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LAREDO CENTER FOR URBAN AGRICULUTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY 111621 PT 1 OF 2
A
As
well
and
we're
expanding
into
different
rec
centers,
we
have
the
food
incubator
going
on
and
today
I
think
the
next
step,
which
is
really,
I
think,
what
we
need
for
long-term
sustainability
of
this
organization.
So
we're
not
having
to
ask
you
know
our
fellow
taxpayers
for
the
money
to
keep
this
going
is
I
think,
the
grant
right
we're
looking
to
on
board.
Dr
middle
is
on
to
our
team,
though
she's
already
started
helping
us
with
some
of
this.
With
some
of
this
work,
you
know
just
kind
of
a
donation
with
good
faith.
A
You
know
that
we're
willing
to
work
with
her.
So
you
know
we
highly
appreciate
that,
and
you
know
I
want
to
make
a
just
before
we
go
into
this
a
strong
recommendation
to
move
forward
with
dr
mead
ellis.
Having
spoken
to
her,
you
know
really
seeing
her
credentials
the
way
she
thinks
about
this
entire
process
of
grand
writing
for
this
organization.
She
understands
that
we
need
to
bring
in
a
half
a
million
dollar
grants.
You
know
50
000,
you
know
100
000
she's
willing
to
go
for
it.
A
So
I
want
to
thank
josef
for
bringing
her
in
and
working
with
her
helping
us
for
the
opportunity
to
work
with
you,
and
I
would
like
to
dedicate
most
of
the
time
today
to
see
you
know
what
you
all
think
about
about
bringing
her
on
to
the
team.
It
will
come
out
of
our
pocket.
Initially,
I
think
we've
come
to.
You
know
some
interesting
terms
that
would
have
to
be
agreed
upon
by
the
board
so
yeah.
A
A
D
A
C
C
Okay,
well,
we
can
just
run
it
straight.
You
know
work
out
we're
good
again,
okay,
so
then
it's
my
report,
yeah,
okay,
so
on
my
report,
since
this
is
our
first
in-person
meeting
that
we've
had
since
a
long
time,
there
was
some
speculation
that
the
items
that
we
covered
at
our
last
meeting
should
be
revisited.
C
I
think
that
we
could
just
kind
of
make
a
general
motion
that
everything
that
we
discussed
in
the
last
meeting
is
accepted
by
the
committee,
and
we
should
be
good.
We
didn't
vote
on
anything
that
had
to
do
with
actual
spending
of
money,
so
it
was
basically
just
your
the
opening
up
of
your
accounts
from
what
I
remember
correctly
and
basically
that
was
it.
We
did
hear
some
reports,
but
of
course
those
were
not
action
items.
C
D
B
E
I
mean
you
know
I
I
can,
since
we
do
have
rent
we've
got
a
lot
of
work,
but
we
do
have
a
staff
number.
I
I
don't
think
that
if
it
becomes
too
challenging
you
know,
staff
could
could
fill
in
that
role
and
I
think
in
terms
of
detailed
minutes
and-
and
I
don't
think
that's
necessary
to
have
really
detailed
amounts,
just
kind
of
the
gist
of
which
items
have
been
taken
and
what
the
vote
is.
But
if
it
comes.
A
A
C
C
D
C
C
So
we'll
go
ahead
and
do
that.
The
next
item
that
I'd
like
to
talk
about
is
the
heavy
heart
that
I
say
that
I
received
yesterday.
I
received
the
letter
and
I
should
have
brought
it
with
me
from
our
current
sitting
president
saying
that
he
was
resigning
and
that
because
of
personal
reasons
and
of
course
the
change
of
address,
he
will
no
longer
be
able
to
fulfill
his
duties
as
lcua
as
president.
C
B
A
F
B
B
We
spent
840
last
year
to
recruit
an
executive
director
contract
and
professional
fees,
our
executive
director
and
any
help
that
was
required
this
past
year.
You
know,
unfortunately,
this
past
year
was.
It
was
not
the
best
obviously
time
for
us
to
kind
of
launch
this,
because
we
were
severely
limited
with
what
we
could
recruit
for
volunteers
and
people
actually
being
out
there
and
getting
help.
So
it
was.
B
It
was
a.
It
was
a
very
tough
year
to
get
this
organization
really
launched,
so
we
did
have
to
get
a
little
bit
of
extra
labor
to
help
out
with
the
garden
insurance.
