CCWBE Report

The project’s momentum increased as expected, leading to significant progress in February 2024. Throughout the month, we successfully convened the Advisory Committee on five occasions, with four of these convenings dedicated to subcommittee meetings. The Writing & Revisions subcommittee, comprising of four Advisory Committee members and three MR staff members, held three productive meetings. The Outreach subcommittee, consisting of two Advisory Committee members and two MR staff members, met once. These collaborative efforts significantly contributed to advancing the project work, and we are pleased to share that we have officially begun the initial revision of the Early Warning Manual. The work thus far includes creating an outline and determining the initial updates needed. A noteworthy decision made by the Writing & Revisions subcommittee is to divide the revision of the Early Warning Manual so that the first edit focuses on editing the first two chapters and the second edit will focus on editing the second two chapters. Regarding training implementation and advancing toward our goal of developing an outreach plan, we have begun drafting requirements for participation in the training and compiled a list of initial organizations to contact. Both are crucial steps in our efforts to expand our engagement and begin the training. On the other end, the Outreach subcommittee discussed participant criteria, including (1) having geographic proximity to industry and (2) mapping the presence of entities in chosen geographic locations, ensuring equal representation in industrial sectors. The subcommittee also discussed the budgeted stipends, with the consensus being that stipends should go to the organizations. The fifth convening was a monthly two-hour meeting that occurred on February 27th. The first portion of the meeting consisted of sharing general project updates and using Zoom breakout rooms to engage in working time within the smaller subcommittee groups. The latter portion of the meeting allowed each subcommittee to present updates to the other members of the committee and seek their feedback. During this meeting, the Advisory Committee collectively decided that we would revise the Early Warning Manual, and subsequently the training, to emphasize proactive strategies for assistance and intervention rather than solely reacting to crises, such as a company closure. This adjustment reflects our commitment to fostering a more proactive and preventive approach. Our plan remains to meet monthly moving forward, with each subcommittee meeting synchronously at least once in between the monthly meetings, as needed. Additionally, subcommittee members will contribute valuable advice and efforts asynchronously to the ongoing project tasks. As of now, the March Advisory Committee meeting has not been scheduled due to several scheduling conflicts with the initially selected date. We are actively working to reschedule this meeting. Further, our priorities for March will focus on completing the first round of edits with an internal deadline of March 15th. We are committed to achieving this crucial project milestone.

We have sometimes been limited by the availability of the AC members and MR staff, as we have seen happen with scheduling the March 2024 meeting.

Pauline attended two CWB webinars this month hosted by BACP, one on Worker Cooperatives and another on Entrepreneurship. Both webinars were informative for Pauline, who is newer to the sector, and they gave her a chance to see examples of how the information was being conveyed to novices. The delivery of the information is an important consideration, as we will soon begin developing the training.

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Revolution Institute

Sequane Lawrence of Revolution Institute continues to serve on our Advisory Committee for the Early Warning Systems Building Project, specifically he is providing valuable input on the Outreach subcommittee.

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