[0:02] All righty. Good evening. This is the

[0:06] July 29th uh work session meeting for

[0:09] the Sopic Agricultural Commission. The

[0:11] time is 7:05 p.m. Uh we do have a quorum

[0:14] with myself, Zach Barnett, Vice Chair

[0:17] Agenda Petro, Deb Humphrey, um Jessica

[0:21] Parker, and on Zoom we have Bert Hansen.

[0:24] Um,

[0:28] I think that's the call to order. Uh, if

[0:30] we can quickly

[0:32] uh stand up for the pledge of

[0:33] >> allegiance.

[0:38] I to the flag of the United States of

[0:41] America and to the republic for which it

[0:44] stands, one nation under God,

[0:47] indivisible, with liberty and justice

[0:50] for all. Amen.

[0:52] >> Please be seated. Bishop

[0:54] Thank you.

[0:57] Um, all right. Any public comments? I

[1:00] believe we have Eningga Hoteling.

[1:02] You like to come up?

[1:03] >> Yes, sir.

[1:08] » Good evening, everyone. Ingga Hoteling,

[1:10] 45 Klein Road,

[1:13] and I've been assisting with Open Farm

[1:16] Day since its fruition in 2023.

[1:21] And I have some updates.

[1:27] » Hi Enga.

[1:28] >> Hey there, Bert.

[1:30] >> Hey, Janice.

[1:32] Just started.

[1:37] [clears throat]

[1:41] » And I'm I'm sorry. I'm having a lot of

[1:43] trouble with my hip today. So, you're

[1:44] going to see me squirming around trying

[1:46] to get comfortable. Uh, your video is

[1:49] actually not even on, so we won't see

[1:50] it.

[1:54] » Okay, then.

[1:56] >> It's fine. I don't think I mean, we

[1:57] don't need to see a squirm unless you

[1:59] want us to. [laughter]

[2:04] So, the first um piece of business that

[2:06] I'd like to share with everyone is as of

[2:10] today, I have raised $1,100

[2:16] in contributions.

[2:17] >> That's awesome.

[2:19] >> And I am still waiting to hear back from

[2:24] six other um businesses from the VCA

[2:29] Animal Hospital. They have consistently

[2:32] donated every year since 2023, $200.

[2:37] And Courtney's been in surgery the past

[2:40] couple of days. So, I've left her

[2:41] messages, sent her emails. So, I'm

[2:44] feeling very optimistic that that it's

[2:46] going to come to fruition.

[2:48] >> That's great.

[2:48] >> Um, I got a new contribution this year.

[2:51] Wally Computer Associates.

[2:53] >> Nice.

[2:54] >> Um, they donated um a hundred. I'm still

[2:57] waiting to hear back from Stacy at

[2:59] Wall-E Precision.

[3:02] Uh Kong, the controller at WGI,

[3:06] um Mark's Property,

[3:08] Pioneer Valley Trading Company. I had to

[3:11] send them a letter of intent, which I

[3:13] ended up sending the letter that we had

[3:16] crafted at one of our work sessions.

[3:18] Okay.

[3:18] >> So, they have that. And um I personally

[3:22] know Jason Fiori and their family. So, I

[3:26] put another little message out there

[3:27] today. I'm looking for a donation. Um,

[3:30] I'm waiting to hear back from All Power,

[3:33] South Insurance,

[3:35] uh, B&E Tool, and Beacon Bank. Uh,

[3:38] Binkan Bank is going, which is used to

[3:41] be the old Birkshire Bank, the old

[3:42] Warren Roco back in the day.

[3:45] >> Yeah.

[3:45] >> Um, they have to go through a process

[3:47] just like what Jill at Westfield Bank

[3:49] did. Um, so they have to submit the

[3:52] letter of intent to corporate and then

[3:54] they come back. So, um, Giovani, who's

[3:58] the branch manager here in Southwick,

[4:01] has the letter and it's been forwarded.

[4:04] So, once again, I'm feeling fairly

[4:06] optimistic that probably by midweek next

[4:09] week, um, we could have another

[4:13] six to $700.

[4:15] >> Oh, that's amazing.

[4:16] >> Excellent. Awesome. So,

[4:18] >> um, I did have a couple of these

[4:20] individuals send u requested that they,

[4:23] you know, as we had stated, the checks

[4:25] being made out to the town of

[4:26] Southwitten with the memo agricultural

[4:30] commission open farm day donation.

[4:33] >> That's right.

[4:34] >> So, um, I've done these calls while I've

[4:36] been at my office and I didn't have the

[4:38] town hall address right off the tip of

[4:40] my head.

[4:41] >> So, I gave them my e, my personal PO box

[4:45] here in Southwick. Okay. which once I

[4:47] receive them, then I can coordinate

[4:49] dropping them off at your home, Zach.

[4:53] >> That way there, you all can just go

[4:54] right to the town hall and give it to

[4:56] them and just give them a little

[4:57] reminder to put it in your account

[5:00] >> because I know this select at that point

[5:02] we um when they have I think the select

[5:04] board has to um officially receive them

[5:09] and then that's when it would go into

[5:11] that account. So,

[5:12] >> right. So, great. So once those start

[5:15] trickling in, then I will make sure that

[5:18] you receive those.

[5:19] >> Great. Thank you. Great job. Thank you

[5:21] so much.

[5:22] >> Yeah, I was really pleased to see a few

[5:24] new ones that I've noted on before that

[5:28] have stepped up to the um up to the

[5:31] plate. So that's going to be cool.

[5:33] >> Thank you.

[5:34] The second thing I wanted to share with

[5:37] you is I know in the past we've put

[5:40] these at the open farm day farms

[5:45] >> at the tables. I have x amount left over

[5:50] from last year.

[5:52] >> Do you still want to do that this year?

[5:55] And if so, then my company who is a

[5:58] nonprofit

[6:00] will volunteer our copier and we will

[6:04] make copies of this so that we have

[6:06] enough

[6:07] >> to put at all. I'd say probably at least

[6:12] wait 50

[6:14] >> 50 of these at least at every farm at

[6:17] the table.

[6:19] >> That's great. And this is something that

[6:23] we created.

[6:25] >> I want to say it was actually Lissa

[6:28] >> that created this because some of the

[6:30] pieces were also provided by the Pioneer

[6:33] Valley Planning Commission and the town

[6:35] of Ammerst come.

[6:36] >> Oh, interesting. Okay.

[6:38] >> So, I wanted to know if you wanted this

[6:41] for this year and if so, then I can make

[6:44] copies at no charge.

[6:45] >> Is there anything we need to update on

[6:46] it?

[6:47] >> Think so. The only thing I was looking

[6:49] at is the second paragraph. Over 15

[6:52] active farms and 1,600 acres. I don't

[6:55] know if those specs are still accurate.

[6:58] >> Sure.

[6:58] >> I don't think we've lost any farms

[7:00] really. Maybe.

[7:03] >> And then I don't know if the news on

[7:06] tonight that they're question six on the

[7:08] ballot is going to be about setting up a

[7:10] permanent conservation fund to preserve

[7:12] land.

[7:13] >> Oh, cool. So, I don't know. Put some

[7:16] >> nice.

