Community Building Committee Meeting 10/5/17 5:35 6:30pm – Ashley, Diane, Marilyn, Kerry, Emmanuel (visiting from community action), Alison *Community Action has a variety of training opportunities include “Homebuyer Education and Training” Diane thought this might be a good idea for the Towers They Do travel for programs Might be a good meeting to set up with Fisal and Emmanuel Kings Fair reflection – Good people traffic Tents might be a deterrent for engaging audiences (half tables and half – people is proposed as a good layout) Food could look for more low-priced ptions for next year – History Booth Headlines drew people in – Possibly use scavenger hunt to bring people into the history booth next year Justin has developed some good questions for We Are Seward stories –showing might tie in well at the annual meeting and the Neighbhorhoods” “Great Annual Meeting Ideas for the annual Meeting Questionnaire Asking the same questions – as we used about people/and origins/families at the fair APA will be at the annual meeting for the Great Neighborhood Certificate Have a post-it parking lot answering is Seward Great?” “Why Could also be a good mixer activity #WeAreSeward 2 new interviews and tons of backlogged stories Set for 9 weeks of stories Lots of social media awareness (likes and sharing) Appears to be growing Follow up interviews are better than initial as interviewers discover good questions to ask Interviews tend to last 3 8 minutes approximately – Just asks the question you like to participate in a neighborhood project?” People tend to respond well East African Men Fisal is helping with Community Bowling/Tea Etc. networking with – businesses Interested in having multicultural games
Community Building Committee Meeting 10/5/17 5:35 – 6:30pm Ashley, Diane, Marilyn, Kerry, Emmanuel (visiting from community action), Alison *Community Action has a variety of training opportunities include “Homebuyer Education and Training” Diane thought this might be a good idea for the Towers They Do travel for programs Might be a good meeting to set up with Fisal and Emmanuel Kings Fair – reflection Good people traffic Tents – might be a deterrent for engaging audiences (half tables and half people is proposed as a good layout) Food – could look for more low-priced ptions for next year History Booth – Headlines drew people in Possibly use scavenger hunt to bring people into the history booth next year Justin has developed some good questions for We Are Seward –showing stories might tie in well at the annual meeting and the “Great Neighbhorhoods” Annual Meeting Ideas for the annual Meeting Questionnaire – Asking the same questions as we used about people/and origins/families at the fair APA will be at the annual meeting for the Great Neighborhood Certificate Have a post-it parking lot answering “Why is Seward Great?” Could also be a good mixer activity #WeAreSeward 2 new interviews and tons of backlogged stories Set for 9 weeks of stories Lots of social media awareness (likes and sharing) Appears to be growing Follow up interviews are better than initial as interviewers discover good questions to ask Interviews tend to last 3 – 8 minutes approximately Just asks the question you like to participate in a neighborhood project?” People tend to respond well East African Men Fisal is helping with Community Bowling/Tea Etc. – networking with businesses Interested in having multicultural games
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