Attendance: Keegan O’Connor Alan Ross Danielle McClure
Su Harambe Anne Nolan Brett Boyton Dorothy Driver Joan Krueger Gerd Prewett
Assessment of online membership meeting on Sept. 9 and Omari Salisbury presentation.
- new people attended.
- people stayed
- excellent speaker, extremely inspiring
- thank you to Danielle
Planning for Wine Fest on Saturday Oct. 17 (Danielle)
- Alan will post link to invitation with meeting email
- Danielle will write blurb
- Anne is creating adjective list
Updates on Arts and Craft events (Alan/Dorothy)
- 5-6 artists have responded
- new vendor applied
- adding musicians via separate invitation
- Alan can we extend deadline? He will send time line to Dorothy and Joyce
- Anne will resend email via RBCC
Updates on Love Your Lands (Keegan)
- no update
Should we update the website to indicate we are not accepting rentals right now, until we are able to do so (Gerd)
- want to show we’re still renting but can’t now (Alan)
Recording of future guest speakers (Keegan)
- As long as we are hosting meetings via Zoom, should we ask each new speaker if we can record their presentation, and then make them easily available on our website, rather than just having a link in the meeting minutes?
Update on insurance (Gerd)
- Gerd contacted agent
- renewal due mid- October
- raising deductible to reduce cost may not be worthwhile
- insurance is currently our largest expense.
- Gerd suggested we maintain current policy
- Gerd received $40 check
- Gerd has contacted Dave Merrill to see what he can offer.
Future speakers after October
- Kathie Weibel suggested a Board Member from Harborview re: bond on ballot and Harborview history
- Keegan will talk to Kathie to confirm that speaker must be nonpartisan
- Anne can follow up with Kathie
- Rainier Valley Food Bank (Danielle)
- local food bank, what can we do, how can we help
- Brett will follow up
- Community Passageways (Danielle)
- youth on path
- people post prison
- Mental Health Specialist (Su)
- Liz Covey hopefully to speak before holiday
- Marcus Green oat Emerald (Su)
Agenda items for October member meeting
- harvest social
- wine event
- arts and crafts reminder and update
- nomination of board members
Future Guest Speakers:
October 14 – Kubota Garden Master Plan Update – In 2019, the Kubota Garden Foundation funded the Kubota Garden Master Plan Update, hiring consultants to lead a broad community and City outreach process to help assess the current garden and provide guidance for its future design and development. KGF Board President Joy Okazaki and the consultant team will join us to present their findings and highlight some of the recommendations to guide improvements to the garden for the next 20-30 years.