An Update From R.A.C.E.

R.A.C.E. was formed through the hard work and efforts of many Rosalia, Malden, Thornton, and Pine City community members. It began with a Northwest Area Foundation Horizons grant in the fall of 2008 and was managed by Washington State University Extension. Eighteen months later, we graduated the Horizons program and Rosalia Association for Community Enrichment was formed. Through months of evening meetings and the dedication of many, the bylaws and Articles of Incorporation were written. We are now officially a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation.


In the fall of 2008, roughly 100 community members gathered to share their ideas for community improvement and poverty reduction. The evening resulted in the naming of four areas of priority "action items" in which citizens would like to see someone take action. The areas were communication, recreation, jobs, and the John Wayne Trail.

 The Milwaukee Whistler newsletter, is just one of the actions that R.A.C.E. is taking to improve communication. We hope to expand and improve this publication with the help of volunteers and input from the communities we serve.

 The third annual R.A.C.E.-sponsored softball game is planned for Battle Days weekend and will provide families with an opportunity to enjoy our city park together.

 A community garden is in the planning stage. Vegetables from the garden will be donated to the local food pantry. Families will have the opportunity to work on the garden together. Volunteers are needed for planning and implementation.

 R.A.C.E. sponsored a series of G.E.D. Test Preparation Classes this winter and spring. The sessions were held at the Malden library and will resume again in the fall. The program currently has four participants and can accommodate up to twelve.

 R.A.C.E. members were trained to provide money management courses through Money Management International. Financial workshops will be scheduled based on community interest and participation.

 R.A.C.E. held a Winter Dance in December 2010 where many came to enjoy an evening of live music and dancing. The 2nd Annual Winter Dance will be Saturday, December 3rd

 R.A.C.E. is sponsoring a Luau Party on July 16th, yet another opportunity for families to gather for some fun and exercise (dancing!)

           oProfits from the family-oriented portion of the Luau Party will be donated to Footprints Child Care Center, our only local licensed daycare, which provides jobs for local citizens.

          oProfits from the adult-oriented portion of the Luau Party will be donated to the city park to help maintain or improve the park grounds for recreation.

Our mission is to support and sponsor a broad spectrum of educational and lifestyle initiatives that enrich Rosalia and the surrounding communities.

Board meetings are held the first Sunday of every month at 7:00PM. Location varies. Call for information. Anyone is welcome to attend. Membership is encouraged for an annual donation of $5.

President: Paul Nesbitt
VicePresident: Nan Konishi
Secretary: Jessica Billings
Treasurer: Kathy Wilkes
Publicity Director: Chelsey Fanara
Technical/Facilities Director: Chad Fanara

Rosalia Horizons Summary of all flip charts and ideas during meetings

Rosalia Horizons Summary of all flip charts and ideas during meetings:
Ideas discovered during study circle phase:

- Town newspaper/ bulletin, weekly?
- More community fundraising
- Advertising community events on South hill and Colfax and Pullman, day cares, assisted living centers, etc
- Make Community events truly community events, encompassing men as well as women and children.
- Unique shops: quilt, tea, etc
- Don’t rely on government services, community step up
- Ways to make Rosalia more business friendly * address public policy to address empty buildings, utilizing buildings on main street, publicizing incubator model in Whitman county.
- Bring in more people to visit : Promote hunting, birds, etc
- Get more people off highway to stop (find out DOT regs)

A Vision for our Community:

- Friendly, teamwork, caring, growth, pleasant, involved, spiritual, visionary, own football team, inclusive, prosperous, optimistic, welcoming, social able, diversity, informed, respected, happy children sounds, safe, town pride

Rosalia Struggles:

- Closure of Grocery Store, Some Naysayer, Competition between towns, town politics, lack of services, retail opportunities, not a lot of entertainment, lack of jobs, isolated, no fast food places, no drug stores, hardware stores, expensive to shop here,

Action Ideas: - Wellness (activities, events, outreach)
- Clean up John Wayne Trail
- Catching the Vision
- Tourism
- Continuing Adult Education
- Contract with oil company to have “keep full services”
- Improve Community Communication
- Save and increase Jobs
- Recreation programs for youth and adults
- Elderly Transportation
- Welcome baskets & committee with a resource list and gift certificates from local businesses
- Community Garden/ Farmers Market
- Town Clean-up
- Community Computer Canter
- Community Center
(bold lettering were the areas that received the top number of dots/votes)
Action Forum December 16, 2008

LEADERSHIP PLENTY:

Leadership Core Values: Access, Availability, Assets

Session 1:

Finding Leaders Within

OBJECTIVES:

1. To connect prior community experiences with the desire to participate as leaders
2. To recognize individuals’ leadership skills as part of the “plenty” in Leadership Plenty
3. To understand the need to balance personal reflection and community action.

