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SuperMarket Update #16--10/27/00
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Just wanted to give everyone
a quick update on my travels. I am presently in Fairlee, Vermont,
attending the annual meeting for the National Network of Forest
Practicioners. It has been a busy week for travel.
I promise to give more details
next week, but as it is Friday, couldn't fail to bring you the
latest news.
I just finished my workshop.
Internet Marketing--from the perspective of the SuperMarket Coop
project experience. Everyone was super receptive and it was great
feedback for me to see how excited the audience was to what we
are doing.
Of course, there is always
room for improvement, but we have come a long way in such a short
amount of time, 16 weeks today. Most of the questions were concerning
the exact "how to's" of our project. The communication
between myself and the cooperatives, as well as the relationship
building experience
we have had through this update, the focus group and feedback
I have gotten from all of you. The community we are creating
is a new idea for Internet commerce and something very valuable.
As I have been offline for
a few days, Jamil has really been spearheading the product uploads
and additions. It as if we have a home and away team working
now! Last week a few of you got back to me about missing prices
on the Mexican baskets. Well, as a result of your honesty, you
can now pay for them! And I understand you would like to see
pictures of the undecorated wreaths, which I will try to get
by next week.
Thanks so much for your support.
Teaching this workshop made it very obvious to me how important
this community has been in terms of strengthening the project.
Just the differences on the homepage and layout alone!
More next week, if you have
comments, please let me know at rbond@ruralco.org
In cooperation,
Rebecca Bond
SuperMarket Project Manager
A project of The Rural Coalition
1012 14th Street NW Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 628-7160 Fax (202) 628-7165
Toll Free 1-866-RURAL-80
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