[Green] Virtual Green Sanctuary meeting. PLEASE REPLY with your input, comments, ideas

[Kelcey Jacobs]

1. Approval of minutes from February meeting.  Aye!

2. Green Tips volunteer 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.

4. Confirmation of presenters and topics for Adult RE classes during April.
Here’s what I think it looks like, but
April 5: Myra Moss?  Annie, did she agree to this?
April 12: NONE because of Easter
April 19: George Banziger on the science of climate change
April 26: Vic Elam on environmental impacts on wildlife, and information
the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge
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.

Which leads us to 5. Service on April 5th,  for which we probably could
have a tentative plan, but not something elaborate.

8. Sustainability Forum   I agree we need to do something virtual, but
extremely scaled back, and suggest a weekend forum this fall.

On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 1:45 PM Dawn Hewitt via Green <green at fuusm.org>
wrote:

> Friends,
>
> As promised, here is the agenda we would have covered at our meeting
> today, if we had had one in person, with my comments in red.
>
> 1. Approval of minutes from February meeting.
> I’m *attaching *them again, possibly the third time you’ve received them.
> All in favor, please REPLY-ALL with “Aye.” All opposed, please REPLY-ALL
> with “No,” or with your amendments.
>
> 2. Green Tips volunteer for April (Kudos to Michael Chisholm for his tips
> in the March orders of service!
> Patty Troisi has provided nine green tips, intending them for April and
> May. They’re *also attached. *(Thank you, Patty!) Should we hold them, or
> pass them on to Chris Keller for the weekly update? Your thoughts, please!
> 3. CCL update from Dave or George. Dave or George?
>
> 4. Confirmation of presenters and topics for Adult RE classes during
> April. Here’s what I think it looks like, but
> April 5: Myra Moss?  Annie, did she agree to this?
> April 12: NONE because of Easter
> April 19: George Banziger on the science of climate change
> April 26: Vic Elam on environmental impacts on wildlife, and information
> the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge
>
> Well, we know Myra won’t be here, and I suspect that we will not have
> services on these days. How to proceed?
>
> 5. The April 5 service is ours, all ours, every aspect of it except
> Randall’s music.
> Myra Moss will present the reflection
> Martha McGovern gave me a powerful, powerful poem by Wendel Berry, titled
> “Questionnaire” that would be terrific.
> Rebecca Phillips (assuming she can get back into the country) has agreed
> to serve as Worship Associate
> 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!
> 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.
>
> Again, I assume this is not going to happen. Should we continue to plan?
>
> 6. Solar installer class is April 6-10.
> 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?
> Jay will stay with the Tings.
> Dawn will provide  lunch on Monday, April 6
> Adeline will provide lunch Tuesday, April 7
> George will provide lunch Wednesday, April 8
> Cindy will provide lunch Thursday, April 9
> *We need one more volunteer* for Friday (or, Dawn is willing to swap for
> Monday).
>
> 7. Earth Day Marietta is 10-2 Saturday, April 18.
> Canopies
> Solar gadgets
> Coloring for kids
> My trusty portable clothes line
> Do we want to do anything new this year? Handouts? CCL stuff?  It’s the
> 50th anniversary, after all!
> Hippie theme?
> Banner from the children’s RE?
> 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.
>
> 8. Sustainability Forum
> Next meeting will be Monday, March 16, at 7:15 p.m. (immediately following
> CCL)
> Update on progress for GSC members who aren’t on planning subcommittee
> As of 1:38 p.m. Sunday, March 15, the planning committee will meet
> virtually.
> 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.
> 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.
> 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.
> >>>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!! <<
>
> 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
>
>
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