<div dir="ltr">Hey Happy New Year,<div><br><div>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.</div></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 Draft</span></p>

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- 6pm on Zoom</span></p>

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Dennis, Mamie Gray, and Lorraine Kells.</span></p>

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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</span></p>

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minutes made by Barb, seconded by Marsha.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Project/Event
Updates </span></b></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">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.</span></p>

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<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">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.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Resources and
Distributions</span></b></p>

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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. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Education
Committee</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
No Report</span></p>

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Report</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Finance Committee</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> No Report</span></p>

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 </span></b></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">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<b>
</b>another link to Zoom other than via stewardship. JW will look into it with NeighborSpace.</span></p>

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made my Marsha, seconded by JW. Meeting adjourned 7:04. <b></b></span></p></div></div>