There seems to be some disagreement on what was actually suggested and agreed upon at the 9/14/2010 NEDGC meeting re. the Church Garden/Park project as it relates to the NEDGC.
Dave was proposing the Church Garden/Park be managed as a project, but still under the auspices of the North East Decatur Growing Community. Deanne agreed to that, but apparently extrapoloted the idea to the Church Garden/Park seceding from the NEDGC (something Dave didn't catch at the time, or he would have pressed the point for clarification).
You can judge for yourself from the actual words that were spoken.
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In any case, if the core group of the Church Garden/Park (however that is defined, since there is no formal membership process) wants to secede from the parent organization which nurtured the idea from the beginning, that is its prerogative. It just needs to understand that it will no longer be under the umbrella of the NEDGC and will not be supported by any of its resources. That might not seem significant now, but very well might be in the future.
Just for the record, it is not (as has been implied) UNneighborly to record public meetings when the sole purpose is to provide accurate miutes of the meeting. I do this all the time at City of Decatur meetings without objection.
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