This page shows information about what preparations we take on our Great Unleashing event (or Planting the Seed).<\/p>\n
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\nGreat Unleashing Subcommittee<\/p>\n
February 23rd<\/p>\n
John, Rick, Betsy, Bernard, Patty<\/p>\n
-Chatted with Tina over the phone for a bit, she will be coming to one of our meetings soon.<\/p>\n
-The goal of this meeting is to develop a framework to strategize the great unleashing<\/p>\n
-Outreach is a priority. We need to get our name out there<\/p>\n
-We spent some time discussing Bernard\u2019s proposal that we should have monthly events between now and the GU. He suggests 3 types of monthly events based on his previous experience in New Haven:<\/p>\n
-Movie<\/p>\n
-Skill sharing (set schedule)<\/p>\n
-Walk (getting to know your bioregion)<\/p>\n
If we did this, we would need to locate a venue. John will check out Unitarian space (Green sanctuary: Ann Perkins) and library. Betsy will check with the first congregational church<\/p>\n
Some ideas: Watch the film: The economics of happiness, organize some sort of tour of CSAs? There may be a solar installation in the old landfill. We could plan a site visit with the sustainability people? We could do different walks: Historical, herbal, forest edibles.<\/p>\n
Outreach is a big thing:<\/p>\n
We need to do awareness raising, movement building, etc to have a successful unleashing.<\/p>\n
We need to reach three types of people (in preparation for GU): <\/p>\n
1. Like-minded organizations<\/p>\n
-Talk with the leaders of groups (Schmoozing)<\/p>\n
(including Town\/University outreach: maybe this could become a working group on its own)<\/p>\n
-Cosponsoring events (Movies, walks, etc) invite them to lead it<\/p>\n
-Diversity outreach? Latino, African American, disadvantaged<\/p>\n
We already have a list of groups that we can use.<\/p>\n
2. Like-minded people (The choir)<\/p>\n
-Monthly events<\/p>\n
-Transition list<\/p>\n
-Individual connection<\/p>\n
-Growth group<\/p>\n
3. General public: Nice if they come but they might not be a focus of our work: Student outreach? Farmer\u2019s market, Hand out flyer, tabling, banner? Media coverage? Letters to the editor, E-mail lists, flyers, newspaper, etc. <\/p>\n
(outreach to families, younger children?, common school, Hitchcock center, Waldorf school?). Rick wants to help create flyers for leaving information when we go out.<\/p>\n
-Amherst sustainability festival presence: April 21st (Maybe a film that night or a speaker\u2026 getting the sustainability coordinator more involved? Maybe she can do a little presentation about sustainability plans in Amherst). <\/p>\n
This type of reach is a build up for the actual day, but we will need publicity for the event as we get closer to the date: Flyers, press releases, valley free radio shows, etc.<\/p>\n
Identify the venue for GU: (Gabrielle, Ophelia-?-) A public school may be a good idea. A place with separate rooms for break out sessions, and big gymnasium for bigger talks, etc. <\/p>\n
Potential dates? What are the other events that happen in town during that time?<\/p>\n
September 16\/23\/30 Saturday\/Sunday?<\/p>\n
Logistics: The day of: (Wedding planner role). Lots of stuff in this category as well. We need to divide this in some way that makes sense. Tables, chairs, food, technology, set up, clean-up. Child-care (on-site: one room- college students), Registration desk, Big board, etc. Printing signs for the break out rooms. Food: Maybe ask for donations from a vendor, ask them to come and sell their stuff. <\/p>\n
Deciding on an MC (someone to hold the space, but also a spokesperson).<\/p>\n
Entertainment! (sub-committee): Identify some sort of musical entertainment for the end of the evening.<\/p>\n
Reporting the day of or day after?<\/p>\n
Rick wrote a song for the event and we practiced a bit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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