Citizens Voices Steering Committee Meeting, 1/28/05

 

Present: Anne, John, Bill, Shelly, Tony, Malda

 

Leadership 2005 nominations - we decided that this year we had insufficient time to apply for the honor & the funds that go with it. We will do so next year. Bill will keep the information & resurrect it next fall.

 

Peter Hutchinson - The event is set. 

9:30 - meeting with Leadership Mankato;

11:30 - meeting with elected & appointed officials;

3:00 - public meeting on campus, in particular economics & urban studies students;

5:30(?) - dinner with about 20 community CEO's.

7:00 - The Speech

(Personal note - Tony you are phenomenal to have raised the money for Peter's day in town & set up this great line up of events.) 

 

Shelly was able to persuade the Chamber to e-mail this announcement one more time  to their list.

She also thinks that The Free Press Editorial board will meet with us on this topic.

 

CONSIDERING ALL THAT HAS BEEN DONE, IT IS UP TO EACH OF US TO MAKE THE DAY A SUCCESS!

 

Future of Citizens Voices

- we are now out of money & can not go back to our previous sources. We do need money to operate.

- could we be the successor to Act 2000?

- Tony will ask Jonathan & Dave to meet with us regarding working together on a plan for the community. 

 

Rassmussen group - has met several times with District 77. They will also take a proposal to Pat & the City Council. Denise Billington Just is now in charge of the Nature Center activities.

 

Malda will contact Deb to get a list of the NM Library events to mail out to all of us.

 

Sustainability - Initiative Fund is giving us some of their intern's time for perhaps as much as 10 hours/week. this might be a method to create staff with other sources.

 

Next meeting is on Thursday, Feb. 3rd, same time & place.

 

Malda