That's
tmi,
it's
been
paid
twice
office
expenses
are,
they
were
the
checkbook
that
was
ordered
the
ledger,
checkbook
bank
fees
and
service
charges.
B
B
Postage
that's
322
dollars
in
a
po
box,
and
seven
dollars
was
mating.
Certified
certified
mail
to
the
irs
software.
Next
is
the
first
month
of
quickbooks
online
garden
equipment.
It
was
a
big
shed
that
we
purchased
for
consecutive
house
pandas,
oh
sorry
and
then
under
supplies
material
is
everything
it's
kind
of
lumped
in
their
seed
soil,
any
other
kind
of
supplies
that
we
have
purchased
for
the
guards
I'll
for
the
next
week.
I'll
try
to
kind
of
expand
that
a
little
bit.
B
D
B
B
Well,
we're
really
not
designated
federally
as
a
non-profit
under
the
state
of
texas
we
are,
but
so
we
need
to
reapply
and
that
will
probably
be
a
decent
size
expense
coming
up,
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
I'm
getting
trying
to
get
a
little
help
to
find
somebody
who
can
help
us
through
that
process,
because
I
know
it's
not
inexpensive
to
do
it.
You
know
requires
another
one.
D
F
B
Okay,
so
I
guess
I
don't
know
who
could
maybe
help
clarify
that,
because
I,
when
we
were
going
to
so
we
were
going
to
get
an
accountant
right
to
submit
our
our
tax
return.
But
in
the
end,
when
everything
was
about
to
be
done,
he
was
like
find
the
organization
where
there
is
no
it's
not
designated
as
anything,
and
it
wasn't.
Even
so,
I
had
a
write-off.
I
sent
off
a
letter
for
the
irs
to
give
us
confirmation
of
what
we're
designated
at.
B
H
B
E
B
F
F
F
B
B
F
B
F
I
would
like
like
to
fill
out
and
do
all
of
that
stuff,
but
I
need
the
paperwork
and
and
then,
if
we
do
that,
because
it's
extensive,
you
have
to
gather
a
bunch
of
stuff
and
put
it
in,
and
I
have
a
feeling
that
the
cost
of
this
will
come
down
a
lot
and
you
have
if
that
person
is
doing
a
review
rather
than
compile
and
fill
in,
and
so
I'm
willing
to
help
with
that.
I
just
need
the
paperwork.
I
have
the.
F
E
B
E
I
G
F
F
A
I
You
know
just
try
and
get
some
sending
better
communication
regarding
the
volunteer
opportunities
and
then
again
kind
of
membership
drives
anything
you
can
do
to
bring
in
some
more
people.
I
know
the
events
we've
been
hosting
has
been
very,
very
you
know,
fun
and
exciting
and
driving
that
excitement,
which
has
been
awesome
but
yeah.
It's
nothing
else,
maybe
a
more
formalized,
either
garden
time
or
kind
of
a
more
formalized
way
of
pushing
out
information,
because
sometimes
it's
kind
of
unclear.
What's
going
on
kind
of
a
casual
boss
here.
A
H
Of
we
publish
everything
online
on
facebook
and
instagram
and
I
send
invitations
through
whatsapp,
sometimes
personal
messaging
and
sometimes
in
groups.
Now
now
we
have
a
problem
with
the
time.
The
time
change,
because
we
were
we
are
in
the
morning
every
tuesday,
thursday
and
saturday,
and
we
all
know
the
hours
all
the
gardeners
know
the
hours
now
some
people
can
attend
just
once
a
week.
I
I
H
D
F
D
A
D
H
A
H
A
F
F
E
A
H
H
H
And
lcu,
as
the
other
two
persons
that
help
us
a
lot
are
volunteers
of
the
garden
and
they
are
also
they
have
their
own
full-time
jobs,
but
they
also
are
social
media
influencers,
so
they
help
us
promote
the
event
very,
very
good.
We
had
some
sponsorships
are
listed
here.
We
had
a
great
big,
perfect
experience
friend,
city
cyclery,
capac,.
H
So
we
are
committing
today
to
supply
the
december
december
event,
so
we're
very
happy
and
eager
to
to
make
another
another
fundraising
event
in
terms
of
community
outreach,
I
was
invited
to
well.
We
received
a
group
from
martin
high
school
one
afternoon
during
the
batch.
They
helped
us
clean
out
a
plot.
I
made
a
tour
with
them.
H
It
was
a
good
time
and
they
invited
me
after
that,
the
next
week
to
their
diaries
martin's
event.
