<div dir="ltr">I already emailed Jean Ambrose and let her know about changes to come in the Sustainability Forum, and that we'd be in touch. I was thinking she was planning on being a presenter. I know at a minimum she was planning on attending.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 2:07 PM Kelcey Jacobs <<a href="mailto:cvspedteacher@gmail.com">cvspedteacher@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">1. Approval of minutes from February meeting. <font color="#0000ff">Aye!</font><div><br></div><div>2. Green Tips volunteer <font color="#0000ff">Thank you Patty! I think we should send them in to Chris to use as needed, but also resubmit later when we know we will actually be having services.</font><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>4. Confirmation of presenters and topics for Adult RE classes during April. Here’s what I think it looks like, but </div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>April 5: Myra Moss? Annie, did she agree to this?</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>April 12: NONE because of Easter</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>April 19: George Banziger on the science of climate change</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>April 26: Vic Elam on environmental impacts on wildlife, and information the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge </div></div><div><font color="#0000ff">Hopefully by Apr 19 we will be back at the church and George and Vic should be able to proceed as planned. I doubt we'll be back by Apr. 5, and if we are, well, people will likely want to socialize and reconnect in person rather than sit in RE. </font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><br></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff">Which leads us to 5. Service on April 5th, for which we probably could have a tentative plan, but not something elaborate. </font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><br></font></div><div>8. Sustainability Forum <font color="#0000ff">I agree we need to do something virtual, but extremely scaled back, and suggest a weekend forum this fall.<br></font></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 1:45 PM Dawn Hewitt via Green <<a href="mailto:green@fuusm.org" target="_blank">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"><div>Friends,<div><br></div><div>As promised, here is the agenda we would have covered at our meeting today, if we had had one in person, <font color="#e32400">with my comments in red. </font></div><div><br></div><div><div>1. Approval of minutes from February meeting.</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><font color="#e32400">I’m <b>attaching </b>them again, possibly the third time you’ve received them. </font></div><div><font color="#e32400"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>All in favor, please REPLY-ALL with “Aye.” All opposed, please REPLY-ALL with “No,” or with your amendments. </font></div><div><br></div><div>2. Green Tips volunteer for April (Kudos to Michael Chisholm for his tips in the March orders of service!</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><font color="#ff4013">Patty Troisi has provided nine green tips, intending them for April and May. They’re <b>also attached. </b>(Thank you, Patty!) Should we hold them, or pass them on to Chris Keller for the weekly update? Your thoughts, please!</font></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></div><div>3. CCL update from Dave or George. <font color="#ff4013">Dave or George? </font></div><div><br></div><div>4. Confirmation of presenters and topics for Adult RE classes during April. Here’s what I think it looks like, but </div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>April 5: Myra Moss? Annie, did she agree to this?</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>April 12: NONE because of Easter</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>April 19: George Banziger on the science of climate change</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>April 26: Vic Elam on environmental impacts on wildlife, and information the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge </div><div><br></div><div><font color="#e32400">Well, we know Myra won’t be here, and I suspect that we will not have services on these days. How to proceed?</font></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.15pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal">5. The April 5 service is ours, all ours, every aspect of it except Randall’s music.</p><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Myra Moss will present the reflection</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Martha McGovern gave me a powerful, powerful poem by Wendel Berry, titled “Questionnaire” that would be terrific. </div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Rebecca Phillips (assuming she can get back into the country) has agreed to serve as Worship Associate</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>We need to pick a few hymns (or should we call them “hers,” or possibly “them”?). There are a couple of really super environmental hymns in the hymnal that we never sing. I propose a couple of them. They’re pretty radical!</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Chalice lighting (could be the Wendell Berry poem); responsive reading; etc. I think I can organize the whole service with Rebecca’s help (and Chris Keller, and Randall Kidder), but don’t want to claim responsibility to do so without input from the committee.</div><div><br></div><div><font color="#e32400">Again, I assume this is not going to happen. Should we continue to plan?</font></div><div><br></div><div>6. Solar installer class is April 6-10. </div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><font color="#e32400">I have submitted news to the Marietta Times FOUR times, but seen the announcement in print exactly zero times. Has anyone seen the announcement in the newspaper? I’ve also hung a few fliers around town. Last I heard, there were four sign-ups. Annie, can you provide an update? Since this class is so small, I presume it will continue as planned? </font></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><font color="#e32400">Jay will stay with the Tings. </font></div><div><font color="#e32400"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Dawn will provide lunch on Monday, April 6</font></div><div><font color="#e32400"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Adeline will provide lunch Tuesday, April 7<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font></div><div><font color="#e32400"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>George will provide lunch Wednesday, April 8</font></div><div><font color="#e32400"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Cindy will provide lunch Thursday, April 9</font></div><div><font color="#e32400"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><b>We need one more volunteer</b> for Friday (or, Dawn is willing to swap for Monday). </font></div><div><br></div><div>7. Earth Day Marietta is 10-2 Saturday, April 18. </div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Canopies</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Solar gadgets</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Coloring for kids</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>My trusty portable clothes line </div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Do we want to do anything new this year? Handouts? CCL stuff? It’s the 50th anniversary, after all!</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Hippie theme?</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Banner from the children’s RE? </div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></div><div><font color="#b51a00">According to its Facebook page, this event is still on, but I’ve written to organizer Kathy Ortt to verify. She might still be trying to decide (and that’s okay, too). I’ll let you all know what she says as soon as I receive it. Meanwhile, uh. what to do? Just wait and see, I guess. </font></div><div><font color="#b51a00"><span><br></span></font></div><div>8. Sustainability Forum</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Next meeting will be Monday, March 16, at 7:15 p.m. (immediately following CCL)</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Update on progress for GSC members who aren’t on planning subcommittee</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><font color="#e32400">As of 1:38 p.m. Sunday, March 15, the planning committee will meet virtually. </font></div><div><font color="#e32400"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>We know this much about the Sustainable Marietta Forum: Myra Moss will not be able to attend in person (but she’s still willing and eager to help us out); there will be no Just Dinner, and no lunch on Saturday. Workshops and the panel discussion will not be held in person on Saturday. There will be no Sunday afternoon discussion in person. </font></div><div><font color="#e32400"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>The planning committee is already looking for virtual alternatives: A Zoom meeting, or a webinar; and probably postponing the in-person event until we get an all-clear signal from officials we trust. </font></div><div><font color="#e32400"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>We DO NOT want to lose the momentum we have built for this event, so we want to do SOMETHING, and we need to decide ASAP what that something will be. STAY TUNED.</font></div><div><font color="#e32400"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font></div><div><font color="#e32400">>>>There its a separate mailing list (just a reply-all list) of those who have been involved in the sustainability forum planning subcommittee so as not to bother every single GSC member with email they don’t want. If you would like to be added to that list, please let me know! We’d be thrilled to have your ideas and input, and I’d be glad to add you to that list!! <<</font></div><div><font color="#e32400"><br></font></div><div><font color="#e32400">Now, it’s your turn! Please reply with your input and ideas!! I need your help with all of the above!!! Thanks, and virtual hugs. —dawn</font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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