Northeast Decatur Growing Community

Audio segment from 9/14/2010 NEDGC meeting

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.

Overview of 9/14 monthly meeting

Ten people attended the 9/14 meeting:

This was the agenda:

The Organization Committee reported out first.

Ryan presented the results of some research. 

A two page handout summarized what's involved in a nonprofit corporation in Georgia and a one-page document summarizing alternatives to incorporation.

These two documents will be included in the continuation.

The general consensus seemed to be the Church/Garden project should be kept as simple as possible.  Dave suggested it be run as a project, as the NEDGC has plans for other projects in the future. Most seem to agree.

Gina presented the Park plan, including one handout with a schematic (which will be included in the continuation. 

Dave presented the layout for the raised beds (which was shown in an earlier post).

The group then held an open discussion.

Some concern was expressed about moderation of the Yahoo group.  Dave explained he tries to get people off moderation as soon as they shown they are responsible posters and not spammers or troublemakers.  He noted that, as of an hour before the meeting, no posts were awaiting moderation and no posts have been restricted nor edited.

Some seemed to prefer to communicate via Deanne's e-mail list.

More details will be added later.

Planned raised garden plots behind the church

This is the same plan which was going to be presented at the last meeting, had there been time.

It provides a layout which will ultimately accomodate 34 3x6 raised garden plots, with a 4 ft wide north-south walkway down the center, 4 feet E-W aisle, and 2 ft of space from the back wall of the church and the neighbor's wood fence.

Monthly meeting tonight

From Deanne 

This month's meeting is Tues., Sept.14^th @ 7pm in the community room of The Church at Decatur Heights. The Organizing, Park, and Garden committees will give updates, and we'll decide as a group our best approach for the project overall. We'll then break into committee groups for the last third of the meeting. Anyone with an interest in participating is encouraged to join in!