Thanks to everyone who shared their learning objectives during our last regular meeting on March 3rd. I got six of the forms back from folks. While these have different particular issues and objectives, all said they wanted to see an overall community vision and for their personal visions to fit within it. If you would like to share your objectives for the group, you can do that by clicking here and completing the brief online form <https://cloud.eduity.net/apps/forms/s/753R2pYTPTMGBsTQoLjC7sXL>. The goals we identified at our January meeting were to: 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. The best way to do these things is to apply lessons from Venture, to do them the Chattanooga Way. To that end, I propose the group adapt and adopt Venture’s general approach and set of topics to identify what people see as our challenges as a community and what they would like to see for and in our community: People - care, education, and wellness for all Place - our built and natural environment Play - our arts, culture, and recreation Purchase - our earning and spending power Public - essential services that benefit all Let’s start engaging others in the community in the dialogue, remembering that the overall purpose is to turn talk into action. How should we do this? I’ll provide a general framework based on lessons from Venture at our next regular meeting. Any thoughts you might have would be welcomed in the meantime! PS, who can help with logistics, etc., next Monday? Please, share information about that event and invite others who are interested in the topic to attend! — Greg Laudeman, Ed.D. Executive Officer and Principal Eduity, LLC www.eduity.net greg@eduity.net 706-271-5521