From officemanager at svionline.org Tue Mar 3 18:24:13 2009 From: officemanager at svionline.org (Sequatchie Valley Institute) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 17:24:13 -0600 Subject: [Crewlist] Mountain Justice Spring Break visits SVI - March 9 Message-ID: <2FB4416D-FC2A-4E46-B9A6-2DC01A8AB193@svionline.org> Mountain Justice Spring Break 2009 will visit SVI / moonshadow on Monday, March 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CST. http://mjsb.org/ We'll be doing a tour, lunch and a few brief workshops; there will be a gardening concentration and a building concentration. The tour will begin at 10:00 a.m. from Sweetgum and we'll do the SVI tour, then a brief garden tour before lunch at moonshadow. After lunch, the gardeners will join Trish and Randall in the gardens -- activities may include discussions, planting, soil bed preparation, weeding, composting, vermiculture, permaculture, etc. Builders will work with Patrick, Chris and Will on rockwork, trailwork and a quick cob building demonstration (patching the kitchen fireplace). SVI / moonshadow crew are welcome to come and work with us... let us know by Thurs Mar 5 if you plan to attend so we can plan the meals accordingly. Y'all may wish to arrive Saturday or Sunday prior to the event to help with preparation for the work crews. We'll have around 25 MJ folks here, so there will be food prep, cleanup and materials prep needed. Thanks! Chris Gilligan Board of Directors - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sequatchie Valley Institute 1233 Cartwright Loop Whitwell, TN 37397 (423) 949-5922 tel svionline.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From officemanager at svionline.org Wed Mar 11 20:12:38 2009 From: officemanager at svionline.org (Sequatchie Valley Institute) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:12:38 -0500 Subject: [Crewlist] Board Meeting, etc. this weekend! Message-ID: Next meeting is Friday March 13, 5pm, at moonshadow. Please join us for a meal and get-together during the evening. The main agenda item for the meeting will be Committees & Roles. Planning for the upcoming Wildflower Hikes, Shiitake Workshop and Food For Life will also be on the agenda. Also, Saturday is birthday celebration for the Ironwood kids... Happy Birthday to Sage and Anakeesta. Be prepared for a fun Alphabet Scavenger Hunt! Chris Gilligan Board of Directors - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sequatchie Valley Institute 1233 Cartwright Loop Whitwell, TN 37397 (423) 949-5922 tel svionline.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From officemanager at svionline.org Tue Mar 31 12:15:27 2009 From: officemanager at svionline.org (Sequatchie Valley Institute) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:15:27 -0500 Subject: [Crewlist] SVI BoD meeting notes 3-13-09 Message-ID: SVI Board of Directors Meeting Minutes 3-13-09 BoD Present: Asha Ironwood, Patrick Ironwood, Bradley Jones, Chris Gilligan, Trey Henson, Jeff Rogers Aux Board Present: Trish Woolbright Staff Present: Randall Tomlinson Guests: Michelle Kimmons, Joel Kimmons, Nada Jones 1. Bradley ? Schedule of building workshops at Ulinawi- discussion of dates- a block of 2 weeks (maybe). Tabled to discuss with Patrick. (Patrick present, busy at the moment) 2. Jeff- Epple Seed Arts: a. Would like to develop this non profit with the help of SVI for the first year- b. SVI as an umbrella for art exchange/ development/ activism etc. with Haiti- using ?open space? for causes. c. ASA- would be it?s own non profit ? 501 (c)(3) in another year but until then wants to work out a way to work under SVI for now ? with % of $ going to SVI. This would also benefit SVI ? extended outreach in audience for SVI and doing some ag/food projects in Haiti ? exchange of information and education. d. ASA would need help from SVI for ? Grant purposes, for the group to filter $ for trips etc. And he would make a report for SVI. e. Jeff has done this before and in the past he had a gallery, now maybe he will do a show with Ava, and an idea to expand on a mobile bus gallery. f. Difficulties in the past with volunteers has been less about the project and more about the culture in Haiti and how it affects project success. This trip would be more of an exchange than trying to do a big project there. g. Apple Seed Arts would also like to create a website and video etc. and so SVI?s ?Media Rights? will collaborate as well as other groups on this part. h. Michelle and