Dovetail Meeting

Dovetail Members-

For all those able/interested to attend, you are invited to a Dovetail
Collective planning/brainstorming meeting in Ann Arbor on Wednesday,
August 16th. It will be held at the apartment/backyard of Erik Hall,
probably starting at 5:30 pm, followed by potluck dinner at 7:30. We
will be discussing a number of topics, including: subscriptions, grant
funding, frequency of publication, layout and content ideas, and
working to create a mission statement(see below for proposed agenda
draft).

If interested, please come to the meeting with a draft or ideas for a
mission statement for the Dovetail. For those of you unable to attend,
you can send me your thoughts on the mission statement as well as other
topics on the agenda and I will make sure they are read at the meeting.
The minutes from the meeting will be sent out to the entire group.

Please bring drinks, bread, dessert, or another favorite dish to
share(for eating) and blankets (for sitting in the backyard.)

A proposed agenda draft is below. Let me know if you would like to
add/modify anything.

RSVP to me by Thursday, August 10th if you will be attending and I'll
send you more details re: location and time

hurrah!

emily

Dovetail Collective Planning Meeting, 8.16.06
Agenda Draft

I. (5:30) Arrive

II. (6:00-6:20) Mission Statement Brainstorm/Drafting
-What is the Dovetail Collective?

III. (6:20-6:35) Division of Labor
-Banker, layout, mailing, etc.

IV. (6:35-6:55) Money:
A. Subscriptions
B. Opening a Dovetail Bank Account
C. Sustaining the Dovetail--possible grant funding?
-form committee to investigate

V. (6:55-7:10) Layout and Content Brainstorm
-logo, stamps, new segments?
-What do you like? What should change?

VI. (7:10-7:20) Future Themes:
-food issue, map issue
-Audio edition or alternative media edition each year?

VII. (7:20-7:30) Frequency:
-How many issues per year? remain bi-monthly?

VIII. (7:25-7:30) Communication amongst the Collective
- Enhance blog? Create Wiki