[Communications] Newsletter and website stuff

[Lorraine Kells]

Amy,

Here's a lead into a quote and new year message.

Many spent the early weeks of the new year reflecting on the year past, but
we are gardeners; we are plant people. We more often look forward than
back. We’ve already torn one page off a calendar and are eager to tear the
pages until we can garden again to “plant dreams, pull weeds, and grow a
happy life,”

and then lead into conference theme

Connection with plants and the environment has been an integral part of
human culture. We make connections between things by finding some form of
commonality among them and with us. This simple process starts at an early
age in life, even without conscious thought. Connection encompasses
feelings of belonging that give us a sense of place, of identification,
being drawn to something.  This year’s theme “Connections through
Gardening: Plants, People and the Environment,” aims to explore and
celebrate the interconnectedness of our shared garden work and to foster
relationships and conversations that shape and support best practices for
sustainable living and growing in Chicago. As we read through the proposals
submitted, our presenters wrote workshops that read our intention back to
us in their own words, and we saw our theme emerging in many ways, and we
know you will find connection in our human and plant communities as deeply
as they did.


Amy,

Howard Rosing, the moderator for the panel on health is interested in
fitting into our conference and is seeking out how he might structure the
panel. He asked if we would informally survey gardeners to determine what
of the sort questions they might have for an expert panel. So we are not
asking questions; we want people who get the newsletter to reply to me with
the questions they might ask the panelists.  I thought I worded it that
way, no?

Erik said we should start sending him photos write away.  As soon as this
newsletter goes out and registration is up, I will reach out to gardeners.
It takes a personal outreach, believe me. I did it last year.

The jumping worms are more critical if there isn't room for both. Again
maybe March is better or even after the conference to make it more urgent
in gardeners' minds.

Lorraine

On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 7:16 PM Amy Olson <akeo at me.com> wrote:

> Hi Lorraine and all!
>
> I’m so excited for the conference, the workshops sound amazing.
>
> I’ve set up a draft email in Mail Chimp. I have to do something for a few
> hours and then will try to complete a draft and send a test this evening.
>
> Here’s the story list along with a few thoughts/questions:
>
>    - *Quote needed* - something about our conference theme of connecting.
>    - *Short Happy New Year message*
>    - Resources Houseplant Distribution
>    - Registration is Open for the 8th Annual Conference (with link to web
>    page)
>    - Conference highlights with list of workshops.
>    - Survey for Howard Rosing panel workshop - *should we set up a
>    separate survey*? What are the questions?
>    - Conference call for exhibitors, sponsors and volunteers
>    - Photos for slideshow
>    - Pests - Jumping worms and *European Pepper Moths*? This moth alert
>    was sent by Mamie on Nov. 18.
>    - Next CCGA coordinating meeting
>
>
> Let me know what you think, thanks!
> Amy
>
>
>
>>
>> On Feb 2, 2020, at 7:01 PM, Lorraine Kells <lxkells at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Amy, JW
>>
>> I've sent a shared file in drive with the time block of conference
>> presentations.
>> I think it's best to go with title and description for website
>> registration. Presenter photos and bios can go up as separate post, "Meet
>> the Presenters."
>>
>> *"Sometimes the Questions are More Important than the Answers"*
>> Howard Rosing, the moderator for the panel on health and wellbeing has
>> asked
>> us to informally survey gardeners to determine what questions they might
>> have for an expert panel of the sort I am asking him to moderate.  We
>> believe this will help him structure the panel so the panelists have time
>> to present and the gardeners have time to question.
>>
>> *Jumping worm warning.*
>> This very short video says it all. Creepy so don't watch before eating.
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrGnUFDXuyQ
>>
>> Still to come but not much of a write-up; just an announcement.
>>
>> CCGA Resources received a giant pothos plant and has propagated it and
>> others for community gardeners.  Pothos is one of the plants NASA deems an
>> indoor air cleaner.  There will be a house plant distribution Saturday,
>> Feb. 22.  Follow CCGA on Facebook for more information.
>>
>> Photos can be provided
>>
>> That's it for now.
>>
>>
>
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