Notes Meeting April 2

[Kala]

Note - these notes are first draft, not edited or proofed. Please
check your information for accuracy. Thanks!

April 2, 2009
Auditorium Texas Medical Association
11:45
Welcome
Thanks for coming, trying to build community from this start to
whatever the group

Short Intros
Tom from Pyrexx- thanks for arranging space!
Eva - architect, one initiator behind AIA Design Voice, (Real
Community Austin)
Brandi Clark - Austin Eco Network, Chair Carshare,
Miley Broccoli Hickey - ED of English at Work
Laurie Low - Give Realty
Kim Wilson - Greenlights, venture philanthropy experience
Amber Sprague - recent MBA in Spain, new to Austin, focus Social
Entrepreneurship
Mathew McCabe - programmer/analyst WFM, working on Masters at St. Eds.
Social project thesis.
Ecommerce Social biz plan in process, travelling, intl' ecommerce

Roland Galang - RE broker with UrbanSpace. Interest in
entrepreneurship, co-founder EcoSeries
Ariana Vincent - Ariana Instititute, massage therapist, continuing ed.
original WFM team member! Socially conscious company. Green practice,
counterculture.

JC Otero - founded company, mission trip to Peru,
Bill chadigi - Helped start NPO is So Cal for homeless - Dec-May
shelter.
Peter Bryant - works at Entrepreneur Foundation, microfinance
interests, juggler!
Martha Ward - 7th generation Austinite, interest in community
connectedness and education
Peter Craig - works for media software co. meltwater news - track and
analyze info for npos etc. interested in sustainability
Florence Wong - graphic design, TX parks and wildlife, education and
food, children in nature program as part of a national initiative.
completed one semester at IC2.
Tom Sputler - Chairman Board directors College Houses. Student co-op
housing. Eagle Scout.
Logan - creative writer, teaching experience, working in web stuff
now.
Scott Collier - venture capital, corporate finance. translate to VC
concept for social business. Also social business wine company -
Rockroom.com. 100% of profits invested in Kiva
David Balch - works with Civic Interests. Interested in disparity gap.
Gulshan Kapoor - like to travel, runs a non-profit.
Rob Hanna - listen talk write, persuade. water and wastewater systems.
Social Venture Partner network founding board member. Passionate about
VC.
Mason Arnold - founder Greenling organic grocery delivery.
Nate Little - background in web software. Crowd source designs.
Joy Carpenter - new to Austin, background with Tom's Shoes.

Current and Future Landscape

Where are we now? Where do we want to go?
Martin - formalize Austin's presence in innovative ways to create
social good through entrepreneurship - platform for action.
5 - 10 years
self-renewing communities, best NPOs
Way to engage or capture ideas to help turn into businesses. Lots of
good ideas, but where is support. How to take entreperneurs and
surround them with help.
Social enterprise incubation
Overlap of resources, needs a hub or connecting piece. Alongside
incubator.
Vehicle to empower people, catalyst to find their passions, connecting
people, idea of co-working, a physical space.
Evolve to epicenter for social innovation in the US.
Actually able to measure and demonstrate that disparity gap is closing
and in some ways because of social innovation activities.
Massive agent of change - definition of successful business includes a
social component.
Clear definition of goals
Well developed ecosystem - organization?
Funding side - can Texas compete in funding of these ideas. like NY
and Northern Cal?
Create sense of urgency. State demographics in education are not good.
Social innovation can help.
Youth change agents


Group Purpose and Name
PURPOSE:

strategic partnerships
mentorship
lexicon of social enterprise terms
barter community
database of resources
incubator
co-working space
baseline results to judge performance
more info about what is being done in other places
online portal
certification a la B corporation
member information so we can all figure out what each are doing.
what are we trying to achieve
a place to get involved and engage
rigorous definition for innovation
case studies of socially minded businesses
working groups for action ideas
having group that tracks progress on different issues - keepers of big
picture - Think Tank
quick response group
detailed profile of customers by segment
acceleration model
3 or 4 real challenges put forward and addressed
build connections with community - for example St. Edwards new
institute
a state of intent not to replicate what others are doing
introduction to Austin class
focus on establishing bridges and programs with students - middle
school through college -
openforideas.us - unconference idea
architecture / affordable housing

idea that this group would not to run specific projects around issues,
but be a sort of a "bucket" or clearinghouse of information for these
resources.

Names, several thrown out, I could not catch them all. form subgroup
to formalize but for now -

Austin Social Innovation Hub

Make it Happen:
subteams -
social enterprise entrepreneurship
website organization
think tank
political
cooperation / democracy / process
education / youth engagement

Conclusion -

some confusion around purpose, overarching goals, structure. Most
people had not had a chance to check out the proposals posted online
by James around these issues.

The leadership team will take this input and come up with more
orgranized format. Please contact James Norris or Martin Montero or
Kala Philo if you are interested in the leadership team - our initial
discussion will be around formalizing purpose for group and discussing
website. -

Next Meeting
tbd