7/29/2019 2013 Birth Matters Open Meeting Notes

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7/29/2019 2013 Birth Matters Open Meeting Notes

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3. Membership/Supporter: Organize membership, create and

maintain a listserve

4. Marketing: Identify new marketing opportunities, and

implement strategies including FaceBook and other social mediachannels (update and share BM information and events)

5. Website: Provide ongoing feedback about the Birth MattersWebsite to BMVA State, and maintain/update our chapter's

information regularly

4. Ask for Input from the communitya. If Birth Matters could be or do anything your heart desires for the Richmond Birth

Community, what might that look like?

b. Are you aware of any specific gaps in need that BM can fill? (Information gaps,

education gaps, community members not seeing how they fit into the organization, etc.)Keep in mind the mission statement.

c. Are there particular activities or events that you would like to see BM include in theirplan for 2013?

Ideas:

***more open meetings, social opportunities to recruit more communityinvolvement (mommy play groups, adult "playgroups"); awards for practitioners;

new Birth Matters flyer/rack card; have booths or info stations at various spots-

festivals, malls, (RIR, Indian festival, etc.); co-ordinate with nursing students-

MCV; reach out to more organizations doing similar work- Health Dept, Becausewe are sisters, Chip, Family Life line, WIC; show more films, more often, to

smaller groups (bring back the business of being born).

5. Next Steps: Send an email message to those who mentioned interest in either leading a committee,

or supporting and staffing local events. More details will be provided then about

determining a date and time for our first meeting, etc. Date set for next meeting

Saturday, February 9th 1-3 pm at Ellwood Thompson Community Room.

We will discuss the ideas we heard tonight, and share them with the appropriate

committees for consideration.

Please respond with:

1. If you have looked over the website and have any input give specifics about what youwould like to see, what you are confused by, if you had trouble navigating, etc

2. If there is a committee you want to be a part of and how involved you can be. This is just

to get an idea, not a formal commitment.3. If you can attend the next meeting scheduled forSaturday, February 9th 1-3 pm at

Ellwood Thompson Community Room.

4. Also, feel free to share with others!