[Green] Green Sanctuary Committee request for budget line

[Annie Warmke]

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

On 4/15/2019 9:06 PM, Dawn Hewitt via Green wrote:
>
> To Members of the FUUSM Finance Committee:
>
>
> For the first time in recent memory (or perhaps ever) the Green 
> Sanctuary Committee requests a line in the 2019/2020 budget.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Again, we are seeking a Green Sanctuary Committee line in the budget 
> for $500 to cover costs associated with a planned Sustainability Forum.
>
> Thank you for your consideration of this request.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Dawn Hewitt,
>
> Chair, FUUSM Green Sanctuary Committee
>
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