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Mission <br /> The mission of the Friends of Downtown Hilo Steering Committee is to facilitate the <br /> process of building a Community-Based Vision and Living Action Plan for Downtown Hilo. <br /> Values <br /> The Friends of Downtown Hilo Steering Committee is a grassroots community-based group of <br /> volunteers who value and believe that collaboration, building leadership capacity, and creative <br /> opportunities for community participation and stakeholder involvement are at the heart of building a <br /> vision and living plan for Downtown Hilo. <br /> Philosophy <br /> Each member of the Friends of Downtown Hilo Steering Committee <br /> loves Downtown Hilo, is connected in some way with the community, <br /> and has credibility in the community. <br /> Committee members understand that it may be impossible for the committee to <br /> completely mirror the community it serves and are dedicated to their roles as <br /> connectors to all stakeholders. <br /> Each member is willing to leave his or her personal agenda "at the door," agrees to <br /> attend meetings, and agrees to follow meeting ground rules. <br /> Steering Committee members must be able to multi-task, and must be both <br /> process- and task-oriented. <br /> Steering Committee members must be visionaries with the desire to be involved in a <br /> creative and organic community-based vision process. EE <br /> accept the mantle of Community Liaison. Susan Gagorik was given the title County Planning <br /> Department Liaison. Alice and Susan worked closely to guide this growing process together. <br /> During the time that the FDHSC was processing the reams of community comments they <br /> gathered at the first two workshops and organizing their own roles, these volunteers found that they <br /> had to teach themselves new skills and tackle jobs normally left to professionals. Long meetings were <br /> held to discuss such issues as committee purpose and structure, project boundaries, identifying <br /> stakeholders, stakeholder outreach, data tabulation methods, measuring and synthesizing input and <br /> results, steering committee membership selection process, project name, tag line, and logo design <br /> selection process. Through those meetings the FDHSC members had to develop skills or else find <br /> community members with skills in public relations <br /> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> grant writing, facilitation, Web site development, Capacity Building: A process that empowers <br /> graphic design, database development and people to plan for the future, address issues, and <br /> management, project management, and public manage and solve problems. <br /> speaking. <br /> 14 <br />