December 2, 2017
OUTREACH MEETING
12:00 - 2:00PM
Attendees: Sara, Chris L., Melissa, Steve, Kelsey, Dylan, Mari Meeting start: 12pm End Time: 2:37pm
Introductions
Past events
- None to discuss
Chris L. to provide update on Solidarity Economy workshop
- Chris spoke to events coordinator at Mayday to see if they’d sponsor. They agreed so Chris will see if CEANYC is on board.
- Aiming to have the event in the Spring for better turnout
- Sara suggested we have it after the April board meeting
- Sara to forward Park Slope’s intra-coop email to Chris
- How do we communicate/teach coop principles to our members so that the message trickles down into our external outreach?
- Dylan suggested we use videos of member feedback, and/or Facebook page to help with our message - more transparency - how do get as much information from our members as possible? How do we connect to more people?
Chris L. to discuss Social Media collaboration
- Hootsuite - open Outreach positions for social media liaisons (e.g. posting event pictures)
- Dylan wants members to have the ability to post themselves
- A conversation should be started between Dylan and Social Media
Upcoming events
- Winter Bash
- Is there anything left to take care of?
- Sara to ask Sunrise if we can sell on her behalf
- Sara to look into hot apple cider stand
- Decorations
- Chris to look into paper snowflakes and send out email blast to request decoration help
- Mari to explore making decorations (something that says “BFC winter bash”?), also bringing lights
- Melissa to confirm bake sale table
Mission Statement! Let’s finalize it! For real this time!
- Chris to get some suggestions from outreachers, do a draft and pass it around
- Dylan expressed strong sentiments around action and transparency (not just for outreach) - feels that every coop decision should be made public, and that to make a decision, instead of deliberating for months, individual should have the ability to just do it, then get feedback and iterate until everyone is satisfied
- For example- can the event volunteers email the prospective members and/or upload pics under our social media accounts?