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Latest revision as of 12:26, 2 May 2018

Notes taken at "Making It Easier"

Present
Joan (Zonta), Sydney (Kitchener Public Library), Bill (Trinity United Church), Sylvia (Reception House), Mike (First United Church), Bob (facilitator)

Value Statements

  • Equity & Fairness
  • Legacy for the Future
  • Compassion
  • Community of Voices

Which of these apply to you?

  • Service Organization
    • Clearly all of them!
  • Zonta
    • All about Equity and Fairness for women
    • Community
    • Communication
    • Same direction as others
  • Social Work (Reception House)
    • Legacy!
    • Equity and Fairness
      • But sometimes not everyone agrees on what that is
  • Minister (of Trinity)
    • Once you do something, it always seems to fall short of the orginal goal
      • But keep trying!
  • Social Work (Library)
    • Evolving
      • And the library evolves as we evolve
  • Tech community
    • At first the tech community members would say none of them apply, we're only about tech
    • But we have meetings and events, so we're a community of voices
    • And we have events where we teach others, so we're trying to leave a legacy for the future
    • And many tech organizations advocate for the freedom of users against corporate interests, so that's equity and fairness
    • And in the Free Software advocates want to make software and knowledge available to all, so there's compassion too.

Common Needs

  • Being known, getting support from other groups
  • Sharing information, resources
  • Communication _about_ the groups (not everyone knows what we do or what we stand for)
  • Programs are collaborative with other likeminded groups


  • Space (Meeting, Presentation, and Storage to a lesser degree)
  • Funding
  • Resources


  • Reachout to others
    • Issues are siloed, get ourselves out of our silo


  • Get positive press
    • Mainstream Media is not always "with the program"
    • It is *not* true that "any press is good press"
    • Involve press appropriately (how?)
    • Empathy


  • Meeting space
    • How to involve groups
    • Church (First United) has outreach projects, outside of the congregation
      • But you need to know who to talk to
    • Need a Community resource to provide contacts
      • to find space, to let others know space is available
    • At University
      • Dinner meetings: Pay for dinner, space is free
    • Need After-hours space (after business hours, weekends)
    • There is a perception against churches
      • Some people don't realize that church spaces are available without needing religious affiliation
      • But meeting in a religious setting is still uncomfortable for some
    • Space must be Safe, Hospitable, Clean
      • Especially for organizations working with vulnerable people
      • But think of Airbnb -- seems safe enough
        • But there are counterexamples, eg. Uber drivers
    • Need appropriate space
      • Can't just use any old big open room
      • eg. storage of servers, need electricity
      • Again, knowing what space is available


  • How to disseminate information?
    • And keep it accurate?


  • There are good organizations in the community
    • eg. Google
    • other potential business partners
    • But businesses are narrowing support, fewer opportunities for partnerships
  • Plan how to do without
    • Then it's a bonus when you get buy-in from the community


"Only dead fish go with the flow" --Mike Savage

  • Groups countering the mainstream don't get mainstream support
    • But in many cases our organizations exist precisely to counter the mainstream!


  • Can't grow with limited resources
    • eg. using someone's house limits the size of meetings
  • Encourage sharing resources and information
    • (this was originally "Overcome tendency to hoard resources and information", but this wording is more positive)


  • Get buy-in from lots of people (the community), then approach politicians.