Searching for Community Leaders: Looking Within
· Leaders possess all sorts of skills- from all walks of life
· Communities need “plenty of leaders”
· Communities of Leadership Plenty
· Plenty of People with untapped talent who want to contribute
· Strengthen Leadership-> New ways of thinking-> New patterns of behavior-> New outcomes
· Asset Thinking
· No Lack of leadership

Activity:
Action Sandwiches (Hope, Fear, Passion, Role, Time, Money, Fact, Reality) results:

Jobs
: Passion, feel that our schools are not teaching our kids social skills, people skills, to get jobs
: Going to take at least 3 years for this to improve
: Fear that lack of jobs so people will work out of town and young people will leave and not come back
: Hope a new grocery store with a pharmacy
: $ Loans and Grants are out there
: Role is to give others a chance
: Fact is there is little communication in Rosalia
: Reality is Team Work by Everyone is needed

JW Trail

: Hope John Wayne Trail gets started
: Fear that it won’t open, ready 2 go!
: Passion to get the word out, about it
: Role that it’s used appropriately
: Time OPENED
: $ for support and maintenance
: Fact User friendly for all ages
: Reality: job gets done and we stay within budget

Communication

: Reality, Realistic goal: a group could be in charge of relaying information between the school, city hall, out-of-city-limit residents, churches, and businesses. These people would follow through with an information exchange.
: Fact Communication is needed to bring a community together
: $Need money for postage, paper, printing, supplies, and machinery, construction costs, availability, future grant, no known current funding
: Time about 2 months to develop, a week to create and distribute, and lifelong maintenance
: Role, as a facilitator in keeping the communication flowing to all members of the community
: Passion; we think people want to know what’s going on and we want them to be able to get the information they want
: Fear; community will become worse with small groups not working together
: Hope; a communication system that will reach every household in the community, such as a weekly newspaper or a community bulletin board, etc.

Recreation
(missing from flip charts?)


Activity: Reflect upon your River of Life results
1) What Skills helped you Navigate the river? Behaviors?
a. Blind, flexible, faith, family, experience, take responsibility, believe in self, learn from mistakes, buoyancy
2) Which Skills do you share with traditional Leaders?
a. Experience, encouragement, get the job done, determination, focus, looking ahead
3) How we use these skills to build community leadership?
a. Teaching others, communication, provide knowledge, work together, believe in them, recruit and mentor

In what different ways are people from all walks of life working to improve community?
* Commitment, talking about it, focus, faith, bring in resources to get community going, planning and finishing the plan, participation








Module 2

Goals:
1. Identifying untapped leadership
2. Recognizing Community Assets
3. Mobilizing Organizations and associations

· Ask yourself:

What does it mean to look at our community through its assets rather than its deficits?
How do we discover undervalued assets in teams and in the greater community?

Create: group Profiles including family experiences, neighborhood involvement, roles played in religious, PTO, and Civic organizations, understanding different cultures, job experience, Education in and out of the classroom, major accomplishments, etc.

Skills/assets/leadership abilities/ profile of whole group:
Tutoring, volunteering, care giving, transportation, understanding bridging cultures, management experience and leadership, job seeker training, encouragement, grant regulation and research networking, Job scout “eye”, Good listening skills, visionary, committee experience, multimedia promotion, good at writing, camping, horsemanship, motorcycle, hiking, bicycles, yard work, landscaping, machine operator, backhoe, tractor, public and environmental health, grant writing, office mgt, public relations, concrete work, fence building, roofing, carpentry, chemical and pesticide application, plumbing, electrical, fundraising, city councilman, president, chairman, city planning, chair member, service club member, block parties, security at events, lions club, clean up, horizons, fall festivals, sports, Sunday school teacher, CPR/first aid, conflict resolution, verbal judo, child development, fire prevention, military, office assistant, editor, food svs, housing, community activities, kids, commitment, marriage, family siblings, public speaking, life experience, cultural interaction, monthly publication, education, social skills, fund raising, job interviewing, diverse ways of communicating…to name a few!



