Core-Team-Bi-Monthly-Meeting-2015-1

Date: 13 January 2015 toc Location: Skype Time: 16:00 East Africa Time (e.g. Nairobi)

Participants: Blane Harvey, Carl Jackson, Cecilia Schubert, Ewen Le Borgne, Marissa Van Epp, Pete Cranston, Philip Thornton, Wiebke Foerch

Apologies: Liz Carlile, Peter Ballantyne (Ben Garside??)

=Agenda=

=Discussion Notes=
 * Recap of what the last meeting covered and opportunity for people not there to get clarifications on their action points
 * Report back on the action points related to the work we did in smaller groups in the 2014 Q4 Core Team Meeting in Naivasha
 * CCSL Project Profile: Update CCAFS web site text - Cecilia
 * Date of next Core Group Meeting? Two months from now is Tues 10th March at same time and 28th April
 * TBC

Recap of what the last meeting covered and opportunity for people not there to get clarifications on their action points
 * Ewen provided an overview based on his blog post. We reviewed last year and visioned 2015 in light of the changing funding environment and need to make a bigger splash publcaly. Two horizons 2025 and 2018, for the latter five key activity areas for planning. Worked on these to come up with consistent outcome areas for 2018 and then activity areas that lead to these. See the embeded Google Spreadsheet on the wiki notes of the meeting. Also talked about fundraising, terms of reference for new positions, M&E framework next steps, future of Yammer in the Sandbox and LinkedIn option, Internal communication, networking event. Maybe a manifesto for CCSL that focuses on development outcomes.
 * Blane adds that the activity area Going Meta means the meta level analysis of what all of this work is producing (the social learning on social learning) and building up our groups capacity to work on CCSL. Also understanding what the motives and incentives of actors are to engage in this work
 * The outputs in coming months JPG doesn’t load on the wiki. New link is [|__https://www.flickr.com/photos/7907304@N04/15466086883/__]

Report back on the action points related to the work we did in smaller groups in the 2014 Q4 Core Team Meeting in Naivasha
 * Added to the Next Steps Table
 * Link to ToC with Assumptions

CCSL Project Profile: Update CCAFS web site text - Cecilia
 * Cecilia will send round a new draft text for comments and report on comms activities ASAP
 * Try to incorporate text from happy families into the CCSL flyer if this makes sense

Date of next Core Group Meeting
 * 10 March at 16:00 EAT
 * 28 April at 16:00 EAT

AOB
 * Manifesto position paper being drafted by Ewen and Blane and will circulate
 * Ewen will come back to all on interest in different impact areas
 * Tools and Capacity Developemnt and Engagement two areas Pete is interested in