A Greener Eph: Leadership Retreat

24 awesome TNG leaders convened this weekend for our retreat. The torrential downpour and epic thunderstorms didn't stop the sweet bonding and ambitious planning that went on. See below for the agenda if you're curious.

Mostly it was amazing to see all these people from different backgrounds and groups come together and take their first Saturday night back at school to talk about the climate. There's nothing quite like the feeling of launching into something that's bigger than anything we've done before.

Personally, I came away from the weekend exhausted. Trying to make the whole thing happen in addition to giving two trainings (recruitment/leadership dev. and campaign planning) takes a lot out of you.

In other news, it looks like my independent study will be approved. I want to spend one course-load's worth of work this semester working on running TNG better. That means reading up on other movements and issues within our movement, studying organization and recruitment strategies, and then making regular posts on itsgettinghoninhere.org. We'll see how it goes.

Retreat Agenda:
What to bring: sleeping bag, pad, sweatshirt, mug, notebook, toothbrush, enthusiasm!
Optional: snacks to share,

TNG Retreat - Sat. Afternoon?
2:30 pm- check out office and supplies up there a bit, then head out to HMF
4:00 pm - hear from people who worked on cool summer projects
5:30 pm - goals, ground rules
6:00 pm break- dinner
7:00 pm - training: recruitment, leadership development, organizational development
9:00 pm - dessert, - visioning - lets talk about big ideas - what do we want to do this year?

Sunday morning:

8:00 am -wake up/breakfast
9:00 am -training: how to write a campaign plan
10:00 am - What do we need to do, as a group, to achieve our goals? - (positions? structure? recruitment? communication?)
11:30 am - debrief
11:45 am - head back for Greylock Brunch!