[Advocacy-outreach] Draft of Meeting Minutes for Dec 17

[Lorraine Kells]

Hey Happy New Year,

Included in this email is the draft of the coordinating meeting minutes. To
facilitate motions to accept please read these in advance of our January
meeting.  They are also attached.

CCGA Coordinating Committee Meeting Minutes Draft

December 17, 2024 - 6pm on Zoom



Attending:  JW Glass, Amy Olson, Marsha Wyatt, Barb Dennis, Mamie Gray, and
Lorraine Kells.



The meeting had issues logging in with zoom and stated late; this was also
the reason there was no November meeting. The meeting was called to order
6:33pm



Motion to accept October minutes made by Barb, seconded by Marsha.



*Project/Event Updates *

Amy reported that the AUA x CCGA working to create a City of Chicago
Growers Ordinance has completed a short Preliminary Survey. Over the next
few years, AUA in collaboration with partners throughout Chicago (CCGA),
will be focusing efforts on co-creating an urban agriculture plan to align
with the food future that growers need to thrive. In the sections of the
survey respondents will please provide insight into where we should focus
and why. A final copy will be sent to all community gardeners, including
school and church gardens as well we non-aligned growers throughout the
city.



Communications will not be sending an end of the year Newsletter, but an
email greeting which may include the year’s accomplishes, workshops, and
distributions. A Winter Newsletter in 2025 is proposed. A quarterly update
is also proposed with dates for submission. Please send stories. We will
mention the loss of Julie Samuels but no article will be included until the
ad hoc committee has completed their work.



*Resources and Distributions*

CCGA Resources Committee had a good holiday distribution Dec 7, with 40+
community gardens participating. Each received a beautiful bouquet of
decorative material, lots of evergreens, and ornamental branches.  Coffee
grounds, coffee chaff and burlap were also available. Many thanks to donors
The Contained Garden, Green with Ivy, and Nature's Perspective for their
generosity!   NeighborSpace and CCGA teamed up for a free tulip
distribution.



*Education Committee* No Report



*Advocacy and* Outreach No Report



*Finance Committee* No Report



*Communications Committee  *

JW reported that there are problems with the CCGA email list which must be
resolved with the vendor so that everyone can be informed of our
coordinating meetings. We need another link to Zoom other than via
stewardship. JW will look into it with NeighborSpace.



Motion to adjourn made my Marsha, seconded by JW. Meeting adjourned 7:04.
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