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Home My WebLink About2012-04-20 - MinutesFFEAC Council Meeting Notes Meeting Facilitator Susan Norton Meeting Scribe Colleen Pancake Meeting Date April 20, 2012 Meeting Start Time 9:OOam Location Fayetteville Public Library Meeting End Time 10:30am Attending Pattie Williams, Julie McQuade, Lioneld Jordan, Chung Tan, Susan Norton, Sarah Marsh, Tom Sawyer, Caleb Clark, Colleen Pancake Topics Lead by... Action Groups and Other Reporting Inclusion — Pattie Williams a) Rachael Townsend will be the Inclusion Group rep for the FFEAC.They have been working on a strategic plan and Pattie says they will report on that plan at the next meeting. Local Foods — Teresa was not able to join at this meeting but remains active. Julie mentioned that the Local Food Guide just went to the printers. Creative Economy — Caleb Clark and Colleen Pancake a)CEAG is involved in a strategic planning process and creating a creative directory of artists with specific skill sets. b)CEAG will continue to plan annual Last Night events. Party to launch Last Night planning is scheduled for June 30. c)CEAG is looking at an Artist Incubator Lectures Series. d)Plans to conduct a survey of area residents to create a knowledge base of who our citizens are and what they value in the creative economy. 1 Green Economy — Sarah Marsh Susan Norton a) Green economy group had mixer -150 people showed up! Various presentations were made. Another is scheduled in June to be hosted by the Chamber's GreeNWAy initiative. b)Received Pace (Properly Assessed Clean Energy) bumper stickers to build support. See Shelley Buonaiuto to purchase yours today! c)Green Directory Committee compiled a Green Economy Networks list to identify other groups and individuals that are working towards similar goals. d)A delegation of members was sent to Rep. Kathy Web's Status of Women committee meeting at the capitol and learned the facts on gender-based wage and employment disparities as well as access to and affordability of health care in Arkansas. e)At last Green Economy meeting, Stephen Smith outlined campaign strategy for helping with the passage of the transit measure on May 22 and John Kester presented an overview of lessons learned from his visit with a green economy group in Arlington, Va. FFEAC Council Meeting Notes Chamber Update — Steve Clark a) Steve Clark spoke about the entrepreneur camp that will be open soon. The camp can have up to 70 campers that must come with a business idea or business plan in science, technology, retail, etc.. Will invite 10 students from surrounding schools. Will be introduced to local entrepreneurs. Lawyer s, Accountants, teacher, camp fees $50 but will have scholarships. Winners will have legal feeds paid for to become incorporated and will have assistant from an accountant. Can't start too soon! Public Education — Susan Norton a) Susan presented a video to capture the sustainability initiatives in the Fayetteville Public School Systems. It is to be shown in Boston at the National School Boards Association Conference April 24, and is on their web site at www.fayar.net. Mayor's Comments Lioneld a)Mayor Jordan spoke about the farmers market opening again and mentioned they Jordan are in the final stages of the parking deck conversation. b)Dickson St area HMR taxes 7.7% growth; 5.5% city tax growth. 2 c)Walk the trail to Wilson park as part of Michelle Obama health initiative! d)We are continuing to meet with Forcenet. 1 barge is equal to 80 trucks. Cuts back on fossil fuels. FFEAC Council Meeting Notes Topic # 1—Process for filing collaborative agreements The group finalized the collaborative agreements documents with the FFEAC logo and agreed by consensus to do the following: Susan will send out the documents to FFEAC group leaders. Existing groups and potential groups or projects will be asked to complete the Collaboration Agreement Form by December 31, 2011, and to present their ideas at a regularly scheduled FFEAC meeting. Thanks to the Green Economy for leading the way! Julie will upload the documents to Community Link. 3 An FAQ to provide assistance for start-up groups will need to be developed. Susan Pattie and Colleen volunteered to help Julie with this. Williams The group reiterated that the entire purpose for the Collaborative Agreement is to help develop the value proposition for each group and to give the FFEAC some visibility into the goals of each group to determine how best we can help, especially with start-ups and to help through transition periods. The Mayor stated that this is an opportunity for collaboration, for "hooking everyone up!" and that we are creating a unique structure and process that can continue beyond the existing administration into the future for Fayetteville Topic # 2 —Directories For groups working on directories, Julie can provide the hosting site, which is built with Word Press which is flexible so that different directories could both be hosted. Julie asked how close groups are to having directories and asked members to talk Julie 4 with their groups and be clear on the types of information and how they are McQuade presented. In what form do you see the initial page for the directory and the categories? Then we can collaborate on the structure. Between now and June meeting of FFEAC gather information to provide to Julie. Topic # 3 - Facilitation 5 Julie asked Susan how long she wanted to facilitate the FFEAC. Susan indicated Julie until someone else would like to and Julie prompted Tom Sawyer to consider it. McQuade