<div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>I can send the reminder within the next hour or two... JW</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM Batka, Sarah via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</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 class="msg-2395812459241945815">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">I see that you’ve sent out the meeting reminder. Thx.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">I am not checking work email on my days off.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">JW showed me for the April meeting but I did not retain it to be able to do it on my own. I think I should just stick with updating the CCGA calendar as that Is what I am most comfortable doing and have the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sarah Batka<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">w. 217-300-8636<br>
<u><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><a href="mailto:sbatka@illinois.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">sbatka@illinois.edu</span></a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" target="_blank">lxkells@gmail.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 17, 2025 11:44 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> JW Glass via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>>; Batka, Sarah <<a href="mailto:sbatka@illinois.edu" target="_blank">sbatka@illinois.edu</a>>; Amy OLSON <<a href="mailto:akeo@me.com" target="_blank">akeo@me.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Meeting Announcement, Meeting Agenda<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is the communications team still handling the meeting announcement in a timely manner, if so who is doing this? I understood that JW had passed this on to Sarah? This is a hybrid meeting<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Meeting location Daley, Richard M.-West Humboldt<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also the meeting agenda needs to be compiled, please see the list<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For the agenda<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">● Samantha Levan, <span style="color:black"> </span>Aspire Chicago, working with adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities looking for community involvement opportunities for different groups of individuals<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">●<span style="color:black"> Lina Gebhardt, production assistant at NewsNation and the Multimedia Editor at The DePaulia, the independent student newspaper of DePaul University wants to interview gardeners and visit community gardens for a
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<p class="MsoNormal">● update on Memorial for Julie Samuels from ad hoc committee with link to donate <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/weblink.donorperfect.com/juliebench__;!!DZ3fjg!7JXj1eU0rxqUXNC7cmrJ-mJ1yWpCOLoCSOcKMpV2V3_8qqDXwBVtexb8y9iG8TFULlfSp_U7v35oLTFl$" target="_blank">http://weblink.donorperfect.com/juliebench</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">● update on Survey for Chicago Urban Ag Ordinance, access survey <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/bit.ly/ChicagoUrbanAgSurvey__;!!DZ3fjg!7JXj1eU0rxqUXNC7cmrJ-mJ1yWpCOLoCSOcKMpV2V3_8qqDXwBVtexb8y9iG8TFULlfSp_U7v-cR8a0c$" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://bit.ly/ChicagoUrbanAgSurvey</span></a> <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">● update of Green Teacher Gathering, Academy for Global Citizenship, <b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">10am-3pm </span></b>with CCGA table (provided),
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