[BOD] Fwd: Next BOD meeting for Wine in the Woods/Primitive Skills

Wed Aug 21 13:22:54 EDT 2013

Perfect...that is my preferred weekend, too! Any other opinions before we
send out a save the date?...thanks!

*I hear my ancestors--both future & passed--asking, "What will you do while
the world unravels?"**
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*And so, I am learning to weave...*

On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 7:25 AM, Jeannie Cerulean <
jeannie.hackercerulean at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sounds like the last weekend in october would be best....Terry and Trish's
> b-days...and Halloween will be past.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Marissa Percoco <marissa at svionline.org>wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone!
>>
>> ok...Sat Oct 19  is not the proposed event date; Patrick & I will be
>> doing an art event that weekend.  The dates that we are actually
>> considering are either Oct 26 or Nov 2...i like the nov 2, as a few folks
>> who may travel from afar w/ kids can participate in the kids event on
>> Halloween proper, & WitW as well.  please give feed back asap, as i am
>> working on creating the flyers now...we are also definitely doing a friends
>> of the forrest halloween kids event...details @ board mtgn...
>>
>> a board meetng would be great...Oct 6 does not work as well for us, but
>> sept 8 would be great! let's plan it...
>>
>> Also...we are definitely NOT doing a primitive skills gathering around
>> Wine in the Woods...lets get clear...wine in the woods is a simple
>> overnight event, maybe a few work traders the week before in exchange for
>> addmission to the event, but on pre-approval & arrangement
>> only...definitely not an open invite to whoever before/after, as this
>> really just turns into a bunch of folks around for us to feed & manage.
>> also an isolated one day Halloween kids event.
>>
>> Also, it seems to me that inviting prospective Board memebers to wine in
>> the woods, having them join SVI & get to know people first is way more
>> conducive to accomplishing things than inviting prospective people who are
>> strangers to everyone here to a board mtg.  I feel like it would be awkward
>> potentially & convolute the mtg, which are hard enough to get through as
>> is, w/out a bunch of new people sitting around asking questions.  it seems
>> like we need to come up w a screening process & trial period, maybe on the
>> advisory committee first...
>>
>> ok, enough rambling...i hope everyone is well & enjoying this lush &
>> abundant tropical-like weather!  looking forward to catching up!
>> aloha-
>> marissa
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Michelle Kimmons <
>> michelle.kimmons at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Depending on schedule… I would be interested in showing some of my
>>> latest work at wind in the woods… you can catch a snippet of it at
>>> michellekimmons.wordpress.com
>>>
>>> From: Amanda Womac <appalachiandaughter at gmail.com>
>>> Reply-To: Board of Directors and Advisors <bod at svionline.org>
>>> Date: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 9:00 AM
>>> To: Board of Directors and Advisors <bod at svionline.org>
>>> Subject: [BOD] Fwd: Next BOD meeting for Wine in the Woods/Primitive
>>> Skills
>>>
>>> Good morning,
>>>
>>> Please see the email from Jeannie below. I have a commitment Oct. 19 and
>>> won't be able to come to an event that weekend...
>>>
>>> We do need to have a board meeting- would everyone be able to meet
>>> Sunday, Sept. 8 or Sunday, Oct. 6? Unfortunately, those are the only two
>>> weekends I have available...my schedule is pretty crazy this fall. If y'all
>>> want to meet during the week, I can call in or Skype or something.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> -Amanda
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Jeannie Cerulean <jeannie.hackercerulean at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:32 AM
>>> Subject: Next BOD meeting for Wine in the Woods/Primitive Skills
>>> To: Amanda Womac <appalachiandaughter at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Amanda,
>>>
>>> Will you schedule a board meeting for Wine in the Woods/Primitive
>>> Skills? Patrick and I discussed Sat. Oct 19 as the night for the benefit.
>>> We could have a google chat meeting. Would that work for you?
>>>
>>> The visioning for the Primitive Skills workshops that will happen around
>>> Wine in the Woods is incomplete.
>>>
>>> Some ideas I had are:
>>>
>>> Invite people up for the week prior or the week after for prep and clean
>>> up. This work crew would trade down some of the price of the workshops
>>> although would still pay for specialty workshops to fund the instructors
>>> time/travel/supplies.
>>>
>>> Patrick, Jared, Carol, and Marissa should work out
>>> days/times/fees/workshops.
>>>
>>> The fee will include becoming a member of SVI as well as the Primitive
>>> Skill Retreat fees.
>>>
>>> A person will be designated to receive and record payments.
>>>
>>> On the afternoon of Wine in the Woods, the gate person should give an
>>> interesting wrist band or tree cookie to the members as they pay.
>>>
>>> Any ideas for the artist and musicians?
>>>
>>> If it is possible to have online registration that would be a great
>>> precedent!!!
>>>
>>> Is the list of patrons and workshop leaders from Food for Life available
>>> in electronic form?
>>>
>>>
>>> Will people be inviting future BOD possibles to the planning for WitW?
>>> and also to WitW/Primitive?
>>>
>>> I nominate Charles W. White and Daniel Randolph and Rebekah Mawuko and
>>> Ash Lee Woodward....if you want to learn more about these people ask me why
>>> I think they would be excellent choices?
>>>
>>> We can use this email to chat or start a google chat....
>>>
>>> Happy Fall
>>>
>>> Cerulean
>>>
>>> Feel free to invite people to this email and forward it to others. At
>>> this time I have only sent it to you, Amanda.
>>> --
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> Amanda Womac
>>> President, Board of Directors
>>> Sequatchie Valley Institute at Moonshadow
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