[7:19] >> Yeah, we can't really get too political.

[7:20] >> Political. Yeah,

[7:21] >> we gota be careful with that.

[7:24] >> Say that we're do that that's happening

[7:25] without saying vote for it or is that

[7:27] not I mean you've got a lot of

[7:29] >> We can I think we can raise awareness.

[7:31] >> Yeah.

[7:31] >> Um I mean that's what we're here for,

[7:33] right?

[7:33] >> Yeah.

[7:34] >> Is there any way we could put our 20

[7:36] anniversary celebration banner on it

[7:39] anywhere?

[7:40] >> Do you have a copy of that? I have the

[7:42] actual um

[7:43] >> the graphic

[7:44] >> like a graphic I can

[7:46] >> that would be kind to me.

[7:48] >> Okay.

[7:49] >> To my email that you've been sending me

[7:52] stuff to

[7:54] >> and then I can have our graphic artist

[7:56] >> Oh, cool. Okay.

[7:58] >> put it on here.

[7:59] >> That would be great.

[8:00] >> And then I'll shoot you over a proof.

[8:03] >> Okay.

[8:04] >> To make sure you like what you see.

[8:06] >> That'd be great.

[8:07] >> And then I can go to town and make

[8:08] copies.

[8:09] >> Oh, that's awesome. Yeah, I have it on

[8:11] um I added it to our um our annual

[8:14] report and that's how I was able to get

[8:16] it. I think um it was sent from Dan over

[8:19] um because he made that banner. So um

[8:22] I'll send it over to you as soon as I

[8:24] get home. I'll put my shelf in the

[8:26] >> Perfect. Thank you.

[8:27] >> Quick legal size paper and add my stuff.

[8:32] >> Well, it depends. Well, that's why I'm

[8:33] presenting it to see what you folks

[8:36] think because this is something that

[8:37] we've utilized in 23, 24, and 25.

[8:41] >> Yeah, I don't think we should stop doing

[8:43] it, especially if you're willing to

[8:44] donate it. So,

[8:47] >> so do you want to add more content?

[8:50] >> Um,

[8:57] that's a lot.

[8:59] >> Yeah, I think I don't know how many

[9:00] people are actually reading this.

[9:03] I know. I know. With at our farm what we

[9:06] would do is we would make sure that they

[9:08] walked out with one of these

[9:10] >> and the information about the stables.

[9:15] >> So, it was like two things, but whoever

[9:18] the volunteers are at those farms are

[9:20] going to have to make sure that when

[9:22] somebody's cruising back

[9:24] >> Yeah.

[9:24] >> if they don't have a satchel or

[9:26] something to put it in when they go to

[9:28] the farm,

[9:29] >> then you just want to make sure they're

[9:31] handed out. Yeah.

[9:33] >> So, like I said, this is all I had left

[9:35] over.

[9:37] >> Oh, that's true.

[9:38] >> Remember having these at the

[9:39] >> I don't think I don't think we had them.

[9:41] >> That's an up.

[9:44] >> I do remember it, but

[9:45] >> I remember I think the first year, but I

[9:46] don't think that we had them at our

[9:48] place.

[9:49] >> Yeah, we really didn't have anything to

[9:50] hand out the last two years. I don't

[9:52] think

[9:52] >> we had the

[9:55] >> the Oh, the passport, right?

[9:57] >> Passport and the stickers.

[9:58] >> The stickers. Yeah.

[9:59] >> I think these are great. I remember

[10:01] seeing it now.

[10:02] >> Okay.

[10:03] >> Yeah, it's a great idea.

[10:04] >> So, as of right now, we'll look at about

[10:07] 500 copies.

[10:09] >> Well, people aren't going to pick one up

[10:11] at every farm if they've already got

[10:12] one. So,

[10:13] >> sure. That's true.

[10:14] >> Yeah. I mean, there's probably every

[10:16] kid's not going to want this. I would

[10:18] say one per family.

[10:20] >> So, I mean, I 250

[10:22] >> 250 I think is probably the most we

[10:24] would need.

[10:25] >> Good thing is you can use them and

[10:27] >> Yeah. long as nothing.

[10:29] You can bring them to the meeting next

[10:30] week.

[10:33] >> Like the home buyer disclosure and all

[10:34] that talked about before in the year.

[10:38] >> Exactly. Yeah.

[10:40] >> Okay. So, I'll wait for the banner.

[10:42] >> Okay.

[10:43] >> And then once I get that, I'll do a

[10:49] shot of it and send it to you, Bert and

[10:52] Zach.

[10:53] >> Yep. Sure. Yep.

[10:57] Thank you. Yeah, that's a great idea.

[10:59] >> You see what we're talking about, right,

[11:01] B?

[11:03] >> I'll hold it up.

[11:04] >> Yes. Right.

[11:05] >> Yep. Yeah. The right to farm. Yeah. Got

[11:07] it.

[11:14] » Post this at my house because my guinea

[11:16] hens are being very loud.

[11:20] » I [laughter] mean, we live off the road

[11:21] and away from people, but I'm sure they

[11:23] can hear them. Anybody who lives even

[11:25] close.

[11:26] >> One of my neighbors used to have a

[11:28] rooster.

[11:29] >> We have two rooers.

[11:30] >> I have two roosters. Luckily, it's the

[11:31] quietest rooster I've ever had.

[11:33] >> Do you have a muzzle on it?

[11:35] >> I've tried the neck thing before. I have

[11:36] a really loud one, but it barely worked.

[11:40] >> So loud it didn't matter.

[11:42] >> Yeah, I have two roosters, but I have

[11:44] six guinea hen because we've gotten them

[11:45] to try to take care of the tick issue.

[11:48] We have such a massive

[11:49] >> We haven't seen hardly any ticks in the

[11:50] last couple months.

[11:51] >> I've got wild turkeys. They take care of

[11:53] mine.

[11:54] >> Giant feathers.

[11:56] >> Don't you love them on my turkey sign?

[11:59] Um, okay. So, the next thing I wanted to

[12:01] ask is what we've done in the past three

[12:04] for the past three years is there's the

[12:07] clipboard at every table for each of the

[12:10] participants.

[12:11] >> And I couldn't find my original proof.

[12:14] All I could find was this mockup that I

[12:17] had done. We had originally done it in

[12:20] the past where we would have people code

[12:23] it the first couple of years. I wanted

[12:26] to know where the people were coming

[12:27] from, where they heard about it, so I

[12:30] could really look at what the price was

[12:32] for advertising to determine is it

[12:34] beneficial for us to feed. That's how we

[12:36] get going into those areas.

[12:38] >> I thought we were going to if they

[12:40] voluntarily wanted to give us their

[12:41] emails this year, we were gonna you're

[12:43] going to do that, right? Um,

[12:45] >> so you can tell them about, you know,

[12:47] what farm day is coming up or something,

[12:49] you know.

[12:50] >> Yeah. Yeah,

[12:51] >> do that. Maybe we could just put a form.

[12:53] We could put a QR code.

[12:57] >> That's a great idea.

