Hello, everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season.
The next meeting for the co-op is rapidly approaching, and we thought it would be helpful for everyone to get a sense of the agenda ahead of time so that your gears can be turning for the next couple of weeks.
Make sure you print off some flyers (English or Spanish) and leave them all around town to spread the word about the co-op and direct people to the blog so they can see when the meeting is! We need as many people from the community present as possible so that this co-op can truly serve the people’s needs.
Also, tonight or early tomorrow, look for preliminary voting for the co-op name! We received about 40 suggestions (some are pretty hilarious), so we’ll need to narrow them down through an online vote before the final vote at the meeting.
Without further ado, here is the proposed agenda for the next meeting. Put on your thinking caps and get excited!!!
January 19th Co-Op Meeting Agenda
Charles A. Brown Ice House | Sand Island
7pm: Committee Meetings
7:00- Choose 2-3 group leaders to be responsible for convening future meetings, delegating responsibilities, holding fellow committee members accountable, tracking progress, and reporting to the main group.
7:15- Establish a plan for achieving the following goals, and assign responsibility to specific volunteers:
- Planning: Solidify details of feasibility study. Schedule a canvass to get a better idea of what our neighbors want in a grocery store. Meet with potential allies, including universities, non-profits, and banks.
- Finance: Research business models and funding options. Set up a bank account in 2-3 names. Set up a meeting with a lawyer.
- Communications: Plan a campaign to spread the word and to diversify involvement. Develop a communications calendar to keep the co-op in the local media regularly throughout 2012. Recruit artists to create logos for the co-op – we can vote on logos at the February meeting.
- Membership: Research membership fee structures and report back to the general group. Develop a database for members and potential members.
8pm: General Meeting
8:00- Reports from four committee groups.
8:40- Official vote on co-op name. Schedule February meeting.
9:00- Adjourn
Buy Fresh Buy Local Greater Lehigh Valley
[...] the meeting on 1/19, a vote will be held to select the official co-op [...]
[...] to give it a look as well as participate in the co-op happenings. Anyways, from the looks of the agenda the group will start organizing groups and committees as well as set in place plans for a [...]
[...] For more details about the location and meeting agenda, see the meeting announcement. [...]
[...] will be held at 7pm at the Ice House on Sand Island. For details about the meeting agenda, click here. See you tonight at the Ice House! Advertisement GA_googleAddAttr("AdOpt", "1"); [...]