June/July 2017 Meetings
July 17 Meeting MInutes and July 24 Agenda
Thank you Louisa for the encouragement at our meeting on July 17th. We were given a bigger picture of what good work is being done in the world that, in signing our Charter and deciding what compassionate work will look like in our community, ties us into that work.
We left with the task at our adhoc meeting on Thursday to:
- research the work to communicate with the City Council, leading up to the signing on September 18th. Sr. Marlys is in touch with former City Council member Sandra Means for guidance. Louisa stressed the importance of our communication with them. We are working on a document with our talking points to take to your ward representative. and to our partners.
- Get the application on the charterforcompassion.org web site finished. This has been submitted. Application includes:
Focus:
Stewardship of universal values of kindness, love and compassion– Honoring and supporting compassionate thought and action already existing in our community
– Growing a culture of compassion as a binding force in our community
– Creating opportunities for meaningful multigenerational (word added July 10th)participation in compassionate actions
Goals & Objectives
- Identifying and acknowledging the existing programs, organizations, businesses, faith communities (my additions) and individuals in our community which are actively performing compassionate actions
- Partnering with programs, organizations, businesses, faith communities and individuals to further support their efforts to bring compassionate actions to Rochester.
- Convening educational and participatory forums for members of the community to cultivate compassionate actions.
Still needed
- website and social media - please step forward if you would like to help Al Lun, Loretta and myself with this important task
- our unique Compassionate City logo. Deb Newman is pursuing a designer.
Agenda for Monday's meeting:
- We intend to have fifteen partnerships identified and contacted by the signing date. We will begin a list of these partnerships and discuss what we need to approach them. We already have the Journey to Peace on October 22ndplanned as a partner. Come with ideas and who your are connected to.
- Regina's presentation on how to speak
July 10 Meeting Notes
Present: Cathy Ashton, Sr. Marlys, Rich VanDellen, Ashok Patel, Deb Newman, Mary Beth Thesing, Loretta Mogan, Paula Smith, Kathy Peterson.
Cathy will add Rich's granddaughter's email to the meetings. thesoundofbacon@gmail.com. Her name is Marligh.
Cathy gave an update on changing the date and venue for signing the City of Compassion Charter toSeptember 18th at the City Council Meeting. She is estimating that we will have 5-15 minutes on the City Council Agenda.
Conversation with Mayor Brede on June 28th.
- Reception after signing the Charter. Invitation will be on Face Book.
- Mayor will make sure this event will be in the media.
- CoC status with the city will need a fiscal agent. There is a small amount of funds the Mayor may use.
- Mayor will find a home for the Locks of Compassion structure.
Discussion stemming from the talk with Mayor Brede, Cathy brought up the following questions:
- What will our official capacity be within the city of Rochester.
- How will we represent the city.
- How will we sustain our goals. Important to use the word "sustainability"
- Formulate a curriculum, cultivate our culture, etc. Some ideas brought up by the group were self compassion, Inside out, Fearless Heart, Getting the library involved with a yearly Community Read, Using a video module to educate, etc.
- Wording for the Charter.
- Dr. Patel introduced Simon Sinek and advised us of a TED talk he gives on How Great Leaders Inspire. https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action
- see attachments of the Cornerstones from the Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center - from Dr. Patel
- Use benchmark programs to model our program.
AdHoc Committee report:
- Add the word "multigenerational" to the last focus area.
- Cathy working on the vision statement.
- Barb Kermisch working on resource list and checking on Rochester Area Foundation.
- Kathy Peterson reported briefly on the Public School meeting. There is a possibility that an Equity specialist group will be formed as a separate group or an arm of the school board. More information forthcoming.
- ongoing discussion of bringing compassion into the schools - Paula says to choose a pilot school.
- July 24th, Regina will talk to our large group to educate us on her perception of two groups in our community: the for profit business world vs. the nonprofit service world.
- Mary Beth announced she will offer a community sing at the Olmsted County Fair this year to give the unifying gift of music - an act of compassion
Social Media
- Al Lun and Cathy meeting on July 14th to discuss creating our social media, web page, Facebook, etc. for the CoC.
- offering many ideas for use of social media to interact with the community, share offerings of service
July 17th, Louisa Hext will be attending our meeting to give us organizational guidance.
July 10 General CoC Meeting Agenda
June 29 CoC Ad Hoc Committee Updates
City of Compassion Value Statements
- We believe that a compassionate world is a peaceful world
- We believe that a compassionate world is possible when every man, woman and child treats others as they wish to be treated - with dignity, equity and respect
- We believe that all human beings are born with the capacity for compassion, and that it must be cultivated for human beings to survive and thrive.
- Join to make compassion a clear, luminous and dynamic force in our polarized world. Embrace the compassion revolution.
June 22 Meeting
June 19, 2017 CoC Planning Team Meeting Agenda
Misc June 5 Meeting Notes:
Meetings
- The next meeting will be Monday June 19th in Walters at Assisi Heights.
- All meetings are 5:30 pm
- Continued schedule, please come as you are able.
- June 26
- No meeting July 3rd
- July 10th 17th, 24th, 31st
- August 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
- Signing the City Charter for Compassion August 30th, Peace Plaza, 12:00 - 1:30
Some themes that arose at our June 5th meeting:
- The need to sort through the organizational piece with the Charter for Compassion website guide https://www.charterforcompassion.org/communities/charter-tool-box-framework For those with organizational skills please come with a framework for us to work with.
- Rochester is program rich and perhaps our compassion initiative can be a force to unify good work being done for the many responses to suffering in our community. We do not need to create a new program. Al Lun's http://dmcbeam.org can be built upon.
- Should we approach the city to create a Compassion Commission so the message is not just coming from the Mayor but embedded within the city structure?
Each person suggest 5 people you would like to invite into the work to give influence, input, creative force....
- We can choose an initial focus, create a "dream for compassion in our community". What came up:
Children - elementary and use the arts for expression; a project in 2018 following the Locks of Compassion blast this summer responding to refugees. Paula Smith?
The Key Club in the schools; other suggestions?
The schools - interest in knowing more about the "From Cradle to Career" program, can we be a part of this? - RCTC's Compassion curriculum with Steve Juenemann; using Dr. Amit Sood's SMART training with teachers, school staff. Jean Marvin of the Rochester School Board has offered to be our portal into RPS.
Nurses training because of the increased need for nurses in our health care system