<div dir="ltr">I agree with you May, and I respect how committed you are to community gardens. I think the motion can be more clear. I was just testing some wording. <br><div><br></div><div>To more inclusively respond to the needs and requirements of community gardens which are non-commercial and neighborhood growing organizations, as pertains to the city water hydrant policy on the hydrant cap assembly, back flow preventer and hydrant keys & installation and inspection,
CCGA supports a survey of gardens affected by this new policy and advocates for policy changes and resources for those gardens in a cooperative manner.</div><div><br><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 1:51 PM M Toy <<a href="mailto:mtoy.usa@gmail.com" target="_blank">mtoy.usa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hi Lorraine,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I don't support working with AUA. I think that they are using community gardens to leverage better terms for their for-profit members. That's AUA's mission which is fine. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Neighborspace gardens don't really need our help since neighborspace provides liability insurance to it's gardens. They also have the resources to help the gardens that sits on neighborspace land.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I offer to advocate for community gardens only. If there is no need, I have other things to do with my time.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If AUA and Neighborspace is on top of it, there has been no resquest for our input until after the fact.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks. </div><div dir="auto">May </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 27, 2020, 12:50 PM Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" target="_blank">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Here's a sample email. <div><br></div><div>It's high season for gardeners, so rather than take you out of those gardens ripe with tomatoes and peppers, the Communications team is sending out this motion for your vote by 5 pm Thursday.<div><br></div><div>Discussion may take place between now and then on this motion here. We see this as a way to move from competing for resources to sharing them.</div><div><br></div><div>"CCGA supports collective action with AUA, and additionally to more inclusively respond to the needs and requirements of community gardens, as pertains to the city water hydrant policy, supports a survey of CCGA gardens affected and advocacy for those gardens. </div><div><br></div><div>There's no mention of what the advocacy will be. Please suggest wording. That needs to be open to allow for proposed changes without locking in to anything." I know there are many in CCGA working groups who really think NeighborSpace and especially AUA are already on top of this and we should work with them. </div><div><br></div><div>Lorraine<br><div><br></div><div> </div></div></div></div>
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