Community Assets:

· Mechanics, construction, electrical, accounting, teachers, performing Arts Ctr, Chamber, Lions Club, Daycare, Food bank, Assembly0, Food Baskets, Park and Pool, Palouse Byways, Culture, Safe, Surviving, Clean, Active, Caring, Friendly, Active, Growing, Slow Paced, Good Schools, Believe, Communicate, Positive, Social, good values, less traffic, inexpensive housing, quiet, less pollution, great place to raise kids, look out for each others kids and elders in the community, pat’s books, people feel like they can make a difference, men’s fellowship/breakfast, Coffee and More, low crime rate, swimming pool, city Park, library, churches, Medical Clinic, Child Care, ELC, Great School, Service Organizations, Gift/flower shop, Coffee Shop, Restaurant, Gas/fuel available, Feet Store, Centrally Located, Recreational Opportunity, 3 Banks, Non Profit Organizations, Air Port, Seasonal Festivities, Bar/ Liquor Store, Post office, Dentist, Fire Dept, CPA, Lawyer, Friendly People, Steptoe Battlefield, Art- Budding Rose, Texaco Project, Motorcycle Rally, Battle Days, Riggs Cemetery, (2) Adopt a Highways, Performing Arts Center, Rosalia Museum, Grannies Thrift shop, and much more!

Why are you part of this organization?

- Part of a community
- Part of what’s going on
- Give back
- Don’t want the town to die out
- Flourish rural lifestyle
- Get involved, know people, help
- To learn
- To get back on track and get our kids to come back
- Find potential
- New business attract more people
- How we make it grow
- Grant writing

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Thoughts on:

Communication: Styles, mail, internet, email, word of mouth, blog, funding, participation, volunteers, distribution, reader board, lack of communication, perception, gossip, various outlets, newsletter-local, “internet group” web site, boards (cork in businesses, sign), highway signage, “we are here”, flyers, mailings, talking, listening, taking note of assets, partnership, one body, consistency, working together, repetitiveness, multi media, “spot light” like at car sales for special events, school reader board updates as indicator of school wins and communication from school, business with a scrolling sign like at Tekoa- announcing community events.

Jobs: Business friendly environment, low interest rates, community friendly environment, great schools, building available, advertising, port of Whitman, Job communication (job board, job coaches) attract business, funding, more jobs=more revenue for community, and more communication, money in town, new people/kids, diversity, less commute time=more family time, working local through home-based business, all commercial spaces filled, encourage local spending, “save fuel, shop at home” campaign, find ways to advertise Rosalia outside of Rosalia (Sr. Centers, youth field trips, etc) Increase tax base, sustainable community, teach water harvesting, teach local job skills (resume, interview)

John Wayne Trail: Clean up, land owner cooperation, maintained, access, monitor/police, volunteers, time, advertising, use, youth programs, WWW.com, tie in w/scenic byways, Walk, hike, camping?, nature trails (teaching), historic signage, trail head??, accessibility (how do we get there), are there “facilities” on the trail?, garbage?, maintenance, shelter, building skills, rental area, tourism, repair area, Alternatives for motor bikes, family activities and community health campaign, nature study walks, star gazing/nocturnal animal studies, interpretive sign, investigate rails to trails grant money, work closely w Chamber of commerce.

Recreation: pool and park, JW trail, youth activities, motorcycle guys, bicycle, horse back riders, rodeo, 4H, community garden, events, sports, bluegrass festival, carnival, fair, science camp, family/open gym, bowling alley, horse shoes, exercise gym, city BBQ’s, Roller-skating, skateboard/bike park, Keep youth involved, families working together, money, establish different needs/interests, exercise, play fairly=fun not competitive, organization, involvement, aqua aerobics at pool, sports tournament, fitness center, community recreational, fun runs, day camps, kids bike rally, fall festival, city Olympics, demolition derby.
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Establishing Leadership:
Work together, support, communication, organized, accountability, Followers

Emerging Leadership:
Attitude, Fresh Ideas, Motivated, Communication, Experience, Respect




Module 3 Managing Groups for Results 3-1-2009

Objectives:
1. To recognize our backgrounds and experiences and to understand the effect this has on working groups
2. To learn the predictable stages of group development
3. To develop ways of communication that makes group dynamics work effectively for community change.

1. How were participants in the meeting of similar of different backgrounds and experiences
2. How might these similarities and differences have influences the way people participated in the scenario
3. What did you observe about the background and experience of individuals who seemed to have the most influence, status, or control in the scenario and these who seemed to have the least?

