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Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 13:22:52 -0500
\nFrom: phil.kramer1@gmail.com<\/a>
\nTo: rnorse3@hotmail.com<\/a>
\nSubject: UPDATE: “Homelessness” Leadership Council formed<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Greetings!
\nWe’re excited to report that the Leadership Council has been formed.<\/strong> The selection process was difficult because so many people – nearly 80 – expressed an interest in joining. This was a good problem to have, though we then had to focus on establishing a group that balanced stakeholder and geographic criteria with the need to have a workable size. We believe we’ve come close to accomplishing this with the twenty-five people who have been initially selected to kick off this important new community working group.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The group selected comprises a broad base of stakeholders, representing all parts of Santa Cruz County, from the San Lorenzo Valley to Watsonville, and places in between. There may be additional and ongoing efforts to recruit specific stakeholders to fill any gaps, but that will be a decision for the new “council” to make. For now, this group of twenty-five committed community members will hold their first meeting on March 13. One of the agenda items for this meeting, as promised, will be to review feedback gathered from the Summit, and a discussion on what to do with this valuable input.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And, we’re making fairly good progress on the other “next steps” that were outlined in the previous update (Jan. 17), though we’re running a little bit behind our original ambitious timetable.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n