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See and elaborate on the action plans for sustainably growing the local food economy by clicking on the strategy of interest in the wiki page section of this group.
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What actions are needed to realize the vision of growing the web of relationships that makes up the local food economy to a size that meets the region's needs for justly and sustainably produced food?
Preliminary action plans are posted below around nine strategies for sustainably growing the local food economy in the Central Puget Sound region in Washington State. The action plans were proposed in small group discussions at the Workshop on Sustainably Growing the Local Food Economy, February 18, 2008, Seattle, WA. The workshop brought together a mix of local food economy businesses and activists representing the breadth and depth of the Central Puget Sound's local food economy. Please make a contribution to these evolving plans. We would be excited and grateful for your ideas and your commitment! |
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This is a report-back from the small (very small) group discussion, The Gateway for Participation and Activation, that was part of the 3rd breakout on implementation of the question, "What can we do together that we cannot do alone?"
Discussion Participants: Viki, Sandra Need: Support for folks who want to to be involved and don't know how to go about it, who are trying to make their voices heard, or who want something to happen or be resolved with respect to their participation in April events. What We Would Offer: Help them clarify their needs and desires and translate that into valued participation, connection and involvement. We are ambassadors, alchemists, resource finders, ombudsmen, lubricants. The Kinds of Problems We Are Solving: stuckness, frustration, feeling overwhelmed, getting hear, not knowing what to do next, not feeling appreciated. Examples: Find out who the person needs to talk to; give persons ideas on how to move forward; find processes or people resources for helping someone to take an action Next steps to implement: Describe purpose and issue a call for 5 to 6 people who might be interested in doing this work; create a mind map that describes organizational access points and key players |
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I suggest we organize a connection event with event organizers and potential vendors. But first we need to organize the event, so perhaps we should call a meeting. Several people at the alignment were interested and I also talked to Charles about connecting with Green Festival. The next questions -- when's best to meet? I'd prefer a late afternoon -- early evening meeting.
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What to say when people are wary about receiving too many emails: I noticed yesterday that a big concern was whether people were going to get "advertizements". and were thus reluctant to give their email. There's a two part answer (that Jon filled me in on): Once they go into their account there is an option to unsubscribe. the other is that they will get an email only once a month telling them about their personal account activity (that is so cool) and news about new store members, what's happening with the beneficiaries and so forth.
In other words, the newsletter is a relationship builder and important to get them continuing to use the card. |
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I did Fremont on Tuesday and Greenlake on Wednesday. It was a whole lot easier at Greenlake -- maybe because we made sure to have cookies, although I definitely think a lot of folks are not attracted to a big cookie just before dinner. We switched to chocolate malt balls which seemed to go well. Also, I think people are more of a rush at Fremont. I'm not certain then that busiest times when people are running in and out may be the best time.
Janine did a fabulous job of connecting with the staff. One thing I think we want to think about is how to handle more than one person at a time. Having two folks there is good but I think a lot of people passed us by because they couldn't get to the information. |
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From the PeopleWeb list serve:
I knew Habib and loved and admired his tireless efforts in bringing and bridging the communities together. He was one of kindest and gentlest souls I had the privilege to know. I am so sorry to hear about his passage. His memory will remain in my heart forever. I wish his wife much courage and patience during this difficult time. Thank you Habib for being such an inspiring role model and a gentle leader to us. Maryam Borghey Wallingford ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** This is heart breaking news. Steve knew how to give and give he did. In fact, the giving spirit was so much of what defined him as a human being. He wanted to give us all peace and community. His manner was gentle but he was courageous. He was courageous because he had the courage of his convictions. In a world where we have become separated, Habib sought to unite us. I know his soul is now reunited with God. My heart goes out to all his friends and most of all his dear wife, Elaine. Stewart Rose ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Thank you for letting us know that Habib has moved on. I am sorry that I never had the opportunity to meet him while he was with us, but I do know that he is at peace and very happy. I can feel it strongly. He is doing the ultimate networking...a higher level of gathering together of his soul group, something I felt he was trying to implement here to the best of his physical ability. Not an easy task in this 3d world.. It is hard to describe the joy I feel for him and what he will be able to do collectively from where he is. From a struggling earthly manifestation in the experiment of separation, Meg |
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Habib profoundly believed that network weaving was powered by the unique gifts each of us brings to the movement for social change. He had the ability to find and honor everyone's gifts -- to really see you and be present to you -- which is what made his own networking so powerful. You might like to share your commitment to using your gifts as a way of furthering Habib's work for peace, justice and social change.
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Very good and thanks. Clarity is welcome.
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I see a problem in that the TOU would probably take legal precedence and, at least as I read your TOU, any version of the code would be considered proprietary, generic or not, as the TOU refers to underlying technology and software. It would seem that the TOU should be modified ...
From the TOU: You acknowledge that any underlying technology or software used to provide the Service is proprietary to NCI, and you may not modify, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, publicly display or in any way exploit the same. |
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I thought I had asked this question before but I can't find it on the site: HOw do you reconcile open source with your ownership clause in the Terms of use? Specifically, you say in the TOU: "You acknowledge that any underlying technology or software used to provide the Service is proprietary to NCI, and you may not modify, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, publicly display or in any way exploit the same." How is this open source?
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How does your intent to go open source reconcile with Article XVII, Ownership, in the TOU?
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