings:
For those who wish to join HWFC as an Owner, or offer time and skills to Honest Weight as a member-owner, orientations are held several times each month on Zoom, and are about three hours long. The Co-op will make a personal appointment for you if you cannot make any of our regularly scheduled orientations, or if you are a person who would be better served by a private orientation.
Pop over to our Join page for info on joining HWFC as an owner, or request a private appointment by emailing the Membership Manager at memberservices@honestweight.coop.