[FIG-ALL] January FIG meeting minutes

Tue Feb 23 09:59:26 PST 2010

Hi everyone,

Here are the minutes from our January meeting... sorry they are late  
this month.  I will send out the February meeting minutes very soon.   
The next FIG Board meeting is March 8 at 7 pm at Project Insight.

Dan Barclay, Chair
Food Initiatives Group

FIG Quarterly All-Member Meeting

January 11, 2010

Members present: Jamie Lane, Lisa Gruver, Ann Runner, Margaret Ovitt,  
Dan Barclay, Karen Peitzmeier, Brian Davies, Vajo Necek, Scott Worl,  
and Holly Stovall

Approval of December Minutes: The minutes to the December meeting  
were made available on the FIG listserve and a print copy was also  
available at this meeting. The minutes were approved by Margaret and  
seconded by Ann.

The Treasurer’s Report was presented by Jamie Lane with copies  
handed out to the members. No corrections were made.

The next Board meeting will be held on Monday, Feb 15th at 7pm at  
Project Insight. This meeting will be advertised on the FIG listserve  
and the FIG website has a tab for finding meeting information.

Membership: Margaret gave the membership report. She has issued 12  
gift certificates to Copperfield’s Book Store for new and renewing  
members during the Nov-Dec membership drive.

For our next all-FIG member meeting, it was proposed to have a  
potluck and dance, possibly at the Multicultural Center in early  
April. We could have information about this year’s projects and a  
laptop slide show with pictures of this year’s events.

January Supper: The next business was a report on the upcoming soup  
supper on Jan 23rd at the Presbyterian Church. The supper committee  
will hold a meeting on Jan 19th to finalize details.  Someone will  
call the newspaper and Rich Egger at WIUM. There will be at least 3  
information tables on the side. Rob Porter will be there with info  
about the community gardens, a table with info about sprouts, and a  
FIG information table. Joel may have sweet potato sprouts to distribute.

The food co-op steering committee that we are partnering with gave a  
brief report of their progress. An informational meeting will be held  
soon to inform the public about our intentions and try to recruit  
other talent from the community. Brian Davies expressed concerns  
about a town of this size supporting a store. Vajo thought a kitchen  
would be a great asset to help us prepare food to sell and rent as an  
incubator kitchen. This is in the plan, but may not be in the first  
year’s budget. Jamie will talk to Kim Pierson about her efforts with  
a community kitchen. Dan, Jamie, Sean Dixon and Clare Kernik will  
attend a business start-up conference with Dan Vorhees on Jan 13th.   
Margaret reported her food co-op survey results and asked about the  
upgrade to the Surveymonkey website to allow us to over 100 surveys.  
A motion was made, seconded, and passed to give her approximately $17  
for 2 months to compile and study the results.

Community Gardening: Dan reported that Rob Porter will be organizing  
a meeting soon to talk about plans for the community gardens. (Now  
set for Jan 25th at 6:30 at Horne Lodge).

Earth Day/WIU Earth Summit: The WIU Earth Summit will be held on  
April 7th.  FIG needs a new outreach leader since Margaret has taken  
over membership. Brian Davies has volunteered to coordinate the setup  
of the FIG booth at the Earth Day event at Macomb High School on  
April 24.  Dan suggested that we work as a partner with the  
Environmentally Concerned Citizens to sponsor the event. Vajo  
proposed that we donate $250 to help bring in speakers, etc. Margaret  
seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.

FIG Governance: Dan suggested that we switch the FIG elections to the  
fall so that the new president will be able to plan his/her own  
agenda for the next year. Everyone agreed to this proposal. The by- 
laws should be reviewed by election time to see if we need to alter  
them.

Illinois Stewardship Alliance: Dan said that John Curtis will be  
going to an Illinois Stewardship Alliance retreat this coming weekend  
and wants ideas about topics to discuss and to put the lobbyist to  
work on in Springfield. Lisa suggested health department rules; other  
suggestions were school district food sourcing, and letting small  
farms pay smaller fees, proportional to their output.

Minutes typed by Jamie Lane, acting secretary

            Edited by Dan Barclay
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