Riverwest Co-op Communications Committee

Meeting Minutes July 13th & 27th

Advertising

Currents ad- August ad should highlight local produce. September ad will be school lunches, with mention of Center St. Daze. 

Cream City Rickshaws - Brian is designing and will check on getting sign printed.

ArtWalk - “10 years of feeding artists, their friends, and family.” First week in October. Glenda is checking to see if we can trade food donation for large ad. Thinking spring rolls, wraps in quarters, hummus?

 

General Marketing/Branding

10th anniversary store signage - Paula and Glenda are looking into this.

T-shirts with anniversary logo have arrived.

Revised brochure - get input from front counter volunteers?

FYI, new cafe menu coming in late August/early September.

New mug design has been chosen! Asking for a few edits from the artist (Lindsay Hayden aka Lauryl Sulfate) and will be ready by anniversary party. Keeping design secret for now. Have asked distributor if we will be able to get a mock-up or virtual preview of the mug to sign off on.

  

Volunteer Recruitment

Gibson is working on a list of volunteers who would like to work on events.

Carolyn is unable to run the booth the day of Center St. Daze on Sept. 24th. Need to find volunteer coordinators willing to cover morning and afternoon shifts.

 

Events

Future festival food ideas - Tamales work well but we need a festival food that is “ours.” Indian food? Spring rolls? One-dish meals. We don’t need to be doing veggie burgers and veggie dogs at every festival. Gets lost in the crowd.

Energy Independence Day follow-up - Tamales sold well, but take significant time to get going. Sides also sold well.

COA Music on the Hill - August 23rd. Also interested in having us sell concessions on a regular basis next summer.

 

10th Anniversary

Venue - Have decided on Urban Ecology Center. Need to get them deposit.

Catering - Carolyn is meeting with two local caterers, Localicious and Ball & Biscuit. Hopefully we can keep catering costs down by ordering ingredients wholesale. Food will probably cost $10-$15 a person. Ask cafe to provide dessert?

Invites - Erin will start on list of silent auction merchants and VIPs to invite in addition to membership. Should send out VIP invites 5 weeks before party, and postcards to membership 1-2 weeks before. Clarke Graphics can do bulk mailing.

Tickets - People will have to buy tickets beforehand either at the store or online (pay via PayPal?) Since this is a big, fancy party, tickets will probably cost around $15, or $20 with drink tickets.