Green Sanctuary Committee Meeting
June 13, 2005
Minutes

Attendance:

Chair: Sue Singley
Chris Hodges, Marney Bruce, Tom Swigart, Sandra Smith-Gill,
Dave Hutchins, Jessica Turner

Minutes Recorded by Tom Swigart

Next Committee Meeting, July 11, 2005, 7 p.m.

Table Update:
October -- Green Cleaning -- Jessica Turner
November -- Vegetarian Choices -- Tom Swigart
December --
January -- Native Plants - vs- exotic invaders -- Marie Sauter
February -- Houseplants and their health benefits -- Marney Bruce
March -- Composting -- Sue Singley
April -- Earth Day
May -- Simple Living -- (Marney Bruce?)
June -- Closing loop on recycled products -- Sandra Smith-Gill/Sue Singley
July -- Closing loop on recycled products -- Sandra Smith-Gill/Sue Singley
Aug  -- ???

Sue and Chris stepped down as co-chairs of the committee. Tom and Sandy
will be co-chairing for the next church year, with Sandy more of a back-up.

The Chalice Communities did the adopt-a-road clean-up on June 11th, our
second clean-up of the year. They were able to do both sides of the road.
Compliments were received from our neighbors!!

Closing loop on recycled products continuing as the July table display.

We discussed the greening workshop items, trying to decide which items
will need to be done, along with things we have already done, in order
to achieve certification. Sandy is organizing our thoughts on this.

Tidy trooping on July 9th - also love-your-church work day.

Marney continuing to remove invasive plants from the drainage pond.

Marney discussed the wildflower meadow. The area outlined is quite
large. We agreed that a small section should be done first as a
testbed. It may be next year before this will happen.

Dave talked about the need for surge protectors. He is looking into
what we need.

Budget submitted for the $1000 collected from the native plant sale:
Exterminators - $150 (already spent)
Erosion Control
Landscaping
Speaker fees

We discussed the erosion problem. Jessica may be able to get some rocks for free.