Meeting Minutes: October 8, 2008

1) TRIPS
Added Value, October 18th
-We will take 20 students with at least 10 chaperones.
-Sarah and Whitney delivered permission slips.
-Whitney will be the leader of the trip.
-We will travel by public transit but chaperones must pay for their own MetroCards.
-Sarah will email chaperones.

Apple Orchard, October 25th
-This will most likely be a PUMPKIN patch trip because apple season will be closing by then.
-Sarah and Whitney distributed permission slips.
-We will take approx. 40 kids/parents and 10 chaperones.
-Sarah has chaperone list.
-Andrew will get spending money for the trip.
-Becky will arrange transportation and get waivers for students. c.

Senior Trip
-Saskia is investigating the potential for this trip to occur next week.
-Undecided whether this will occur.

2) BRUNCH
-Sarah, Theo, and Becky (maybe Hannah) will facilitate the brunch with Grant Houses residents on Saturday the 18th (concurrent with Added Value trip).
-Sarah will send Theo and Becky names to call to schedule the trip, along with time/location details.
-Theo, Becky, and Sarah will then plan to cook for the meeting and discuss the garden and communal meal with the 8 women.
-Leslie Woodward, PresBo’s chef, will likely be in attendance.

3) COMMUNAL MEAL, Nov 15th
-Laura is working with Julia and Whitney.
-If you did not receive a duty this week, please contact Laura (lvb2106@cu) to help with the communal meal:
-Contact restaurants and farms to ask for donations
-Ask other groups for co-sponsorship (SCEG, BSO, Andrew will ask the Blue Key Society)
-Investigate using the Grant senior center for the event, and use of the kitchen.
-Consider logistics such as utensils, signing up students, signing up residents, budget, etc.

4) DESIGN
-Professor Alomar’s Landscape Design class will produce designs of the potential garden for their final term project this semester! More to come later.

5) BUDGET
-Andrew and Tabitha are working with Becky to develop a garden budget.
-Below are grant application assignments. PLEASE REVIEW THE GRANTS EARLY.
-We would like all to be completed by DECEMBER 1ST. If you are not signed up for a grant, let me know and you will either work with Whitney or Laura, or you will work on another funding initiative (donations, co-sponsorships, academic departments, other grants, etc.)