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Home My WebLink About2010-01-15 - MinutesFFEAC Members, I have included notes from our January 15th meeting. I have 4 urgent requests for you (highlighted in red). Please respond by Tuesday, January 26th on #1 and the rest by Friday, January 29th. Notes from January 15, 2010 meeting: In Attendance: City of Fayetteville Julie McQuade Land Use & Green Infrastructure Fran Alexander Transportation & Light Rail Larry Driver Green Economy Keaton Smith Healthcare Susie Shinn Public Education Susan Norton Creative Economy Sonia Davis Gutierrez Historic and Heritage Resources Paula Marinoni Inclusion Mark Larmoyeux Workers Group Tom Sawyer The following received unanimous support from attending FFEAC members. Adding a Communication Group to the FFEAC. This group would have the same standing as the existing action groups and led by Mark Larmoyeux. To view the discussion during the meeting about this proposal go to: http://accessfayetteviIIe.qranicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view id=2&clip id=754 If you do not want to watch the entire video this discussion starts at time 06:12 or you can go to the Fayetteville Forward website, all meeting videos are under 'Resources' http://fayettevilleforward.accessfayefteville.org 1. Using our consensus model, I need FFEAC members who were not present to watch the meeting discussion and send me their vote. Reach group consensus by using the following guidelines to assess levels of consensus: 5. Unconditionally support 4. Slight reservations but will support 3. Some reservations but will not block 2. Serious reservation... not willing to support 1. Cannot support and will actively work to block Moving Forward -April 17, 2010 2. 1 need volunteers for the following subcommittees: Sponsorships - responsible for acquiring sponsorship money or in-kind for the Fayetteville Forward 2010 event(s) to include any of these: venue, refreshments, advertising, event supplies, etc. Participation Recruitment - responsible for spreading the word and signing up participants for the April 17, 2010 event - goal of 500 participants! Event Design - assist Julie McQuade and Bliss Browne in developing the activities and program for the event. These activities will be designed to meet the event goal(s) as determined by the FFEAC as acting event steering committee. Please sign up for at least one. Also, if there are members of your group that would be interested in assisting on a subcommittee let me know. Next, 3. please be prepared to discuss and (hopefully) finalize the goals for the Fayetteville Forward 2010 event(s) at the February 19 FFEAC meeting. There was initial discussion about this at the January meeting that can also be viewed at: http://accessfayetteville.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view id=2&clip id=754 Again, if you do not want to watch the entire video, this discussion begins at time 49:35 4. Finally, I need any ideas for venues for the April 17 event. Probably from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. and needs to hold 400+ people. If you know of any place that might meet our needs please let me know ASAP. The event held at the East Square Plaza was well received last year - so non-traditional spaces are welcome. Fayetteville Forward 2010 - Tentative Timeline January 21 - February 12 1. Reserve venue space for April 17 event 2. Form subcommittees (listed above) February 19 (FFEAC meeting) 1. Set goal or goals for the event February 20 - March 18 1. Begin event design with Bliss Browne & subcommittee 2. Sponsorship subcommittee acquires $$ and/or in-kind for event 3. Participation recruitment subcommittee begins work 4. FFEAC - spread the word! Talk, Talk, Talk March 19 (FFEAC Meeting) 1. Finalize logistic details of event 2. Event Design overview March 20 - April 15 1. Final sponsorships 2. Participation recruitment - kick in BIG TIME 3. Final Event Design details and print materials needed April 17 Fayetteville Forward 2010 Because many of you were not able to make the January 15th meeting, I've included the handout from that meeting below: The following received unanimous support from attending FFEAC members. The Vision The dreams of the people will shape the Fayetteville experience. The Mission The mission of the Fayetteville Forward Economic Accountability Council is to promote economic development through innovative collaboration. The Values Fayetteville Forward Economic Accountability Council values are a HIT! Health, Integrity, & Transparency Moving Forward - 2010 FFEAC members were asked to consider the following for discussion during the January 15, 2010 meeting: 1. How will this innovative collaboration happen? 2. How will this group connect and interface - internally and externally? 3. Communicate your message? 4. Fayetteville Forward 2010 - April 17, 2010 Bliss Browne has been scheduled to return for this event. FFEAC will act as Steering Committee for the event. i. What do you want as the FFEAC from the event? ii. How can the event benefit your group? The FFEAC efforts are setting a national model or pilot for economic and community development. Sustainable transformation only happens and is constructed in those places where citizens choose to come together to produce a desired future. The FFEAC is facilitating this transformation. Book recommendation and quotes used during the December meeting: "Community: The Structure of Belonging" by Peter Block Our communities are separated into silos; they are a collection of institutions and programs operating near one another but not overlapping or touching. It is this dividedness that makes it so difficult to create a more positive or alternative future... the work is to overcome this fragmentation (p2). People will be accountable and committed to what they have a hand in creating (p24). Sustainable changes in a community occur locally on a small scale, happen slowly, and are initiated at a grassroots level (p26). Many citizens get engaged in a community only when they are angry. If we keep engaging citizens in this traditional way, then no amount of involvement will make a difference (p41). Think beyond traditional conversations and standard individual transformation: • From conversations about problems to ones of possibility • From conversations about fear and fault to ones of gifts, generosity, and abundance • From a bet on law and oversight to a preference for building the social fabric and choosing accountability • From seeing the corporation and systems as central to seeing associational life as central • From a focus on leaders to a focus on citizens (p54)