Next Meeting is NEXT WEEK - one more before the holidays!

Hi all,

Another great meeting is behind us - and we decided to go for one more before the holidays really hit.

Next co-op meeting: Tuesday, Dec 8, 6:00-8:00pm at the Ecumenical Church
400 N Anderson, 1/2 block behind Safeway.


What we'll aim to do:

-review a rough draft of the Community Survey, which is under construction and will be ready to share next week

-start populating a master timeline with activities for each working group. By using post-it notes which can be moved around, changed or removed from the timeline altogether, we'll be creating a malleable visual representation of upcoming processes. The intent is to give us some overall direction and uncover any major gaps, so we can address the gaps and brainstorm around action steps.

-Will you be talking with your friends about the co-op project over the holidays? The Steering Committee would like to draft a one-page communication piece, get your input and then finalize, so we can have consistent "talking points" and even something to pass around to start building awareness of the project.

Suggestions for ways to prep for the meeting:

-If you belong to one of the working groups or think you could have interest in a particular aspect of starting the food co-op, think about how the kinds of actions that need to be taken might look in a timeline. For additional ideas, you might review the relevant sections of How to Start a Food Co-op, a simple and helpful primer from the Cooperative Grocer's Information Network...bearing in mind that this primer and other similar resources are incredibly valuable as guidelines, but that our process will be unique - it's possible that some things outlined here may not quite pertain.

-Give the Steering Committee some feedback on the draft Mission and Values piece that was shared at the Dec 1 meeting...I'll put this piece in another blog post.

You can share your comments and ideas by either:
-posting them in a comment on the blog, at the end of this post
-posting them as a comment on Facebook, under this message
-emailing Dan Beck directly at heloderma@fairpoint.net

Thanks all - see you again soon!