Brooklyn

Post-Meeting Catchup

Present—Dawn, Tom; apologies—Barbara, Belinda; absent—Edwina; Minutes—Tom

After expenses we have $52.20 koha left (the first time we've had excess). Tom to note expenses from last meeting.

Feedback from Jayne who talked to the people around her at the meeting: most people came for the topic (which was permaculture). One person who knew about permaculture already didn't learn anything new from Andrew's talk but was inspired by the movie on Cuba. » Read more

Thanks to our leaflet drop around Brooklyn—around 1,500 houses, and the topic of permaculture we attracted our best audience yet, around 60 people of all ages. Majority of people from Brooklyn but we had some from other areas too. 6 people registered through the website.

Steering group: present—Barbara, Belinda, Dawn, Tom; apologies—none; absent—Edwina; minutes—Tom. » Read more

Present (full names & contact details will be posted on wiki): Marc, Alison, Eva, Karen, Chris, Tom, Belinda, Dawn, Barbara, Marie, Anne, Annie, Edwina, Gary, Paul Bruce, Paul Blaschke

The meeting agreed to focus on looking at ‘The 12 Key Steps of Transition’, which are from the UK model developed in Totnes, England. The Steps provide a framework to help groups be robust and gives them a process to follow. Most of the meeting then concentrated on steps 1 & 2. » Read more