[12:59] >> Yeah. Last year, I know when I did it,

[13:01] um, I did a thing where I I I was

[13:03] curious on adult children, senior ratio

[13:07] to see what

[13:09] >> So, I just made a code of my own on it

[13:11] when I was writing people in. And it was

[13:13] interesting because I wanted I truly

[13:15] wanted to see

[13:16] >> the age categories we had and because I

[13:19] was at Cowards in the morning and I

[13:20] thought for sure it would be mostly kids

[13:23] >> and it was not.

[13:24] >> Right.

[13:25] >> It was a lot of senior citizens, lots of you know

[13:30] >> I would say anywhere from 50 on.

[13:32] >> Mhm.

[13:33] >> People who purchase products

[13:35] >> and Yeah. age-wise. And I thought that

[13:37] was really interesting because they were

[13:38] taking the train rides at Cowards. They

[13:40] were doing all the things. Oh yeah, but

[13:42] it wasn't they had the stickers. They

[13:46] >> Oh, the adults love the stickers more

[13:47] than the kids.

[13:48] >> But it was it was interesting to track

[13:50] that and it might be it because that's

[13:53] >> there's a lot of people coming in

[13:54] though. It's hard to collect all that

[13:56] data quickly before they disappear,

[13:58] >> right? I mean, I just jotted it down. I

[14:00] knew I would see people come in. I

[14:02] welcome them. And then I'd quickly write

[14:04] down approximate two seniors, two kids,

[14:06] whatever, or you know, two adults and

[14:09] two kids, however it was. as I would

[14:11] write it down and it it just let me see

[14:13] that it wasn't what I thought the

[14:15] population would be being my first year

[14:17] doing the farm day. Um I I just I was

[14:21] kind of surprised by it because that

[14:23] might be how we steer

[14:26] what events people might be thinking of

[14:29] doing at their farms or things they

[14:31] might want to do is to the age

[14:33] population that you're getting the most

[14:35] of.

[14:36] >> Kids aren't going to show up there

[14:37] without parents.

[14:39] No, but I really was surprised on how

[14:41] many people were older.

[14:43] >> Did I not do the code last year?

[14:45] >> That's it, right? That's where the first

[14:48] two years we did the one with the code

[14:50] because I was tracking our expenses

[14:52] going to advertise. So then last year

[14:55] and like I said, this is all I have to

[14:58] show.

[14:58] >> Yeah.

[14:59] >> Because

[15:00] >> I can't find my original. So last year

[15:04] we kept it really simple.

[15:06] >> It was just the farm. Yeah,

[15:08] >> there must still be copies of that in

[15:09] the bags or something.

[15:11] >> I just see I dismantled all of those.

[15:14] >> Now you know this is what you're looking

[15:15] for because I sent you some things, but

[15:17] it wasn't this.

[15:18] >> No, no, but I've got the mothership of

[15:20] this.

[15:20] >> Oh, okay. Oh, okay.

[15:22] >> Yeah, I got to find the mothership.

[15:23] >> Hey. Hey. And everybody remember last

[15:26] year if people come and they already

[15:28] have a passport, we weren't going to ask

[15:30] them where they're from

[15:32] >> and all. Right. That was a great

[15:33] indication.

[15:34] >> So, yeah. So last year we went with

[15:36] strictly the farm, Bert's cell phone

[15:39] number, and how many guests. That's all

[15:43] that we tracked last year.

[15:44] >> I think we should use my cell phone

[15:45] number this year cuz

[15:46] >> Well, that's my next question was whose

[15:49] cell phone number do we want to

[15:51] >> I think we should have two a backup one.

[15:53] Um

[15:54] >> last year I personally had trouble

[15:56] getting a hold of Bert. So um I don't

[16:01] >> Yeah, I did.

[16:04] you were running around. I don't know.

[16:06] >> I could not get a hold of you because we

[16:08] had people. It was the whole dilemma at

[16:11] um Blossoming Acres. There weren't any

[16:14] volunteers there.

[16:15] >> I couldn't get a hold of you. I called

[16:17] you. I left you message. I think I

[16:18] texted the group.

[16:20] Um but I think we should have my number

[16:23] on there.

[16:25] I don't know if you want yours like

[16:27] secondary bird or if you want it, Jen.

[16:29] >> I can. Yeah, it's up to you. I don't

[16:31] >> Well, it depends too on if because I had

[16:34] told Jen if she wanted me to do any

[16:38] running around or not be a stationary

[16:40] person.

[16:41] >> I think we need as many stationary

[16:42] people as possible that are membersh.

[16:45] >> Um,

[16:46] >> absolutely.

[16:46] >> To represent. Yeah.

[16:48] >> Yeah. Especially the busier farms.

[16:50] >> Yeah.

[16:51] >> We need we need to make Lanita happy

[16:54] this year. She was one of the people

[16:57] that had issues with not enough

[16:59] volunteers last year. So she needs a

[17:01] minimum I think two in the morning, two

[17:02] in the afternoon

[17:03] >> at least.

[17:03] >> Yeah, minimum.

[17:05] >> And responsible individuals that are

[17:07] that you know are going to show up.

[17:09] >> So do you want to give me or Oh, I've

[17:12] got your number and my phone. So I'll

[17:14] put the your number on there and

[17:17] >> Yeah,

[17:18] >> I've got Jen's. Okay. So I'm going to

[17:20] add those on here. And I sent you and I

[17:24] sent the three of you earlier today a

[17:27] revised volunteer information sheet.

[17:30] >> Oh yeah.

[17:31] >> That will go for the orientation that

[17:35] you're hosting. And then we'll have I'm

[17:38] going to make I think I'm going to make

[17:40] them like in a green color so that on

[17:42] each clipboard they've got these

[17:44] >> so it kind of stands out.

[17:46] >> So it stands out so that you've got the

[17:48] safety protocol. You've got who to call.

[17:51] >> I just put 413 and uh

[17:54] >> I I didn't make a bunch of copies, so if

[17:56] you want to pass that around,

[17:58] >> but it's the same concept of what we've

[18:00] done since 2023 that we use at the

[18:03] orientation and always have right at the

[18:05] desk just in case somebody has a

[18:08] question.

[18:09] >> So for that that document there, I'll

[18:12] put both Zach and Jen's cell phone

[18:14] number again.

[18:15] >> Okay.

[18:19] Maybe put them in bold, bigger letters

[18:21] so that they know that I mean we could

[18:22] explain it at the orientation, but

[18:24] basically that's

[18:25] >> Yeah. Not everyone shows up to the

[18:26] orientation.

[18:27] >> Exactly. Yeah. Right.

[18:28] >> Just to highlight that those are the

[18:30] numbers.

[18:32] >> Yep.

[18:32] >> And um I'll definitely make them bold,

[18:35] but that's something too where

[18:36] unfortunately this year I'm not going to

[18:38] be able to participate at the farm. Um,

[18:42] so I've got um Carol who's going to be

[18:46] there in the morning

[18:48] >> and I'm talking with Holly at Klein View

[18:51] Stables Saturday at noon to coordinate

[18:54] for each mothers.

[18:55] >> Oh, beautiful.

[18:56] >> Because I need parking because we're

[18:58] parking in the field.

