[Ny-tech-coop] We have a meeting time!

[Nina Paley]

Where will this take place? Please send address.

--Nina
On Nov 12, 2009, at 3:16 PM, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> Based on the doodle poll at http://doodle.com/dbqc4apsicxn567u there  
> is a clear
> best overall time: Saturday early afternoon. (Sorry Gloria; I'm  
> quite happy to
> meet with you separately to give you a recap and hear your thoughts.  
> There will
> be many more chances to be involved in person.)
>
> I propose meeting at 1pm. Ideally we would find somewhere that lets  
> us eat
> lunch but also gives us some workspace to spread out sheets of paper  
> and write
> on them while discussing. Thoughts for locations?
>
> Some things that would be useful to do at this or future meetings are:
>
> - get to know each other and get excited about interacting with each  
> other
>
> - group visioning exercises, to try to elaborate a shared set of  
> goals for this
>  effort
>
> - examine all the steps in the process of developing the co-op from  
> vague
>  idea to actual occupancy, as well as the projected timeline
>
> - look at the financial side of things in relation to our available  
> resources
>  and tax status considerations (This can be done anonymously for  
> now, though
>  at a more advanced stage in the process that won't be sufficient.)
>
> - explore the idea of a more short-term rental starting within a few  
> months,
>  either before or after incorporating, to practice living together,  
> develop
>  a community identity, make collaboration easier, and maybe build a  
> corporate
>  credit track record
>
> - plan two future meeting schedules, for business and for social  
> stuff.
>
> Your ideas would be great here too. Feel free to post to this list  
> even if you
> are not me! :) Invite anyone else who you think would be interested  
> to attend a
> meeting, subscribe to this list, or both.
>
> - Jimmy Kaplowitz
> jimmy at kaplowitz.org
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