So
I
was
I
was
asked
to
talk
about
protesting
and
the
significance
with
our
mexican
tradition,
and
we
did
a
video
collaboration,
foreign
international
study
center.
Of
course,
in
this
video
we
can
consider
the
video
on
the
online
version
of
the
report.
You
can
you
can
watch
the
video
upcoming
events,
because
I
mean
here
are
the
volunteers
opportunities
listed
for
this
week,
tuesday,
thursday
and
saturday.
We
have
brother's
market
and,
let's
see,
let's
talk
about
friends.
H
G
D
G
G
D
I
G
G
G
G
Organizations,
I
think,
fairly
behind
me
of
it.
I
I
embrace
that
I,
if
you
look
at
my
veda,
which
I
too
have
sent
to
both
of
these
gentlemen,
I
you'll
notice
that
I
am
the
recipient
of
two
usda
grads.
I
have
a
very
good
relationship
with
the
program
officers
at
usda
and
I
actually
left
one
of
those
used
ufda
grants
at
tamiyu.
It
was
literally
in
my
last
couple
of
weeks
I'm
telling
you
that
I
wrote
it
in
the
whirlwind
and
I
left
it
there.
G
G
G
G
D
G
G
This
by
saying,
I
propose
four
general
initiatives
with
lc-uas.
One
of
them
is
the
development
of
what
I
like
to
call
an
organizational
boilerplate.
This
would
be
in
essence,
a
list.
If
you
will
a
document
that
you
could
utilize
or
anything
you
do
moving
forward.
It
would
be
a
nice
way.
This
is
what
I
do
usually
with
non-profit
organizations,
has
really
helped
them
to
organize
and
to
establish
a
strong
list
of
information
that
could
pretty
much
be
required
or
necessary
for
any
grant
that
you
wish
to
apply.
D
G
G
D
G
D
D
G
D
G
Means
to
have
a
garden.
I
really
think
it
was
a
great
community
engaged
engagement
activity,
so
this
is
the
organizational
boilerplate.
I
think
this
would
be
one
of
the
things
that
again
I've
already
done
to
work
with
and
and
establish,
and
this
would
be
some
a
deliverable
that
you
would
use
as
an
organization
that
would
be
able
to
be
used
when
you're
applying
for
grants
with
me
or
without
me,
and
that's
one
of
the
first
things
now
pause.
A
I
think
that
that
was
already
a
huge
value
that
we
can
use
for
any
grad
students
to
say
whether
we
decide
to
work
with
their
for
future
grants
or
not.
I
think
you
know,
depending
on
the
outcomes
of
the
grants.
You
know
we
can
decide
that,
but
I
think
that
alone
is
going
to
help
us
and
help
us
be
able
to
use
that
template,
for
you
know
grants
to
come
for
the
next
few
years.
G
G
G
G
G
And
this
would
be
unique
to
your
organization,
and
I
would
propose
in
this
document
that
you
could
then
establish.
Well,
I
won't.
I
don't
want
the
organization
to
invest
time
in
writing,
a
grant
that
the
likelihood
that
it
could
get
accepted
and
that
they
get
awarded
is
below
30.
Let's
say
you
want
to
take
something.
G
G
So
with
that
comes
reporting,
which
again
is
very
important,
very
important
for
your
for
you
as
board
members
and
then
and
and
then
what
I
wanted
to
share
with
you
is
how
much
that
cost
would
be
for
me
to
actually
write
the
graph
and
the
method
of
securing
any
funding
for
the
right.
So
this
may
include
direct
pay
by
the
organization
if
they're
going
to
offer
availability.
D
G
D
D
G
G
But
again,
this
information,
this
product
is
yours.
This
would
be
a
belong
to.
Lcu
is
once
as
a
deliverable,
and
then
you
can
choose
to
do
what
you
want
to
do
with
that.
There
are
opportunities
for
one
gram
to
be
written,
maybe
and
one
or
two
graphs,
and
then
you
say:
okay,
we'll
continue
from
here
or
I
can
use
this
as
a
model.
And
then
we
can.
You
can
fold
that
in
moving
forward
or
when
you're
looking
at
a
granting
agency
and
you're,
just
looking
for
funding
for
a
project,
an.
G
G
C
C
A
Essentially,
this
tracker
will
give
us
all
the
things
we
can
potentially
get,
and
you
know
how
much
she
would
charge
us.
What's
our
likelihood
of
getting
it.
So
that's
important
because
I
think
to
even
find
out
which
grants
we're
eligible
for
is
pretty
difficult.
