Meeting Recap!

[Kate Strathmann]

Hi all-

We had a great meeting last night at the lovely home of the lovely Theresa Rose.  Many of you hardcore awesome people were not able to attend, so here are the next steps, and a few google docs to get on:

1. The National Scene
A few of us were just in Portland, Oregon with a huge crew of people working on FEAST-like projects in cities around the country.  At some point soon there will be a national web presence built to link all of these projects...in the meantime here is a list of all the of the projects currently up and running or underway and their web presences.  https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AbswSpX7wfABZGc0ejI5bjhfMjRzZHhuMzZmbQ&hl=en

Would be great to look through the "mission" statements of these groups in our efforts to solidify what our communities event is about.

2. Name
I just created another Google Doc as a scratchpad for brainstorming name ideas for the event.  We'd like to make it our own and not just call it FEAST.  Agree? Disagree? All ideas are welcome, write them down here:
https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AbswSpX7wfABZGc0ejI5bjhfMjU0ZzRyOTVjOQ&hl=en

3. Venue
Here are the top contenders right now:

• Ruba
• William Way
• German Society
• Fire Station at 12th and Reid
• PEP
• Romanian Church

We have people finalizing the details on these spaces for our next meeting. Brett Mapp also just sent a document to this list with a few more suggestions.  If you have other ideas, speak now or never, and bring the following info to the next meeting:

Capacity
Tables and Chairs? How many?
Price for rental
Kitchen and or prep area information
Alcohol policy

4. Next meeting
Wednesday, June 9th, 8 - 9:30 pm.  Theresa's place - 1212 Clarion Street.
This is going to be a to-the-point meeting where we will try to select the venue and name.
From picking the venue we will be able to work on the budget, and then tackle the food sourcing questions.

One other major next step is to create some publicity materials to be able to send to potential food providers.  I will be spearheading this work, please email me personally if you'd like to help.

So put on your thinking caps and give us some Philly names, get on your venue research, and enjoy the heat and salad greens!
Don't hesitate to pipe in with questions and ideas as well.

Yours,
Kate



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[Theresa Rose]

Anyone bringing venue info to the next meeting... a couple photos, even if it is from your phone, will be helpful. And ask for September Sunday availability.

I look forward to seeing everyone on the 9th! We will begin promptly at 8pm.

[Theresa Rose]

See everybody on Wednesday, 8- 930pm, 1212 S Clarion Street. 

Bring your venue info and name suggestions. We vote!

Theresa

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Kate Strathmann <kate.st...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Theresa Rose]

Everyone-

We are just having a brief meeting tonight. 8-9:30pm Don't worry about bringing anything. Thanks.

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Kate Strathmann <kate.st...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Brett Mapp]

I taught it was at 830 I might be a bit late.

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[nora humpage]

Hey everyone!

I had to go to Cleveland ( hometown..) for some family stuff and wont be able to make the meeting tonight.  I think that the German society is gonna be too small for our purposes ( too cramped with people on barstools etc). 

I hope that the other options work out.  For my part I liked the philly  "Stake" suggestion out of the current ones on the Google doc but if a better option presents itself to the majority go for it.

happy voting!
Nora