[19:00] >> So, we need to have some engaging that.

[19:02] And

[19:02] >> it's going to be a nice hot dry day.

[19:06] >> I did that last year. Yeah. Yeah. The

[19:08] year before the year before.

[19:09] >> Yeah. Pine view this year.

[19:10] >> Yeah. going

[19:12] to be the afternoon.

[19:13] >> Perfect.

[19:14] >> So, that's where um what Carol will do

[19:17] is she'll pass on whatever information

[19:20] that's important for you to be aware of

[19:22] because I'm not going to be there all

[19:24] day. I'm not going to be there at all.

[19:26] So, um so that's

[19:29] >> I don't think we're a little hiccup

[19:31] >> the Dian Southic stuff. Don't I don't

[19:34] know that we're really promoting them

[19:36] this year.

[19:36] >> So, okay. So, I'll take that out.

[19:39] >> Yeah.

[19:40] Um just we've had lack of uh

[19:43] participation from them. So

[19:44] >> Okay,

[19:47] everyone's still here.

[19:48] >> Yeah,

[19:48] >> Greg is volunteering.

[19:50] >> Greg's volunteering.

[19:51] >> Uh he's going to be at um Blasph,

[19:56] » right? Where's he going to be? Blasphemy

[19:58] Acres with Martha.

[19:59] >> Maybe he can have a sign.

[20:01] >> We we have a couple signs.

[20:02] >> Yeah, exactly. Yeah.

[20:03] >> Oh, I'll mention that to him. He's We've

[20:05] been

[20:06] >> Yeah. We didn't like this year we didn't

[20:08] involve any other departments or boards

[20:11] or

[20:12] >> um

[20:15] interests.

[20:16] >> We tried to though we're trying to get

[20:17] volunteers down.

[20:19] >> Okay. So I'll delete that from the

[20:23] >> but yeah if he wants to have a sign

[20:24] there that would be great. I do have

[20:26] >> the year that we did include

[20:29] >> um Greg and Marissa. Neither of them

[20:33] volunteered.

[20:35] I wrote that for also today.

[20:40] >> Okay. So, I'll make that change.

[20:42] >> Yeah, that's the problem.

[20:44] >> Then I'll zip it over to you both for

[20:46] approval and then once you give me the

[20:49] AOK, then I'll make

[20:53] >> probably a 100 copies.

[20:56] >> Okay.

[20:56] >> Yeah.

[20:58] I think so.

[21:00] >> 50 copies in green.

[21:04] Okay.

[21:07] And next on my list was the bins. But

[21:10] Bert, I'll swing by your Juliet on

[21:13] Friday at some point and pick up the

[21:14] bin. It'll probably be closer between 5

[21:16] and 6.

[21:18] >> Okay, that's fine. Yeah.

[21:19] >> And what I'll do is I'm going to put

[21:21] together all of the bags

[21:25] this weekend and then coordinate with

[21:28] Jen to pick them up so she'll have them

[21:30] for the orientation. Sure, that would be

[21:33] great.

[21:33] >> And handles out then.

[21:37] And

[21:40] I wanted to also bring to your attention

[21:42] about the signs that we had talked about

[21:45] for checkin here. Some of the feedback

[21:48] last year was that there was confusion

[21:51] where the guests were coming to

[21:56] even though I thought the tables would

[21:58] define it along with the tent.

[22:01] didn't have many.

[22:02] >> It depends where they park

[22:03] >> farm. I guess

[22:04] >> depends on the farm where they park how

[22:06] they come in. Yeah.

[22:07] >> So, so I'm So, I propose that we make a sign a regular 18 by it's 18 by 24.

[22:15] Your typical lawn signs that is white

[22:19] background going pretty much to our town

[22:21] seal and the green lettering that the

[22:24] top line is going to be check.

[22:27] Second line is going to be in. third row

[22:30] is or fir third line is going to be

[22:32] here. So it's a standalone singlesided

[22:36] sign

[22:37] that you can put right by the table

[22:40] saying check in here.

[22:43] >> How many you thinking like 12 10?

[22:46] >> 10 because each farm is going to have

[22:48] 10. Um

[22:50] >> some the thing I was thinking about the

[22:52] age sands some places have concrete like

[22:55] um there's no like place to dig them in

[22:58] to the

[22:59] >> so those places we're probably going to

[23:01] need

[23:02] >> tape or something

[23:03] >> like I'm thinking

[23:04] >> doesn't work in a monsoon then

[23:06] [laughter]

[23:07] >> we found that out

[23:08] >> we have had

[23:10] neither do the pens remember. Yeah.

[23:13] [laughter]

[23:13] >> So, um I know I've got at least eight

[23:17] Hooks. Those H they call them H stands.

[23:20] >> Okay.

[23:21] >> But for the ones that don't,

[23:26] I'm not sure who those would be.

[23:28] >> I'm thinking like I haven't been to

[23:30] Malicious yet, but I don't

[23:31] >> Malicious has plenty of dirt.

[23:33] >> He does.

[23:33] >> Yeah. I think it's actually Gravel

[23:35] Drive.

[23:35] >> You're referring to Sandville Scoop,

[23:38] right?

[23:38] >> Malicious we have this year. Oh,

[23:39] Malicious and Grandpa Scoop is on there,

[23:42] too. But they have it's a dirt drive

[23:48] is up on the porch. Usually you

[23:51] >> you check in on the porch. So,

[23:54] >> you know, lower the stairs.

[23:57] >> That would

[23:58] say

[23:59] >> keeping it right to the table would

[24:00] probably be the best way anyway just

[24:02] because you want them to look up a

[24:05] little. They're probably looking up. Um,

[24:08] >> so they have a railing, too. It could

[24:10] just be attached to the railing.

[24:11] >> Yeah, we could we'll figure it out.

[24:13] Yeah.

[24:13] >> Okay. So, do we want Well, I've not

[24:16] [clears throat] heard back from

[24:17] Spotlight after four calls.

[24:19] >> Yeah. What's

[24:20] >> Hello.

[24:20] >> I've not heard back from Marie Rean, but

[24:24] she's had a tragedy in her family. I

[24:27] sent her another email earlier this

[24:29] week. But Southwoods has given me a

[24:32] price.

[24:32] >> Okay.

[24:33] >> And for 10

[24:36] singlesided

[24:37] full size 18 by 24

[24:41] uh without the stakes $115.50.

[24:45] >> How much?

[24:46] >> $115.50

[24:49] for 10 of them.

[24:52] And it would be a three-day turnaround

[24:54] time.

[24:54] >> Oh, that's not bad.

[24:56] >> We need them that big. that it's does

[24:59] it's not going to behoove us to cut cut

[25:01] them. It's going to be the same price.

[25:03] >> Okay.

[25:04] >> Yeah.

[25:04] >> So,

[25:05] >> you know, we we actually have 11 uh

[25:08] farms this year, which is a pain in

[25:11] terms of this.

[25:13] >> Can we do 12? Just have an

[25:16] >> Yeah, I can I'll call Martin tomorrow

[25:20] and get a price for 12. I'd like to um

[25:23] allocate the money now. So we can let me

[25:27] just figure out the price.

