Personal Reflections - Week 3

This week, I liaised with Joanne to coordinate the revision of materials (database, survey) and to schedule a planning meeting for the Mid Main Service Providers presentation to take place next week at Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House. I attended the meeting with Joanne and Andrew Hunter (from MPNH) on October 20th, during which we planned our joint presentation for the MMSP meeting. We also discussed changes to be made to the survey, which I made and sent back to Joanne for printing.

I categorized and tabulated the data base to improve accessibility of data. I also added a few assets that were missed in the initial draft. During out Mid-term meeting with the community partner, I took the role of Scribe, which is basically recording all the points made by the partner, into defined and clearly categorized sections. After the meeting, I typed up parts of the notes and created a google doc for other members to add their notes as well. I find that this project is overwhelmingly demanding; I want to be on top of my responsibilities and also be able to contribute more than my defined roles; I don't think I did the latter this week and only managed to do my assigned roles.

This week I was part of the team that finalized the food assets database and coordinated with Shirley and Yuki when we converts the data base from a word document to an excel spreadsheet. During the meeting I jotted down some general notes about what needs to be completed for the revised proposal and who will be taking charge of those changes. I feel like this project is really taking a big chunk of every member's time and some demand more than what we are able to give. I feel that we need to work on communicating with less negativity and focus on positive aspects of what we have already accomplished.

This week I assisted in editing the project charter and updating necessary categories. During our last meeting as a group on October 22, I explained to the group that upon finishing my midterm (October 23) I would be able to resume my contribution and work towards the project. Communication is still an area that can be improved on as a group. I think that although using Facebook for our group collective discussion is useful, information is sometimes hard to find on this particular platform.

This week I took part in completing the food assets database, added some more assets and deleted the assets that are not necessary. After that we transfer the database from word to excel. What I found challenging this week is finding the appropriate restaurants to put on our database. Some of the restaurants have high scores online, but they don't specify if they provide any organic, vegetarian or vegan options. So it's a bit difficulty to decide which ones to put on the database.

This week I took part in adding the food assets database and plotting the assets that are added after the meeting on the map. The database is now easier to read and modify on excel. The notes from the meeting contains many new ideas, so Shirley and I tried to put all new information on our database. I feel the same way as Shirley that not all stores or restaurants provide adequate information online.