Hi Everyone,
Hope you are all doing well! Just a note to let you know that our February meetings are around the corner:
· Large CDFIs (>20 employees):
o February 2024 - December 2024: recurring meetings second Wednesday of the month at 3 pm Eastern, starting 2/14: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87802432232?pwd=vB337lHTRQG6D1dsqcoM8RdeiPTPDg.1
· Small/Mature CDFIs (10 - 20 employees):
o February 2024 - December 2024: recurring meetings second Thursday of the month at 3 pm Eastern, starting 2/8: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85422391390?pwd=DpTzxCzaLEnG2eCnHd3NJMgdb37R6T.1
· Start up and Very Small CDFIs (<10 employees):
o February 2024 - December 2024: recurring meetings second Tuesday of the month at 2 pm Eastern, starting on 2/13: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81676096072?pwd=KNXccPb4EndGq9S68ScZQ0OymR12la.1
· Our February topic is Process Management. Based on our survey responses and email requests, future topics include:
o March: Technology Solutions (focus on Lending Platforms)
o April: Workflow and roles/hats that everyone wears in their CDFI. From your colleague Corrie Beula Kovacs at First American Capital Corp: Having worked for only two CDFI organizations, I am curious about how other organizations divvy up operational duties and what benefit there may be to different workflows/structures. The Barbara Eckblad charts were a great introduction to ways to structure ops, but I am curious what people are using and how it is functioning for them, especially as relates to the smaller CDFI organizations, and what happens when they grow.
If you wish to receive a calendar invite for any of the meetings above, please email cdfioperations@gmail.com
Cheers,
The CDFI Operations Community of Practice Team (Brian, Christina, James, Lily, Sarah DO, Sarah L)
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Sarah Linda
Community Revitalization Program Manager
sarahl@nwmf.org
Northwest Minnesota Foundation
www.nwmf.org
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