Attending: Gail, Ellen, Lucy, Shannon, Casey, Margaret, Rick Denver Meeting 30 June – July 1 (Casey) Botanic Garden – Rooms reserved all day on Jun 30th and half day on July 1st. We can talk to the Botanic Garden about our food needs, next. Hotel information forthcoming Warwick hotel contract secured (30 room nights; $179 per night): reservation deadline of June 3rd. Late Night arrivals on 29th/informal gathering (nothing major): steering committee dinner on June 29th or should we have a general reception on June 29th? Rick, Margaret, Bob Kellam will not be able to … [Read more...] about May 3rd Conference Call
Meeting Minutes
March 8th Conference Call
Attending: Tom, Ellen, Beth Horne (Event Coordinator, Center for Urban Agriculture), Shannon Spurlock, Rick Durham, Mary Meyer, Lucy, Gail 1. Upcoming NICH Meeting: tentative date of June 27-30 Shannon Spurlock and Denver Urban Gardeners will be hosting. Beth will be part of the conference planning team. a. Hotel or Downtown. Shannon~ pre- and post conference tours might work better if we meet downtown (bus tour or b-cycle tours). Distance between downtown and airport ~ 30-40 minutes. Denver airport hotels very isolated. Consensus is to have the meeting at a downtown hotel. … [Read more...] about March 8th Conference Call
February 23rd Conference Call
Attendees: Ellen, Margaret, Rick, Gail, Casey, Tom 1) Reviewing Mission, Vision, Goals (Ellen will forward Gail notes on the meeting between Ellen and Mary) a. Mission: ‘Growing a healthy world through the art and science of plants, gardens, and landscapes.’ b. Ellen and Mary met to discuss comments associated with vision and vision. Came to conclusion that only one new idea was presented (slightly different metrics were presented, but ideas largely overlapped). New idea was partnerships ~ which they incorporated into the last version of the vision. i. Modified Vision … [Read more...] about February 23rd Conference Call