[Communications] Newsletter and website stuff

Thu Feb 6 10:25:33 CST 2020

Amy,

Registration fee is same as last year,  I checked with Angela. Adults $25 ,
students (no age stated) $15, volunteers $15 but must check in with
volunteer coordinator in advance for training dates /times  tbd.I don't
drive but free parking is on Jackson. More info. Check back closer to
conference date.

Marketing??? What else do you need?

On Thu, Feb 6, 2020, 9:01 AM Julie Samuels <jsamuels1966 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>> <Exhibitor Application 2020.doc>
>>
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