Joint Work Meeting
On April 20, 2012 all the Work Groups met together for the first time. The project is a little over a year old. The first milestone, Strengthening our Communities – Civic Forums on Regional Strengths and Challenges was completed in early March. It was an exciting morning. Sixty Work Group members attended. They walked away energized and with a good understanding of the complexity and depth this project. Below is link to a summary of the meeting.
Summary of Joint Work Group Meeting
Want to join a Work Group?
Send an email to info@triadsustainability.org indicating which work group you would be interested in joining. You can also check the calendar for the next meeting and sign up for the email list!
- Support Systems
- Development Pattern
- Healthy Communities
- Housing
- Mobility Systems
- Economic/Workforce Development
- Green Infrastructure
- Climate Adaption & Energy
- Implementation
View a description of work groups – click here!
Expectations for Work Groups (Working Copy)
As of July 18, 2011
The Work Groups are designed to assist with completion of the regional plan and enhance the public engagement efforts. This project belongs to YOU and the rest of the residents of the Piedmont Triad. Your commitment is vital to the success of the project. There are various levels of engagement within each Work Group. If you cannot attend the meetings you can still receive materials and draft documents and be part of the conversation. Many of the Work Groups are using on-line meeting tools and conference calling.
Administrative
It is recommended that the Work Group provide co-leadership from its membership. The coleaders
would set the next meeting, set the agenda and run the meeting. The SCRPP Project
Team can provide staff, technical support and direction for the group.
Technical
- Use the project messages, goal and objective to guide you efforts.
- Identify, highlight and existing projects, programs, etc. that already addressing sustainable topics.
- Develop specific work products related to the work group’s focus.
- Validate data, principles, and implementation tools.
- Provide metrics or data items for growth scenario modeling.
- Develop sustainable principles, projects, methods related to the work group’s focus under these two categories list below.
- Assist with prepare documentation for HUD and plan final document.
Communications
- Meet (face to face or virtually) at least one a month, perhaps every two to three weeks.
- Prepare content or articles for the project web site during the life of the project.
- Prepare responses to email/web site comments, as needed.
- Engage in communication and outreach through your personnel and professional contacts in addition to the overall project efforts.
- Document work group actions and submit electronically to Project Manager monthly.
- Maintain a roster of work group participants.
- Work Group meetings will be considered “Public Meetings” meeting all are welcome, provide notice of meetings through the web site, keep records of meetings (items discussed, assignments and decisions made) and post them on the project web site. TRANSPARANCY IS IMPORTANT!
General Project Assistance
- Attend regional public forum events.
- Provide assistance with public/stakeholder/community public engagement meetings.
Finally… Utilize sustainable practices in everything you do.