<div dir="auto">Mike,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We are moving towards cancellation, and I realize our decision has been slow to come, but we are an organic, democratic organization. It is necessary to take in all comments from our presenters, attendees and committee chairs and you before announcing. We risk unpleasant judgement, but we won't leave you hanging. A decision will be forthcoming Friday and you can help us get the word out.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards</div><div dir="auto">Lorraine</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 1:07 AM Mike Nowak <<a href="mailto:mike@mikenowak.net">mike@mikenowak.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Lorraine,<br>
It seems like a million years since we communicated on
Wednesday, but that's how fast the world is changing. While I
appreciate the shout out in your newsletter, I have to question why
CCGA is still planning to have the conference on March 21. Today I
received notice that the Chicago Flower & Garden Show had been
canceled, as well as the Spring Symposium at the Allen Centennial
Garden in Madison, Wisconsin. Both of the Chicago St. Patrick's Day
parades have been canceled, as well as a Loyola Chicago
environmental conference.<br>
Why are you still planning to have the CCGA Conference? At this
point, it defies all logic.<br>
Frankly, I'm uncomfortable telling people to show up to your
event on March 21.<br>
Please let us know why you plan to hold this event as scheduled.<br>
<br>
Mike<br>
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<div>On 3/11/2020 5:29 PM, CCGA wrote:<br>
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Community Gardeners!</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><br>
<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:noticia text,georgia,times new roman,serif">The first day
of Spring is nearly here,
and we are finalizing
details for the 8th Annual
Conference on March 21.
Good weather will
energize all of us, new as
well as returning
gardeners. Let's work
together to ensure our
community gardens are a
friendly, green, safe, and
fun place to unwind and
recharge during these
uncertain times. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family:noticia text,georgia,times new roman,serif">Listen this
Sunday to the
Mike Nowak Show to hear
Mike Strode talk about his
workshop "The Offers and
Needs Market." The show
has been called the
"greenest show on the air
or in the cloud," and our
other Mike is pretty green
too; he is an urban
cyclist. Mike Stroud has
told us his grounding
philosophy is mycelium,
collaborative agility,
empathic
individualization, and all
things human glue. Let's
all tune in on Sunday to
hear more about what all
of that means for creating
greater human resilience. <br>
<br>
<em>Listen to the Mike
Nowak Show on WCGO 1590
AM or 95.5 FM, Sundays
from 9-11am. Tune in to
hear Mike Strode from
10:30 to 10:45 a.m.</em></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:noticia text,georgia,times new roman,serif">Over the
winter the CCGA
Resources committee was
the recipient of many,
many herb, flower, and
vegetable seed packets
from reputable seed
companies known for
providing fresh, non-GMO
seeds. They've been
generously grouping
packets and donating
these to seed libraries
and community gardens
and distributing them at
workshops. We are more
than community
gardeners, we are people
connected to each other
through growing food for
ourselves, for
pollinators, and small
wildlife that depend on
a healthy insect
population to produce
young.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:noticia text,georgia,times new roman,serif">Each and
every person attending
our March 21 conference
will receive a bundled
packet of seeds. Every
seed sown is a little
act of rebellion to
protect our right to
grow food and preserve
biodiversity. We are
glad that Resources is
sharing the wealth
before and beyond our
conference!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:noticia text,georgia,times new roman,serif">We'll
also provide attendees
with these awesome,
sustainable bamboo
utensils. They provide a
lightweight,
long-lasting alternative
to disposable
silverware. In addition,
each carrying case is
made from recycled
plastic water bottles!
Keep a set in your bag,
glove compartment, lunch
box or desk, and see how
many disposable utensils
you can pass by. </span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:noticia text,georgia,times new roman,serif">We care
deeply about the
health and
well-being of our
attendees,
presenters,
exhibitors,
support team, and
community. CCGA is
closely monitoring
the evolving
situation
regarding the
novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) and at
this time, we plan
to move forward
with the 8th
Annual Conference
as planned. We
will continue to
follow the
official guidance
from the Chicago
Department of
Public Health and
Centers for
Disease Control
and Prevention
(CDC). If you have
any questions or
concerns about
attending the
conference, please
reach out to <a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" rel="noreferrer
noopener noreferrer" style="color:#656565;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>.</span></span></div>
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Calls and High-pitched
Whistles in our Trees,
from the Likes of Birds!
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<div style="text-align:left"><em><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:noticia text,georgia,times new roman,serif">“Strictly
for the birds” can
insinuate that
something is not worth
consideration, and
this careless slang
bears a hint of how
poorly these graceful
creatures of flight
can be thought of. By
conference time (next
weekend!) Spring will
officially be here in
Chicago, and we should
hear the birdsongs of
robins and blackbirds
and the chirps and
cackles of woodpeckers
as they head here to
nest in our oaks,
sycamores, and in the
hackberry and hickory
trees. Even year-round
birds like
black-capped
chickadees get noisier
in Spring. Purple
martins search for
human-made nesting
boxes. Who doesn’t
want to continue
seeing these birds and
hearing those
rollicking songs and
flute-like excited
twitters? <br>
<br>
Our 8th Annual
Conference offers
hands-on possibilities
to rebuild our
connections to the
natural world. Meet
more of the amazing
presenters for this
year's workshops!</span></span></em><br>
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Holden (left) and Jeramie
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