[25:28] >> Yeah. Take the 15.50 divide it by 10. So

[25:32] >> I mean even if we're short like I don't

[25:35] think at like points it would not really

[25:37] be an issue.

[25:38] >> Yeah. And the same thing at CR,

[25:41] >> right?

[25:42] >> Well like so you have the sunflowers on

[25:45] one side and and so if

[25:48] >> Oh they do. Okay.

[25:49] >> Okay. So, you're allocating the money

[25:51] for

[25:52] >> allocate. I make a motion to uh allocate

[25:55] up to $150 to Southwoods for check and

[25:58] hear signs.

[25:59] >> I second that motion.

[26:00] >> Um roll call vote. Zach Bara I.

[26:02] >> Jennifer Petro I.

[26:04] >> Deb Humphrey I.

[26:06] >> Louis Parker. I

[26:09] >> Bert.

[26:10] >> Oh, I'm sorry. I I I forgot that Janice

[26:13] is not technically a member yet.

[26:17] >> Bert Hansen. Hi.

[26:19] >> All right. Unanimous.

[26:21] >> All right. [laughter]

[26:22] >> All right. So, you got $150. You got

[26:24] $150 to play with.

[26:26] >> Okay. So, it's not going to be that

[26:28] much.

[26:29] >> No, it's just

[26:30] >> It won't be that much. But what I'll do

[26:32] is I'll call Martin tomorrow request 12

[26:37] >> and let him know to invoice you.

[26:40] >> Yeah. The ad.

[26:41] >> The Okay.

[26:42] >> I think they have an account number.

[26:44] >> Yeah. seems to be an issue every time

[26:46] they do it. But

[26:46] >> oh,

[26:47] >> we eventually it always gets squared

[26:49] away.

[26:50] >> Just usually

[26:53] » flower box flower shop guys.

[26:56] >> I have not for a donation.

[26:58] >> I can talk to them.

[27:01] >> Anyone you know

[27:03] >> we'll always take more money.

[27:06] >> Sure.

[27:06] >> I'll mention it. So I'll ask them do you

[27:08] want to volunteer or donate?

[27:10] >> Yes. [laughter]

[27:11] >> You don't

[27:13] see It wasn't one or the other.

[27:16] >> Yeah. And the contributions when I

[27:19] reached out to say Beacon Bank the other

[27:22] day, I told them contributions we're

[27:24] seeing a range between $50 and $500.

[27:28] >> Okay.

[27:29] >> So, it's whatever they feel comfortable

[27:33] saying. Yes, here you go. Town of South

[27:36] and care of the agricultural commission

[27:39] for open farm day. So, the only other

[27:42] thing I wanted to mention is when I

[27:45] spoke to Scott at Tinneic Nursery, um,

[27:48] he did recommend that we use his

[27:51] property again this year for one of our

[27:54] big signs.

[27:55] >> And I said, so we can count,

[27:58] >> the library.

[28:02] >> Well, it's it's for sale, but it's still

[28:04] owned. And because when I asked him last

[28:07] year for the donation, I said, "Well,

[28:09] what about your piece of property

[28:11] >> because it gets such great visibility."

[28:14] >> So, he's already agreed that once you

[28:17] all start distributing the signs to put

[28:20] one of the the signs there.

[28:22] >> That's right. At the at the library.

[28:26] >> Yeah. The little old library.

[28:29] >> That's great.

[28:30] >> So,

[28:31] >> definitely. And we should start putting

[28:32] out those big signs soon, right?

[28:36] >> Probably a week before maybe.

[28:38] >> Well, we did it a couple weeks last year

[28:40] beforehand and we didn't lose a sign.

[28:42] >> We didn't lose any. We had some I think

[28:44] the nasty weather is gone, right?

[28:47] >> Oh, [laughter]

[28:48] great mind. Jessica, it is it is going

[28:52] to be a gorgeous day that day. Yes. 70

[28:54] degrees with light.

[28:56] >> Yeah, that'd be nice.

[28:57] >> Yeah. Well, mother nature and I have

[28:58] already had a conversation. That's

[29:00] crazy. That's good.

[29:01] >> So, so just as a recap, um $1,100 so far

[29:06] in defined definitions. I'll rework that

[29:12] Southwick

[29:13] um open farm day promo piece or um right

[29:17] to farm promo piece. send you a proof

[29:20] after you send me the banner and then

[29:22] I'll make 250 of those on a um I

[29:26] probably add a heavier stock paper and

[29:29] the farm signin sheets. We're going to

[29:31] add Zack

[29:34] >> Jennifer's cell phones to that. for the

[29:39] orientation for volunteers. We're going

[29:41] to remove the line about the EDC dine in

[29:45] Southwick sign D in Southwick QR code

[29:49] signs

[29:51] and

[29:54] I'll talk to Martin tomorrow and get

[29:56] those check in here signs rolling.

[30:01] I think that's it.

[30:02] >> That's a lot. Well, thank you so much.

[30:05] >> Amazing. Thank you so much. Oh,

[30:08] pleasure.

[30:09] >> I need Oh. Oh, one more thing. Then I'll read to the meeting.

[30:14] >> I like your stickers. [laughter]

[30:16] >> I've ordered more.

[30:17] >> Yeah, I was actually Those are great

[30:20] stickers.

[30:21] >> I've ordered more of those. Um, and that

[30:23] would be part of my donation as well.

[30:25] >> Thank you.

[30:26] >> And advertising. I know in the past,

[30:29] Bert, I've done the the purchasing of

[30:32] well, not the purchasing, but the

[30:33] placing the orders for the advertising.

[30:36] Um, do you want me to still do that this

[30:38] year or is somebody else going to take

[30:40] care of that?

[30:42] >> If you are uh able and willing, that

[30:46] would be fine. Yeah. Um, I think I

[30:48] copied you on an email I sent to um

[30:51] Roxan

[30:53] at the

[30:53] >> Yes. You know, reminder and Westfield

[30:55] News and all.

[30:57] >> Um,

[30:58] I don't know if do we want to go wider

[31:01] than that publishing group?

[31:05] I don't think we need to.

[31:08] >> Yeah. Well, the first year we went

[31:11] through Go Local, we hit the Reminder,

[31:16] we hit a publication in Chipe, and then

[31:19] obviously the Westfield. And our

[31:22] advertising cost for 2023 was $1,229.

[31:28] So, we only have a little over about two

[31:30] and a half weeks until the actual event,

[31:34] >> right?

[31:35] >> Then,

[31:35] >> do we have time to get things into all

[31:38] these places?

[31:39] >> Yeah. Then the year after that in 2024,

[31:44] we did just the reminder publication and

[31:48] the Westfield News, and that cost the

[31:51] AdCom $1,07.

[31:54] And then that was two years of me

[31:57] tracking off of that first list where

[31:59] people are coming from and heard how

[32:00] they heard about it.

[32:02] >> Then last year we only spent well excuse

[32:05] me, you only spent $637

[32:08] in advertising

[32:10] and last year we had

[32:14] 1,533

[32:16] guests

[32:18] and the the first year we had 1552

[32:22] guests. And the advertising cost was

[32:26] virtually half.

