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Partnership with LA Works
Overview
(Stacey to update Overview shortly)
Action Items
We need to have a better understanding of:
- What is envisioned for the LA Works partnership long term
- How LA Works works and how we can work with them better (see issues re: Volunteer, PM: Volunteers)
- How can the Impact Sprints contribute to the volunteer recruiting effort (Democracy Lab)
- Schedule time to discuss the partnership with Jordan (PM at LA Works)
Resources/Instructions
Food Oasis- Volunteer via LA Works
Met with Mellina from CfA, discussed strategy for reaching out to Jordan. Draft of email is in progress.
Sent email to Jordan, requesting a time for us to chat about Food Oasis and LA Works.
Jordan responded via text to Erin: he wants to roll off the project by the end of the year. This is an opportunity to transition the training process back under Food Oasis control. I will reach out and correspond with Jordan via text/ email, to plan out this process and find out his ideas on how we can work better with LA Works, including establishing more contacts with them.
This will be a template for how we can plan to initiate with volunteer recruiting websites like Volunteer Match, and others.
I will ask Jordan to explain his process for how he goes through the Admin portal and approves listings, etc. We will then create documentation for all PMs, make sure all PMs have Admin access and can work through any updates or update requests.
This should address #922, which I will close as Stale and note that it will be addressed in this issue. Check steps in issue #922 to confirm all has been considered.
Sent text to Jordan, re scheduling a chat to discuss LA Works/ FOLA Partnership.
Jordan responded via text, call is scheduled for Thurs, Oct 13 at 3PM.
Spoke to Jordan on 10/13/22- Revised Overview to include what we discussed and next steps.
Update 10/17/22
Below in [[ ]] are notes based on the premise that our partnership with LA Works was in danger because of a competitor app. This is not the case. There was never any risk of losing our partnership with LA Works. Jordan suspects that this was a misunderstanding of something said at one point. I am adding these notes here so they are documented in the issue but wanted to separate them from the current scope.
I am revising the Overview to follow up on next steps I discussed with Jordan during my call on Thursday 10/13/22.
[[We need to confirm our partnership with LA Works for the long term. Currently there is a competitor app that LA Works is working with, and we want to see if that competitor will use the Food Oasis data on their app for their food pantry location validation. This will help solidify our partnership with LA Works.
Competitor App: Our Community LA
Overview Update (10/03/22)
The process listed above may no longer be needed. As per the comment below from 10/03, we will be transitioning the volunteer training back to Food Oasis control. We still want be listed on the LA Works website, but are not going to be dependent on them for training. I will discuss with Jordan to understand what else we need to do to improve the partnership.]]
Texted Jordan to follow up on the new contact I should reach out to for partnership and to update our listing on the LA Works website.
As per our discussions in Slack re: evaluating the validation process, I am going to move this to the Prioritized backlog until we have a clearer idea of how we want to proceed.
Jordan sent me an email today:
[[Hi Rachel and SJ,
I've copied my colleague from Food Oasis, Stacey Scott. Stacey is a Project Manager at Food Oasis. And Stacey: Rachel and SJ have been my main points of contact at LA Works since Denise left.
Unfortunately, I will be stepping away from Food Oasis and LA Works by the end of the year, and Stacey will be coordinating from the Food Oasis side on who should replace me and how.
Now that you all have each other's contact info, please let me know if and how I can help in the transition - thank you!]]
Rachel Niesen: [email protected] SJ: [email protected]
Next volunteer training sessions are Nov 12, Dec 3 and Dec 17. I'll check in with the new contacts to find out why the schedule is changed and what are the next steps to getting a new point person established.