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South Philly Food Co-opSteering Committee Meeting

Monday, August 23, 2010

In attendance: David W., Rose M. W., Maria, Marsha, John, Alison, Mary Beth

1. Website ($2.50) for Mary Betha. Alison, Marsha, Maria, Rose, John, David paid

2. Subcommittee updatea. Outreach has elected a chair (Rebecca Finkel), secretary (Julie Haynes)

and volunteer coordinator (Patty Day)

3. Notes from Timeline Committee

a. First timeline committee meeting was last Thursday.b. Draft pulled together for a 26 month timeline) by Alison, Cassie, Jamie,

Patty, reviewed by Marshac. goal of 30 members among committee members, 300 paid members from

the communityd. 3 stages with revisiting and reflection w/chance to revise as necessarye. large bulk of time laid out for organizing before feasibility study

4. Education topics have 2 people present a topic of their choice at a meetingstarting October 25th and continuing second meeting of every month.

a. Membership Structures--Cassie (?) on October 25th

b. Communication w/each other -----David for all committee meetingc. Governance ---also David at all committee meeting

d. Rochdale Principles ---Marsha on October 25th

e. Road trip-i. Weavers Waypurchasing manager? Accountant for Finance

committee?ii. Mariposaiii. 4th Street Co-op in NYC

f. Incorporating, bank accounts, grants (from L/F?)

g. Start-up co-op case studies----Maria

h. History of Co-ops ---Mary Beth on November 22nd

i. Food history of neighborhood----John on November 22ndj. Teamwork/conflict resolutionk. leadership/Board rolesl. membership drives

m. demographics of the neighborhood----Rose & Jamie (?) for allcommittee

Keep archives of these presentations for future newsletters/publications.

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5. Door-to-door surveys/ Mapping update

a. Gathering data will help us know if it makes sense to move forward

b. what are the current food sources/businesses in the neighborhood?is

there a need for what we are doing?

i. analyze for local/organic options

ii. map locations using a Google Map?

iii. ad-hoc committee to send out to survey grocery options to map out

iv. committee will create checklist of items that a store might have

(i.e. produce, canned goods, meats, local goods, organic goods,prices, square footage of store, etc) to take data when they visit

businesses

v. committee would generate a report (Excel?) of findings to present

to steering committee

vi. Plan and checklist completed by: September 27th

vii. Report ideally completed by the end of October

viii. Steering committee will give feedback & use data to inform

decisionsc. Make personal connections with businesses for fundraising opportunities

i. ongoing. Strike up conversations.

ii. businesses can provide gift certificates/in-kind donations/placing

flyers in the business/include in marketing

d. Neighborhood door-to-door co-op opinion surveys what is the initial

perceived need? 10 surveys each

e. Target date for door-to-door surveys in: OCT 9

i. all committee members responsible for 10 paper surveys

6. All Committee Party

7. Other

happy hour fundraiser

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Tina Johnson---acting director of Keystone Development Center----providesgrants for rural co-ops---willing to attend a steering committee meeting(9/13?)

Appearance at Lo/Mo Festival --- Outreach will man the table.

8. Date and time for next meetingSeptember 13th---1526 S. Camac St (Mary Beths house) 6:30pm