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Post by Emily Driskill on Dec 22, 2016 2:09:13 GMT
Hi all,
This is a space for posting all words and ideas related to the mission statement of our group. We plan to take everyone's posts and create a word cloud to see what words come up the most frequently. Hopefully this will help guide us to crafting a mission statement for our overarching "umbrella" group. Have at!
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Post by Emily Driskill on Dec 22, 2016 14:43:35 GMT
I will start with 'networking' and 'community,' which I feel have been the most consistent themes of our meetings so far.
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Post by Chris Lord on Dec 23, 2016 2:44:57 GMT
Community, skill sharing, support, protecting natural environment, alternative energy, political action, empathy, group projects, educational workshops.
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Post by andrea lencse on Dec 23, 2016 16:15:25 GMT
some of the words floating in my head (hard to narrow down to just a handful of ideas):
networking
skill sharing/barter/trade
community
learning new skills
helping
bridging old and new/modern and vintage....
decrease use of fossil fuels
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Post by Emily on Dec 28, 2016 13:57:16 GMT
Ues I'll second decreasing use of fossil fuels and also add building social capital and access to shared resources.
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Post by leahchuchdavis on Jan 6, 2017 20:23:44 GMT
networking
skill sharing
support network
information sharing
engaged community
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Post by Christopher Brown on Jan 25, 2017 13:00:51 GMT
Bridging
Connecting
Listening
Leveraging Local Action
Resiliency
Neighbors
Further thoughts:
For the overall umbrella group the mission statement should be simple and clear... not getting into all of our interests. From a broad perspective describe the essence of what all the interest essentially create. For example:
"Creating greater resiliency at the local and global level by the bridging of differences through the leveraging of local action. "
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Post by Rachell on Feb 1, 2017 16:20:54 GMT
Here is a copy of my last email re: group name and mission statement (which we started to work on at the last meeting) If folks don't dig Madison County Action Network, perhaps Madison County Community Resource Network would be better? Working with rewording what we have above: The Madison County Community Resource Network seeks to build a resilient community for all Madison County residents and friends by sharing information and other resources and fostering supportive connections. On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Laura Cheatham <l.e.orcutt@gmail.com> wrote: Hi all, we workshopped a preliminary 1st draft mission statement Saturday with Bobbi. Please review and provide any thoughts or feedback within this email chain. Thanks!! “[Name TBD] is a Madison County (welcoming/inclusive?) community network building resiliency through resource and information sharing (exchange?), and fostering connections through mutual support.” Here's a link to some photos taken at the workshop that gives a peek into the process. goo.gl/photos/hRQjH6RwkuJQXZXM9 Laura |
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Post by Rachell on Feb 1, 2017 16:21:21 GMT
Let's keep the discussion going, ok?
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Post by pietra on Feb 1, 2017 20:27:41 GMT
I like the Mission Statement as is, you guys did a good job on that.
Other name that I suggested a while back was:
Friends of Madison County
Anyone else have any ideas? Maybe we could get a good list going and at the meeting do a quick vote to narrow it down to 3 and then post those names up on a doodle poll or something.
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Post by Christopher Brown on Feb 2, 2017 14:19:50 GMT
I support the list and doodle poll idea.
For both name and possibly mission statement variations too.
I'm happy to set up the poll.
Thank you everyone!
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Post by Rachell on Feb 14, 2017 15:33:48 GMT
I think voting on a poll is a great idea for group name and/or mission statement but there are currently 2 threads discussing this. I think we ought to combine to avoid confusion.
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Post by leahchuchdavis on Feb 21, 2017 14:28:01 GMT
Yes, we should combine the conversations.
Also, for those thinking of using a Doodle poll, that's a tool to help schedule gatherings, etc.
For the name poll, we can use a poll right here on the forum/boards.
I'll set up a test poll so you all can see.
Best,
Leah
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