[Green] Green Sanctuary Committee request for budget line

Wed Apr 17 11:24:22 CDT 2019

I think members should be able to join the class for free if we're not 
paying the instructor or perhaps we share the fee with the instructor 
and members can make a donation.  I think the solar classes have shown 
that we can attract new people from the surrounding area to join us 
briefly. Perhaps we could also hand out a little informational flyer on 
FUUSM with class materials.  I do think a fee for non-members is a great 
way to increase revenue, and we need to have them pay ahead of time so 
that they are more likely to show up, and not waste the instructor's 
time.  I hope to join the meeting of the Green Sanctuary Committee Sun. 
to throw out some ideas for consideration.  Annie

On 4/16/2019 6:13 PM, Kelcey Jacobs wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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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