Form a group based on differences:
- What is it like to focus on the differences that exist among people
- How naturally inclined are we to make generalizations about people based on what they read (or how they dress, talk, behave, etc)
- What are some of the dangers in assuming we understand our similarities or differences?

Key Points:

Our different backgrounds and life experiences can affect:
- Individual behaviors in a group
- How we treat others
- Our expectations for the group

Forming: Orientation Stage
Storming: Conflict Stage
Norming: Structure Stage
Performing: Work Stage

We are focusing on Challenges associated with working in groups

Module 4

Objectives:
1. Identify Purposes for holding meetings
2. Acknowledge conflict and tension as an integral part of group work
3. Identify techniques for facilitation productive meetings that accomplish group purposes.


Reasons for meetings: Motivate people to become interested in the issues and stay involved, Communicate organizational values and people and issues, contribute to the achievement of community goals.

Nuts and Bolts of a Meeting:
Agenda, Stakeholder participation, ground rules, written records, facilitator and decision-making.





Process People: “we try harder”
- Setting up group norms
- Ensuring group participation
- Clarifying perspectives
- Facilitating for fairness
Product People: “just do it”
- Initiating a course of action
- Defining, delegating, developing,
- Promoting decision making
- Celebrating accomplishments

Types of meetings:

Prioritizing Options: examples from the group - CoAg safety meeting, AD Council RUMC, Horizons

Obtaining agreement on ideas/negotiating consensus: examples from group- PEF Fairboard, Town Council, Horizons, Advisory Board Committee, Class, Chamber.

Getting acquainted and sharing ideas or perspectives: examples from group- Youth Group (Jr high) Lions Club, Horizons, Senior Citizens Luncheon, Dr Seuss Read Across America, Church, and D.A.R.

Identifying possibilities for working together: Examples from group- Battle Days Committee, Horizons, Fire Dept Meetings, Men’s Breakfast, Safety/Insurance,

Brain Storming for action items:
Jobs: Take any Victorian house of old church building and set up a teahouse, which would require servers and food prep people. Teahouses can attract visitors from a wide area. Town newspaper (hire an editor) or work with school and make it a class, Multimedia presentations promoting Rosalia, Quilting, knitting store, dollar store, Set up Saturday training sessions for those who can train in job skills, to meet with anyone who wants to learn a skill, work from home (computer), Have weekly or biweekly meeting in surrounding issue, True high-speed communication center, develop small 1-2 man jobs that are home based or could be parts assembly, Certain recreations such as bowling alley may create jobs, Convince Flying J to put in a truck stop, more jobs to keep people in town, create new businesses or have a reason for new business to come to area, contact manufacturing companies and/or call centers and let them know we have commercial space available and workers available, Community Center with Bingo, kids workshops/ day camps, computer room, adult ed.

John Wayne Train: Give people a reason for wanting to walk on trail i.e.: railroad artifacts, plants, step toe battle artifacts, release lions and tigers, popular photography article about step toe butte, written by a photographer from Arizona, ask for help, talk to school about working with students, community service, organize a trail clean-up, Get volunteers (phone tree, Whitman co prisoners) Reward volunteers with a BBQ after working their booties off, Study on what needs to be done, Promote health benefits (stress and daily walks), all year long recreation?, trail markers and maps of trail, post new signs advertising Rosalia’s business/food, designate parking, create web site, have a walk tour of the trails as it is now and a sign at end of walk with a notice of what needs to be done, have a picnic area the trail and discuss the positives of improving the trail, install toilets, educate people about location and history and purpose to get them interested, on arbor Day have school, churches, and other civic organizations focus for the week on the trail in art, science, composition, sermons, and address to groups to raise awareness, bike trailer for shuttle, resting benches, shuttle, youth camps, who owns trail and who is legally liable, bike racks, bed and breakfast, copy the Hiawatha trail/lookout pass, parking lot, mile markers, DOT reflectors, historical marker, improvement on surface, park and bike. Walk area, exercise stations, cycle-a-thon; create memorabilia, gift shop,

Communication: Reader board, resource center, weekly newsletter, build partnerships with other organizations and towns, coordinate a food bank-a community garden and supply foods, meals on wheels, grocery supply and delivery system, pride in community, actively listen as well as talk, train people how to effectively communicate, bulletin board with info, Newsletter, or school paper or printed item to inform community of happenings that is sent home or at businesses, email list, town directory, especially for new residents, community board, help people learn who is who in community, visit Rosalia brochures in Spokane hotels, sr centers. Phone tree, Newspaper, Northwest Profile on TV,

