<div dir="ltr">Great thinking Annie! Even if we just ask for donations like we do for the gardening classes, it helps raise some revenue. I think we need to be careful with the fees because many times a large number of attendees are already church members and they already donate so much, both money and time.....but it is definitely an idea worth considering.<div><br></div><div>Kelcey</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 4:40 PM Annie Warmke via Green <<a href="mailto:green@fuusm.org">green@fuusm.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">
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<div class="gmail-m_8350643392277279020moz-cite-prefix">Thanks for this update. I love the
idea of the forum. I am thinking that there might be
opportunities for advertising to generate revenue at such a
forum. This would enable us to connect with regional businesses
and like-minded individuals who would support the efforts of such
a forum. This might increase revenue for the committee and FUUSM
in general. Also, I am wondering if we want to consider how
offering classes such as the ones we did this year could increase
revenue as well. In another month it will be time for Jay and I
to begin planning 2020 and how we will offer classes. It seems
that there might be other folks who could teach for a fee and then
split the fee with the committee - activism, healthy fast food,
etc. I am willing to offer some time to help massage these and
other ideas. Hopefully I will be able to stay for the Green
Sanctuary Committee meeting on Sunday. Annie</div>
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<div class="gmail-m_8350643392277279020moz-cite-prefix">On 4/15/2019 9:06 PM, Dawn Hewitt via
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<p class="MsoNormal">To Members of the FUUSM Finance Committee: </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For the first time in recent memory (or
perhaps ever) the
Green Sanctuary Committee requests a line in the 2019/2020
budget.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are in the earliest stages of planning a
Sustainability
Forum which we hope will generate community-wide interest and
participation,
and we request $500 to be spent on speaker stipends and travel
expenses.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The GSC has long operated on our “pocket
change fund,”
raised entirely by collecting and selling scrap aluminum and
other metals to
recycling companies. This income source is unpredictable in its
timing and in
the amount generated. In the present fiscal year, we have spent
$100 from that fund to contribute to a scholarship
for solar installer training; $200 on stipends, travel expenses,
and materials for
the Winter Gardening Series; and memberships in the Ohio
Environmental Council
and Friends of the Lower Muskingum River totaling $100.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Some small amount of money remains in this
fund, but we don’t
expect that amount to be able to cover the costs of the big,
attention-grabbing
sustainability forum we’re envisioning for this winter.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please note that the Green Sanctuary
Committee has raised more
than $1,000 for the FUUSM General Fund through four solar energy
classes in a
fee splitting arrangement with Blue Rock Station. Our
fund-raising projects
have not only supported FUUSM’s solar installation and
expansion, and the electrical
interconnectivity of the two buildings, but also matched a
$10,000 grant to
improve energy efficiency in the RE building. We have brought in
more money to
the FUUSM General Fund than we are seeking to cover expenses
related to a
Sustainability Forum.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Again, we are seeking a Green Sanctuary
Committee line in
the budget for $500 to cover costs associated with a planned
Sustainability
Forum.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your consideration of this
request.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u>Sincerely,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dawn Hewitt,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chair, FUUSM Green Sanctuary Committee<u></u><u></u></p>
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