We want to hear from you for the City of Portland’s 2015 Community Summit! Will you join us for the 2015 City of Portland Community Summit Vision Round table We are very excited to inform you that we are moving forward with the visioning phase for the 2015 Community Summit. In an effort to make this a truly collaborative effort we have been very intentional about our process. We met with key representatives from all of the Office of Neighborhood Involvement’s community partners early to receive input as we began developing a strategic plan to use as starting point and that would be continuously revised as we moved along in the process with added input. Please click on this linkhttps://portlandoregon.gov/oni/article/504258 where you will find the latest edition of our strategic visioning plan for you to review the input gathered thus far. We drafted the strategic visioning plan during the month of August and we revised it during the month of September to include additional input from community partners. This bring us to the next phase in the vision process. We want to hear from you. We would like to extend an invitation to help that we gathering a diverse perspective during this process. We have three asks for you to consider: Ask 1: Join us Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 for a visioning roundtable meeting During this meeting we will be presenting the latest edition of the strategic visioning plan and asking for additional input goals, objectives, and themes, keynote speakers, workshops and other logistics. Ask 2: Identify and invite a delegate from you organization or group to join us Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 for a visioning roundtable meeting Ask3: Send input on goals, objectives, and themes, keynote speakers, workshops and other logistics to ensure you organization or group’s needs and perspectives inform the process Here are some highlights based on internal and community input for the visioning phase: 1. All ONI partners work together as equals to design summit 2. The summit should be relevant and valuable to each partner community 3. The summit should allow for ample networking opportunities 4. Invite City staff to attend as participants to learn from and engage with community 5. The summit should be relevant for professionals, experienced volunteers and new newcomer volunteers alike. 6. The summit should allow for public employees and community activists to collaborate on the process 7. The summit should be relevant to community needs around community and civic engagement We look forward to hearing from you! Please RSVP via email or phone to Victor Salinas [email protected] 503-823-3093 Meeting details: What: 2015 City of Portland Community Summit Vision Roundtable meeting Where: Portland Building Room B 1120 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97204 When: Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 Time: 5:30PM to 7:30PM #2015pdxcommunitysummit To help ensure equal access to City programs, services and activities, the City of Portland will provide translation, reasonably modify policies/procedures and provide auxiliary aids/services/alternative formats to persons with disabilities. For accommodations, translations, complaints, and additional information contact 503-823-3093, TTY 503-823-6868, or the Oregon Relay Service at (800) 735-2900 with such requests or visit portlandoregon.gov/bibs/48889
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