Community Standards Committee October Meeting

Thank you for yet another wonderful meeting on Monday!

1. We spent the bulk of the meeting reviewing and incorporating member feedback into our current minimum standards. From our member feedback review in the Business Membership Terms, Ownership, and Inclusive Workforce categories, we added 2 minimum standards, 1 in Good Faith Effort for Worker Satisfaction and 1 in Inclusive Workforce for Trans and Nonconforming Workforce.

2. We spent another portion continuing our exploration of additional areas that staff flagged where either no minimums were set by the group to date, but individual members of the committee subsequently suggested minimums, or no minimums were set by the group to date, and we wanted to ensure that this was intentional and not an oversight. From this process, we added 1 minimum standard in Product or Service Mission.

3. We also reviewed recommended minimum standards in Health & Safety from MassCOSH. From that process we added 2 minimum standards in Fair Classification and Occupational Safety Compliance.

4. We continued our exploration of additional areas that staff flagged where either no minimums were set by the group to date, but individual members of the committee subsequently suggested minimums, or no minimums were set by the group to date, and we wanted to ensure that this was intentional and not an oversight. From that process, we decided not to have minimum standards in Recycling & Reuse and Organic Composting.

Congratulations! We have set 24 minimum standards in the areas of Good Faith Effort, Inclusive Ownership, Inclusive Workforce, Good Jobs, Worker Power, Customers, Vendors, Energy, Civic Engagement, and Workplace Safety so far!

5. Lastly, we reviewed sector specific recommended minimum standards from Matahari, ROC Unite, Boston Jobs Coalition, MassCOSH, PILOT Coalition, and Right to the City,  in domestic care, restaurant & food service, construction, nonprofit, and housing. From this process, we added 13 sector specific minimum standards.

6. Our next Community Standards Committee Meeting will be Wednesday, October 03, 6:00pm at City Life/Vida Urbana, 284 Amory Street, First Floor, Jamaica Plain.

At this meeting we will finalize our draft minimum standards proposal and prepare for the assembly.

Next Steps and Prep:

1. If you've not yet done so, please review the member feedback for the categories you explored in our July meeting (or assigned yourself on Monday), and come prepared with answers to the following questions (for each area): a. Are there any member suggestions I recommend adding as a minimum standard?; b. Why/Why not?; c. If so, what? 

I am linking in a worksheet below in case it's helpful:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sQC7uHygTo5g8h7E4QwtHYdKm24ihFFxhF6Ta8fWunQ/edit?usp=sharing

2. If you've not yet done so, we ask you to review the areas highlighted in Green/Slate/Seafoam on the spreadsheet linked below, and come prepared with answers to the following questions (for each area highlighted Green/Slate/Seafoam): a. Should there be a minimum standard in this area?; b. Why/Why not?; c. If so, what?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P8Ue9t9TKM71DQdCdtan69s4nW6XeGTtvS2WeGYZZOU/edit?usp=sharing

I am linking in a worksheet below in case it's helpful:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Od8ZLmHEYZO05lZAK-BIOhXHy8CRMySQH8yCEwaKrB8/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you and looking forward!

Nia

Boston Ujima Project Community Standards Committee October Meeting

Wednesday October 03, 6:00pm

City Life/Vida Urbana, 284 Amory Street, First Floor, Jamaica Plain