Recreation: Sports clubs listed, bingo nights, organize rec. for all ages and families, Referb park and pool, tennis courts, hold fun events for kids and adults, develop small 9 hole golf course like St. Johns, science camp in the Park, narrow to a few positive activities, indoor community hall for entertainment, work with budding rose, local churches, to establish an after school program, advertise and get a group of people together who want to participate, state a softball league, form a recreation committee under the parks board (softball tourney, basketball tourney, sack races, tricycle races, family fun day), baton race, Frisbee golf,


GROUP Module 5 3-15-2009

Objectives:
1. To recognize conflict and learn about its causes
2. to look at conflict as an integral part of making decisions
3. To develop strategies to manage conflict and to move forward with group work

Conflict Resolution Strategies: Avoidance, diffusion, power intervention, negotiation
Conflict Consensus: Acknowledge (that conflict exists); Identify the root causes (of the problem you are addressing); Identify common concerns and SHARED VALUES!
Discussion of conflict amongst the group:

Causes of Conflict: Differences (personalities, religion, culture, etc), limited resources, lack of clarity, knowledge/ education, pride, different goals, schedule, alcohol, change, poor communication, age.
Conflict does not have to equal confrontation
Group identified positives:
Learn to work together, clarification, get to the bottom of things, identify all options, broadens perspectives, can promote compromise
Group identified negatives:
Polarizes, divides people, becomes confrontational, people stop listening, point fingers, ruin relationships, creates distrust, stops action (diverts us from our goal), grows and consumes, lack of cooperation.

Making Group Decisions
· Autocratic: One person decides for the whole group
i. Pros: quick, simple, one person to blame, les conflict
ii. Cons: One person to blame, lack of discussion, lack of options, less cohesiveness, lack of ownership, bully, lack of general consensus, burnt out.
· The Few: The Few decide for the whole group, usually it is assumed that the few are experts and can make the decision for the group
i. Pros: Often an educated decision, usually quick, tighter accountability, better efficiency (or control)
ii. Cons: may set up conflict (rebellion), why didn’t they think of this? Who are they to tell us what to do? , May leave out varied perspectives, possibly less buy-in (few volunteers), who gives the decision makers their authority.
· Consensus Building: Conflicting individuals to identify common concerns & develop solutions that will be mutually beneficial. Based on communication & compromise.
i. Pros: Address Everybody Concerns, everybody wins, united front, less conflict created, well thought out, everybody has a say
ii. Cons: Slow, takes time, compromise project, more costly, more complicated, the scope of the project may change,
· Majority Rule: The group votes and the proposal/decision with the most votes win.
i. Pros: moving progress of decision making, make more people happy, clear understanding of the decision making process
ii. Cons: Not always get what you want, individual voices rarely heard, create more controversy, more enemies.

Conflict Resolution Strategies
*Avoidance: There is not a problem
*Refusal to Compromise: This is made, I deserve it
* Power Intervention: If you can’t divide it, I will
*Negotiation: What do we really want?

MODULE 6 Building Strategic Partnerships

ACTIVITY:
1) I can usually answer a question about….
2) I’ve always wanted to ask a question about…

What does Rosalia community have to contribute to a partnership? – Participants, wisdom, high-speed internet, available commercial property, local volunteer fire department.
What do we have to gain? - Higher standard of living (not money), tax revenue which =’s better streets, better water, better schools, A reason to stay in Rosalia, City community growth, more employment.


John Wayne Trail:
1. What do we want to do?
2. Keep first projects simple and possible
3. Do our plans to fit into the Chamber of Commerce vision
4. Will the State Parks people permit our projects?
Possible problems: No Plan, turf Problems, not currently accessible
Partnership-Who and Why?: Chamber of Com- already involved
State Parks- They own it and the law.
Differing Views?: State park says they own it, Chamber says they already have plans for it
How will we begin to address the problem? : Get all interested groups and state parks communicating.

POSSIBLE PARTNERS:
- WA state parks, Tourism Board, DOT Scenic Byways, boarding land owners, John Wayne’s family/descendants, centennial trail group, John Wayne Trail Riders, Spokane Bicycle Club and other rider associations, horse back riding associations, arts organizations (printers, photographers, etc) Historical societies, Established trail organizations (like Hiawatha trail), construction companies, Materials manufacturers, Boy/Girl Scouts and other youth organizations, Religious organizations, County commissioner, Us Forestry Service, Health/Wellness/Recreation organizations, City Government, CTED.

