12-30-09

Icarus Coordinator Call

Annie
Angel
Molly
Will
Eric

confidential high donors on email?

Winter fundraising update

Stipends and roles

Plans and process for thank you

Jan / Feb meet schedule

Check-Ins

Winter fundraising update

12 more donors from second round of appeal letters

10K promised from high donor

great to track the links that got people donating, came from forum or from funding appeals etc.

foundation grants 

should we research new areas of grant availability

strategic planning - goals and priorities around work this coming year

case statement - same language and same information, craft into customizable

take a look at who has funded us, and who we've applied to. Look at areas they fund, see how matches up to our areas of program

annie - be aware shifting priorities of funders in new economic situations

annie -- will follow up with Tony Wood / ittleson. Also NYCT

strategic planning /

molly -- kieran offered facilitation support mad mapping wellness icarus

molly -- do in beginning of february when madigan is back

Thank You's to donors

eric passed along donor forum members -- molly sending PM's to forum members. 20+ folks

at about 50 donors right now

do we have mailing addresses for donors? Eric -- yes -- through credit cards on salsa

angel - designing thank you card

chart out what next calls are focused  - Jan / Feb meet schedule

thank you card and sticker to all donors with addresses.

eric - maybe if good timeline in plan, maybe even one page note about here's our focused areas for the year?

molly - after the new year email blast - here's focus, here's results of campaign, sign up for activism alerts, volunteer opportunities

get the cards and stickers out now

angel - make a few extra thank you cards to send to molly. make extras

thank you -- make really broad as a thank you, not date or financial reference but broad "thank you"

annie -- doing major donor follow up

annie -- making sure to INPUT people on FJC into Salsa database

Stipends and Roles

no one except Angel got december checks yet -- sent out late this month

keep hustling on fundraising, focus on membership development because of our vulnerability to whim of high donors

proposal -- keep stipends as they are for now, revisit roles and stipends as ongoing conversation

stipends not separable from wellness and structure conversation. break into smaller components

organizational wellness/roles and responsibilities/stipends-finances mixing in with work

what does wellness look like for this organization

commit as an organization to planning more in advance if we need to reduce stipends etc.

Will -- putting together housekeeping list of keeping icarus going bare bones necessities and program, sending this out for brainstorming purpose

Molly -- get paid in January and end in February; Annie notifying FJC

Kieran potentially needing an honorarium


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Planning Next Calls / dates for Coordinator Calls

priority topics for call dates

unsure when Madigan back

Salsa Orientation

next week group call on Salsa JAN 6th

>>>>> Jan 13th - EMAIL BLAST FOLLOW UP, What info capture on Salsa, Community Mobilizing / Engaging Community, some website retooling thinking

>>>>> MAD MAPPING ICARUS JAN 20th, 27th, Feb 3rd

Website Re-Development discussion

Drupal upgrade done in January sometime - Eric and Nick on this

Calendar and To Do list on Organic Groups - viewable by everyone / changeable?

create some calendaring for Icarus

Check Outs

full moon