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May 2017 Newsletter: Report-back from All-Member Meeting
Posted by in Uncategorized , on May 17, 2017

Report-back from the Quarterly All-Member Meeting:

We held our Quarterly All-Member Meeting on May 7th at Word Up Community Bookstore on Amsterdam Ave at 165th Street in Washington Heights! Find about about the many ways this bookstore is serving, preserving and building the neighborhood, and their open hours, at wordupbooks.com. We hope some of us can join them for their 6th birthday party, which will be a free block party with live music, readings, painting, and more on Saturday, June 17th, 11am–6pm (plus a $10 cover dance party starting at 7pm)!

In the first half of the meeting, members

April 2017 Committee Reports
Posted by in Art & Media, Case Studies & Inspiration, Logistics & Facilitation, Member Outreach, Media & Art, Outreach to Institutional Investors, Project Vetting, Public Building Inventory, REIC-U, Steering Committee, Uncategorized, Working Groups , on April 20, 2017

All-Member Quarterly Meeting- MAY 7th!

We invite all members of the REIC, as well as anyone interested in joining our cooperative, to our Spring 2017 quarterly All-Member Meeting! Join us to hear updates from our Founding Board, view the roadmap for us moving forward that was developed at our strategic planning meeting in March, hear report-backs from committees, and get more involved by joining a new working group. Also on the agenda – an interactive session where REIC members new and old can learn and ask questions about our business model and structure.

Come 10 minutes early or stay 10

March 2017 Committee Reports
Posted by in Art & Media, REIC-U, Steering Committee, Uncategorized, Working Groups , on March 17, 2017

Report-back on the NYC REIC Organizational Planning Meeting

The Founding Board, led by Oksana, held a well-attended organizational planning meeting to plan our strategy and a timeline for the long-term, over the course of the next year. The workshop sessions were facilitated by Lauryl Berger-Chun at Mayday Community Space, and we started with a delicious Lebanese lunch from another (woman-owned and run) cooperative, Emigre Gourmet.

The workshop sessions allowed for the greatest inclusion of member input and discussion, as we thought about where the REIC stands now, where we are trying to get over the coming year, and

February 2017 Committee Reports
Posted by in Art & Media, Case Studies & Inspiration, Logistics & Facilitation, Member Outreach, Media & Art, Project Vetting, Public Building Inventory, REIC-U, Steering Committee, Uncategorized, Working Groups , on February 17, 2017

Join us for the NYC REIC Organizational Planning Meeting
Mayday Community Space
176 St. Nicholas Street
Bushwick,Brooklyn
Sunday, March 5th
12:00-4:00pm

We are at a point in the NYC REIC’s trajectory where we are actively considering investment projects, thinking about fundraising, and generally deciding what the NYC REIC is going to look like in the near future.

To make sure the NYC REIC develops intentionally and with member input, the Founding Board is hosting a facilitated organizational planning session. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP here by February 27, 2017.

As this will be a sequential, facilitated meeting,

January 2017 Committee Reports
Posted by in Uncategorized , on January 17, 2017

ALL MEMBER MEETING JANUARY 28TH!

Saturday, January 28th

3pm-5:30pm

22-25 Jackson Ave. at the intersection of 46th Ave.

LIC, NY 11101

geodesic dome in the courtyard

PLEASE RSVP HERE TO ENSURE SMOOTH ENTRY INTO PS1

We are very excited to be able to host this meeting at MoMa PS1, and wish to thank everyone involved for their generosity.

On the agenda: Update from your Steering Committee on where we stand in achieving the aims of the REIC, with a review of our adopted Bylaws, and a presentation on a potential first collaboration project by Nat Roe, Executive Director, Flux Factory,

November 2016 Committee Reports
Posted by in Uncategorized , on November 16, 2016

Steering Committee and the October All-Member Meeting

In the wake of the Election results, after taking a moment to breathe, we know that our work here – and all kinds of organizing work – around a new economy, as well as social and humanitarian issues, not to mention the environment – is so much more vital than ever. We need to gather together, become stronger together, and work for the values, rights and principles we believe in. We are here – in cooperation – in solidarity. Join us, build with us.

We aim for all our member-investors to be able

July 2016 Committee Reports
Posted by in Art & Media, Case Studies & Inspiration, Logistics & Facilitation, Member Outreach, Media & Art, Public Building Inventory, Uncategorized, Working Groups , on July 12, 2016

Steering Committee Update

Together with our other workgroups and committees, your Steering Committee is continuing to build capacity for the NYC REIC. At our June 12 open meeting, we presented our proposal for the legal entity that the NYC REIC should form, based on research of the Fordham Law School Clinic and input from the Governance Committee. You can see the slides from the legal team’s presentation here.

Your Steering Committee has decided to implement one of the legal structures outlined by the Fordham’s group: we will form a Member-Controlled Not for Profit Corporation with special purpose entity Limited

June 2016 Committee Reports
Posted by in Art & Media, Case Studies & Inspiration, Member Outreach, Media & Art, Public Building Inventory, Uncategorized, Working Groups , on June 8, 2016

Hello REIC People!

Read below for the full June 2016 reports from the NYC REIC’s various working committees.

In Solidarity,
-Newsletter Crew

Scoping Workgroup Update

The Scoping Workgroup is developing a set of criteria for projects that the NYC REIC wants to collaborate with local organizers to fund. The general goals for this document are three: (1) clearly communicate an intention for the kinds of projects the REIC wants to work with / support,

(2) communicate why certain projects should be supported, and (3) allow NYC REIC to say NO to some potential investment projects so that we can confidently

RSF Social Finance’s Reimagine Money Blog: Democratic Finance for Affordable Space in NYC
Posted by in Uncategorized , on April 27, 2016

RSF Social Finance Blog Post

Read the full post on the RSF Social Finance’s Reimagine Money Blog HERE.

We have received a grant of $1000 from RSF Social Finance, and would love more gifts and grants to support the incubation phase of the investment cooperative. If you would like to make a tax deductible donation, please email info@nycreic.com as we can receive tax deductible donations through Spaceworks, our fiscal sponsor.

April 8 MEMBER NEWSLETTER: All-member meeting on Thursday, April 28! NYCREIC’s 1-Year Anniversary!
Posted by in Uncategorized , on April 21, 2016

Hello REIC Members!

It’s our quarterly All-Member Meeting, and our first birthday!

Our next All-Member Meeting will be held Thursday, April 28th, from 6:30-8:30pm at Middle Collegiate Church in the East Village. At this meeting, we will be hearing report-backs from our democratically-elected Steering Committee and from our four current workgroups (WGs), as we enter the second quarter of the year. We will also hear from the Community Economic Development Clinic of Fordham Law School, which is generously providing pro bono assistance to navigate challenging legal questions around incorporating and investing together. We will also hear about new committees in

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