Hello @reef-external , the mighty @Jeroen has volunteered to join us. This is great news indeed, welcome Jeroen!
I propose an online meeting to brainstorm what to focus on in 2025, after the signing of the deed, so it could be during the third week of December. What do you say?
hello alberto, great idea ! i am in
hi, I’d rather not participate in December. Too much on my plate. I’d be happy to help execute what issues from the brainstorm.
Hello again @reef-external! We have plenary on Monday, so how about Tuesday 17th at 19.30 for a team meeting?
By the way, I would encourage you to have a look at the TEDX talk by Tom from restless.brussels, I found a lot of the same spirit that animates The Reef. I took the liberty to reach out to propose an event on cohousing. It could be an opportunity to increase the visibility of cohousing and that of The Reef in the expat community (they have a 3,000 people mailing list), but also to involve local politicians, for example, apparently they do this a lot.
ok with me for next tuesday!
I already have a meeting of team Building that evening.
I thought you did not want to participate:
If you changed your mind, by all means let’s find another day.
Sorry, missed these messages on the platform. For me 17th would be possible starting at 20h. This would be an online meeting, right?
Yes, @Jeroen , online indeed.
Today we will all be in Namur and we can touch base. If @joannes wants to participate after all we will reschedule. If not, he and @Odile (who works evenings, so no meetings for her) can maybe contribute ideas in writing on this thread.
Hello all, so the result from yesterday is:
So: @Jeroen and @manuelpueyo , which other slots could you suggest in the coming weeks?
And: can I ask everybody, and especially @joannes and @Odile , to suggest in this thread any ideas they might have to submit to the brainstorming?
I came across this page:
Wij in de buurt – Cohousing Bijgaardehof
Consider that they are much larger than we are and have been in operation since September 2022.
From the list of activities:
Impressive! Good catch.
Great initiative Alberto! Did you receive any answer from restless.brussels? I agree with you that we need to increase the visibility of The Reef in the expat community.
Any of you know this organisation: cOarchi | Coarchi ? They seem to help some cohousing project to find suitable candidates for their projects.
i am quite flexible as long as it’s online
Yes, we know them. They are basically a company that runs the project for you: find the site, recruit the group, facilitate the meetings etc. We decided to go self-managed, though.
Another idea: go for coffee with Alessandro Rancati, Brussels Chapter, New European Bauhaus, and explore what resources and networks they have. We are associated to the NEB already.
@Lee, your “crisis setup” could be framed as an innovation project and funded throught the NEB Facility (maybe…).
Let’s move the @reef-external meeting to 2025.
Update on this: it turns out the Brussels chapter of the New European Bauhaus is meeting on Jan 13 on Zoom. I signed up for the meeting, the event and Zoom link are on our shared meetings calendar on Nextcloud.
hi, I must suspend my participation in Team external due to too much going in Team building. With regret.
Understood, and kudos for focusing on your/our priorities.