Attendees: Marc Antoine, Doreen Miller, Heidi Moesinger, and Taufiq Dhanani
Des Rohan was unable to attend but said that he would review the list of local merchants for our membership campaign.
Flyering the CSHCA area
- Marc spoke with Des and Rosemary Powers about flyering. Cristo Rey will be available to help Monday through Thursday through June 10.
- Des will get back to us about target areas.
- We could reach out to members to engage their non-member neighbors on their street.
- Create a survey targeting community members to join.
- Include the idea of sharing a flyer one has received.
- Include short blurbs about the various committees and when they meet.
- Have the president send out the email.
Dot Day Parade Tabling June 5
- Marc will speak with the transmission place on the corner of Savin Hill and Dorchester Avenues.
- Set up at 1 PM and break down when the crowd dies down. Marc has a table.
- The table will include flyers and free seed packets.
- Marc will check into what happens if it rains.
Merchant Member Campaign
- Postcards
- At the June general membership meeting, request a vote to approve $150 to cover printing, mailing labels, and postage.
- Heidi shared the postcard draft, which we edited.
- Target date for sending out postcards is mid-August.
- Follow-up non-responses with phone calls or in-person visits. Someone who has connections with business owners would be best to use for those businesses.
- Merchant member Google document
- Update point of contact information where possible.
- Taufiq will put a linked copy of this into the shared E-Board Google folder.
- Merchant Member donation tiers should be voted on and approved in the June vote. Ask Des if it needs to be sent to the E-Board first before the June meeting vote.
- Merchant Membership form
- Taufiq will create a separate form for merchant members.
- On the form include a Y/N question as to whether a merchant would also consider sponsoring events in addition to its membership fee.
- Include salient examples of the kinds of activities and events their membership will be supporting.
- Taufiq is working on setting up a way for members to pay via PayPal.
- OEC should send a recommendation to the E-Board and general membership that merchant membership dues go into the general fund to be distributed according to annual budget and needs of each committee, administration costs, as well as any charitable causes, as approved by the general membership.
- Merchant and Sponsor recognition page
- Taufiq will create a mock-up of that page so that merchants can see what it will look like.
- Merchants will be listed by tier with the big donors at the top and in larger font.
- Include a word of thanks and encouragement for members to support those businesses who are members.
- If the Merchant Member campaign is successful, we will recommend reducing the community membership fee back down to $5.
Action Items
- Send Requests to President Elizabeth Doyle for June membership meeting votes.
- Approval of merchant member tiers
- Money ($150) for the merchant member postcard campaign
- Marc will draft and send out a survey by Wednesday, 5/18 to the OEC members including Des Rohan for approval before sending it to the E-Board members.
- Marc will send his headshot to Heidi for posting on the website.
- We should consider ways to increase the OEC membership.
Next Meeting: See CSHCA calendar.