3/27/2025 DNOVA Council Meeting
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Hybla Valley Community Center, WISH Center, 7950 Audubon Avenue, Alexandria VA 22306Hybla Valley Community Center, WISH Center, 7950 Audubon Avenue, Alexandria VA 22306
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09:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Greetings - Below please find a revised agenda - now with plenty of links! - for this Friday's meeting . . . and further below, find the minutes from our last Council meeting and a current directory of Council members.
REMINDER that we are meeting in a new location this time - Hybla Valley Community Center in Alexandria! There is plenty of parking available. Just plan ahead to negotiate traffic.
Minutes from the last meeting of the DNOVA Council: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1skE_K8MzTzaCWT0MB1CVFDgBIOLkFqr6ztE3DR8R4y0/edit?tab=t.0
Contact list for DNOVA Council members, here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f3ZpzJaWXAHshF4Zp_n1Y8IHXlbRnkud1Zzp9DlyNps/edit?usp=sharing
Baked goods, coffee and tea provided
Meeting Co-Chairs: Yolonda Earl-Thompson & Ben Manski
Notetaking: Nairuti Shastry
Quarterly Meeting - Friday, March 28, 2025
Agenda Review [09:00 - 09:05]
Check-Ins & Mindful Moment [09:05 - 09:15]
Reports and discussions [09:15 - 10:30]
Overview [09:15 - 09:20]
DNOVA Summit Committee - Aftab [09:20 - 10:00]
See: DNOVA Summit II
April 26-27, 2025 - Fairfax GMU (Merton Hall, Horizon Hall)
Presentation of Program and invitation for workshops and participation
Discussion of outreach
General discussion re: goals, next steps
Technology Committee - Elkner [10:00 - 10:30]
An introduction to our Decidim platform: https://dnova.nextsystem.org/
Break [10:30 - 10:45]
DNOVA Assessment - Manski [10:45 - 11:00]
Following up on Meeting re: One Fairfax CWB report
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Next steps for the assessment
DNOVA Council - Manski [11:00 - 11:20]
Welcoming new members and observers!
Member recruitment: Report and discussion
Regular Business [11:20 - 11:45]
Schedule of meetings for 2025: [11:20 - 11:25]
Friday, June 6, 9am-Noon is our next meeting. Where do we want to meet?
Scheduling our September, December meetings
Sharing news from our organizations, agencies, institutions, and communities [11:25 - 11:45]
Next System Speakers, April 1, 8, 22
Next System Convergence, April 3-4
Resist & Build, Atlanta, May 1-5
what else?
New Business [11:45 - 11:50]
Mindful Moment [11:50 - 11:55]
Check Out And Adjourn [11:55 - 12:00]
Partekatu