Foodlums Minutes 10/15/2010

Reflections on the Progressive Dinner
-It was a blast!
-Thanks to everyone who came (a lot of people) and everyone who helped to make the dinner happen
- SPECIAL thanks to Tehya, Erin, Paul, Justin, and Katrina who welcomed us into their warm, friendly homes

Drafting a proposal for the Green Fund
-A group will be meeting in the library on Sunday October 17th at 1pm to write a proposal for getting the grand available through student senate.
- The proposal will seek funding to get proper storage for the garden, hire a foodlums garden manager, get bees on the Phillips roof, and get materials for raised beds and landscaping materials, among other things.
- If you would like to get in on writing project or are good at it, please grace us with your presence this fabulous Sunday.

Putting a stop to single-use plastic bottles on campus
- A group of driven individuals on campus is combining powers to put a stop to the availability of single- use plastic bottles-- this includes bottled water and soda in plastic bottles.
- A few proposals are being submitted to the green fund for quick-fill water spouts around campus and providing reusable water bottles for incoming freshmen.
- Look for petitions around campus to end the days of single-use plastic bottles on campus-- they will be circulating starting now.
- An event on campus mall is being planned for the week before Halloween complete with a demonstration of the masses of plastic bottles disposed of every week and signs that illustrate the reasons why it's important to use re-usable bottles instead.
- If you're pumped up, come join the next meeting Thursday, Oct. 21 7pm in the Clearwater Room.

Potato Sale
- The potato sale will be Thursday Oct. 28th from 10-2.
- Hopefully those who said they would be able to help if the sale happened last week are available the 28th also. Please attend the next meeting or e-mail Briana (odegarbn@uwec.edu) to pledge your time for the event.
- We will need people to make chili at 9pm the night before at Tehya and Erin's house, people to bake potatoes the night before in their ovens, and people to help sell from 10-2 on thursday.

Bike Race/ Cook-off
- Set aside the afternoon of Saturday October 30th for a fantastic bike race/ cook-off remenicent of last spring's space race. The event will start at 1pm.
- This year, we will come in full halloween costume, split into two teams, and race to different check-points to pick up predetermined ingredients.
- Then, the two teams will set to work concocting meals with the given ingredients.
-The event will culminate in a picnic located in our very own foodlums garden.

And now, something to look forward to our next meeting for
-A lovely, foody e-mail was received from our former VP and garden manager, Danielle Gannon, sending her love from her Peace Corp. post in Sierra Leon.