09/21/2022 MASHPEE COMMUNITY GARDEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE Minutes (2)

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rdth next scheduled Select Board meetings are October 3 (not viable), November 7, and st November 21.) NEW BUSINESS: ndrd  The Board selected Saturday October 22 (rain date Oct. 23) for a Harvest gathering and celebration of the community garden. Virginia well send out an email informing members of the date and saying an RSVP invitation will follow in early October.  Virginia will also send out a reminder to gardeners regarding Rules & Responsibilities Rule 3. It specifies that each plot must be completely cleaned out and returned to its original condition st at the end of the season – no later than November 1. It also specifies that written approval st by the Advisory Committee for all winter crops is required prior to November 1.  Mohamad Fahd suggested that the draft revised Rules & Responsibilities be sent out to all gardeners for their review and comment, thus fostering member communication and engagement. The Board agreed that made sense. Virginia will do so within the next few days and will include a deadline by which responses will be sent. Following that, the above referenced request to the Town Manager will be made. OTHER BUSINESS:  The Board discussed ideas for further gardener engagement and volunteer time, including asking members for their own ideas. We could have a questionnaire at fall gathering, and send via email, about preferable day of week for workdays. We could also ask them about their skills and see how those might be best utilized. Idea for community garden recipe book/exchanges. Suggestion made that Board send thank you note to each of this season’s volunteers.  Discussion related to Mohamad request to address the Board about “movement” to remove him from the Board and the garden. Virginia stated that it is not a “movement”; the decision has been made to request the Select Board to dismiss him from the Board and it will be on their agenda as soon as possible. His dismissal from the garden was voted on and passed at the last Board meeting. Frank Gallello moved that Mohamad’s dismissal as a gardener become effective as of October 1, 2022. The motion was seconded by John Carter and passed by a vote of 5-1. Further discussion ensued, during which Mohamad declared that he would not leave the garden and that he would take it to the Select Board and Town. Virginia reiterated what had been said in the previous meeting as well as this one; i.e., that it is the Board’s sole discretion to dismiss a gardener as stated in Rule 24. ADJOURNMENT Mohamad Fahd moved to adjourn the meeting; seconded by Lynn Harris. Unanimous vote to adjourn at 8:30 PM. NEXT MEETING DATE: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at Town Hall unless Zoom deemed necessary Respectfully submitted , Virginia Scharfenberg Virginia Scharfenberg, President (in the absence of Town-appointed a Board Secretary) 09/22/2022 2