CATs Administrative Page
This page is a place to catch up if you missed a meeting, want to make sure you don’t miss any more, or are looking for information about other members of the group.
Upcoming meetings:
When the group meets:
We have monthly meetings. One hour, Wednesdays at 5:30pm on the Wednesday deemed to be closest to the middle of the month. In the meetings, we review progress on active projects; promote ideas for new projects; and seek project leads to move those ideas to active projects.
News & Notes – Recorded Meetings
CATs Agenda 4.17.’24
First Time Attendees: climate background / areas of interest
News & Notes:
Earth Day is April 22nd.
WSU Insider is featuring a number of MG efforts related to climate change including… OUR LITTLE GROUP!… OK, we’re at the bottom of the article, but still.
Laura Matson spotted Climate ‘Tool Kits’ for Earth Day
Website shuffle! Pierce Foundation > State Foundation > State PROGRAM!
Demo where we stand on the State Program Site
Project Updates:
Rick Edwards: 2024 AEC – Submissions are in… next steps
Note: Kris Moberg-Hendron (Spokane) & Mike Peronto (Pierce) are going to record the first ever, joint Eastern & Western WA combined presentation: The Resilient Yard
Jim Little: EMG Education
First draft completed. Connecting with Program people for alignment…
Mike Peronto: Speakers Bureau Presentations:
WSU EMG APPROVED –
- The Resilient Yard (TRY)
- Protect our Pollinators (PoP), Karen Palmer (Clark)
In the Pipeline-
- Veggie Gardening with EASE, Laura Matson (Pierce)
Nearing submission:
- Natives, Marilyn Denney (Pierce)
- WaterWise Gardening, Nancy Goodin (Pierce)
- More Trees Please, Gail Hecmanczuk (Pierce)
Futures:
Idea of a Library of Pre-Credited Images
- Teresa Casson (Pierce) is taking photos for us.
- We need to ramp-up presenters
- Plant Sale Merchandising:
- Trying to drum up more support….
- Include download of Keystone natives PDF
- Earth Day April 22nd
- WSU Insider Master Gardener featured on Earth Day (including our project!)
- Site Additions: Recommended Books; NCA5 links;
- NEW Site Moving to State Foundation (demo in a bit)
- NEW, NEW Site Being developed on State Program
- Project Updates: AEC (Rick); EMG Education (Jim); Youth Gardening (Sandi);
- Mike&AEC: TRY submitted, but looking for ‘tag-team’ from Eastern WA
- Speakers Central: TRY (The Resilient Yard) just waiting for ‘thumbs up’
- PoP (Protect our Pollinators- Karen) into ‘round two’, awaiting feedback
- EASE (Veggie Gardening with EASE-Laura) in ‘round one’… waiting…
- Other Presenters… anyone nearing a submission?
- Teresa Casson Photo Library project…
- Next Phase: Getting 2-3 Climate Presenters per county
Tim Kohlhauff (Spokane) sent information about the recently completed 5th National Climate Change Assessment, a wealth of information about where the US stands in regards to climate change. Scroll down to Research Information on this page to get linked into this set of reports.
- April Meeting: 4.17.’24: Lots of stuff… check the April Meeting Notes at left
- Zoom Link Passcode:b%2C%15d
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- March Meeting: 3.13.’24: Demo of the new website on the STATE Foundation site, moving from Pierce County.
- Zoom Link Passcode: 9us*Q%#y
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- 2.12.’24 Long view of where Speakers Bureau program is headed & more on what is now called the “WSU EMG APPROVED” process.
- Zoom Link. Passcode: hUWGe.4D
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Throughout this site there are links to documents of various file types. Please contact our Statewide Program Leader if you require this information in a different format.