Recordings from Task Groups

Organizational Sustainability Kickoff Meeting

December 14th, 2023

We had some awesome conversations today, touching on topics such as:

• Sustainability of knowledge: When a person who runs a gleaning program leaves, the program often dies - especially when progress or learnings are not able to be passed on.

• Membership development expert hub structure

• Possibly a Washington State Gleaning Network version of AGO’s Coffee Chat, to address common themes

• Equipment wish list / Resource List

Organizational Sustainability 2nd Meeting

January 3rd, 2023

We had some awesome conversations today, re-touching on some topics from the previous meeting and digging deeper. Some of those conversations included:

• Announcing the beginning of the Okanogan Gleaning Network 

• The logistics involved with distribution issues such as sharing resources, staff or volunteer capacity and collaborative opportunities

• Considering area-specific representative "hubs" that could not only share resources but also food, funding, knowledge sharing,  group gleans, sharing food, sharing staff, etc.

• And more! 

Organizational Sustainability 3rd Meeting

January 30, 2023

In this meeting we had some great conversation, throwing around ideas to fill in details for the reports we will present at the next monthly network meeting.

Bridging the Divide Kickoff Meeting

December 14, 2023

This is the first meeting for the Bridging the Divide Task Group.

Bridging the Divide 3rd Meeting

January 25, 2024

The third Bridge the Divide Task Group meeting in which we discuss in more depth our deliverable report of great ideas to share in our next monthly network meeting.

Network Vision & Structure Kickoff Meeting

December 7th, 2023

This is the kick off meeting in December 2023 for the Network Vision & Structure Task Group. In this meeting we began to brainstorm some great ideas on how this network could be structured.

Network Vision & Structure 2nd Meeting

January 18th, 2024

 We had some incredibly productive conversation about vision statements and came up with a few fantastic drafts. These drafts will be shared for feedback in the next monthly network meeting. 

Network Vision & Structure 3rd Meeting

January 31, 2024

This meeting's agenda involved picking a vision statement and discussing why, as well as beginning to brainstorm future housing options for the network.

Network Vision & Structure 4th Meeting

February 12, 2024

In this meeting we revised the vision statement, based on network feedback. And we began to consider how a foundational structure could embody the needs and ideas laid out by the other Task Groups.

Network Vision & Structure 5th Meeting

February 20, 2024

In this meeting we continued our conversation around a facilitator role as an option for housing the network and discussed how we might utilize community connection and regional hubs to bring us all together.

Network Vision & Structure 6th Meeting

March 12, 2024

In this meeting we began to dig more into obstacles we may face as a network and resources we think will be key to creating a network that serves and connects gleaners within our communities and the broader state. 

Network Vision & Structure 8th Meeting

April 9th, 2024

In today's meeting we discussed what value an advisory committee would add and what role responsibility could look like. We also introduced the Good Food Forum platform and discussed its value as not only a collaborative platform but also, if it becomes a useful tool, a big success for the WGN, keeping in mind our Task Group goals.