<div dir="ltr">Hello all,<div><br></div><div>Please read before our Nov. 19 meeting so that we may approve the minutes. Changes may be made before a motion to accept in that meeting. Minutes are below and attached.</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">CCGA Coordinating
Committee Meeting Minutes, October 15, 2024 - 6pm on Zoom</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Attending: JW
Glass, Amy Olson, Barb Dennis, Gina Jamison, Mamie Gray, Mary Fran, Lorraine
Kells, Emma Pierce, Food System Organizer, First Presbyterian Church of Chicago
and Katherine Kenny, Nettlehorst Elementary School Garden</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Meeting called to order 6:09pm. Motion to adopt
minutes of September 19 was made Gina and seconded by Amy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New members were welcomed. Katherine told us about her
work at Nettlehorst Elementary with their children’s garden. She reviewed how
they did winter sowing in donated gallon milk cartons. She is glad to hear
about CCGA and is looking forward to the bulb distribution in Oct. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Emma stated that she has been in touch with Ellen who
will advise here on greenhouse growing. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Due to a time constraint on her attendance, Amy gave
an update on the Newsletter and Mailchimp. A fall newsletter will go out, and
now that we have a paid account there are added features which will provide
more flexibility, user roles, and subscriber metrics for both the main CCGA
mailing list as well as the Resources mailing list. If they choose to import
their database. We’ll have better functionality to create and track forms. We
also talked about the Newsletter format and ideas for recurring features and
columns to help make it more meaningful and engaging for kids and families. We
will re-establish quarterly calendar, with a submission timeline coming in
early 2025. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Project/Event Updates</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tribute for Julie Samuels. As Gina was the only one present, she was asked to contact the ad hoc group that is planning a
memorial for Julie. They will put some content together for the Newsletter.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">6:40 Committee Reports</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Resources – </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Barb
stated that 6000 plants</span> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">had arrived for the Resources Fall Perennial
Distribution which included pollinator plants and garden tools. The set up was
done with completion in record time. She announced an Oct 26 garlic bulb and
spring allium and hyacinth distribution at the African garden. Miscellaneous bags of compost and peat moss
will be available as well as garden hoses and other bits of garden materials to
be included.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Advocacy and Outreach – </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">No
one was in attendance, but Lorraine stated that the collaboration with AUA for
creating an urban agriculture ordinance had been signed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Education – </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Gina
stated that the committee would offer a vegetable fermentation workshop as well
as kombucha in 2025.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Communications – </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">JW
wants to know the cost of the new mailchimp account. He reviewed the
Communications team routine tasks.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Finance – </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">No
one present.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">6:59 Motion to adjourn was made by JW; seconded by
Gina</span></p></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Lorraine</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>