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Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 1:40
PM
Subject: Changes & an
Invitation
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
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Beth Holtzman
Women's Agricultural Network &
UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture
617 Comstock Rd.
Berlin, VT 05602
802-223-2389 ext. 15
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