Meeting Notes, 2006-12-17

Category:Sitedev
Mission Statement and Strategic Plan
Sunday December 17, 2006, 10AM - 12PM
Present: Kimbra McCaul, Matthew Singh, Leo Romero, Elise Engelhardt
Notes:
Summary: Continued discussion on core values, defined the organization's mission and goals.
Core Values, cont.
See the discussion page for more on values development
*Last meeting we discussed: Asset-based community development (ABCD), appreciation of diversity, and integrity
*This meeting we discussed:
**Social innovation (one of the leaders in the citizen journalism movement)
**Community collaboration
**Have positive stories (Leo: "relentlessly sunny!"). In other words, we won't dig for dirt on people or try to ruin a person's reputation
Mission Statement
See discussion page for more on the mission statement development
*Below are some ideas that we will be putting into a cohesive mission statement.
**Tell stories of those involved nonprofits
**Encourage civic engagement
**Internships/volunteer in order to give student leaders a platform in which to practice what they've learned
**Change public view of community service - esp high schoolers. Service is not just Key Club or Interact, is not just picking up trash or working with the elderly
*We should get feedback on the mission statement draft from community leaders and members
*We should also clearly define what problems we're addressing (even though the problems may be implied in the statements above)
Goals
See the discussion page for more on goals development
*Publish the magazine online, with potential of going to print later
**Get people to write each other's profiles
*Provide program and contact information for nonprofit organizations so people can get involved
*Establish an internship program
**There's the possibility that we may start with a program targeted at high schoolers or college students, but we need to define the (dis)advantages for creating a focus like that.
***For instance, we might need to use different recruitment strategies, and a college student might want more autonomy than a high school student.
*Establish and maintain directory of nonprofits
To Do for Next Meeting
*Matt: Working on strategic plan, filing for incorporation, etc. Mention Public Allies special edition to Bethtina.
*Leo: Working on articles
*Kim: Working on articles
*Someone: Let's get business cards!