A new FIG year about to start...

Well, a new FIG year is almost upon us and guess what that means?

Yes... annual subscription fees are due!

We recently emailed our members, attaching a payment remittance form for continuing (ie: not new) members to complete and include with their payment. 

Existing members may pay online and advise of their payment via email, or by cheque or cash in an envelope with the remittance form, dropped in to the front desk.

Please do NOT pay for membership at the extras table! Remittance advice forms will be available at the co-op front desk, and amounts are as follows:

For continuing membership, 1st July 2013 until 30th June, 2014:

FULL volunteering (once a month or more)             $30                 Concession $15

PARTIAL volunteering (once every two months)      $50                 Concession $25

NO volunteering                                                   $80                 Concession $40

Please note that these annual fees are payable up until 30th September, 2013. After that, members not paid up or those not in contact with us in regards to their membership fees by that date shall cease to be FIG members, in accordance with our Incorporation policy.

If you have any further queries, please contact us at info@fig.org.au.

Remember, this information is for existing members only. New people joining FIG instead complete a Membership Application form.

Forms, forms, forms! Please note that they can be emailed, 

and for paper forms we use 

100% recycled paper and recycled ink cartidges.

Thank you very much for your attention to this matter.

FIG Directors.

FIG updates 22nd March

Just a quick update today, to keep you informed of what's a-happening...

The biggest and latest news is that FIG has really, finally, become officially Incorporated, and is now known as Food Integrity Group Co-operative Limited. We have now received our Certificate of Incorporation and are currently in the process of changing the bank account and notifying suppliers of our new ABN and so forth.

Five Directors were elected and members will be kept informed of meeting schedules, including when the AGM shall be held, shortly, via emails and notices here on the blog.

Due to the bank account change, those members on automatic direct debits for the payment of their FIG boxes, or who pay online for their produce and/or bulk orders, will be sent an email shortly outlining the new details with a request to update their records.

Last week, the FIG box contents were 100% local, which was fantastic, and something we are aiming for, eventually for every week.

We see 2012 as a period of growth for FIG. As more people hear of us; as we find suitable venues with storage facilities and increased refrigeration, and as the farmers grow more to supply us, we can supply YOU, the residents of the Central Coast, with safe, healthy food for your families.

Something we really want to develop this year in earnest is the FIG Friend, or Box Buddy, system, where members take away a few food boxes so that other members can collect from the FIG Friend homes instead of everyone driving singularly to FIG each week. If you are keen to be a pick up point - a FIG Friend - or would like to join FIG and cannot get there during operating hours, then please email us on info@fig.org.au and we'll see what we can do to help set up something in your area.

Come visit us any time during operating hours, to see what we do and order a FIG box to try the following week, or email your enquiries to info@fig.org.au.

See you at the co-op!

Formation meeting

The FIG Co-op is required to hold a Formation meeting as one of the final steps to becoming Incorporated, and this will be held on 18th February.

Time: 2pm
Date: Saturday, 18th February
Place: FIG Wyong co-op venue.

Full details and notifications of this meeting and a copy of the proposed model rules have been emailed and sent to members; if you are a current member and have not received your copy, then please let us know.

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