FROM: Quinn Wilder, RIC President
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RIC (RIVERWEST INVESTMENT CO-OP) MEETING
Wednesday, July 2, 7-8:30pm, YMCA CDC
(604 E. Center St.)

Hello fellow RICcers,

Lots going on as RIC continues to build momentum
towards that first purchase. Come to the meeting and
check us out-maybe become a member, or maybe just
discover you have a highly valued talent you can use
to help advance the cause!

We have several important issues do address this
Wednesday: Developing our first purchase financing
plan, hearing from our property committee about
prospective properties, assisting with the BIG
speaking event, hearing from the market study
committee on their project and from the marketing
committee on the website and other projects.

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Summary of Riverwest Investment Cooperative Meeting Minutes
June 19, 2003, 7:00 pm, YMCA CDC

I. June 5,2003 Minutes approved by motion.

II. Marketing/PR Update

-Meeting dates will be posted in the Riverwest Currents. An
article or interview will be planned after our first
purchase. Other possibilities: JS Real Estate Section, At
Ten, Shepherd, RNA

-Sign in front of purchased properties with our logo while
work is being done.

-Website is currently being refined.

III. Finance Committee Update

-Membership has grown to 15 full members.

IV. Property

-Our first potential property has been identified. Two
members were given a tour with the representative of the
seller and gave report. RIC members discussed availability
and viability of the property as a RIC project with the
sellers representative.

V. Discussed possible nomination choices for the vacant
at-large board position

VI. Motion passed to participate in an upcoming speaker
event.

-Catherine Austin-Fitts  community investment activist,
former asst. secretary at HUD, will be presenting a lecture
and workshop July 30-31 at Turner Hall. She is an expert on
place-based investing. More information on what she
speaks about can be found on www.solari.com. Another
resource that will allow one to hear an analysis she gave
on the Enron investigation can be found by searching her
name after logging onto www.flashpoints.net/. She is
described as presenting no particular political agenda in
her presentations.

-Target audience (based on San Francisco event)

peace & justice movement
sustainable living
independent media

-Lecture on July 30th: doors open 6:30, 7-9pm
-Workshop on July 31st: 6:30-10:00 pm.
-Tickets: $10 per day or $25 for both. They will become
available for sale prior to the event.

VII. Next meeting scheduled for 7pm on Wednesday, July 2,
2003 at YMCA CDC office on Center St. All Riverwest
residents are welcome.

Riverwest Currents - Volume 2 - Issue 7 - July 2003