Juneau (2), Soldotna, Fairbanks, Petersburg, Denali, Kenai
- Talked more about the shape of the organization.
- Indivisible partnership? (More resources)
- Getting a chapter together
- Communities who are already doing this: write up how they do events, lessons learned
- Survey out to individuals. Aggregate out at state level. Push back down to community levels.
- Allow people to fund specific projects instead of party general fund.
- Not reliant on outside funding
- Ways to track in-kind or volunteer hours.
Reviewed Disposition Rubric – Developed by the Dispositions Task Force.
Reviewed meeting agreements from First Alaskans Institute
Proposed structural elements for statewide Gatherings (Frequency/Monthly)
- Alaska Neighbors Party allows anyone to participate in our community, social or work groups, and statewide gatherings. Participants in our statewide meetings will adhere to our norms for civil discussion.
- A group of at least 3 members may call a meeting.
- At least one of those members should be residing in a different city than the others.
- Share the date, time, and link at least 5 days before the proposed meeting posted in Discord/Signal
- Group must keep notes on who attended and what was discussed
- Place to share what has been worked on in Work Groups/Social Groups/Community Groups
- Members who cannot make the specific date/time may send in items for consideration
- Any member may propose agenda items
- No hierarchical structure, but there should be a facilitator (rotating role)
- Statewide will work on surveys to push down to community/workgroups/social groups
- Statewide will aggregate information from community/workgroups/social groups and send back for feedback before publishing on website
- Website information will reflect the gradients in thinking. Areas where most members agree and areas of concern that some members have.
Work Groups/Social Groups -At least 2 members meeting together in-person or online
- Best efforts to share date, time, and location before proposed work group
- Notes/Work Product to be shared at the Statewide Gatherings
Community Groups
- Group of at least 2 members (or if a small community: paired with another small community or neighboring community)
- Deeper discussion of local issues, discuss survey/small group questions
- Summarize important topics to share at Statewide Gathering
- Workgroups/Social Groups and Community groups may propose their own local structures
Potential Partner Organizations / Individuals:
- Standup Alaska
- Matsu United for Progress
- Local ANB/ANS
- Current independents in AKLEG
Stance
- Collaborating with partner organizations with things already in motion
- Inviting experts in field to share information
- Inviting dissenters
