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AGENDA
10:00 – Registration [Special thanks to Lauren Tucker for staffing the registration table!]
10:30 – Call to order and welcome – Jonathan Peck
10:40 – “What Have We Learned? Where Are We Going?” – Tom Tresser [follow link for text and audio of remarks]
11:00 – We Want To Hear You – Small group sessions – please answer these questions. Appoint a scribe and a spokesperson to report back.
(1) Vision: What makes Chicago great from your perspective?
(2) Strategies and Assets: What are the key strategies and assets that need to be brought to bear in order to make Chicago great?
(3) People: Name people who should be leading official City of Chicago departments and key branches of government in order to deliver the vision, and to make sure our strategies and assets are brought to bear on what kind of Chicago we need and want for our children, youth and families?
11:50am – Re-assemble and hear report from each group.
12:00pm – Break for lunch – Please sit with people from your ward or adjacent wards. Lunch provided by the Robust Coffee Lounge.
12:05pm – Lunch & Civic Networking – Please discuss and record the top issues in your ward.
12:45pm – Call back to order – report back from the ward caucuses.
1pm – Skill building presentations:
(A) Why/How To Start an IPO – Representatives from the 12th Ward, 25th Ward and 35th Ward IPOs
(B) How To Gather Petitions for 2019 Candidates/How To Keep Candidate On the Ballot – Andy Finko
3:05pm – Call back to order
3:10 – Check-in, comments, final words
