[Communications] Newsletter and website stuff

Thu Feb 6 09:01:42 CST 2020

Yes that would be great - thank you!

On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 8:42 AM Amy Olson <akeo at me.com> wrote:

> Sure we can include this!
>
> We could use the communications email address, could that work?
>
> .…….…
> amy olson
> sent via iphone
>
>
> On Feb 6, 2020, at 08:30, Julie Samuels <jsamuels1966 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Could an invitation for being an exhibitor/vendor be included?  I attached
> the one I will be sending out soon to past E/ V,s   but it would be
> interesting to see who else would like to participate.  Would something
> like this be ok?   If so,is there another return address that could be used
> .instead of mine(:=(?
>
> "This year’s CCGA conference will be held in the very fine Whitney Young
> High School 211 S.  Laflin St, in Chicago. If you would like,  you might
> be able to  host an exhibit table on the "Bridge" in the school  and share
> your valuable knowledge, resources and skills with many of Chicago’s
> Community Gardeners that day!  You can  request an application from   ???
> jsamuels1966 at gmail.com ???   and return  it as soon as possible.  There
> is limited space for tables ."
>
> On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 12:12 AM Amy Olson via Communications <
> communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Lorraine!
>>
>> I’ll tighten up the draft and send a test in the morning. Then we will be
>> ready to go once registration is ready.
>>
>> Do you have a source for the quote  “plant dreams, pull weeds, and grow a
>> happy life”?
>>
>> We can include the jumping worms for sure.
>>
>> Amy
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 5, 2020, at 9:33 PM, Lorraine Kells <lxkells at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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