Steering Group Meeting Minutes – 7pm-9pm, Thursday 3rd April 2008

A six-month timeframe was agreed for the current steering group to raise awareness, with the aim of being able to launch a Great Unleashing in September 2008. In any case if insufficient momentum for a Great Unleashing the group will review its goals, plans and membership in September.

• To establish and implement an awareness raising plan over next 6 months – Steering Group Members

It was agreed to not define the boundaries of TT Brooklyn at this point in time and to welcome anyone to attend the meetings who wished to.

• Belinda to advise the Aro valley residents that they are welcome to join our meetings.

It was agreed that the steering group should meet once a month and that general/public awareness raising meetings should also be held monthly (alternating with the steering group meetings). Dates were agreed as below.

(Wednesday evenings 7pm – 9pm)

• 23rd April
• 21st May
• 18th June
• 16th July
• 20th August
• 17th September – Goal to hold “The Great Unleashing”

Steering group dates:

(Thursday evenings 7pm – 9pm)

• 8th May
• 5th June
• 3rd July
• 7th August
• 4th September

• Belinda to check that the public meeting dates do not clash with any other local/public meetings before we confirm dates.
• Tom to look at setting up an online calendar.

• Tom has entered events into the TT calendar

Topic for meeting - Transition Towns

• Welcomes (7pm)
• Jo Duff movie
• Tea break (7:50pm)
• TT Brooklyn Steering Group update (8pm for 5-10mins)- Barbara
• Others experiences of setting up a TT – Kapiti Coast TT speaker?
• Questions and discussion

• Barbara to prepare a flyer advertising the meeting
• Tom to prepare an email to send out with flyer to BTT email group (and asking them to invite other people), and electronic registration page.
• Barbara to design BTT logo
• Belinda to arrange a speaker preferably from Kapiti TT
• Dawn to book venue – Brooklyn Community Centre

• Tom has prepared flyer using Barbara’s draft logo
• Tom has e-mailed ttbrooklyn and set up registration page

Note agenda is now on NextMeeting page

Potential topics for other public meetings included:

• Permaculture
• Peak oil
• Climate change
• Transport
• Alternative currencies/money/debt
• Change
• Waste
• Energy

Topics were tentatively allocated to dates as follows:

• 21st May - Permaculture
• 18th June – Peak oil/climate change
• 16th July - Transport
• 20th August – Alternative currencies or change?
• Tentative agenda for 21st May public meeting on Permaculture:
  • Welcomes (7pm)
  • “Power of Community” movie
  • Tea break (7:50pm)
  • TT Brooklyn Steering Group update (8pm for 5-10mins) - ??
  • Speaker on permaculture
  • Questions and discussion
  • Interest in starting a permaculture sub group?

• Dawn to check out alternative venues to the Brooklyn Community Centre with greater seating capacity.
• Edwina to contact Donna Lee as a potential speaker.
• Barbara to find name of potential speaker on permaculture.

Note topics are now on Calendar page

A journalism student has expressed interest in getting involved with Brooklyn TT. It was agreed that they should be invited to get involved in particular they might be able to assist with PR and promotion.

• Belinda to contact journalism student.

Done, awaiting response

It was agreed to start to collate a list of useful contacts and community groups.

• Barbara to collate list of useful contacts please provide details to her.

It was agreed to discuss obtaining official Transition Town status further at the next meeting.

• All steering group members to (re) read the TT primer before the next meeting to ensure understand what obtaining official TT status means.

Note this PDF available from here

7pm on 8th May at Tom’s place

See NextSteeringAgenda