April 28, 2022 CCFM Board Meeting- APPROVED
Board members present: Randy George, Rose Thackeray, Krysta Zabriskie, John Snell, Karen Huard Board, Lila Humphries-LePage
Others present: Keri Ryan
Called to Order: 7:00 AM
Rose Late to Meeting (Lila took minutes until Rose arrived)
Minutes from last meeting
Revised to clarify Janet is stating her opinion (4b)
Revised to clarify no decision was made on BIPOC conversation (5d)
Approved
News from Keri
Requested update on trailer key- Krysta said it has not been found so they will cut the lock. Keri and Krysta to coordinate timing.
Market needs new clicker counters, Keri proposes t-shirts instead of vests for volunteers- all in agreement.
High volume of non-profit tables- some dates may be too full and some non-profits will have to be prioritized. Karen wonders what the guidelines for that are in the event that some non-profits cannot be approved because of space restraints. Keri said there isn’t any guideline in place, questions if there should be and potential controversy of political parties tabling/getting signatures at market.
Keri says we need an update from the events committee to ensure they are on track. Randy said he will check in with the committee.
Keri suggests an entrance poll to gather age group and location data for marketing purposes.
Benches are ready to go- Karen suggests chaining them up when not in use.
Vendor concern that there are too many eggs at market- Keri will follow up with the board to let us know how many there are and we will discuss.
USDA grant– what are we applying for?
50k-500k, large amount and huge range of possibilities
Lila points out that it is a cost sharing grant- John reads further and finds that it requires a 25% match.
Potential thoughts- marketing, real estate, markets own version of crop cash
John suggests the possibility of a matching donor
Randy says we need more info to discuss at length
It is decision time for on-site storage.
Trailer will have to go in a space on the lot
Randy points out that we need a trailer that will fit the new foldable picnic tables so that they don’t deteriorate
Karen spoke with a trailer place about repairing ours- around 700-800 to fix, then it would be worth around 2k-2500 (potential resale value).
Fix ours in the short term, look for a new, bigger one to upgrade.
Proposal for market to have change available for vendors.
Too onerous responsibility is on individual vendor to have appropriate change
Final approval of local ingredient signs for prepared food vendors.
What size to print it
Rose- use as reminder for people if they clearly don't have a sign out to use for the day until they make a sign they like
Keri will put on CCFM logo finalize design and Randy will print/laminate
Sponsor outreach reports and ideas.
National Life, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Union Mutual
Rowdy Cow- selling beef?
2 no votes 1 abstention
