Qu: What do we want to be/offer? Do we want to be an activist group, or a community touchie-feelie group, or educationally focused, or something else?
Qu: Who do we want to have on board? Do we want people who can offer something, with a project in mind, or do we want to build up numbers with people who want to help others with things, or even just be in the know about things?
Ans: We have previously advertised semi-regularly and don’t want to come across as if we’re desperate.
Action:
- Hold a bi-monthly event, with speaker, film, poetry reading, activity (dance) etc.
- Meetings to be planned and advertised at the beginning of each year.
- Meetings to be held in a “cosy” environment, eg. Magnolias, with minimal services (eg. Tea and coffee only).
- Talk to Garth about a page for local business on the Website
- Think about a Community Day with local business (eg. Pancake day, incorporating stalls by all local businesses who would like to be involved)
Ideas for first year:
- CLIMATE CHANGE INFO/SCIENCE - A lecture on “Where we are with Climate Change”
- NATURAL ENVIRONMENT - Bush care or land conservancy type of presentation, with a South Hobart focus, eg. Bush fire management, or something else about living on the fringe of the bush (or Rivulet Platypus)…
- ARTS - Poetry reading or presentation/workshop by a local artist?
- CONSUMPTION/WASTE - The Story of Stuff or other stories (E-waste, oil) accompanied by a speaker who knows something about the topic (eg. Jamie Clark), or someone to talk about McRobies Gully Tip, pests, companions ect
- GREEN WASHING - Talk or “education session” about what’s actually Green and what’s not (eg myths regarding how green something actually is)
- TRANSPORT – Hobart Bike Kitchen, electric bikes, metro, coolpool tas,
- FOOD - Gardening: FIMBY , edible weeds and bush tucker , someone from the Botanical Gardens.
- SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS - Speakers from local businesses, eg. alternative cleaning products, Green Cleaning, or Local Shopping “Hungry Beast” (also talked about have soho businesses present and have stall at the relevant topic session rather than a session of their own).
- ECONOMY - A speaker regarding “Where Your Money Goes” (The story of Money), community banking, ethical investment, LETS system, local economy
- HEART & SOUL - Spiritual Wellbeing: someone to define differences about various forms of self-care, eg types of yoga practice, meditation styles, herbal medicines, thai chi; have trial sessions available
Where to now?
Each member take on a task to develop.