Hi Ramona - I wonder if we shouldn't send something to Sabrina ahead of time.  Bill really likes to talk a lot and I don't know how much time we'll have to discuss the real issues/needs we have.  Thoughts?

 

Dune,

 

Here's the list I had posted on GoogleDocs - culled from our telecon and e-mails.

 

 

What is our budget?

Do we have one?

How much is it?

 

What items can National cover?

IE – food? Venue? Rooms for volunteers/speakers/etc.?

 

 

 

Do you have an event checklist?

 

Could we please get copies of the reunions-so-far agendas?

Names & contact info of previous committee chairs?

Input on “lessons learned” from National’s standpoint?

 

Are there specific subjects/seminars/modules that National feels strongly about having included?

 

 

Can National pay for the carbon credits to offset travel necessary for the event?

 

What kind of contacts do you have regarding:

 

Venue?

Does Bill’s office have a relationship with any of the hotels?

Does National have one with a hotel chain?

 

Funding dollars? Sponsorship contacts for underwriting costs?

(IE sponsorship by Kettle Chips?)

 

Event prizes, rewards for speakers, etc.

(IE ‘I’m hotter than I ought to be T-shirts from WWF?)

Apple I-pods? Other Apple toys?

Hotel rooms

Other?

 

Ramona - I know you've started the list of items to discuss with Bill and Sabrina.  Here are a few that came up last night with Jill when we were discussing the program:

 

Speakers:

Trying to patch Mr. Gore in via webinar

Identify a faith-based speaker who has gone through the TCP training

Making sure someone from TCP and/or ACP can attend to discuss future plans and their relationship

 

Sundries:

T-shirts from World Wildlife Foundation: hotter than I should be for everyone who comes to the training