Jan 26-28, 2018 - Startup Weekend. Formed initial team of 5 people, including myself. Created a website that weekend, pitched a major donor, and did research on whether there is enough of a need for a women's shelter in the city. The team talked to the police, mayor, a homeless woman and people running other non-profits in the city. The team decided to actually move ahead and work to get this project off the ground.
Feb 1, 2018 - Had first team meeting. Discussed what would be needed for the business plan. Decided to work on that until our next meeting. Estimated it will take 1-2 years to get off the ground.
Feb 12, 2018 - Team met again. Took some information we had gathered and put it together. Started a shared Google folder. Started to build a list of all the to-do tasks which needed to be done.
March 5, 2018 - Team met. It was just two of us at this meeting. One member of the original team moved across the country so they will no longer be with us. We added to the business plan. Talked about some contacts we had talked to during the past couple weeks. Exploring potential options for a location. Decided we will need to register the nonprofit soon and apply for charity status.
March 12, 2018 - All four team members met. One team member brought forms to open a corporation/non-profit/charity. Another team member has been connecting with other charities and doing research. Most of the meeting was spent filling out the forms.
March 19, 2018 - Three team members met. Went over updates from the past week. Decided criteria for what we are looking for in terms of board members.
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