We’d love to get to know our Fair Shares family better, and to offer an opportunity for members to support one another in our various areas of expertise. We invite you to fill out the interview questions per the instructions below, and we’ll post a new introduction each week in the newsletter.
Instructions
- Find which group you categorize yourself in with relation to Fair Shares (member, volunteer, or employee).
Copy the questions in that category to a new email.
Answer any or all questions you would like
The only MANDATORY question is in Red
It’s nice if you can answer at least 2-3 (non-mandatory) questions
If you would like, please attach 1-3 pictures of your family (furry family members do count) and you in the email.
We will compile these pictures for you into our spotlight template
Send your question responses/pictures to rob@fairshares.org
Group Category Questions
Member
Who is in your family (animals do count)?
How long have you been a member of Fair Shares?
What is your occupation?
We try to connect those in our community as much as we can. Is there a skillset or occupation that you can help provide our community (piano teacher, website creator, etc.)?
Pick one of four:
What is your favorite vegetable/fruit we sell? Why?
What vegetable/fruit are you given the hardest time for loving? Why do you love it?
What is your favorite vegetable/fruit you discovered because of Fair Shares?
If you had to pick a vegetable/fruit that best describes you what would it be and why?
What local non-produce item (or vendor) do you love to purchase?
What drew you to being a member at Fair Shares?
What is your favorite part about being a member at Fair Shares?
Do you volunteer for Fair Shares? If so, what is your favorite part about volunteering with Fair Shares?
Who can we share this with?
Newsletter? Yes / No
Facebook Private Group? Yes / No
Facebook Public Group? Yes / No
Volunteer
Who is in your family (animals do count)?
How long have you been volunteering at Fair Shares?
What is your occupation?
We try to connect those in our community as much as we can. Is there a skillset or occupation that you can help provide our community (piano teacher, website creator, etc.)?
Pick one of four:
What is your favorite vegetable/fruit we sell? Why?
What vegetable/fruit are you given the hardest time for loving? Why do you love it?
What is your favorite vegetable/fruit you discovered because of Fair Shares?
If you had to pick a vegetable/fruit that best describes you what would it be and why?
What local non-produce item (or vendor) do you love to purchase?
What drew you to being a volunteer at Fair Shares?
What is your favorite part about being a volunteer at Fair Shares?
Who can we share this with?
Newsletter? Yes / No
Facebook Private Group? Yes / No
Facebook Public Group? Yes / No
Employee
Who is in your family (animals do count)?
How long have you been an employee at Fair Shares?
Do you have another occupation?
We try to connect those in our community as much as we can. Is there a skillset or occupation that you can help provide our community (piano teacher, website creator, etc.)?
Pick one of four:
What is your favorite vegetable/fruit we sell? Why?
What vegetable/fruit are you given the hardest time for loving? Why do you love it?
What is your favorite vegetable/fruit you discovered because of Fair Shares?
If you had to pick a vegetable/fruit that best describes you what would it be and why?
What local non-produce item (or vendor) do you love to purchase?
What drew you to being an employee at Fair Shares?
What is your favorite part about being an employee/member at Fair Shares?
Who can we share this with?
Newsletter? Yes / No
Facebook Private Group? Yes / No
Facebook Public Group? Yes / No
Examples
Rob
Who is in your family (animals do count)?
My wife is Grace, our daughter is Jinora (3.5), and we have a Russian tortoise named Ollie (~18 and yes you are reading that correctly).
How long have you been an employee at Fair Shares?
We have been members for 2 years, I started volunteering about a year and a half ago, and I have been an employee for 4 months.
Do you have another occupation?
I work part time for Fair Shares (about 50% of my work week). The other half I work for a company called Pathstream where I am a Data Analytics Instructor.
Is there a skillset or occupation that you can help provide our community (piano teacher, website creator, etc.)?
If you have a lot of data and want to find insights (metrics, dashboards, forecasting, etc.) from the data you have, or if you want to collect data to find new insights, then I am a good person to get into touch with. I have created a few dashboards for the Fair Shares team based on the data we collect.
What is your role or responsibilities at Fair Shares?
I decide what produce items go into shares each week (yes I am that person). I have a background in data science/analytics so I love anything that relates to the data we collect each week from our farmers and how that informs the decisions we make in our business. I do some social media creation such as creating these spotlight features.
What is your favorite vegetable/fruit you discovered because of Fair Shares?
We never knew what a paw paw was until we had them at Fair Shares. They are a fascinating fruit that when harvested at the right time are really yummy!
What local non-produce item (or vendor) do you love to purchase?
We love the butternut squash raviolis from Midwest Pasta Co. If we are searching for an easy dinner or have a special dinner we want to celebrate they are a family favorite.
What drew you to being an employee at Fair Shares?
What brought us to be members is we had been CSA members before when we lived in Iowa and liked the experience. My wife was also drawn to a women owned and run business.
Having lots of diverse data/supplier base plus Sara and Jamie’s willingness to support some of my ideas (mostly involving data) drew me to be an employee. They are awesome bosses and really want the best for their customers and employees.
What is your favorite part about being an employee at Fair Shares?
My favorite part of being a part of Fair Shares is it truly does feel like a community that cares for each other. I love to hear about other employees, volunteers, and member’s dreams and hobbies. Everyone really wants to see the other doing what they love and balancing a life that makes them happy.
May we share this?
Fair Shares Newsletter? Yes
Fair Shares Facebook Private Group? Yes
Fair Shares Facebook Public Group? No