Our Power Campaign Structure Proposal

The Our Power campaign is a community outreach campaign working to mobilize South Minneapolis around a better energy future. Our Power works through a coalition of neighborhood and community groups, local businesses, local economic development groups, local leaders, and service providers to engage people and groups within the community in creating and implementing win-win strategies for clean energy and energy efficiency across South Minneapolis. This document describes how the Our Power campaign is structured to create opportunities for community members and volunteers to get involved in advancing the campaign. South Minneapolis community members guide the Our Power campaign, but anyone can join and play a role. The Advisory Board, made up of representatives from community groups and local organizations who are coalition members, will oversee the work of many other teams pursuing various projects related to the core campaign. Those other teams will be led by staff, interns, and volunteers focusing on the types of work and projects that most interest them. Below are descriptions of each of the Our Power teams that people can get involved with. The above diagram shows how these teams work with each other. If you are interested in joining one of these teams, have a question, or want to know more about the Our Power Campaign, you can contact Timothy DenHerder-Thomas at timothydht@gmail.com. Group: Advisory Board Functions: Guide the whole Our Power Coalition Effort and provide feedback on the work of teams and committees it oversees. Participants: The committee is made up of representatives of every community groups who are members of the coalition. Community groups could include local non-profit organizations, neighborhood associations, interest groups, or other groups serving the good of the community. As new community groups sign up to be members of the coalition running the campaign, the number of members on the committee will grow. Reports to: Doesnt report to anyone - top of the line of reporting. Other specifications: Meets quarterly.

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Group: Coordination Team Functions: Manage some volunteer/intern-led teams and is in charge of accounting. Participants: This team will have 1-3 members, with one minimum campaign staff. Reports to: Advisory Board Group: Outreach Team Functions: Coordinate all research (doorknocking, tabling at events, planning community events, and developing and maintaining relationships with community partners) and does research and the designing of materials. Participants: This team will have 5-10 consistent members and additional volunteers on an occasional basis. Reports to: Advisory Board Group: Service Provider Coordination Functions: Sign up Service Providers, maintain communication with service providers, and regulate the flow of income from service providers. Participants: This small team will be 1-3 people, with at least one person committed to longterm involvement (potentially staff, if funding is available). Reports to: Management Team Group: Community Energy Plan Group Description: This team is a small administrative and research group that coordinates feedback from many other community members and representatives. Functions: Develop and researches the Community Energy Plan and coordinate feedback reception for the CEp Participants: This team will have 2-4 people. Reports to: Advisory Board Group: Workforce Development Group Functions: Develop a Community Workforce Agreement and communicate with Workforce Partners. Participants: This team will have 2-4 people. Reports to: Advisory Board Other specifications: This will probably just exist until a workforce agreement is created. May not be needed afterwards. Group: Investment Group Functions: Develop relationships with potential significant investors and win big investments for energy efficiency. Participants: This team will have 2-4 people. Reports to: Advisory Board Group: Project Team Description: We will seek to develop projects with partners that can serve towards the purpose of the campaign. Each of these projects will be led by a team and report to the Management Team. Some of these projects may include outreach to a specific group, i.e. certain business districts or neighborhoods. Functions: Every function will be different for different types of project groups. Participants: The number of people who participate in each group will depend on the function of that group.

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Reports to: Management Team