Bradley and the group asked questions and discussed with Jeff: i. The purpose for the group is more of an exchange and transformation for the individuals and not so much to enact change in Haiti on large scale. Mostly to learn from Haitians to promote self confidence and cultural confidence. i. Other ideas that came up ? i. for after the trip, the artists and activists that go on the trip could put together a show 6 months later ?inspired by? ? and also bring positive attention to Haiti as well as share in selling art ? etc. ii. Possibly collaborate with Art in Transit as well. iii. Using ?Open Space? with homeless in Chattanooga j. Bradley asked about specific financial or administrative costs needed- Jeff will put together a proposal to detail these needs, and exchanges. Chris stated since its still in the planning phase, it would be good for Jeff to also apply to other groups simultaneously. k. A person from SVI could be a representative for us on the ASA board. l. By the next board meeting, Jeff will have more of a proposal together for the BOD ? SVI and advisory committee info. m. Bradley asked if Jeff has done this type of exchange trip + art buying and selling before- i. Jeff worked with Beyond Borders and has done the whole thing on a smaller scale which has helped many people and has been successful in the past. He will continue to partner with Beyond Borders in the future. n. There is potential funding for this trip and buying art: $10,000 from a will that is still being discussed. This may be available but that won?t go through SVI. 3. NEXT SVI Meeting was discussed- People have asked for it to be located in Chattanooga. a. May 6th at 5pm ? location to be determined. 4. Financial Report from Asha: a. Chris and Asha finished the end of the year finances ? Moonshaddow/ SVI expenses & income from events. b. In the past ? there were different book keepers and this resulted in not keeping the division of SVI money and the functions it was related to- so there is currently a negative $4,000.00 c. We have not been running some fundraisers and we want to be doing these things more. i. Workshops, membership drives, fundraisers of all kinds. d. Mountain Justice recently put moreny toward the SVI fund- plus they gave us 25 people and a days worth of work. We want to hold more of these and more meetings etc. e. General report was made- Spent more than brought in and that?s the first time that?s ever happened. Not overdrawn but the financial report states a negative $427. f. Asha went over the various categories- and can provide a document to reference. g. Education brought in more money than anything else. 5. Fundraising Ideas: a. Idea from last year- Auction (online and/or live) i. Donations, businesses, gift certificates etc. ii. Internal donations from SVI ?like B&B or seedlings etc. iii. Chris said he is happy to do letters, getting the web stuff started etc, but the logistics of accepting and sending out items would need to be someone else. iv. It was expressed that an auction might be a lot of work, a 1 time silent auction at an event might be easier. But the audience reached might be our own people. v. Other auction ideas- We could auction off a ?local food dinner? or time @ SVI. b. Last years big money makers were events and we could tie an auction to FFL, or wildflower hike etc. c. All open houses should include art/ crafts sold by SVI members. d. Opening up Mud Dauber as a bed and breakfast space, we would have to pay someone to cook and clean for that- but it is an option. e. Meetings and groups that use Shakoon / SVI for their activities bring in money and also expose the public to SVI ? and require less work than most fundraisers. 6. Food For Life ? we will have the agenda by end of March. a. Trish & Asha gave a report on speakers contacted and speakers confirmed for FFL. b. Suggestions on potential food donors was discussed. 7. Wildflower hike is March 28th / 29th ? so a pre-hike scouting trip to locate and identify flowers is on March 26th. The Second Hike is on Easter. a. A raffle, auction, sale or other fundraiser during these events would be great. 50/50 to artists / svi for work donated for the fundraiser. Next SVI BoD meeting Will be Wednesday, May 6 at 5pm in Chattanooga (location TBD) Chris Gilligan Board of Directors - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sequatchie Valley Institute 1233 Cartwright Loop Whitwell, TN 37397 (423) 949-5922 tel svionline.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: