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Meeting Notes for June 30, 2009

Outreach Committee Meeting

June 30, 2009 7:30 to 9:30 at Tillie’s

 

In attendance:

Nicole

Amanda

Meredith

Brian (Merchandising)

Erin

Steve (Branding)

Melissa

 

Welcome Meredith as new co-chair of committee!

 

Outreach Meetings:

        -          Will be held the third week of every month now
        -          Co-chairs will establish a set date each month and send out information well in advance to committee members

 

Merchandising Survey:

  • Final approval of survey will be received at Steering meeting on Wed. July 1st; IT committee will put survey online
  • To write: blurb for newsletter and facebook; cover blurb for online survey and paper survey (Amanda)
  • Electronic Survey:

-          Send out via newsletter

-          Send out on Facebook and Twitter

-          Enter to win if fill out survey: would need prizes, any leftover from go go grocery? (Erin will ask Diane and Kristina)

-          During general outreach, hand out postcard with info about survey, collect emails and send info about survey.

-          Send Emails to community organizations with blurb that they can send to their constituents about survey (Erin)

  • Paper :

-          We will hold off until we see  how many people fill out the electronic survey and the diversity of the people who fill out the survey

-          Revisited at next meeting

 

Branding:

-          Visualization Guide: be looked at by outreach members and approved by Friday, July 3rd

-          Other printed materials (brochure, business cards, sign-up sheets, postcard) – suggested changes were made for the business card, sign-up sheet and postcard

-          Brochure text will be sent out to meeting attendees (other members if requested) to review and send edits to co-chairs.

 

Media

-          Erin met with student from Columbia’s School of Journalism, who is writing an article about the coop for a school publication. She will send us the link to the article as soon as it is posted

-          NY times blog is looking for a personal piece about the coop – what is it like to be involved? What are your reactions to having a coop in the neighborhood? Etc.


Outreach Tasks (to be assigned)

-          check and respond to info@greenehillfoodcoop emails

-       website updater

-       facebook and twitter contributer