[Green] Green Sanctuary Committee request for budget line

[Kelcey Jacobs]

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.

Kelcey

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 4:40 PM Annie Warmke via Green <green at fuusm.org>
wrote:

> 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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