Transition Longfellow Tasks to be Redistributed and Shared

Marketing/Communications (can be done by one, easier if done by 2)

• Create newsletter 3-5 days before the first of the month or the date of the first event

• Post newsletter on Facebook

• Prepare a 2nd newsletter to go out on the Monday before movie night

• Create facebook events

• Post event notices on NextDoor

• Post activities on MeetUp

• Update website

• Write press release for The Messenger

• Create a Transition Longfellow flyer with listing of regularly scheduled activities (whatever is known in advance)

• Create a posterboard to use when tabling at community events

• Table at neighborhood events

• Update mailing list

Programs (each program/activity should have a team, but planning is usually done at the core team level)

• Beginning in Oct-Nov, gather ideas for programs that people may want, using Facebook and newsletter, and what people have said they want, and what other Transition groups are doing around the country.

• Create a proposed yearly program calendar

• Introduce it at the annual pancake breakfast and invite people to sign up - also list in newsletter and on facebook

• Secure speakers/teachers for activities using facebook and newsletter

• Secure locations

• Seek activity volunteers through newsletter and facebook

• Create registration forms

• Create flyers and post at local coffeehouses and bulletin boards

• Duplicate handouts for events

Chard Your Yard (part of a team)

• Include CYY in newsletter and newspaper article

• Write application to LCC and get on agenda of environment committee

• Advertise for volunteers through newsletter, facebook and newspaper beginning in March

• Set up website to accept volunteers and garden sign-ups

• Contact fiscal agent to arrange insurance coverage

• Connect with Hennepin County master gardeners to offer Veggie Basics class

• Handle money at the veggie basics class and pay for refreshments

Community Engagement (can be part of communications function, but tabling should be a fun, shared activity)

• Respond to inquiries from website, facebook, LCC or Transition US

• Participate in community events representing Transition Longfellow

• Share info from community events on Facebook page

• Participate with Transition Twin Cities events

Governance (core team function)

• Re-register the group with the State of Minnesota each year

• Serve as one of the 3 required officers for state registration

• Pay for website