Strategy diagram

It is important that we publicise the appointment of a new chair. Email newsletter? Maybe also ask those on our contact lists to confirm/update what contribution they are best placed to make- even if it means a change of group. A simple questionnaire?

I think the main reason we didn't get through our agenda was that the major part of the meeting was, quite rightly, taken up with presentations and discussions with the representatives from the European Movement. Had it been a slimmed down meeting, much would have been lost - I think we were all inspired by what they had to say and I'm delighted there were so many to meet them.

my comments on the diagram:
should we merge events and media? After all, there are no events without media, and little to talk about without events. Over time as we get more activists, we can split these groups, but at the moment the events group isn't really a group.
Outreach and volunteers also sit quite well together- stalls, making berets, commuter calls, all require volunteers. It also means for those of us who are broadly involved , and there are many, they dont have 3 or 4 meetings to go to! There is nothing stopping either of these groups setting up mini working groups to focus on particular projects. It would mean that each group might send a couple of people to the steering group.

I thought that's what was decided at the extended meeting at the BRSLI, i.e.two reps from each group.
Congrats to #Claire on your appointment. Thanks for coming forward!

I'm glad that so many of us decided to attend the steering meeting, and that the EM reps proved so inspiring. Which is certainly more than can be said for David Owen's talk at The Edge last night. 😣

Anna

Thank you everyone for your comments. I attach an updated diagram rev 3, as a pdf file which might be easier to open up. Here are my thoughts/wishes;

Steering group - should remain as free to everyone and plan future strategy however should be less frequent ie every 2-3 months and should be in a venue where we can fit everyone comfortably and be long enough so everyone can have their say. These should be planned in diaries now so that everyone has the chance to attend.

Core group - this is a new group. It is there to deliver the strategy that comes out of the steering group and does this by overviewing and coordinating the sub-groups. Outcome of these meetings to be communicated back to all.

Sub groups - as I said last Thursday I see these as largely autonomous and is where the real work so to speak happens. I would encourage everyone to decide which sub-group suits them best and think about how you can best deliver your bit of the strategy. I like the idea of Media/Events and Outreach/Volunteers coming together initially as two larger groups - indeed had a similar thought myself. I have reflected this in the diagram.

We agreed at the 4 Jan meeting at BRSLI that we need to grow by attracting new members and helping existing members to become more active. I think this set up will appeal to new people as there will be focussed sub-groups for them to attend and 'belong' to and the opportunity every 2-3 months to meet with everyone in a less structured way.

We can discuss this more next Tuesday however we are hi-jacking the media group meeting and we also need to talk Hugo Dixon and Pulse so please post any further comments here to save time at the meeting.

Great diagram, Claire, but can see that Mark has slipped into Outreach (which might be where he belongs) but his input is crucial to Media as he's responsible for our publications and not having him at meetings might affect our decision making.

Mark has posted on this thread that he is happy in Outreach and that his services are open to all. This diagram is to show people's primary responsibilities and we could do with Mark helping on Outreach, but this does not preclude him from coming to Media meetings if he is needed.

Your diagram's great, Claire. There's a lot of overlapping of tasks and roles, but by using Loomio effectively, I hope we'll manage to communicate well and make timely decisions.

I'm following this thread. Thank you Claire. I have been a regular at Alice's Events Group meetings. I will continue there for now if it helps and follow that group if it merges with media (where I might also have contributions to make). I will continue to volunteer on the Saturday stalls as I can. If Outreach/Volunteers seems to fit me better over the next few months, or there's more need there, I'll consider switching. As Ruth says there's a lot of cross-over of skllls and tasks!