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Location: At the Senior Center in Twisp, WA
Friday, April 29
6:00 – 9:00 PM - Dinner, Project Reports and Workshop Overview: Twisp River Pub
Participants give progress reports on their local forestry co-op or association, focusing on the Action Plans developed during the first and second workshops.
Overview of agenda for Saturday through Sunday and optional activities on Monday.
Saturday, April 30
8:00 – 9:30 AM - Transition from “Get Set” to “Go”: Overview of key start-up issues, EG Nadeau
Incorporation
Governance
Multi-year business and financial plan
Hiring management
Raising capital
9:30 – 9:45 AM - Break
9:45 – 11:00 AM - Incorporation and governance, Joel Merkel
11:00 – 12:00 PM - Visit to Farmers’ Market – on your own
12:00 – 1:00 PM - Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 PM - Tour of OCDC log sort yard
and
2:00 – 3:00 PM - Tour of Methow Shoppe/Community Kitchen
3:00 – 3:45 PM - Co-op and non-profit accounting, John Henrikson
3:45 – 4:00 PM - Break
4:00 – 5:00 PM - Preparing a package
for seeking business loans, Lew Blakeney
5:00 – 5:30 PM - Wrap-up comments and questions for the day
Sunday, May 1
8:00 – 8:45 AM - Multi-year planning and performance measurement, EG Nadeau
8:45 – 9:45 AM - Panel Presentation on Sources of
funding
- Kirk Hanson on funding sources and the discipline of grant writing
- Debbie Lewis on developing funding plans and managing funding streams
9:45 – 10:00 AM -Break
10:00 – 11:30 AM - Marketing non-timber forest products, Jim Freed
11:30 – 12:15 PM - Small Group Sessions:
- Where is your co-op or in the development process?
- What steps are you planning to take in the next three months regarding legal status, a multi-year plan and raising funds?
12:15 – 1:00 PM - Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 PM - Participant Action Plans
Each participant describes the key start-up activities their group plan to do in the next three months.
2:00 – 2:30 PM - Discussion of Next Steps in the Workshop, Final Report and Workshop
Evaluation
3:30 – 5:00 PM - Optional visit to Michael Pilarski’s operation
Monday, May 2
Optional activities: Maybe a walk in the woods of a fire prone forest and how it is managed
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