John Ventre, Thom Hardenberg, Suzanne Schecter, Janice Chorba, Isabelle Buonocore

Offer from Whole Foods Market

Whole Foods has expressed an interest in assisting NGT, City Harvest, and our Garden.  The Whole Foods’ representative, Shannon, met with John and Janice on 12/3/14.  She offered volunteers, speakers, and supplies for fundraisers.  John will put together a list of things our garden could use along with dates that the things are needed, and will send it to NGT within the next week.  NGT, in turn, will compile the individual wish lists into one list and send it to Whole Foods Market.

The Garden could use:

Supplies for fundraiser barbecue in early September

Experts to give talks at occasional speaker events

Recognition of our apiary and honey extraction process

City Harvest could use:

Help with seasonal cleanups

Help repairing City Harvest’s plots within the Garden

Help building garden beds at the Riverview Courtyard Apartment Complex

(Janice and Ed will provide measurements of the plots)

Mural Wall Repairs

The $700 check to the Bavasos is in the mail.  We are not committed to any thing else.

Warning Notices 

John notified six gardeners by email that they have not met garden requirements this year.  One of these gardeners was sent the notice by mistake.  Some individuals responded to the warning notice, saying that they didn’t know there were problems or their row did not have a captain. The gardeners were asked to meet requirements next year.

Gardener Leaving 

Don Shump has informed the Garden he will not be returning in 2015. He has moved out of the area.  He has been asked for the keys.  This brings us to three open plots going to 2015.  Email regarding plot moves will go out after the holidays.

Holiday Party

The holiday party is Tuesday, December 16, at Old Swedes Church.  John will pay the balance owed on the room rental.  Thom will make a toast at the party.

Row Captains

Thom will begin working with the row captains. He will talk to current row captains and confirm which individuals are responsible for which row.  He will also try to get the row captains to be more involved in the Garden.  Thom has volunteered to be row captain for row 7.

Secretary

Isabelle Buonocore is the new Secretary.  She will take minutes at the executive committee meetings and the general meetings.

New Division of Responsibilities

Isabelle will take attendance at General Meetings.  She will also help John with the waiting list.

Janice will post items to the Garden Website, send out communications, and take care of Facebook.

Watering Coordinator

We need a new watering coordinator prior to the first meeting in Spring. John will seek a volunteer.

Website

Should we have a helper or back-up person for our webmaster?

New Gardeners/Plot Changes

John has started contacting the new gardeners.  He will send out an email asking current gardeners if they wish to move to a different plot. The move of current gardeners should be done before the first meeting in March, after which the new gardeners can be assigned their plots.

Garden Map and Contact List

The Garden map and contact list need to be updated.

Next Executive Committee Meeting

We will meet in early February, date to be determined.

Agenda items include: change to dues amount, procedures for weekly watering.

Treasurer will provide estimates of income and expenses.

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