Re: Digest for beet-core@googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 1 Topic

[Rachael London]

Sorry to hear about operation storefront...... I am a newbee but I agree with noah about montessori!  a great location...

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 1:40 PM, <beet-cor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

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• Operation Storefront [4 Updates]

 Topic: Operation Storefront

Dan Zink <sludg...@gmail.com> Jan 26 02:22PM -0500 ^

 
Sad news everyone, our Operation Storefront application was not
accepted.
 
This certainly doesn't mean we shouldn't try for other grants, though -
they e-mailed me three times to remind me how much more competitive than
anticipated this one was, and we're all pretty awesome and I think we've
got a good idea for something worth doing.
 
<3 DFZ


 

Jeff Budd <jeff...@gmail.com> Jan 26 03:48PM -0500 ^

 
Thanks for the update, Dan.
 
Any chance they could give us a little "post-mortem" on some things to do
better next time or some other general tips? This could be useful for future
applications for funding.
 
 
 
 


 

Aliza Ess <baltim...@gmail.com> Jan 26 04:25PM -0500 ^

 
Is there a consensus opinion on the Montessori School as the new temporary
location?
 
Personally, I think it's a good location as long as we can store the goods
there, there is already a community at the school that may want to purchase
bulk goods, they could probably use bulk goods in their food education
classes for the kids, the CopyCat is nearby and might provide a good
customer base, and the area is also a relatively low-income area so that
would be a nice neighborhood for increasing cheap and healthy food options.
 
Just my two cents. Patty is looking into the option as a possibility, but
I'd like to know what the group thinks of this as a plan for moving forward,
since otherwise I'm not sure what our options are.
 
hope everyone has a safe and super-fun snow time if the flakes fall!
a.


 

noah <noah...@gmail.com> Jan 26 04:31PM -0500 ^

 
I like the idea of doing at the Montessori School. So many good things could
come of that, even if it's a temporary thing.
 


 

[plazos]

The status on Baltimore Montessori is that I sent an email to the
principal/director of the school explaining The Beet's request to have
Baltimore Montessori host as a distribution site for the buying club
and she is open to talking over the phone to further discuss details.
I am waiting to find out her schedule to best contact her.

With that said, although I am happy to speak with her, I don't know if
I am the best person to talk to her about the "details" of a Beet
Buying Club's distribution site. I have only been involved with the
Beet a couple of months and only as a recipient of the buying club.

Does it make sense to at least have someone around when I do speak
with her to provide more of the details that I might not be able to
provide or even have a better representative speak with her? That is
if everyone is on board with connecting with Baltimore Montessori as a
distribution site.

Let me know. Thanks! -Patty

On Jan 27, 6:18 pm, Rachael London <writingrach...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry to hear about operation storefront...... I am a newbee but I agree
> with noah about montessori!  a great location...
>
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 1:40 PM,

> <beet-cor...@googlegroups.com<beet-core%2Bno...@googlegroups.com>

>
>
>
> > wrote:
> >   Today's Topic Summary
>
> > Group:http://groups.google.com/group/beet-core/topics
>

> >    - Operation Storefront <#12dc8c6e3dd8f5c8_group_thread_0> [4 Updates]
>
> >   Topic: Operation Storefront<http://groups.google.com/group/beet-core/t/b76585d8785d1167>
>
> >    Dan Zink <sludgef...@gmail.com> Jan 26 02:22PM -0500 ^<#12dc8c6e3dd8f5c8_digest_top>

>
> >    Sad news everyone, our Operation Storefront application was not
> >    accepted.
>
> >    This certainly doesn't mean we shouldn't try for other grants, though -
> >    they e-mailed me three times to remind me how much more competitive
> >    than
> >    anticipated this one was, and we're all pretty awesome and I think
> >    we've
> >    got a good idea for something worth doing.
>
> >    <3 DFZ
>

> >    Jeff Budd <jeffbu...@gmail.com> Jan 26 03:48PM -0500 ^<#12dc8c6e3dd8f5c8_digest_top>

>
> >    Thanks for the update, Dan.
>
> >    Any chance they could give us a little "post-mortem" on some things to
> >    do
> >    better next time or some other general tips? This could be useful for
> >    future
> >    applications for funding.
>

> >    Aliza Ess <baltimore...@gmail.com> Jan 26 04:25PM -0500 ^<#12dc8c6e3dd8f5c8_digest_top>

>
> >    Is there a consensus opinion on the Montessori School as the new
> >    temporary
> >    location?
>
> >    Personally, I think it's a good location as long as we can store the
> >    goods
> >    there, there is already a community at the school that may want to
> >    purchase
> >    bulk goods, they could probably use bulk goods in their food education
> >    classes for the kids, the CopyCat is nearby and might provide a good
> >    customer base, and the area is also a relatively low-income area so
> >    that
> >    would be a nice neighborhood for increasing cheap and healthy food
> >    options.
>
> >    Just my two cents. Patty is looking into the option as a possibility,
> >    but
> >    I'd like to know what the group thinks of this as a plan for moving
> >    forward,
> >    since otherwise I'm not sure what our options are.
>
> >    hope everyone has a safe and super-fun snow time if the flakes fall!
> >    a.
>

> >    noah <noahb...@gmail.com> Jan 26 04:31PM -0500 ^<#12dc8c6e3dd8f5c8_digest_top>

>
> >    I like the idea of doing at the Montessori School. So many good things
> >    could

> >    come of that, even if it's a temporary thing.- Hide quoted text -
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