[32:28] >> Yeah. [clears throat]

[32:28] >> Right.

[32:29] >> So if we look at the data

[32:32] >> of what we've done or excuse me, what

[32:35] you've done the past three years, we

[32:38] might want to just think or excuse me, I

[32:41] get a little possessive. You might you

[32:44] might want to think about just doing

[32:46] what we did last year.

[32:47] >> I think so. and maybe ramping up a

[32:49] little bit more with the Tik Tok and

[32:52] with the other social media platforms

[32:55] that you used last year. And

[32:58] >> a lot of a lot of people said it was

[33:00] word of mouth.

[33:01] >> Yeah. Someone in town, they knew someone

[33:03] in town or they related to somebody in

[33:05] town

[33:06] >> and they heard about it and told them,

[33:08] right?

[33:08] >> That was a lot of the people that I

[33:10] talked to. So nice to get like a WWLP or

[33:13] Western Mass News like blurb on there.

[33:16] One of their things too. I don't think

[33:18] you have to pay for that

[33:20] >> through Mass Live.

[33:22] >> Maybe Mass Live or WWLP.

[33:25] >> I always wondered because you know at

[33:27] the weather guys sometimes um what's his

[33:30] face? Um he'll he'll be up there and

[33:31] he'll say he does a lot of promo for

[33:34] Northampton like what's going on in

[33:36] Northampton? Hello. There's things going

[33:38] on in other towns. Well, like the Barn

[33:40] Sessions thing at Don's farm

[33:43] >> at Johnson.

[33:44] >> Um, that got on the news.

[33:45] >> Oh, did it?

[33:47] >> See, that's the the be that's a great

[33:48] plug if you can get it on just just when

[33:51] they're talking about this weekend. And

[33:54] you know, it's usually the weatherman

[33:55] that's doing something and he'll say,

[33:57] "Oh, it's going to be beautiful weather

[33:59] and this is what's going on." You know,

[34:01] he'll they advertise they say stuff

[34:03] about road races and and you know, like

[34:06] to get on this list.

[34:07] >> I know. Oh, I don't know how to get the

[34:08] asparagus festival. All kinds of stuff.

[34:10] They and they just do a little

[34:13] >> Yeah.

[34:13] >> And to me, that is the like that's the

[34:16] perfect way because that's about as much

[34:17] as people want to pay attention.

[34:19] >> Adam from Coastal.

[34:20] >> It wasn't Adam. It's it's um

[34:22] >> Lapis.

[34:23] >> Yeah, Brian Lapis.

[34:25] >> He's he always has and always mentions

[34:27] what's going on in Northampton. I'm

[34:28] guessing he's from that area maybe, but

[34:31] because he always mentions that

[34:32] specifically

[34:34] >> is WWLP22.

[34:36] Yes. Okay. Um, my best friend just

[34:39] retired from 22.

[34:41] >> Oh, wow.

[34:42] >> So, I can put a call out to Judy

[34:44] tonight.

[34:45] >> And ask her to connect me.

[34:47] >> Yeah. Like, how do you how do you get

[34:49] that little blurb on there?

[34:50] >> Yeah, that's all we need.

[34:52] >> Um, if you're all in agreement to that,

[34:55] I will do that on behalf of the adcom.

[34:57] >> Yeah, we appreciate that. And I don't

[34:59] know, probably maybe that Friday before

[35:02] or something or like

[35:04] >> should they say rain or shine?

[35:05] Absolutely. [laughter]

[35:08] >> Like closer to the

[35:09] >> shine lizard.

[35:11] >> Would they would they have it like say

[35:14] it on Friday for that weekend or

[35:16] >> don't know but I'll find out.

[35:18] >> Okay. Wherever whenever they say it.

[35:20] >> Yeah. Usually it's a few days before.

[35:22] It's it's not too many days of ahead of

[35:24] time when they actually say something.

[35:25] But it's perfect because it's not people

[35:28] need remember to do it on the weekend

[35:30] >> because I know the first year remember B

[35:32] we were on TV.

[35:34] >> That's right.

[35:36] channel 15.

[35:37] >> On channel 15, we I even brought show

[35:39] and tell with our cute little boxes.

[35:41] That's very cool. So,

[35:44] >> I wonder if I could pull that video up

[35:45] and just put it on our Facebook page.

[35:48] >> Work your magic, set [laughter]

[35:50] >> because it was animated. We had fun.

[35:53] >> Yeah. It's Ken Ken Stampsky, who's still

[35:57] the guy, and he called it Ken Ken's Den.

[36:00] >> Uh yeah.

[36:01] >> And we just talked about what was gonna

[36:03] happen. Yeah.

[36:05] >> that was the first year.

[36:06] >> First year.

[36:07] >> Yeah.

[36:08] So,

[36:09] >> I think he did we did that back in July

[36:12] of 23.

[36:16] So,

[36:16] >> pretty sure it's on YouTube.

[36:19] >> Well, I think all this stuff gets

[36:21] uploaded in YouTube.

[36:22] >> Well, and as long as it gets made, you

[36:24] know, on Facebook and makes it to the

[36:26] whatever we have now, four, five, six

[36:28] Southwick sites.

[36:29] >> Yes. you know, if people can bump it

[36:31] along and make it, you know, that's the

[36:33] best thing.

[36:34] >> That's the that's the ticker right

[36:37] there.

[36:38] >> Okay. Well, what I'll do tomorrow is

[36:39] I'll reach out to the um my contacts

[36:43] that I have in the past done all the

[36:47] advertising with

[36:49] and get a cost because I know right now

[36:53] they do a lot of promos

[36:56] and

[36:59] yeah, I'm not going to go for that, but

[37:02] I'll give you prices on that within the

[37:04] next 48 hours Well,

[37:08] >> we're not we're not going to have

[37:08] another meeting that would approve

[37:10] funds. Kind of need to do it now.

[37:13] >> Last year we

[37:15] >> as I said

[37:16] >> I can give you an opportunity price.

[37:19] >> Last year advertising cost was $637.

[37:22] >> What do we have in our outreach?

[37:27] >> Drum roll.

[37:28] >> Oh, they just filled it. They just

[37:29] filled it um with 2,000.

[37:33] >> Not our not our supplies one.

[37:35] the public outreach. It's only one now.

[37:39] >> It's all one.

[37:41] >> Okay. I thought there was two still.

[37:42] >> Yeah. No, I emailed it to everybody.

[37:44] They they put it all together and then

[37:46] they um I write it down. I write

[37:48] >> So, even the gift account? I [laughter]

[37:50] >> The gift account is just a gift account.

[37:51] I think that's where all the

[37:52] contributions are going. But this is our

[37:54] >> take it from the gift card account that

[37:56] >> we could. Yeah,

[37:57] >> I think we should.

[37:58] >> Yeah. And leave this for something else.

[38:00] But that's that's what we have right

[38:02] now. That's the 2027. How much is the

[38:04] gift account?

[38:05] >> Oh, okay.

[38:06] >> Just I don't want to over

[38:08] >> We have We have a

[38:09] >> I mean, they've worked their magic

[38:10] before, but I'd rather not do that.

