Inaugural Meeting Year

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COMMUNICATION

Sharing information – Developing relationships with each other

“Our Role as Grant Makers”

“What is emerging today for us as grant makers in the region?”

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Learning together

1.   Reviewing the Oregon Shines Bench Marks, (Dee Anne Everson, United Way of Jackson County)

2.   Building Effective Non-Profits, (Roi Crouch, Researcher & Consultant)

3.   Dialogue with Senator Ron Wyden “How has local and regional philanthropy and the public sector engaged productively to address large community problems/ concerns/impact on lives?”

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Planning

For Collective Action

1.   Interest in Non-Profit Management & Resource Development Capacity in Southern Oregon

2.   Interest in exploring how we would like to continue to learn together as funders-public and private for the benefit of the region.

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ACTION!

Take Action on What We have Learned

1.   Agreement to a group Purpose.

2.   Agreement to Four Levels of engagement.

3.   Agreement to communication through email.

4.   Agreement for few rules for participation.

5.   Agreement to have a convener; Gordon Elwood Foundation offered to initiate upcoming meetings and act as the communication hub.

6.   Agreement to be a “testing group” for the idea of allowing all kinds of funders to participate as a way for Grantmakers of Oregon & South West Washington (GOSW) to see how it works to have operating foundations in the room with potential funders.