Meeting Agenda Template And Worksheet
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4Meeting Agenda Template and Worksheet
Below is a sample meeting agenda to help you think through the framework of your meetings with
your Members of Congress. If more than one person attends, think about who will chair the meeting
and who will cover each agenda item. Use the sample meeting agenda to help you fill in information
on the meeting agenda worksheet. Please personalize all sections (underlined) below.
MEETING AGENDA
1. Introductions (BRIEF).
All attendees BRIEFLY introduce themselves and their agency and say one or two sentences
about their involvement with the issue of homelessness. If there are more than three people in
the meeting, a previously designated chair might want to do the introductions.
Mention any relationships you have with acquaintances of your senator or representative.
2. Thank the senator/representative for something.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your staff for your dedication to
improving polices that will allow us to better address homelessness in (COMMUNITY).
What is the senator’s/representative’s history of support on this issue?
o Thank him/her for something specific. For example, co-sponsorship of work to support
legislation, voting to increase federal funding for key programs, or visiting your program
recently.
3. Purpose of the meeting.
We are here today to talk to you about the local progress being made in (CITY/STATE) to
implement solutions to homelessness, as well as how we can work together to advance our
progress. Specifically, we ask that you work in support of (RELEVANT POLICY ISSUE).
o Information about current policies is available in your Capitol Hill Day packet and at the
Advocacy Information Table. The Alliance can help you decide how your Member can
have the most impact.
4. Tell local stories of personal and community-wide success.
Members are more likely to support your request when you can demonstrate how much you
have accomplished with the resources you have. This shows that you can put the resources to
good use.
Share any community or program-related outcome data. Describe what you do and concretely
explain why your program works. Relate the policy issues to your community’s success.
Tell the story of how you (or an individual/family you know) benefited from a local homeless
assistance program.
Share information about your community’s 10-year-plan to end homelessness.
Discuss the involvement of interested partners in the community who have come together in
your local movement to end homelessness (i.e., business owners, community organizations,
local leaders/elected officials).
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