Communication:
Possible problems: Lack of it with each other
Partnership-Who and Why?: Everybody, Chamber because they are the first to process and convey the information and they are the first line of communication for the community
Differing Views?: Deriving the proper form of communication device, such as reader boards, local newspaper, Channel 3, WOM
How will we begin to address the problem? : Determining a general consensus or majority rule.
Problems: Lack of it with each other
POSSIBLE PARTNERS: CoAg, School, papers, DOT, KHQ(news and radio), Business Owners, City (website, reader board), Park board and other boards, library, scouts, Lions Club, Granny’s, Masons, Shriners, Churches, Chamber of Commerce, Realtors, WSU, Seniors, City internet access WiFi.

-Ways to Reach Policy Makers
* Appeal to their passion and find commonalities, represent yourself in numbers, keep your friends close and enemies closer, give your idea away so it becomes their idea, create a win/win situation.


What is needed to create and sustain effective partnerships?
-mutual benefit, good communication, energy, state objectives and goals, quality partnerships, willing participants, balance/compromise, show progress, future strategy, empowerment/ownership, create realistic goals.

Visioning Barbeque

-Create a Vision
Dream Big, but realistic and obtainable
No Set Dollar Amount, remember realistic!!
- Set yourself up for Success
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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

I hope all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your loved ones. And remember to give thanks!!!!!!! If you have no where to go for dinner, you can come to the Brass Rail for Turkey! No charge. We will be closed so you can bring children. We just ask that you bring a dish if you can. Hope to see you.

Horizons Training Opportunities

To all of our various leaders!

Patrick Malone and Horizons are trying to give us an invaluable opportunity to get the latest trainings available for nonprofit entities and those who are working to make their communities a better place to live. Please look at these dates and consider how they might be helpful for your organization. If you or someone else connected with our community can take advantage of these opportunities please let Patrick know be tomorrow, or they will have to be canceled. It would be a shame to lose this great opportunity!



Horizons Communities Fall 2009 Training – Capacity Building Survey

Congratulations! You’ve now finished at least a ‘first cut’ of your Strategic Poverty Reduction Plan. You’ve identified numerous strategies and have high hopes for some great outcomes.

So……what do you need to learn, know or experience to succeed (as a team/community)!!

Krisan and I have already been working on some possible Fall training options and have been planning on lining us up some trainers. But, we need your thoughts, input and most importantly – INTEREST. So, please take a few very quick moments to tell us the relative value of these trainings for you, your Horizons Leadership Team and your community plan. PLEASE RESPOND BY THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH if possible. All classes will be in Spokane and hopefully on the WSU Campus.
Thanks, Patrick Malone (Rockford, Rosalia and Tum Tum coach).


Topic: Date: Relative Interest/Importance (please check one)
High Moderate Low

Blogging, Web Design, FaceBook September 23
Photography, MySpace, Twitter 2:00 to 8:00pm

Nonprofit Incorporation September 30
(Articles, Bylaws, etc) 6:00 to 9:30pm

Nonprofit Management October 28
(Board Development/Volunteer 6:00 to 9:30pm
Management)

Nonprofit Management November 18th
(Fundraising) 6:00 to 9:30pm

This by no means limits other options, trainings or conferences. It’s just a start to hopefully meet some of your needs. Dates and times have been proposed due to facilities and trainers and can possibly change. Just indicate so when you mark your interest.

Your preferred training day is:__________________
Your preferred training timeframe is:_________________



Your Name:_________________________________ and Community:___________________________


Thank you very much for your input!


"In our every deliberations, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations."

(From the Great Law of The Iroquois Confederacy)


Patrick Copeland Malone (MS/PCED)
WSU Extension-Horizons Community Coach and Rural Microenterprise Pilot Team Member
(Reducing Poverty by Increasing Community & Individual Prosperity)
PO Box 1495, Spokane WA 99210 or pmalone.horizons@live.com or 509.279.5107 (cell) or 509.358.7549 (fax)

WSU Horizons website: www.horizons.wsu.edu Northwest Area Foundation website: wwwnwaf.org
Rockford Blog site: http://rockford-wa.blogspot.com Rosalia Blog site: http://rosalia-wa.blogspot.com
Tum Tum Blog site: http://tumtum-wa.blogspot.com
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Visioning Phase Report Out

Come join in the fun Friday evening between 5:00 and 8:00 pm at our New Rosalia Market. Free hot dogs and the fixings. There will be a chance to win a $25.00 gift certificate every half hour. Please come support our Horizons Project and welcome in the new owners of the store.

