FEED Conference Room
Present: Adam Haen, Mary Ambrosavage, Chris Moore, Noelle Brusky, Kelly Warren, Lisa Wiese, Chris Brockel, Dave Meyer, Abha Thakkar, Terrie Anderson, Martee Mikalson, Dale Matthews
Agenda
- Outreach updates
- Edible Startup Summit
- Dane County Farmers Market Opportunities
- Trainings
- Translated info sessions
- Info session
- Tours
- User contracts/operating procedures
- Quarterly Bazaar—A Taste of FEED
- Communications
Action Items
Outreach
- Members will send potential donors of scholarship sponsorships for Edible Startup Summit to Kelly.
- Kelly and Dale will discuss value-added products with farmers, to start planning for next year at area farmers markets.
- Kelly will finalize instructor for tomato canning demonstration sponsored by Dane County Farmers Market at FEED in August.
- Info session to be scheduled for January for DCFM farmers who are considering value-added production at FEED.
Trainings
- Info sessions with Spanish translation will be offered quarterly, due to success of session with Centro Hispano.
- Info session to be held with Hmong translation with Peng Herr.
- Kelly and Noelle will be trained to give info sessions, using the prepared Power Point.
- Martee, Noelle and Chris B. will attend the Aug. 25 info session.
- Walk-in tours will be scheduled for twice weekly times and volunteers will be trained to lead them.
Contracts/Operating Procedures
- Work group formed to rewrite user contract—Martee, Dave, Abha, Noelle, Adam.
- All FEED Operations Committee members will review contracts and submit suggested changes to work group by the end of the week.
- Operating procedures will be refined in conjunction with contracts.
A Taste of FEED
- Poster will be updated to reflect users participating and entertainment
- Volunteer sign-up will be updated with Grow Academy and River/Mum students who will work the event, NPC board to fill in remaining roles.
Communications
- Abha will update the websites of Northside Planning Council, Northside News and FEED to have similar look.
- Alders will be utilized to disseminate event info to neighborhood/community Facebook pages and listservs.
