Planning Committee

Meeting Notes
December 11, 2003
Hismen Hinnu

In Attendance: Francell, Jennie, Bill W., Karen, Heather Hood. Pat C., Deb, Fred

Announcements

• Mini-grants
  • Developing proposal to present to funders
  • Hope to start early next year
• IURD--Heather Hood
• Studio class
  • Focus on International Blvd.
  • Pay attention to affordable housing sites
  • Questions about focusing on Foothill Corridor to complement
  • LD
  • January meeting with collaborative
  • Mid-March meeting
  • May meeting

EITC RE Pilot

• Use VITA sites to promote Family Strengthening Network
• Create logo and branding
• Promotional brochure
• Resource list
• Follow-up events
• In next three to four weeks need to move on this
• Communications plan over next year--to develop materials for Making Connections, consistent message
• How will these events go beyond what we’ve done in the past? How do we take this to a deeper level?
• East Side Arts Alliance trying to think about how to keep people engaged thru Town Hall. Have to do these events in partnership with an organizing entity
• Need to make room for different organizing/engagement models so we don’t just reach one constituency
• Multiple strategies on engagement
• Identify three diverse things that would offer opportunities--offer solid opportunities
• Group to talk about logos and materials
  • Materials: ESAA/Elena, Karen, Susanne
  • Follow-up: Don, Deb, Jennie, YEP/Michelle
• Logo review at January Planning Committee meeting
• Want to present people with a few high quality services – not a laundry list

Funding Prioritization Process

• Eight hours of work in January
• Two hours each on:
  1. More concrete on indicators and targets
  2. Dig into core capacities--customized list of core capacities
  3. Apply results, indicators and capacities to work groups--will strategies and projects get us to results, where are we strong/weak in terms of capacities
  4. Develop funding and technical assistance priorities for 2004
• Four meetings in January, products associated with each meeting
• Need due diligence on people’s ability to achieve outcomes--won’t just fund people because they’ve stayed at table
• Attach documents to meeting announcements so Jennie can determine whether she can attend. If she can’t, can at least give some thought to process
• Can Casey give money for release time to participate in planning process
• Not prepared to get on that slippery slope
• Fred and Deb do individual meetings for steps 1 and 2. Meet for steps 3 and 4

Structure

• Where does education fit in?
• Parent organizing–overarching of education and safety
• Should education be in box? Need to share information with collaborative
• Discussion about criteria for how things fit in Making Connections
• Want to focus on more collaborative projects. Resources go to collaborative projects
• Ask groups about how structures would be effective