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Covering costs
by Greg Laudeman, Ed.D. Feb. 3, 2026

Feb. 3, 2026

Great event last night! What an amazing kickoff! Not to jump right into financial issues, but I covered the $375 service fee (which is very reasonable but still…) for the facility. Unfortunately, I cannot do this in the future. Frankly, I need to be making money, not spending it. I’ve added two paid tickets to the first dialogue. One is “pay what you want,” with a $10 suggested contribution for “Supporter". The other, “Benefactor” ticket is for $20. We will see how this goes. Let’s keep planning in earnest but, if we cannot fully cover the cost for the first dialogue plus some, we will need to radically changing plans for the dialogues. We will discuss today but just wanted to be clear and frank about the situation and need to find financial support for Study Group activities. — Greg Laudeman, Ed.D. Executive Officer and Principal Eduity, LLC www.eduity.net greg(a)eduity.net 706-271-5521

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OK, I lied...
by Greg Laudeman, Ed.D. Feb. 3, 2026

Feb. 3, 2026

… one last email bcc’ing everyone who has expressed interest in participating on the Chattanooga Venturing Study Group to remind you that: All internal CVSG email communications going forward will be via cvsg(a)list.chattanooga.digital. Please add it to your contacts and/or safe senders list. You should have an invitation to join in your inbox or junk/spam folder. If you do not, you can subscribe at https://list.chattanooga.digital/mailman3/lists/cvsg.list.chattanooga.digit…. You can also create an account with that service to access archives, etc. IF YOU ARE NOT SUBSCRIBED TO THIS LIST YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE GROUP EMAILS IN THE FUTURE. The CVSG regular meeting for February is today. Our agenda is to: Review CVSG goals from last month's meeting Better understand “the Chattanooga Way,” what Venture did and how it did it by reviewing how it addressed issues in its “commitment portfolio” and how those emerged from its “challenge agenda” and how that agenda was set. Identify questions people have about Venture. Gather input about what people want and value in our community as we do. Connect and engage people representative of our community, particularly those who can engage and speak for various parts of the community, to learn with us. Establish infrastructure to achieve these goals: for capturing historical information about Venture and related initiatives, connecting people to learn, identifying and sharing critical factors for community venturing, maintaining a network of learners. Educate people about Venture and community venturing, raise awareness of the study group, and seek support for our program. Discuss the 2026 program Initiatiate a task force to assist with the 2026 program and determine what’s next for the Study Group beyond our 2026 program Establish organizational and personal learning objectives How do you plan to use knowledge from Venture, what do you plan to do with it? For your convenience a calendar file for our regular meetings is attached. You can find additional information about the CVSG online at https://chattanooga.digital/chattanooga-venturing and register for events, including dialogue sessions and regular meetings, at https://luma.com/ChattanoogaVenturing. Feel free to email me directly with any questions or suggestions. Please forward this email to others who might be interested and encourage them to complete the interest form by clicking here <https://cloud.eduity.net/apps/forms/s/KbHkwnS9TtBcBb5fSNFoKmA8>. Sincerely, — Greg Laudeman, Ed.D. Executive Officer and Principal Eduity, LLC www.eduity.net greg(a)eduity.net 706-271-5521

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Chattanooga Venturing Study Group communications and regular meeting 2/3/26
by Greg Laudeman, Ed.D. Jan. 29, 2026

Jan. 29, 2026

All internal CVSG email communications going forward will be via cvsg(a)list.chattanooga.digital. Please add it to your contacts and/or safe senders list. You should have an invitation to join in your inbox or junk/spam folder. If you do not, you can subscribe at https://list.chattanooga.digital/mailman3/lists/cvsg.list.chattanooga.digit…. You can also create an account with that service to access archives, etc. IF YOU ARE NOT SUBSCRIBED TO THIS LIST YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE GROUP EMAILS IN THE FUTURE. If you are subscribed you will be able to communicate to all group members simply by emailing the list address, cvsg(a)list.chattanooga.digital. Please be cognizant of this and respectful of others on the list by not emailing off-topic or spurious information. Anyone who does so will be banned from the list. The agenda for our next meeting is: CVSG goals from January 6th meeting: Better understand “the Chattanooga Way,” what Venture did and how it did it by reviewing how it addressed issues in its “commitment portfolio” and how those emerged from its “challenge agenda” and how that agenda was set. Identify questions people have about Venture. Gather input about what people want and value in our community as we do. Connect and engage people representative of our community, particularly those who can engage and speak for various parts of the community, to learn with us. Establish infrastructure to achieve these goals: for capturing historical information about Venture and related initiatives, connecting people to learn, identifying and sharing critical factors for community venturing, maintaining a network of learners. Educate people about Venture and community venturing, raise awareness of the study group, and seek support for our program. Organizational and personal learning objectives How do you plan to use knowledge from Venture, what do you plan to do with it? Task force to assist with the 2026 program and determine what’s next for the Study Group beyond our 2026 program For your convenience a calendar file for our regular meetings is attached. You can find additional information about the CVSG online at https://chattanooga.digital/chattanooga-venturing and register for events, including dialogue sessions and regular meetings, at https://luma.com/ChattanoogaVenturing. Feel free to email me directly with any questions or suggestions. Please forward this email to others who might be interested and encourage them to complete the interest form by clicking here <https://cloud.eduity.net/apps/forms/s/KbHkwnS9TtBcBb5fSNFoKmA8>. Sincerely, — Greg Laudeman, Ed.D. Executive Officer and Principal Eduity, LLC www.eduity.net greg(a)eduity.net 706-271-5521

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Testing again
by Greg Laudeman Jan. 23, 2026

Jan. 23, 2026

This is a test -- GL

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Another test
by Greg Laudeman Jan. 23, 2026

Jan. 23, 2026

Testing again. — Greg Laudeman glaudeman(a)gmail.com 706-271-5521

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(no subject)
by Kate Rudder Jan. 23, 2026

Jan. 23, 2026

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