<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Please note that as of our Dec meeting we designated 5 pm, Jan 6 as the deadline for final edits to the RFP.  The draft RFP will be sent to all chairs and working groups for final editing on or before Wed. Jan 5th with a deadline of 5pm Jan 6 th for final edits.  The RFP will go out in an eblast to our mailing list could go out<b> Friday Jan 7 but no later than Monday, Jan. 10. </b></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div>Please encourage anyone in your group to read the draft and comment as noted above.  Thank you.  The minutes of the meeting Dec. 21 will go out shortly.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Lorraine    </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 2, 2022, 10:55 AM JW Glass <<a href="mailto:james.wesley.glass@gmail.com" target="_blank">james.wesley.glass@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"><span id="gmail-m_8616283233895277402gmail-m_-5620086243654066078m_-4531633391762939949gmail-docs-internal-guid-f15a6010-7fff-8f89-cbda-ec48a497a27b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello All,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">When can we meet again to see what progress we are making? Here are some suggested times, let me know what works best for everyone:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thursday Jan 6th at 7pm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Monday January 10, 7pm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tuesday January 11, 7pm</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Use this link to access the garden list:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KJCiYnhow0-RODTEeDe_o2vpdEwvOkiH?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KJCiYnhow0-RODTEeDe_o2vpdEwvOkiH?usp=sharing</span></a></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Test the link and let me know if you can’t access or edit the data.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MainList</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is the tab we are maintaining and contains our garden records.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:585px;height:171px"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/j7y6lOgPv6q-yr5rp4GD7dbdQUomnGt0fF7LVeEhqbe95FcEhrcJQdHZwBJRkmzTJukiM5gZSJlTypeUMHfyqsvKPhnOCJ2ULUBzFm9aEVHjy5H6N1Z9UAW9jxNL6K2xW_g-XbxA" width="585" height="171" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As we review each garden entry, start by marking the garden ACTIVE column to either Y or N. This tells us someone has verified and reviewed that respective garden. Then fill-in what you can or know about the garden. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:624px;height:389px"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/RDErslvzVLzkqEKZaU2S8Tfpxar67lmssqo7_MVEQrbIEkcD5GJPkwLjRtACeMbbNY7AYCoiQwwhIZs9sL_DeGKbAbmn7SyRrNNBy0OfwDyqukytOY2iA_uv967BRvZif6H8Ntxe" width="624" height="389" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Be careful editing and make sure you have found the correct garden as some have similar names and make sure you are on the correct row in the worksheet.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There is also a form to make it easy to </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">add a new garden to the list</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. To enter a new garden use this form:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://forms.gle/L99eZcCY2rCMYzvaA" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/L99eZcCY2rCMYzvaA</a></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Let me know if you have any questions and thanks for helping to update the list.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">JW Glass</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Communications Team Volunteer</span></p><br></span><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4">JW Glass<br>Chicago, Illinois<br>312.498.3889  |  <a href="mailto:jameswesleyglass@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">james.wesley.glass@gmail.com</a></font><br><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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