[Advocacy-outreach] [Education] From CCGA - Coordinating Meeting Reminder - Tomorrow Tuesday March 19 at 6PM

Mon Mar 18 10:32:54 CDT 2024

Hello,

Here are the meeting notes from Feb attached and in the body of this email.
Please read in advance of our meeting.

CCGA Coordinating Committee Meeting Minutes

February 20, 2024 - 6pm on Zoom

Attending:  JW Glass, Barb Dennis, Gina Jamison, Mamie Gray, Sarah Batka,
LaVerne Morris, and Lorraine Kells, with guests Marilyn Catinella of
Community Food Navigator, and  Adolfo Castrejon of Westlawn Conservation
Club

Motion to accept January minutes made by Barb, seconded by Mamie.

Meeting called to order 6:10pm

6:19 Meeting Called to Order

Project/Event Updates are now given at the top of the meeting as per draft
agenda sent 10/15

JW reported contacting people who might be interested in the Green Latino
grant projects to. advance urban greening planning, advocacy, and
implementation.

Lorraine made an open call to anyone wanting to add stories or information
to our upcoming Winter Newsletter—please send topics/articles.

Adolfo of Westlawn Conservation Club reported that he had a match of $30 to
his own funding, then raised it to $50 and raised $150 They are hosting a
Native Seed Swap March 2 and will forward flyers and info to us.  Adolfo
also mentioned a 1st Nations Garden Winter Sowing in collaboration with
@jardincito_lavillita <https://www.instagram.com/_u/jardincito_lavillita> &
@chicago_safe_soils at 44th, Feb 24 12-3pm. The full address is 4544 S
Ashland.

Marsha reported that there is a fundraiser for Maxwell Community Garden,
Feb 24 at Pompei Restaurant in Little Italy. The donation requested is $50,
and there will be games at $5. The fundraiser is for excavation of their
main area, wood chips, and to put necessary hardscape in place.  They need
$12,000. Maxwell also has a March 2 zoom workshop in seed starting with
Laurie Wakefield covering all the basics. Everyone is invited.

*Committee Reports*

*Resources and Distribution*

Barb reported on the Gowing Luffas & Kitchen Sprouts Workshops Feb 3 when
Resources and  Distribution hosted an event at the Garfield Park
Conservatory, 300 N. Central Park Ave., in the community room.  Carolina
Ara gave tips and a demo on how to grow salad spouts indoors.  Eve Venable
demonstrated how to grow gourds to make luffas. Everyone enjoyed the
subject matter and the bonus free houseplants like Cuban oregano were
appreciated. The event was limited to 40 people, and there was an option to
tour the Conservatory afterward.

Upcoming March 23, Resources and Distributions will host an event to focus
on Pollinator Plant topics with seed distribution. It will be at GPC, 300
N. Central Park Ave. 11:00 am to 1:30 pm and open to everyone.

*Advocacy & Outreach –* No report from this committee although Lorraine did
report that May Toy will be speaking at an event March 15 sponsored by the
Nature, Culture and Human Health Network Summit at Columbus Park Refectory,
5701 W Jackson. 8:30am -3:30 pm. May will be part of a conversation
creating welcoming nature spaces.

*Education* – The Legacy Gardener Project is on it’s way to completing
another videotape of Juline McClinton. There was a brief discussion of the
necessity of creating a 501(c) 3 for wider fundraising purposes. JW said he
had a lawyer who we could contact.  Adolfo mentioned that he’s getting
feedback from his club members who would like to create a nonprofit as well.

*Communications* – JW, Mamie and Lorraine met to work on the website.  Then
Mamie and JW met again. There is a need to build a team of people to meet,
post calendar events. We need to put this blurb in the newsletter.

JW pointed out that you won’t get a garden name until you click on the map.
JW needs to look at plug-ins . JW will send something about composting for
the Newsletter

*Finance* – Angela was not available.

There was lots of news about events in the chat from Sarah. She will be
meeting with the Communications team to work with them on calendar and
event postings. JW will harvest what was in the chat.

A reminder, the next meeting is March 19

7:10 Motion to Adjourn made by Adolfo; seconded by Mamie

On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 9:32 AM JW Glass via Education <
education at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> This is a reminder that the next CCGA coordinating meeting is TOMORROW
> TUESDAY March 19 at 6pm. This is our normal monthly meeting for March.
>
> This will be a virtual Zoom meeting and the link is below.
>
> You can participate via your computer or just call in to the phone number.
> The meeting will start at 6pm sharp.
>
> We are working on an agenda and if you have any specific agenda items to
> add or suggest then email that note to
> communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org.
>
> As an additional reminder, the 5 CCGA mailing lists are:
>
> resources at chicagocommunitygardens.org
>
> education at chicagocommunitygardens.org
>
> advocacy-outreach at chicagocommunitygardens.org
>
> communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org
>
> finance at chicagocommunitygardens.org
>
> JW Glass
>
> Communications Team Volunteer
>
>
>
> CCGA Zoom Room
>
> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82680460687?pwd=YlJjbFdDUjVwMWp4Sm5FbytrUjhiUT09
>
> Meeting ID: 826 8046 0687
>
> Passcode: CCGA
>
> Dial in number:   312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
>
> Meeting ID: 826 8046 0687
>
> Passcode: 412128
>
>
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> JW Glass
> Chicago, Illinois
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