Government Grants Conference

Hi everyone, I received this from Patrick and hope that someone from our community might be able to attend.


For nearly 10 years, NGC has taught millions of people like you, how to access the Government Grant, Loan, and Subsidy system... to get money which often does not have to be paid back! Americans like you, who are trying to buy their first home, start or expand a business, or invest in real estate. As we all know, the government has a lot of red tape to go through, even if you qualify, to receive funds. We will * teach you how to apply * Review and revise your paperwork * Check all business plans * Have you speak to our nationwide team of counselors and MORE!Start changing your life by coming to this important event. This conference should be one of the greatest financial highlights of your life!
SPECIAL FREE BONUS FOR ATTENDING CONFERENCE Be sure to attend to receive your special bonus! Conference to be held at: Mirabeau Park Hotel & Convention Center N. 1100 Sullivan Road SPOKANE VALLEY, WA 509-924-9000 Conference Date: Aug 2 09:00 am
Directions: (I-90 to the Sullivan Rd. exit) Seating: Due to the overwhelming response we have received for this conference, please arrive 30 minutes early for best seating; as seating after the start of the conference can not be guaranteed. Matt Orlando President P.S. We will identify the Billions in U.S. Gov't money available for distribution! If you have any questions you can contact us via email: confirmations@nationalgrants.com

Visioning Phase

The third step in our Horizons project begins this Saturday, June 20, 2009. We are meeting at the Rosalia Community Center, at 8:30 am, please come out and join us.

Visioning Phase

Our Visioning Phase dates have changed to an all day event on June 20, 2009 beginning at 8:30 am and ending at approximately 4:30 pm. Come join in the fun. Morning snacks, Lunch, and Afternoon snacks will be available. Don't forget, child care/elder care reimbursement is available, as will, gas vouchers. So no excuses. Please get involved in our communities Visioning Phase

Horizons Leadership Meeting

To All,

At Tuesdays meeting we agreed that it would be necessary to have an additional meeting to address all of our responsibilities and duties as team leaders. A general consensus is that this coming Tuesday the 9th at 6 p.m. works for all. If this time does not meet your schedule, please let me know. Otherwise we will see you all at the pizza parlor at 6 p.m. Tuesday June 9th.

Youth Entrepreneurship Opportunity

WEDNESDAY JUNE 10 1 PM CDTOn Wednesday, June 10 at 2:00 (EST);1:00 p.m. CST; 12:00 p.m. MST; 11:00 a.m. PST the eXtension Entrepreneurs & Their Communities webinar topic will be Engaging Youth in Entrepreneurship. Join Mary Emery, Iowa State University, Laura Allen, Career Education Coordinator, Michigan State University Extension, Debra Kantor, University of Maine, and Patricia Fairchild, Nebraska 4-H Curriculum Design and Youth Entrepreneur Specialist for an informative session on how to engage youth in entrepreneurship. The session will introduce the Youth Entrepreneurship Community of Practice and their project to create a matrix of youth entrepreneurship programs. Patricia Fairchild will introduce the Nebraska curriculum and Laura Allen will present on the Beyond the Lemonade Stand PROJECT which used the curriculum "Be the E." Please feel free to join us on June 10, 2:00 p.m. EST; 1:00 p.m. CST; 12:00 p.m. MST; 11:00 a.m. PST.Help us to spread the word about this session. No pre-registration is required and there is no fee to participate. About 10 minutes prior to the start time simply go the Adobe Connect Pro meeting room at http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/ecop/. You will be presented with a login screen that has an "Enter as Guest" option. Enter your first name, last name and state, then click "Enter Room" to join the conference. To hear the audio of the workshop and participate in the Q&A portion of the workshop we will be using a built-in teleconferencing capability of Adobe's Connect Pro conferencing software. Once you log into the meeting you will be presented with the option to enter your call-back number, your phone will automatically be called. After entering your number you will be automatically called and joined into the audio portion of the Web conference on your phone.Pam Pam GarzaNational Project Director, Professional DevelopmentNational 4-H Council7100 Connecticut AvenueChevy Chase, MD 20815301-961-2899 (office)301- 339-3549 (cell)(866) 505-7472 (fax)pgarza@fourhcouncil.edu <mailto:pgarza@fourhcouncil.edu> 4-H is a community of young people across America who are learning leadership, citizenship & life skills.This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the originator of the message. This footer also confirms that this email message has been scanned for the presence of computer viruses. National 4-H Council
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Visioning Phase

Our upcoming Visioning Phase will be a two part training session;

1. June 7 th @ 4:00 pm in the Old Pizza Parlor
2. June 14 th @ 4:00 pm in the Old Pizza Parlor

We may have to move the meetings if attendance is greater than the Pizza Parlor's capabilities. Please ask your neighbors and friends to please attend. This is where we begin our ACTION...

