Riverfest Core Group Meeting
February 27, 2008
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Discovery Center
680 SW Bancroft St.
(map and driving directions: http://www.southwaterfront.com/discovery_center)
Meeting Objectives:
• Assure success: Zero-in on “keystone” events that are musts for Riverfest (inc. those already-occurring and ones we’ll create).
• Identify additional—but realistic—desired events.
• Identify and assign tasks.
• Identify what other organizations or groups we should be talking with.
Recommended Agenda
1. Introductions
2. Riverfest Recap
3. Event Walk-Through and Planning Update
5. Riverfest Funding
6. Closing comments, news-sharing, and next steps
Comments and Suggestions:
If you have comments you didn’t get a chance to make or preferred to make them off-line, please consider writing them below and/or on the back, and hand them to Rick or one of the Helm members.
Facilitator’s Agenda
Riverfest Core Group Meeting
February 27, 2008
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Discovery Center
680 SW Bancroft St.
(map and driving directions: http://www.southwaterfront.com/discovery_center)
Meeting Objectives:
• Assure success: Zero-in on “keystone” events that are musts for Riverfest (inc. those already-occurring and ones we’ll create).
• Identify additional—but realistic—desired events.
• Identify and assign tasks.
• Identify what other organizations or groups we should be talking with.
Recommended Agenda
• Hand out agenda
• Go thru objectives
• Ask if agenda OK
• Ask who will take notes
• comments can be jotted down on bottom/back of agenda
1. Introductions (5m.)
Pass around sign-in sheet (room on back)
2. Riverfest Recap (10 m.)
3. Event Walk-Through and Planning Update (50 m.)
Handout:
• note that calendar is on back of agenda
• task worksheet
Call attention to objectives
5. Riverfest Funding (10 m.)
• Figure we need $115-120K
o HAND OUT CHEAT SHEET
• City $50K budget request
• Willamette Fun(d) challenge grant
• Healy grant application
• ask Stephanie to note the potential under Vision-to-Action
• ask Rachael to talk about the Port’s interest
ALSO NOTE COMMUNITY BUDGET FORUM
6. Closing comments, news-sharing, and next steps (10 m.)
• set meeting date
• get any written comments