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TimePurposePresenterOutcome 8:30 am – 8:45 am Welcome and Introductions Anna Shipp of SBN’s GSI Partners Introduce hosts, presenters, and attendees 8:45 am – 9:15 am Plan Review and Act 167 Vicki Lenoci of PWD’s Plan Review Dept. Overview of the regulatory changes anticipated with Act 167 implementation PWD’s Plan Review Process 9:15 am - 9:45 am Q + A Moderated Discussion Moderated Discussion: Q + A “How does this information relate to my business?” 9:45 am – 10:00 am Break/Networkingn/aBreak/Networking 10:00 am – 10:25 am GSI Partners Update Anna Shipp of SBN’s GSI Partners Update on the activities of the GSI Partners since the July meeting; info on upcoming activities, and other ways to get involved. 10:25 am – 10:30 am Closing Anna Shipp of SBN’s GSI Partners Thank you and next meeting announcement. Agenda

Rebranding: Complete! Strategic Planning Local Community of Practice Training Funds Business Participation Upcoming Events and Activities Closing Update

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Strategic Planning Who: Level 4 SBN Member Strategy Arts Output: Business-Informed Strategic Initiatives that the GSI Partners will implement over the next several years Phase I: Developing Leadership Perspectives Stakeholder interviews (25) and executive focus group (1) A few of the questions What are the key elements of a robust local GSI industry? What needs to happen for the region to become *the* hub of GSI innovation? What needs to happen to better facilitate GSI being the driver for large scale job creation and business growth in the region? Phase II: Creating a Shared Vision A facilitated convening of 25 stakeholders to agree on a shared vision for the above questions A survey to determine full range of stakeholders’ desired role for the GSI Partners Phase III: Developing Action Plans and Accountability SBN and GSI Partners staff develop actionable goals and metrics

Context: GSI Partners = SBN Initiative Local Community of Practice = GSI Partners Initiative Convened May 2013 Goals: Grow leadership capacities for participants – individually, as a group, and for their businesses Identify barriers for small businesses re: public and private GSI contracts Develop recommendations to present to PWD re: improvements to process, policy, innovation and more So far: Two 2-day/1-night retreats Three 2-hour breakfast meetings Next Steps: Report to PWD Develop structure for ongoing dialogue with PWD “Next Step Planning Meeting” for LCoP participants Local Community of Practice: An Immersive Focus Group WHO: 8 small business leaders committed to GSI and growing their leadership capacities

Examples of Courses that have been funded: Biofilters: A Natural Approach to Storm Water Pollutant Removal Building Geodatabases AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Essentials for Land Surveying Plant Disease Identification Project Management for Engineers Creating Design Storms for Rainfall- Runoff Models Customized Sales Training OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety - for info – Training Funds WHY: Provide continuing education ops for biz and employees WHAT: $50k annually - Up to $5k/biz/year - Currently available for fall2013/spring2014= $25k Currently accepting requests and updating course list

Current Partnership Status Business Participation WHY: To have a big impact, we need a big voice. More voices together = one big voice So, more voices = more better June’s numbers: October’s numbers: In “Good Standing” 3249 Businesses 2232 Design 817 Build 810 Maintenance 22 Material Supply 23 Other 47 Keep up the great work referring businesses to the GSI Partners. Let’s keep increasing the number of participating businesses AND strategizing balance of sectors

Visioning meeting ½-Day visioning meeting that will be facilitated by Strategy Arts to discuss the themes from the 25 stakeholder interviews, and envision how the GSI Partners will move forward. Wednesday December 4 th 8:30 am – noon SBN HQ 1617 JFK Blvd., Suite 1855, Philadelphia SBN’s Business Directory is being updated with a section just for GSI Partners! The 2014 SBN/Grid Sustainable Business Directory will include GSI Partners! Promote your business or non-profit to 30,000+ consumers interested in supporting businesses who care about profit, the planet, and its people. The deadline to get included is October 30, 2014 so get listed today. Upcoming Events and Activities to join us / get listed

Coming in 2014: New: Committees New: Roundtable discussions New: Workshop series Ongoing: dialogue with PWD and other policy-makers Ongoing: quarterly meetings Ongoing: monthly newsletter Ongoing: continuing education funds Upcoming Events and Activities, continued for info / to participate

Meeting Evaluation form Thank you to TTF Watershed Partnership and Globe Dye Works for graciously hosting us! Next meeting Save-The-Date: GSI Partners Quarterly Meeting Tuesday January 28 th, :30 am – 10 am Location TBD Who wants to host? Comments/questions/feedback on anything we talked about today? Anna ext. 107 or