APRIL 6, 2008 - Minutes
The meeting was attended by Shari and Bill Burke, Ken Magee and Kate Murphey.
We began by discussing some things that could be done to assist people who
wanted to do some gardening. Ken felt that this may be an important emerging
issue as food prices continue to rise. He said he has a tiller that is quirky,
and he would be willing to go around and till garden areas for people in the
meeting. Bill said he would help with that. This led into a discussion about
the possibility of having a community garden on church property. Ken said
that the old location is limited because of a less than ideal amount of sun
exposure. Kate suggested using the front yard of the Friend's House and we
all thought that was a great idea. Kate said she would talk to Doug about
this. He also thought it was a good idea and suggested that it might be good
to use a sod cutter to get rid of the grass before tilling. Ken agreed to
consider having the children plant some seeds that could be started indoors
to plant in the garden later.
We discussed whether or not to continue the food drive and all agreed that
we should. The Food Bank came and picked up the beans and rice that was collected
through March. Kate estimated that we had about 300 pounds of food. April
is pasta and sauce month. We decided to do macaroni and cheese, tuna, and
peas for May. We will continue to keep the Meeting informed about what is
going on with that.
Shari volunteered to give First Words on April 20th with the theme "Earth
Day" in mind. Faith had wondered to Kate whether we should do something
to mark the day. We all thought that the community garden and the offer to
till for individual gardens was a good step in that direction, but felt that
doing First Words would be appropriate.
We discussed whether to participate in "End Torture Month" in June
and it was agreed that we would hang a banner. Kate will be talking to some
of the local Catholic churches to see whether they would like to participate
as well. We will decide on the banner message (there are a couple to choose
from) soon and will let the Meeting know which one we'll be hanging.
There are a few tentative issues still to be discussed further. I will send
an update after the next meeting. If there is anything pressing that comes
up in the meantime, we will send an email to the group and make an announcement
if appropriate.
Until then, go in peace!
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