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 * Meeting 1/10/09**
 * Agenda
 * Meet each other
 * Pick Class times and place
 * Talk about work for the Week
 * Create an Email List
 * Discuss ideas for class


 * __Assignments Week 1 for completion by Thursday at 5__**
 * [|Read Letter by Michael Pollan]
 * Read the latest draft of the Co-op's Business Plan
 * Develop a good understanding of Business Plan's at http://www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/plan/writeabusinessplan/index.html.
 * As you learn about the Co-op and business plan's think critically. How could the Co-op be better or different than it is as currently proposed? How can our business plan be improved?
 * Join the Wiki.


 * Meeting 1/15/09**
 * Discuss what we've learned.
 * Eat a meal.
 * Set-up another meeting time.


 * Meeting 1/29/09**

Select: --your top three choices for our fundamental terms of business if we are going to try and run through Sodexo, and --your contribution to the newsletter--just a short paragraph about your vision, something educational, or whatever you want

__PROJECT DESIGNATION__ //Continuit//y- Juliana, Alyson //Health and Safet//y-Jeff E, Leo //Education//- Patricia, Grace, Dillon //Marketing and Outreach//- Cate, Jeff E, Grace, Juliana //Finances (//Insurance)- Jeff K //Operations//- //Food-// Coco, Claire //Budget// (fund raising/grants)-
 * Meeting 1/29/09**
 * Learned about voting by consensus and using facilitation during meetings. Agreed to incorporate these skills into future meetings.
 * Decided to meet twice a week-once for class, and once for work parties.
 * Co-op newsletter will come out once a quarter. Topics DUE to Grace by no latter than Monday, 2/7.

Potential future assignments:


 * Take the U.S. Small Business Department's online course on business plan writing at http://app1.sba.gov/training/sbabp/index.htm, download your certificate of completion, and email it to student.coop.wwu@gmail.com

Nicole Brown came to talk about grants and grant writing. //Grants are change oriented, if a change is not going to occur it is likely we wont get a grant.// Can western write a grant to start the co-op? USDA, state of WA--> healthy food to schools and farm to cafeteria (Gregoire) Idea was to form a team of grant writers, supported by students and faculty to write a grant to start the co-op at WWU. Need to think about what WWU would be giving up.
 * Meeting Feb 3rd, 2009**

WRITING PROCESS strategic assessment -what are the needs for the organizations? -we need to get hard #s--> survey, data etc. FOOD MILEAGE

Learning through living--> this was a big aspect of the discussions at "What does Sustainability Literacy look like at WWU?" meeting with faculty

//FOR NEXT WEEK, EVERYONE SHOULD BRING IN ONE GRANT THAT THEY HAVE FOUND, GARNERED AT AN INDIVIDUAL OR THE COMMUNITY. ALSO EACH PERSON RESEARCHES ONE ASPECT OF THESE TOPICS://
 * RECRUITMENT TO WWU
 * NUTRITION
 * EDUCATION
 * LOCAL FOOD AND ECONOMY

The general context of a cooperative effort between the Students for Sustainable Food and University Dining Serves was outlined:
 * February 26**

Students for Sustainable Foods • Develop menu • Identify local products • Develop local farm relationships • Consult on hours of operation • Develop education aspects • Influence look and feel of platform • Design special events • Publicity and marketing

University Dining Services • Hire and train serving staff, first fight of refusal for students in club • Purchase products, assure risk management and liability • Assure health and safety: storage, preparation, sanitation, & service • Quality assurance: healthy department certification and inspection • Purchase and maintenance of equipment and life/safety systems • Assure appropriate cash handling, payroll, and financial accounting • Ongoing updates concerning operations and purchases