Present: Linda McBee, Dotty Joos, Lynne March, Mary Blom
- Linda gave a tutorial on the use of our group Google account:
- including how to access and send group e-mail
- how to access and add to group calendar,
- how to access and post on group blog
- how to create a Google document and access past document files.
- If we always include heifersonoma@gmail.com on e-mails we send out, and we all check that account periodically, no one will be out of the loop.
- Lynne’s report on Kindergarten Ass’n. Conference:
- Attendance 680.
- Information re; Heifer curriculum was circulated.
- Some teachers who were familiar with Heifer had not known about the curriculum.
- Ruth will present the curriculum to the Kindergarten Ass’n. Board for possible inclusion in the home schooling recommendations.
- Linda reported on the Read to Feed Webinar she attended on 2/10/14.
- 3/10/14 SSU - Linda M, Linda D/Y, and Mary B.
- will do a team presentation to two teacher certification classes at Sonoma State University.
- The students are required to develop community service projects for their elementary classrooms.
- We will cover Heifer’s work in the world,
- how to use the educator website, and show some of the curriculum.
- Joyful Noise Choir concert:
- Two dates have been offered, Sunday, 3/23/14 and Sunday, 3/30/14. So as not to compete with the Sebastopol Film Festival on the latter weekend, Linda will request 3/23 from 3:00-5:00 and will let us know when she has confirmation. We did detailed planning for the event, and I will put those details in a separate document.
- Heifer Anniversary Celebration, 5/3/14.
- Reviewed task list prepared by Napa planning group,
- Linda transferred it to a spreadsheet on Google Docs for the committee to use if they wish.
- Linda M., Dotty Joos, and Mary Blom will be available the day of the event to staff tables and do clean-up.
- Mary will contact Caroline re: her availability for both the concert and anniversary events.
Submitted by,
Mary Blom