Starbucks has this "permits a shareholder, or a group of up to 20 shareholders, owning at least three percent of the Company's outstanding stock continuously for at least three years to nominate and include in the Company's annual meeting proxy materials director nominees constituting up to the greater of two directors or twenty percent of the Board, provided that the shareholders and nominees satisfy the requirements specified in the Bylaws." (Source:http://seekingalpha.com/article/4006981-starbucks-tea-board-announcements-positive)

Maybe our reps to the iR company could request/lobby to allow us to NOMINATE someone