Santa Cruz Bioneers
December 2003 meeting notes

Santa Cruz Bioneers 2nd Gathering was held on Sunday, December 7th, 2:00 PM. Six new people came to this meeting, plus six people who had attended the November meeting.  There was also a MoveOn event happening this afternoon, screening the film “UNCOVERED” at several places in the area.  Michelle tried to contact local house-party hosts, so we might get some new people for next time.

 After introductions, we briefly reviewed ideas from the last brainstorm.  These fell into a few key categories:

1. Projects for this Year (by October/November 04)
1. preparing for Beaming Bioneers & outreach to local groups(by next October)!
   1. Beaming Bioneers would require a diverse group of people coming together, forming a network of people and organizations that can positively impact the community. 
2. Outreach – Build Bridges & Develop Network (become network hub)
1. The network we form through outreach for this is what will make both short-term goals and the long term goals/visions more likely to succeed
3. Education
1. Could be logical outgrowth of Outreach and Network development
4. Long term goals/visions
1. Catalyzing culture change

The Monday night conversation group had agreed that the project with most potential for us to accomplish is Beaming Bioneers, using that to catalyze outreach & network development (& education as much as feasible). Creating the network & preparing for a local Bioneers conference will likely require 20-30 people, willing to remain involved, working for the next nine months to make this happen

 We then had a brainstorming session about Beaming Bioneers & Networking, coming up with a starter list of “Who do we want to bring into the network?”

We grouped these into different types of organizations, and got the following lists:

• Local non-profits, local chapters of larger non-profit orgs (environmental & social “sustainability, diversity, justice” groups, religious groups, arts groups, labor unions)
  • Ecology Action
  • Community Housing Land Trust
  • Bay Net
  • RCNN
  • Save Our Shores
  • Surfriders
  • Quakers
  • Buddhists
  • Santa Cruz Natural History Museum
  • EFA
  • OFRF
  • CCOF
• Local government
  • City Council
  • Board of Supervisors
  • John Laird
  • Sam Farr
  • Bruce McPherson
  • State Parks
• Local small businesses (<20 people)
  • Terra Nova
  • CAMFT
  • Santa Cruz Community Credit Union
  • Bay Federal
  • New Leaf
  • Gateway Books
  • Seeds of Change Books
  • Bugaboo
  • Food Bin
  • Eco-Goods
  • Community Farms/CSA’s
• Larger businesses/corporations (with local offices/branches: possible major sponsors, tend to have more bureaucracy, etc.)
  • Seeds of Change
  • Patagonia
  • Granite Rock
  • Hayward Lumber
  • Seagate
  • Newman’s Organics
• Schools/Education
  • Life Lab
  • Cabrillo
  • UCSC
  • Hidden Villa
  • All local schools…
• Media
  • Community TV
  • KZSC
  • KUSP
  • KAZU
  • KKUP
  • Newspapers…
• Foundations/Donors
  • Bioneers/CHI

It was suggested that we each try to come up with a list of additional potential contacts by the next meeting.  The website and WIKI can help has a place to generate and discuss ideas between meetings.

We then discussed plans for the next full-group meeting.  Judy and Carol agreed to facilitate the next meeting on January 18^th, 2004 (2:00, Library meeting room).

Small group meetings were put on-hold until the new year (the Monday group is now planning to meet on January 12^th).

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