Biogaian Meeting Notes 1/9/18
Scribe: Sylvan
- Community meeting presentation
- Limericks
- Poster (Sylvan & Misty Dawn)
- Nartano's contract [parking lot]
- Piglets meeting
- 21 acres meeting re collaboration
- Only 1 day at 21 acres instead of 2, so that interns have Saturday and Sunday off. Thursday at 21 acres.
- Some concern about weekends being off meaning that interns don't connect to the community members who work week days. Maybe switch to Sunday/Monday off?
- Discussion about building the other micro shelter next year, NOT this year.
- We'll still need to discuss payments for food/shelter/etc and how to make transfers
- Rabbit fence
- Gates at corners and other holes need securing, which means that gates need to be built
- Who can we ask to build a gate? No ideas at this time.
- In the meantime, Sylvan will fold a piece of the wire mesh in half and staple it to the gate posts so it can be stepped over and not tear pants
- Still need to finish fastening the bottom down and putting caps on posts
- Need to buy more caps? 22 posts left to cap.
- Winter water to garden?
- Is it being used enough to leave on?
- Decision: turn it off, we're not using it
- Clear obstructed paths: "Concern" from community meeting
- Move mushroom chalet
- Decision: don't dismantle our give away, we might use it again. Brian will try to find a place to put it out of the way.
- Clear paths of overhanging shrubs
- Steps by NE corner of common house, by herb garden (tie up Abelia)
- Cypress by cobb oven, & path around it
- Paths/steps between units 7 & 9 (in custody of the residents?) (Might be done by Mary as individual, rather than Biogaian) We discussed responsibility & not setting a precedent
- Path to Life Song Commons
- We need to schedule some pruning workshop days, probably led by Sylvan & Mary
- Brian will take up the idea of building a crib by where we chip brush so that limbs get stacked in parallel, to make chipping easier
- Work party on the 20th
- Cedar chips need to be moved
- Discussed use of "harambe" word, and the politics of keeping that open to other groups to do projects. Perhaps announce some things as Biogaian work parties instead.
- Mary will write an email to the community to solicit projects, each with a team leader and number of people needed
- Goats: paying a feed allotment for blackberry services?
- Sylvan objected to goats' health conditions, and would like to tie any fiscal support to certain maintenance conditions
- Brent and Sylvan will meet to discuss exactly what will need to be done
- New food forest
- Creeping buttercup is creeping!
- Anita would like to buy cover crop seed
- Dutch white clover
- Maybe also some flower seeds? Check Wayside Farms and White Flower Farms
- First HOA meeting is 6:30pm at Brightwater this Thursday
- Ideas welcome for doing something pretty around & under the Songaia road/address number sign at the corner
- Maybe Shasta Daisies, Rose Campion, & Nigella?
- Announcements
- Next meeting February 13th
- Convener: Sylvan
- Scribe: Brent