Hi Lee, I have already sent out the reminder mail this morning. Normally they should already be aware of that, because we have put that clearly in our communication… I would not send another mail… but no strong feelings.
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A couple of updates:
We did have a meeting planned for 20 April, because we thought that it would coincide with a bunch of applications (I can’t remember why?). As this is not the case, I have opted for that evening to run a Q&A session for Exploring Members.
But we should probably meet soon…
Also, as we’ve committed to the presentation route, we will need to keep them rolling as often as possible. I spoke to Lee last night and she only has a very small window of availability at the beginning of next month, which is 3 April (a Thursday). As the exploring membership phase is only 14 days now, there won’t be any overlap. I’ve taken the liberty of contacting Victor at Miro to ask for the room.
I’m still in favour of doing a presentation in Jette, but it will require a bit more planning and organisation than usual, and there won’t be time before this one 
OK to cancel our meeting on 20 April.
I agree that we have to meet soon. Is the plenary going to take place tomorrow? Otherwise tomorrow?
Could you please add @joannes (and possibly Ann) to the Edgeryders and Signal Full Members groups?
On another unrelated point: I read that you have made changes to the registration form for the presentation, to remove the option to express interest in studios and 2 BR apartments.
Can it be an option to keep these options, but with the mention that there are currently none left? It could look like something like this?
* Studio: sold out => waiting list
* 2BR: sold out => waiting list
This would have the advantage that we keep gathering data from people who are interested. This may be very useful if ever the deal with Oak Tree wouldn’t go through, or if someone for some reason decides to leave The Reef early.
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Will do
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Hello @reef-recruitment,
Without any reproach, I notice that it seems to take time to update certain things related to the membership administration. Especially when it comes to communication, this matters. For example, when people move up a stage (e.g. Joannes), it would be nice if the adjustments on Signal and Edgeryders could be automatic. Likewise, when people leave, it’s really important that they are removed from the “reeflings” group and from Nextcloud. For example, I am about to post a message in the confidential category, which may have ended up in the mailbox of Pepijn and Patrick (I am throwing them out myself now).
I am very aware that there are a whole lot of things to monitor and follow-up in relation to the membership administration, so this is not a reproach. Nevertheless I’d like to ask whether you can please look into this, and maybe identify the 2-3 critical things that require a swifter follow-up? Just a suggestion though. TIA!
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We should have a meeting soon to keep the presentation schedule rolling, and brainstorm more ways to get the numbers up…
Quick input for the scheduling: there will be a Cohousing Bike Tour on 10 May.
Until the 28th of April I would assume that we won’t have much space for two batches of newlings.
Yes I fully agree. Btw for this presentation: is it the same survey that we will send out? Do we mention something about the two-bedroom apartments? If yes, which ones should I add?
- A1 + A2 (groundfloor)
- A3 + A4 (first floor)
Just to be sure that i understand correctly:
- 2 bedroom apartment ground floor: A1+A2 merged
- 2 bedroom apartment first floor: A3+A4 merged
Yes.
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Hello @reef-recruitment,
Following up to what was said on Saturday, I wanted to check in on the survey I said I could make to inquire why people are not signing up to the next membership stage. If you prefer to do this yourself, please feel free to go for it (as long as it can go out relatively soon). Otherwise very happy to send you a draft or take care of it myself completely.
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Hi @Lee,
Mieke is stepping away for a couple of weeks, so Ugne and I are currently splitting her jobs between us with regard to presentations and onboarding. So if you are happy to do this, that would certainly be absolutely fine with us…
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On it.
Did you decide on the dates for the next presentations?
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Was just writing you a Signal message about that
I’ve sent a request to Miro for Tuesday 29 April, as we discussed. Hopefully he will get back to me later today and we can get that ball rolling.
The following one will be on a weekend, provisionally to be held at Spiegel in Jette. Looking at the calendar, and from what I know about your availability, I would say either 17th or 18th of May. I’m not sure whether a Saturday or a Sunday is more likely to generate a crowd? Do you have a preference? It might also depend on what Spiegel has on that weekend…
Ok, moving it to Signal …
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Hello @reef-recruitment, @reef-external and @MariaAM,
When I logged into Facebook yesterday to check something for Maria I was surprised to see that there was no Facebook event for the online presentation tomorrow. When having a quick look at the Habitat & Participation website, under “offres - ventes” I found one ad for the online presentation tomorrow, but then another one for the presentation of 12 September of last year, and nothing else.
On Facebook it also looks like nobody has taken over the task of posting messages in all sorts of groups, which seemed to have at least a little impact when I was doing it.
I am not writing this message to blame anybody. We are all very busy and there is a vast amount of little tasks to be taken care of in this area. It’s all good.
Looking at the registrations for the presentations however - 4 days without any new ones - I am just deeply concerned. This is one of the most important missions in The Reef for the moment (the entire group depends on it), and I don’t always get the impression that this is fully under control (see also emails from people that were interested that were going unanswered some time ago).
I am currently having sleepless nights over this avant-projet thingy (numbers flashing through my head like fireworks), so it would really nourish my need for support if I could sleep on both ears over this recruitment challenge.
Can it maybe be an option that the two Team Coordinators, @ugne and @joannes get together to see how to coordinate among you, and to see how we can make sure that all tasks are covered? Just a suggestion of course. Any way that you can make this work is of course fine.
Thanks in advance for your understanding, and for all the (often invisible) work that does get taken care of!
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Yes, there was no FB event for the online presentation, as I only found out about it last Thursday 17 (via Chris’ post). I tried to catch up last night. Will check tonight the groups where we advertised last time and try to share there the latest post.
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