FREE Horizons Community BBQ

Community Action BBQ from 1 pm - 5 pm April 11th at Rosalia's Community Center. Don' t miss this opportunity to learn more about our Horizons project.
1. There will be an introduction to Horizons for those that do not yet know.
2. Rosalia's progress; What we have accomplished and what is yet to come.
3. Eat Lunch...FREE BBQ...FREE BBQ...FREE BBQ...FREE BBQ...FREE BBQ...FREE BBQ
4. Fun and Games for all.
What more could you ask for? Nothing like a fun filled day and it's all right here in Rosalia. So mark your calendar for April 11th.

I hope to see everyone at the Breakfast, Easter Egg Hunt, and the Horizons BBQ. Please come support your Community

Closure to Leadership Plenty Phase, Start of Visioning

The training date will be Thursday, April 9th in Room 255 of the Spokane South Campus Complex (the Bookie building) where we held one of the Study Circle Facilitator trainings. Lets try to get as many members of our Horizons Leadership Team as possible to attend, but a team of 2 to 4 will work as well. We are hoping to have our class from appoximately, 6:00 and 8:15pm. We will walk through the LP action planning process and begin to conceptualize the Visioning process. Food will be provided, along with barrier reduction assistance. Our Horizons team has already developed the general framework and forms, but we'll need help with your community survey, timeframes, outreach efforts, etc. So....please begin to check community calendars for possible Horizons outreach dates or ways to engage residents with a survey and students with classroom activities (in May and June) and begin to identify 2 evenings to conduct the strategic planning process in mid to late June. We really need to have our work done before July 4th or we'll loose valuable folks from participating.

Great news from Patrick

Subject: new pre LP survey numbers


Great work everyone!!!!We have nearly the highest numbers in the state. Your awesome, but - don't let up.There's still some very exciting modules left with valuable information for our community's. AND, we need to complete the action plan for the Forum action ideas. So the more residents and the more diverse the audience the better.Yea, congratulations!! Pat.

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Leadership Plenty

This afternoon we have another of our informative, exciting and thought provoking meetings. Leadership Plenty module #4, is today at 4:00pm at the old Lumberyard. I hope to see you all there. We are all in this together, to better our community and hopefully even ourselves.

Pictures of Horizons meetings

Well here we are, trying to post our pictures on the blog.  So far you get to look at sunsets, and scenery.  Virginia, Carol and I are working towards making our blog a wonderful, informative site for all that visit.  So far we are trying to overcome some technical issues with getting our own pictures downloaded to the site.  But we are confident that we should have it fixed in no time. Please visit often and make sure you post us a comment. 

Leadership Plenty

Good Morning Rosalia;
To those of you that have not yet made it to our Leadership Plenty classes, I've got to tell you we are having a blast. Community members getting together and putting their thoughts and ideas to work, for the greater good of the community is just awesome. We are all making new friends. So please join us every Sunday at 4:00pm at the old Lumberyard. We look forward to seeing you there.

Leadership Plenty Starts Today

Guess what, our starting day is finally here. I hope you have all been looking forward to this. I will see you all this afternoon at the old Lumberyard. Don't forget your big white binder, yellow study circle work book, and maybe a writing tablet. Remember, snacks and refreshments are provided. Gas cards and child/elder care reimbursement will be available. See you at 4:00

Leadership Plenty

Good Morning;

I hope everyone had a chance to read the story in the Colfax Gazette about our Horizon's project. I thought Jana Mathia did a fabulous job. Remember tonight is the Waverly Masons Annual Crab Feed. If you have not purchased your tickets yet you can buy them at the door. Come support their efforts. Now back to the fact that tomorrow is the big day when our LeadershipPlenty phase begins. I am looking forward to seeing you all at the old lumberyard at 4:00 in the afternoon.

Leadership Plenty / Start Date

I hope everyone is counting down to Sunday. Six (6) days away.