1. Feedback
on the process
- General
comments
- For
newcomers it felt rushed
- Representation
on Local Artists Task Force was narrow; no
musicians
- People
are asking what happens next
- In
the Downtown group, we knew each other and
talked about the same things
- Surprises,
lessons learned
- Agreement
in Downtown group not to wait for government
- Downtown
group had different visions but found common
ground
- Sense
that people new to the process had faith
something would happen
- Incredible
what has occurred from just an idea two years
ago
- Good
that we got to some very practical stuff
- How
will we connect with other planning efforts?
- Realization
in community of how vital arts and culture
are; arts infused into conversations now
2. Format
and content of document
- Agreement
on a format like the Hawaii document
for wide distribution
- Also
a lengthier report on website or in book format
- Dissemination
and getting the word out
- Matt Zacks wants
to start writing about CCP in Uncommon Sense;
he will also connect us with a new Yahoo
group which has started up re cleanup, etc.
- Notion
of giving people information over time and
not all at once
- Don’t
wait for official sanction to disseminate
and begin
- Out-county
not as well represented as in Assessment
phase; pull them in via communication plan;
they participated in communication task force. Greg wants to pull a few key people
in.
3. Editing
of first draft
- Vision
page will show up in document as is; reorder:
1.
Creation of fundamental change in attitude
2.
Downtown
3.
Neighborhoods
4.
Local artists and arts organizations
5.
Youth
6.
Communications
- Impediments
and Opportunities (SW will revise this part)
- Put
in paragraph/narrative form
- Check
Local Artists and Arts Organizations notes
- Acknowledge
and address impediments—not in denial
- Major
recommendations/goals
- Put
“clearing house” under “communications”
- Arts education/youth arts is big. Include in-school, out-of-school, and
connections during school time to local artists. Reference Fine Arts Academy (from
Local Artists Task Force) and Urban Arts Center (from
Underserved Task Force)
- Neighborhoods. Discussion about combining the three
into one while making points in other recommendations
where neighborhoods are referenced and still
maintaining Neighborhoods’ own “segment”
- Downtown
that is fully utilized. Make
the point upfront that neighborhoods and
downtown are two hands that need to work
together. Two
facets of downtown that neighborhoods don’t
have are geography and commercial activity.
- Core
values: Robin
will do a draft for our review gleaned from
the vision statements and Forging Links
- Important
to have a summary paragraph of what we now
have so as to interface and build upon it
as we go in innovative directions
- Important
to include explicit mention of underserved
- Leave
goals unranked and state they are unranked
- Loose
ends: they
can be ancillary, they were items on which
there was less consensus; some groups got
to put down first 6-month steps and some
did not. Don’t
put a timeline in, put timeline on website
where it can be fluid and active and people
can go there to get involved
- D.
Kohler assumed their Task Force would stay
together to do some implementation. Will
they?
- Important
not to lose the practical stuff
- Implementation:
- we have not had that conversation. How do we use this plan for leverage? Will
we have resources? Will
there be Phase 3?
- Perhaps
this will be a long unfolding not unlike
FACTER
- Need
a more formal conversation about implementation
- This
group may need to stay together to shepherd
the plan
- GFAC
may manage the implementation
- Need
to discuss implementation before the big
“reunion” meeting
4. Next
steps
·
Robin drafts the core values, sends to MW and
SW by May 3
·
MW cleans up the draft, incorporating these suggestions
·
SW does the impediments and opportunities section
·
SW sends email to Facilitation Team inviting
them to email their ideas about implementation
·
Revised draft gets send to Team by May 12
·
Facilitation Team meets Monday, May 17, 12:00 – 2:00 at the library, room 215. Agenda is to look at revised draft, including
core values, and discuss implementation
·
“Reunion” meeting with
Task Forces is Wednesday, June 9, 4:00
– 6:00. (Gloria checking on booze!)
·
Meanwhile, SW is putting together a meeting with funders,
MW and someone from the F.T.
·
Meanwhile, SW will email Diana Olds to direct
her and her people to our website where they
can see all our notes and updates (which are
still fluid), and that Cindy, Jack, Greg and
Tracy (who are all on the Downtown Community
Challenge group) can be the liaison to her process
from us.
·
TO
FACILITATION TEAM PAGE
