Economy & Business Group Meeting 17/06/08

Agenda:

Action points from last meeting

  • Business evening
  • Launch meeting
  • Logistics
  • Publicity effort
  • Follow up

Action points:

  • Map of accepting retailers & paper currency to be handled by Jody, using Hannah & John’s list of those shops agreed.
  • Each note will cost around 20p for production – to be produced in 1 Brick notes.
  • Participants to buy at least £5 worth of Bricks for lunch, after John’s workshop.
  • Growing communities to be contacted by Duncan, who can help run that workshop.
  • Event flyers need to be clarified and amended.
  • Need to higher education institutions need to be approached: Universities (LSE, Kings College etc)
  • Need to confirm on evening catering for the event
  • Quotes for the wall need to be selected and printed
  • Lambeth credit union to be contacted

Business Evening Programme Updated

  • 6pm – Welcome mingle, wants & offers
  • 6.15pm - Announcement & agenda for discussions
  • 6.30pm - Intros, Philip, Keith & Duncan
  • 6.45pm - Plugging the leaks & Keith Trotter
  • 7.30pm - Small group plenary
  • Participants form groups around the pressing issues identified and announced arising from plugging the leaks.
  • Commitments based on the small group work.
  • TTB’ers to interject throughout to speak and share experiences
  • TTB interests to be displayed to allow traders to identify what interests them

Logistics

  • Tea and coffee confirmed for 50 participants
  • Invite participants to donate to their value of the event
  • Offer of Bricks for lunch and TT handbook for speakers
  • During the day session add prelinary after plugging the leaks to summerise workshops from notes taken

Day programme update:

  • 1.50pm - Sue to speak and intro to Molly
  • 3.00pm - Addition of EcoLabs workshop on design and economy 
		- Possible addition of microgeneration & energy workshop from Selma
  • 4.30pm - Note takers to feed back to Josh to develop next steps.

Publicity

  • Universities to be targeted
  • Jody and Duncan to handle on the day press enquiries with the other TTB’ers to be ready to take their place on the event.

Follow up:

  • Promotion of wiki pages to aid follow up
  • Allow for the provision of emails: creation and use of business@transitiontownbrixton.org for correspondence on the evening