Breakout session 1, Monday afternoon: Collaboration among Non-profits

Goals:

-Address competition for resources (funding, volunteer pool, identity, leadership for future organizations). Is there actually a scarcity?
-Work towards common goal of, “Use of Public Lands and to take care of it,” sustainable and responsible use of public lands
-Work together on overlap (programming, curriculum, orientation, management overhead)
-Integrate strategic planning across organizations on key issues
-Co-locate (physically and on the internet) to share resources
-Create a clear, concise message for the need for all this work and decide who it is for
-Join together for: funding, training, agency resources, to inspire, connect to a larger world outside CO, constitute a movement

Actions:

-Identify expertise in different organizations
-Identify key areas so not “Re-inventing the wheel”
-Tease out what collaborations have worked and what tools are successful
-Work to change the mindset of open source (hoarding, protection)
-Work together on already established days (CORRP, National Public Lands Day, National Trails Day, National Get Outdoors Day, etc.)
-Focus on expertise and geographic niches so we don’t dilute messages and resources, spread thin volunteers and supporters

Resources:

-Existing expertise in organizations
-Existing management overhead (volunteeroutdoors.net, volunteer management materials)
-Existing days (CORRP, National Public Lands Day, National Trails Day, National Get Outdoors Day, etc.)