Hi, Beth.  I will be able to make it.-Anne Hilliard, NRCS

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From: Vermont New Farmer Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Allen G Matthews
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 6:33 PM
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Subject: Re: Changes & an Invitation


Jesse, did we ever get a new page from you on the Farm Bur for the web
site and
resource guide? Allen

Quoting Jesse Stratton <[log in to unmask]>:

> Hi Beth-
>
> I should be able to make a meeting on the 22nd. Either location would
work
> for me.
>
> Jesse
>
> Vermont Farm Bureau
> Director of Member Relations
> ARC Coordinator
> PH: 802-434-5646
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>
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> From: Beth Holtzman <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Changes & an Invitation
> Date: Wed, Jun 2, 2004, 1:40 PM
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm writing in my new capacity as liaison for the UVM Center for
Sustainable
> Agriculture to the Vermont New Farmer Network. Though Allen Matthews
and Deb
> Heleba will continue to be actively involved with the network and new
farmer
> initiatives, I'll be picking up the role of coordinating NFN
communications
> and meetings that Allen has been doing for the past several years. As
many
> of you know, Allen recently has been up to his ears with farm
viability
> project work, and Deb Heleba is preparing for her maternity leave
> (July-October ). I'm very excited to be joining Allen and Deb in
working
> with you all.
>
> Our next meeting (set by those who attended the last meeting) is
tentatively
> scheduled for June 22, from 12:30-2 pm. If there's interest in coming
> together for an in-person meeting to catch up and begin to map out the
next
> phase of network activities, we could hold it either at the Berlin or
> Burlington Extension office. Either way, the Center for Sustainable
> Agriculture will provide lunch for all who attend. Now that the
Resource
> Guide is done, it seems like a good time to update each other on
upcoming
> activities and initiatives, and to begin discussing next steps for the
> network.
>
> Please let me know by June 14 if you will be able to attend a meeting
on
> June 22, and which location you prefer. In the meantime, it would be
helpful
> to me if you would send along any ideas you have for agenda items. If
June
> 22 isn't feasible for enough people, my suggestion would be that until
we
> can get together, we use email to provide updates and brainstorm ideas
for
> next steps.
>
> Which leads me to my last piece of new information. With Deb and
Allen's
> help, I've established  the new NEWFARMERNET list serv to facilitate
> communication between network members. For those of you who aren't
familiar
> with list servs, one of the advantages over using address books is
that an
> address change only needs to be entered once -- instead of having
everybody
> needing to update their address books. So, please use the list serv
instead
> of your address book in the future.
>
> Please feel free to write or call me if you have questions or
concerns.
>
> Warmly,
>
> Beth
>
>
> ********************************
> Beth Holtzman
> Women's Agricultural Network &
> UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture
>
> 617 Comstock Rd.
> Berlin, VT 05602
>
> [log in to unmask]
> 802-223-2389 ext. 15
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>
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>


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Allen Matthews
UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture
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