[38:15] >> There it is. Okay.

[38:20] » That's the gift account.

[38:20] >> Yeah.

[38:21] >> Okay. You think it may this plus maybe 6

[38:24] or 700 more is going to go into the gift

[38:26] account?

[38:26] >> Yep.

[38:27] >> So,

[38:27] >> yeah, that's the contributions.

[38:28] >> I think I didn't specify for the 150 for

[38:31] Southwards.

[38:33] I think I have to make an amendment

[38:34] saying it should come from the gift

[38:35] account

[38:36] >> because I mean I think the money coming

[38:37] in for farm day should be spent on farm

[38:39] day.

[38:40] >> Yep. I agree.

[38:41] >> Uh I make a motion to amend my previous

[38:45] motion. Um the $150 for Southwoods will

[38:48] come from the gift account. Um

[38:53] >> I second that motion.

[38:54] >> All right. Zack Barnett I.

[38:55] >> Jenna Peter I.

[38:57] >> Deborah Humphrey I.

[38:58] >> Jess Parker I.

[39:00] >> Bird Hansen I. Beautiful. All right.

[39:03] Now, I'm going make another motion

[39:07] um

[39:09] to allocate up to $800

[39:14] um from the gift account for advertising

[39:18] and various publications

[39:21] and media outlets.

[39:23] >> I second that motion.

[39:24] >> Zach, I Jen Petro I. Deb Humphrey I

[39:28] >> Parker I

[39:30] >> B Hansen I

[39:32] >> unanimous

[39:34] >> thank you all right so 800

[39:38] >> 150 for that and it

[39:41] >> don't don't mind don't don't be worried

[39:43] if you do because we have the money so

[39:47] >> see you

[39:49] [clears throat]

[39:50] >> yeah I mean we couldn't have done that

[39:52] without you sure so thank you very much

[39:54] for reaching out to them

[39:55] >> yeah and we'll ask obviously asked for

[39:57] the best price possible because of who

[39:59] we are.

[40:01] >> And um were you thinking of wanting to

[40:04] go a little bit bigger, Bert, opposed to

[40:06] the size that we've done in the past,

[40:08] which were the the two by four?

[40:13] This is the ads that we've done in the

[40:15] past.

[40:16] >> Oh, yeah.

[40:16] >> Yeah. Uh

[40:19] whatever bang for your buck you can get,

[40:21] I guess.

[40:22] >> Yeah. Yeah. If we can within the 800.

[40:24] Sure.

[40:25] Okay. I know in the past they've also

[40:27] some uh times Westfield gave me free

[40:30] color

[40:31] >> just definitely pops.

[40:33] >> Yeah.

[40:34] >> I like the yellow. Yellow and green.

[40:37] >> Yep.

[40:39] >> You have a listing with all the new

[40:42] >> Are those the same?

[40:43] >> Oh, no I don't because I didn't know

[40:45] Malicious was part of

[40:47] >> Malicious is on there.

[40:48] >> Yeah, we should update. Salbridge is not

[40:52] >> and we got Johnson farms farms and we

[40:55] have the 4 helping with Pioneer Valley.

[40:59] >> You all just send me a list tomorrow.

[41:02] >> Yeah,

[41:04] >> earlier today I I sent around a draft of

[41:07] the passport and all the participants

[41:10] are are in there.

[41:12] >> So you could use that as a list if you

[41:14] want.

[41:14] >> You sent it to her.

[41:15] >> I I didn't get

[41:16] >> I sent to everybody.

[41:19] Okay.

[41:19] >> I emailed everybody.

[41:20] >> I saw I saw the email.

[41:22] >> Oh, yeah. It's right here. I see it.

[41:23] >> Here's the list of where people are

[41:25] going. But that's a list of farms.

[41:27] >> You didn't send it to the adcom email.

[41:30] [laughter]

[41:31] >> Oh, true.

[41:32] >> It's okay.

[41:33] >> And it was like like 5:00 or something.

[41:37] >> Yeah.

[41:37] It was like five o'clock or

[41:39] something.

[41:41] >> I like the I like the color layout on

[41:42] that. If they can do that for free,

[41:44] that'd be great.

[41:45] >> Okay. So, what I'll do is I'll use this

[41:48] as a template, add these into it, and

[41:50] obviously I'll get from Roxan and

[41:54] whoever else I might work with a proof

[41:59] >> for you all to proof it before it goes

[42:01] into print because we're want probably

[42:03] going to want the first one to hit the

[42:05] week of the night, ethan.

[42:07] >> Yeah, that would be great.

[42:08] >> And then the following weekend as well.

[42:12] >> That'll be great.

[42:13] Okay. Any questions or concerns now

[42:17] before I leave?

[42:17] >> Invoices for those advertisements. Those

[42:22] new at doing the finances and the

[42:24] budgeting and working with the um so any

[42:27] invoices they usually used to go to

[42:29] Cindy. Now I think I would take them

[42:32] right from wherever they're drafting the ads and

[42:37] wherever they're going to charge. they might need to send it to me or send

[42:42] it to the finance company at Southwood.

[42:44] >> Yeah. What I what I have done in the

[42:47] past with all the invoices

[42:49] was it was very I've got them right here

[42:53] from 2025. Not that I keep stuff like

[42:56] this,

[42:57] but for instance, the reminder

[42:59] publication, it was to Southwork

[43:01] Agricultural Commission 454 College

[43:04] Highway South, Mass.

[43:05] >> Okay.

[43:06] >> So long as she gets a copy of it.

[43:07] >> Okay. So they're going to send it

[43:09] directly to you.

[43:10] >> So they'll put it in the mailbox.

[43:11] >> Yeah. So it'll show up here and you can

[43:13] process it through that.

[43:14] >> That's perfect. Yeah, that'll work.

[43:16] >> And actually looking at this, this was

[43:19] the only place we advertised last year

[43:20] because that's our 637.

[43:22] >> Wow.

[43:23] >> Okay.

[43:26] >> Yeah. If it goes in different places

[43:29] >> or getting a little bigger.

[43:31] >> Yeah.

[43:31] >> And we've already had um

[43:35] uh Dorian what? Southwoods.

[43:38] Yeah,

[43:38] >> I think that's coming out again.

[43:40] >> Two two we've had two ads uh June and

[43:43] July and also a story in July,

[43:48] >> but we're out there already. I'm gonna

[43:51] work on the Facebook stuff this week.

[43:53] >> Yeah. And once you figure out where all

[43:55] the signs are, I think they're down

[43:58] there.

[43:58] >> Um we can coordinate a

[44:01] >> Yeah.

[44:02] >> launch party and

[44:04] >> take different quadrants of the town and

[44:07] You had him at the Case Farm. Can we do

[44:09] that again?

[44:10] >> Right on Rising Corner.

[44:11] >> Yeah,

[44:11] >> that's a good spot for him.

[44:12] >> Yeah, he was great to work with. I think

[44:14] it was Babe.

[44:15] >> Babe. Yeah,

[44:16] >> Babe.

[44:17] >> He doesn't want to join Open Farm Day.

[44:18] >> No. And then I would I gave him Mrs.

