[Community_garden] ACGA conferences

[Fred Conrad]

That said, what shall be our largest fundraiser this year? 

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Subject: [Community_garden] ACGA conferences

To respond to Cordalie's question about well-resourced, the ACGA history
is that the conferences used to not only bring people together and draw
attention to the local city's gardening programs, but it also made money
for ACGA and was the largest fundraiser to keep the organization rolling
along.
The local sponsors (Portland was one in 1995) secured the hotel or
meeting place with seed funds from the previous year. They also got
in-kind venues and donations or good rates on food and supplies and some
of the transportation. There was sponsorship by the local businesses and
other gardening organizations who could advertise at the conference. In
Indianapolis there was larger corporate sponsorship. Each city puts the
conference together using a guide, but resourcing locally. ACGA has
provided volunteers and staff, when we had staff to help.

Many of the conferences went well, and some had bumpy spots. We all
manage to help each other and pitch in when necessary (a Community
Gardening way of doing things). I know that the ACGA Board tries to
serve the membership in a professional and responsible way. Working to
increase membership should help some, and looking around for "summit"
resources linking urban gardening and agriculture to the solutions to
obesity and illness may be a way to locate funding for future
gatherings.

Leslie Pohl-Kosbau
Portland Community Gardens

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