>From: Stevie Bee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: 2nd national food co-ops conference
>Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 16:02:21 +1000
>
>dear friends
>we are organising a national food co-ops conference in july and were
>hoping you can make it. we've planned this one so as to be in
>semester break.let us knoiw asap.
>stevie
>
>2nd national food co-ops conference
>friday july 8 - monday july 11, 2005
>point lookout, north stradbroke island, queensland
>
>Draft agenda:
>
>friday july 8
>intros/settling in
>dinner
>
>saturday july 9
>breakfast
>1. welcome
>2. intros
>3. deciding on facilitator/s, minute taker, time keeper
>4. attendance recording
>5. agenda setting
>6. report from last conference (what came out of it)
>7. reports from each co-op : history of your co-op, structure of
>your co-op (staff,
>volunteers, role of members, board of directors), changes since last
>conference or, if you didn't attend the 2003 conference, significant
>changes you've made to your co-op.
>lunch
>8. reports continue after lunch
>dinner
>social time
>
>sunday july 10
>1. info sharing: product lists (new products, what sells), price
>lists/markups, stock suppliers (who's good, who's cheaper),
>volunteer
>management, finances (how to improve economic viability), POS
>systems.
>2. strategies/tactics: a sharing of successful ideas (and things
>that didn't
>work and why)
>lunch
>3. strategies continues
>4. any topics suggested at agenda setting
>dinner
>social time
>
>monday july 11
>1. specific strategies: working together in the same city, same
>bioregion, same state, nationally.
>2. any topics suggested at agenda setting
>3. determining cost-sharing for conference (food, accommodation)
>4. review, evaluation, next conference
>
>
>what to bring: co-op info/documentation of assistance (eg. supplier
>lists/contacts, product lists, top sellers lists), newsletters,
>leaflets, photos of your co-op, etc
>personal effects, sleeping bag, light as well as some warm clothing
>(esp for the nights), swimwear (we are a very short stroll from the
>beach)
>notepaper, pen
>
>Can you get back to us ASAP about:
>
>1. who is coming (names, contacts)
>2. when would you be arriving in Brisbane. the conference starts on
>saturday july 9 10am, but it would be good to get to stradbroke by
>friday evening. a meal is planned and it's a good time to introduce
>ourselves and to be ready to start saturday on time.
>3. last conference average costs were around $27.50 /day for
>meals+accommodation (while linen and blankets are provided for the
>beds, you might want to bring a sleeping bag if you're worried about
>the cold. it will probably only be the people from the tropics who
>feel the cold, it may seem warm to people from further south. it was
>warm enough last conference (june 2003) for us to swim at 8am in the
>morning!)
>4. the food will be vegan and organic. does anyone have any special
>needs that the caterer could cater for?
>
>let us know soon as we need to confirm accommodation
>gavin farley (tuesday, wednesday, friday) and
>stevie bee (tuesday, thursday)
>alfalfa house
>113 enmore road enmore nsw 2042
>02 9519 3374
>www. alfalfahouse.org
--- Begin Message ------ Begin Message ---2nd national food co-ops conference friday july 8 - monday july 11, 2005 point lookout, north stradbroke island, queenslandDraft agenda: friday july 8 intros/settling in dinner saturday july 9 breakfast 1. welcome 2. intros 3. deciding on facilitator/s, minute taker, time keeper 4. attendance recording 5. agenda setting 6. report from last conference (what came out of it)7. reports from each co-op : history of your co-op, structure of your co-op (staff,volunteers, role of members, board of directors), changes since last conference or, if you didn't attend the 2003 conference, significant changes you've made to your co-op. lunch 8. reports continue after lunch dinner social time sunday july 10 1. info sharing: product lists (new products, what sells), price lists/markups, stock suppliers (who's good, who's cheaper), volunteer management, finances (how to improve economic viability), POS systems. 2. strategies/tactics: a sharing of successful ideas (and things that didn't work and why) lunch 3. strategies continues 4. any topics suggested at agenda setting dinner social time monday july 11 1. specific strategies: working together in the same city, same bioregion, same state, nationally. 2. any topics suggested at agenda setting 3. determining cost-sharing for conference (food, accommodation) 4. review, evaluation, next conference what to bring: co-op info/documentation of assistance (eg. supplierlists/contacts, product lists, top sellers lists), newsletters, leaflets, photos of your co-op, etc personal effects, sleeping bag, light as well as some warm clothing (esp for the nights), swimwear (we are a very short stroll from the beach)notepaper, pen Can you get back to us ASAP about: 1. who is coming (names, contacts)2. when would you be arriving in Brisbane. the conference starts on saturday july 9 10am, but it would be good to get to stradbroke by friday evening. a meal is planned and it's a good time to introduce ourselves and to be ready to start saturday on time. 3. last conference average costs were around $27.50 /day for meals+accommodation (while linen and blankets are provided for the beds, you might want to bring a sleeping bag if you're worried about the cold. it will probably only be the people from the tropics who feel the cold, it may seem warm to people from further south. it was warm enough last conference (june 2003) for us to swim at 8am in the morning!) 4. the food will be vegan and organic. does anyone have any special needs that the caterer could cater for?let us know soon as we need to confirm accommodation gavin farley (tuesday, wednesday, friday) and stevie bee (tuesday, thursday) alfalfa house 113 enmore road enmore nsw 2042 02 9519 3374 www. alfalfahouse.org stevie bee 61 +2 9567 4006 "Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible." - Thich Nhat Hanh
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