Green Team Meeting Notes 3/01/2018
Fall Retreat...Divestment...Earth Day
Present: Mark Bohrer, Bill Schroeder, Candy Dann
Away: Fran Fink, Steve Fink, Iric Rex, Janet Clarke, Susan Johnston, Terry Ebner
All-Member Retreat For The Environment - AMC Center at Crawford Notch
Columbus Day Weekend 2018
Retreat for the Environment – South Church in Andover – on church website:
(flyer doc attached to email)
Promotion of the retreat at Fellowship Hour
ACTION: Bill, Mark – staff tables in Fellowship Hall for promoting retreat
- 2/18: Steve, Mark, 2/25: Bill, 3/4: Mark, 3/11: Bill, 3/18: Anna
- Feb 25 - Bill promoted the retreat
o Bill spoke to several people today at fellowship hour about attending the environmental retreat.
o Ones who expressed interest included: Nathan Combs, Peter and Deb White, Tom Appleton and Eric Stubenhaus.
- Mar 4 – Mark promoted the retreat
o Good interest from David and Ellen Van Arsdale
§ Their son Mark Van Arsdale is a HS science teacher in Alaska. He was selected for a NOAA expedition to the Gulf of Alaska this summer as part of the US Fisheries research program. He wrote a marine biology environmental curriculum for high school. Possible Skype call during retreat? Talked about this with Ellen Van Arsdale.
o Lindsay King, with 13 month old daughter
o Talked to several other people and gave out flyers, but didn’t get names
- Signed up - From February meeting:
o There were roughly 11 families, ~25 people – Steve has a list of names – this is about half of a good turnout (more is better)
o need more younger families with kids
- So far (adults+kids)
o Dana Walsh & family (2+2),
o Johnston (2+0),
o Dann’s (2+0),
o Schroeder (2?),
o Fink (2),
o Bohrer (1+1, and 2 partial? depends on band schedule)
o Steve’s list – Mason’s?, Nardini’s?, others…
Retreat Planning Committee
ACTION: Mark to schedule committee meeting
- Steve Fink, Nick Bohrer, Mark Bohrer, Susan Johnston, Graham Long, Anna McGrath, Kristie Nardini
- Invite: Emily Appleton
Highland Center Room Availability
Steve checked with AMC Highland Center –we don’t have a block reserved for us, if I’m remembering correctly – However there are still a good number of rooms available, but they are being reserved, so people do need to make their reservations, and encourage anyone planning to go to reservations.
Plan for next few months – personal invites - ACTIONS
- Steve >> handoff to Mark, Bill and Candy
o Marc & Suzy Henderson, John and Lois Roberts, (English teacher…), Chris & Lenore Price
- Candy:
o Mulu Kedebe & Jacob Urban, Buffy Pritchard
- Bill:
o Wayne and Robin Gendron
- Mark:
o Tom Appleton, Betsy Hopkins, Emily Appleton (invite to the committee), Polly & Duncan Pyle, Steve Longo
- Send responses to Mark, who will compile list
Push for reservation at AMC Crawford Center by Earth Day...
Fall / Family / Foliage / Fun / Future! (Logo: maple leaf? )
Celebrating Nature / Celebrating Family / Celebrating the Future
Earth Day
- Mark sent an email to Dana asking about Earth Day plans. Earth Day is Sunday April 22
- Bill - can you fill us in on the next steps?
