open space notes from Winter Gathering

[Juliana Williams]

Hey all, here are the notes we took during the open space conversation at Winter Gathering regarding support for students in regions without staff/ making the SSC a truly nationwide organization.

-Juliana

• Provide greater support for state networks - they provide peer-to-peer mentoring opportunities.  Encourage state summits.
• Follow up with NCEC regional coordinators 
  
• SOC - target phone banks to reach students where we don't have staff
• facilitate and set up conference calls for state/local groups - bring together a couple of groups in the same area to provide venue for sharing ideas, building community
  
• facilitate and set up phone banks for states with developing networks (create phone bank guide?)
• facilitate communication between state leaders (set up calls to discuss what's working/what isn't in the various state networks)
• SPROG grad conference calls?  bring together SPROGs for a mid-year chat?
  
• target BECC fellowship recruitment in regions where we don't have staff
• actively connect groups w/ out regional staff to chapters/BEC staff/ other groups
• vary shindig location from just East and West Coasts
• follow up w/ students from January Climate Institute  (send state networking guide once field team has it ready)
• have interns work w/ field staff in their regions?
  
• have interns outside of staff regions
  
• have outreach interns in the DC office?