I
don't
know
I'll
go
about
which
usda
grant
we
can
go
after
with
our
current
registration
or
not,
and
you
know
it's
half
a
million
dollars.
They're
gonna
pay
ten
thousand
dollars
to
go
after
that
grant
or
not.
A
G
Okay,
so
so
thank
you.
The
third
thing
I
wanted
to
propose-
and
this
is
actually
in
tandem
with
the
grant
prospects
and
tracker
sheet-
and
this
capitalizes
on
my
unique
networking
that
would
be
the
establishment
of
a
network
for
lc
uas
and
connecting
program
officers
to
the
executive
director,
in
this
case,
mr
mojo.
D
G
And
that's
a
very
again,
a
very
important
type
of
thing
to
do.
It
includes
also
any
kind
of
collaborators,
because
you'll
need
to
have
that
kind
of
collaboration
with,
for
example,
the
school
districts
or
other
non-profit
organizations,
or
maybe
for-profit
organizations
that
would
be
willing
to
include
matching
funds
and
things
of
that
nature,
so
that
would
be
another
byproduct
of
the
development
of
the
grants.
Contents
in
chapter
it's
the
establishment
of
the
network.
G
G
I
G
G
D
D
G
In
there
you
do
it
live
you,
you
do,
facebook
live
and
you
have
your
raffle
already
ready
to
go
and
and
again
immediate
cash
flow.
You
have,
let's
say
with
your
with
your
bank,
where
you
bank,
you
have
sell
or
you
have
to
cash
out
and
everything
can
be
done
electronically
and
things
are
done
very
smoothly
now,
and
I
guess
I
would
venture
to
say.
D
G
G
G
In
their
lot-
and
they
also
provide
meals
and
they're
doing
after
talking
to
what
they
can
do
and
what
they
feel
comfortable
doing,
they're
actually
doing
a
dog
wash.
So
you
know
a
lot
they're
gonna,
just
all
they
need
is
water.
We've
established
in
a
location,
a
little
field
where
that's
next
to
a
business
that
has
water,
they
have
soap,
sponges
towns
and
they're,
going
to
start
off,
probably
simple.
By
doing
this
dog.
A
Yes,
yes,
I'm
sorry
we're
running
a
little
late
on
time.
Here
we
are
so
I
want
to
kind
of
just
get.
I
want
to
get
your
proposal
so
that
we
can
consider
it
in
an
executive
session
to
see
if
we
would
like
to
move
forward.
Do
you
have
the
financials
that
you
will
be
requesting
for
these
services,
and
also,
I
don't
know
if
we
need
to
go
through
a
process
of
rfp
for
you,
no
okay,
okay,
just
wanted
to
clarify
thank.
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Okay
and
then
establishing
a
network,
I
get
that.
That's
that's
a
a
product.
I
get
you
now
fundraising.
So
you
step,
you
know
you,
you
give
us
some
ideas
on
fundraising,
raffle,
silent
options
and
stuff,
and
then
for
how
long
would
you
be
available
to
assist
in
that
in
those
fundraising
products
items.
G
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Proposal,
yes,
yeah
she's,
proposing
four
items:
the
boilerpake
template
the
grant
tracker
establishment
of
a
network
with
lcuas
from
potential
grantors
and
a
fundraising
farm
for
three
thousand
dollars
and
the
ground
tracker.
If
we
do
decide
to
pursue
any
grants,
we
would
go
back
to
her
and
there
would
be
an
additional
fee
per
grant.
G
So,
for
example,
united
way
has
a
grant,
and
I'm
very
familiar
with
that
particular
template,
and
so
in
that
case
I
would
say:
okay.
This
is
how
much
it
would
cost
if
we're
just
proposing
that
the
project
would
be
one
of
the
existing
projects,
and
that
might
be
a
lesser
fee
than
the
fees
that
it
would
be
to
to
do
something.
G
Dollars
that
includes,
you
know
a
lot
of
collaborators
and
things
of
that
nature.
But
I
can't
share
with
you
that
we're
talking
about.
I
mean
I
I'm
very
and
I
don't
want
to
use
the
word
cheap,
because
I'm
not
cheap,
but
I
mean
low
cost.
So
we're
talking
about
anywhere
from
like
five
hundred
dollars
to
write
something
that's
already
an
existing
project
and
just
to
put
it
all
together
and
maybe
at
the
high
end,
maybe
about
three
thousand
dollars
for
a
bigger
ground.
That
or
I
have
to
create.