[44:20] Murphy's Donuts for letting us have that

[44:22] real estate.

[44:23] >> Oh, that's

[44:24] >> awesome.

[44:24] >> And then I think we did one at the

[44:26] museum, right?

[44:27] >> One at the museum, one at like um

[44:29] McDonald's there.

[44:30] >> Oh, yeah.

[44:30] >> And then center of town, I think across

[44:32] the street.

[44:33] >> Yeah. On Filio's property. You can put

[44:35] one there.

[44:36] >> And then at the old library there,

[44:39] >> we put one at Malicious.

[44:40] >> Oh, we had one at Well, on farm day, we

[44:43] had one at Tractor Supply.

[44:44] >> Yeah, we also had one up at top of road.

[44:49] >> Yeah.

[44:49] >> Dave and Melissa's house. We had one

[44:51] right there because it was that nice

[44:52] straightaway. So, get a lot.

[44:55] >> Yeah, we'll be able to do one there

[44:57] again.

[45:00] When I was at Calib, um the sign was

[45:05] like like after the after Calib so

[45:09] everybody would go past.

[45:11] >> Yeah.

[45:12] >> Um probably went out Malicious.

[45:14] >> Yeah, I can ask him.

[45:15] >> I gotta go talk to him anyways. Know

[45:17] that um

[45:18] >> he's got his sign that lights up too.

[45:22] >> That would be that bring in more people

[45:25] in the town area.

[45:28] Oh, and the South uh transfer station,

[45:30] >> right? So, that's

[45:31] >> true. Easy handles that.

[45:33] >> Yeah. You want me to do that again? I

[45:35] can I can do that.

[45:36] >> Yeah, that' be great.

[45:37] >> To be positioned just perfectly. The sun

[45:39] not

[45:40] >> I mean, right now it's probably yelling

[45:41] at everyone to get their new sticker,

[45:43] but um [laughter]

[45:45] taxes are due, I'm sure.

[45:47] >> Our taxes are due very soon.

[45:50] >> Um same.

[45:52] >> Anything else for me before I

[45:54] >> No, I think we're good.

[45:56] Unless you got more for us.

[46:00] Thank you very much so much.

[46:02] >> Thank you for your time.

[46:03] >> Met you Christian. [laughter]

[46:05] >> Hi Christian.

[46:06] >> He's helped out at the community garden

[46:08] quite a bit. He's got a plot up there.

[46:09] >> Yeah.

[46:10] >> And a few plots now.

[46:12] >> Excellent. So

[46:14] >> yeah, he's he's joining. We're just

[46:15] waiting on the select board to make

[46:16] their appointments.

[46:17] >> Okay.

[46:18] >> Which might be this month, might be next

[46:20] month. I don't know.

[46:20] >> Then there's the whole hazing thing that

[46:22] I haven't told you about.

[46:28] at the

[46:33] » app.

[46:35] You could just let me know when you're

[46:37] ready to have me pick them up and I'll

[46:39] >> Oh, absolutely.

[46:40] >> Thank you.

[46:42] >> So, trans

[46:44] >> not even the first line of the agenda.

[46:46] >> Nope.

[46:49] » [laughter]

[46:51] » I think the rest of them we kind of

[46:53] talked about

[46:53] >> any more public comment. [laughter]

[46:56] >> Thank you, Ena.

[46:59] >> Okay, so we had um All right, we'll get

[47:00] to that.

[47:02] >> Okay, super stoked. It will not be the

[47:04] same.

[47:05] >> No.

[47:05] >> Yeah. No,

[47:06] >> she does so much for this event.

[47:09] >> So,

[47:10] >> we need to clone her.

[47:11] >> Okay. So, um, coordinating the

[47:14] orientation. We got the room, we got the

[47:17] space,

[47:18] >> we just need to make sure everybody

[47:20] knows about it.

[47:21] >> Yeah, we need to send emails.

[47:23] >> Y,

[47:23] >> I want to send calendar invites to

[47:25] everyone.

[47:25] >> Okay, perfect. Be smart. You're doing it

[47:28] during the week and

[47:30] >> Yeah. Uh, on um Yeah, instead of a

[47:32] Saturday. I was thinking that's a little

[47:34] bit better because it's the weekend.

[47:37] Everybody wants the weekend to

[47:39] >> So, it's on a Thursday. Um, it's at 7.

[47:42] We're going to have refreshments.

[47:44] >> Is it next week?

[47:45] >> I don't know if anyone can ask Lenita to

[47:47] see if she has

[47:48] >> It's almost 6, right?

[47:49] >> Oh, six. Did I say six?

[47:50] >> It's six of the night or 13th.

[47:52] >> It's the sixth on here.

[47:53] >> Oh, yeah. August. Did I say

[47:57] 10th was that?

[47:59] >> We No, we haven't reserved, so we're

[48:01] good.

[48:01] >> Yeah, the room is reserved.

[48:02] >> We didn't have any scheduling conflicts.

[48:04] Like, at least not yet. Sometimes the

[48:06] night of they're like, "Can you move?"

[48:07] But

[48:07] >> yeah. Yep. [laughter]

[48:09] it.

[48:09] >> Um, yeah, we need some

[48:10] >> this is

[48:11] >> that's hope. Yes, that's what it's

[48:13] reserved. Sometimes we get booted from

[48:15] here, but

[48:17] >> I was just going to have like um maybe

[48:19] the breads that she had or something.

[48:21] Maybe.

[48:21] >> Yeah. Or I can probably get big to make

[48:23] a donation. Um,

[48:26] >> we have waters. [laughter]

[48:27] >> Do we I was wondering about that. How

[48:28] many have left?

[48:29] >> I can bring Well, no, we we have a ton,

[48:31] but we can I can bring another whole

[48:33] pack, too.

[48:33] >> Well, I can get you gift card for

[48:35] [clears throat] that.

[48:36] >> Okay. And then um what else should we

[48:38] have for refreshments?

[48:41] >> Is that seven?

[48:42] >> Uh yeah.

[48:44] >> Yeah. Seven.

[48:46] >> Yeah.

[48:48] >> I mean um

[48:50] >> maybe cookies or something.

[48:51] >> Yeah. Just like cookies. Nothing huge.

[48:54] People don't really

[48:55] >> like

[48:55] >> I think a lot of people have a problem

[48:56] eating in front of other people.

[48:57] >> Yeah. Yeah. And we found that during the

[48:59] fire

[49:00] >> just like

[49:01] >> usually by the end people,

[49:03] >> you know, people feel they're a little

[49:04] nervous that

[49:05] >> Yeah. I don't want to make noise,

[49:07] >> right?

[49:07] >> I work.

[49:08] >> So, maybe finger foods like the breads

[49:10] or the cookies or something.

[49:11] >> Yeah. Something quiet to quietly chewed,

[49:13] I guess. [laughter]

[49:16] >> Like, no thanks.

[49:17] >> No carrots.

[49:20] >> This is true. Yeah.

[49:21] >> At 7 o'clock, probably. Just a few

[49:24] things,

[49:24] >> right? I wouldn't need to have very

[49:25] much.

[49:27] >> And I think uh

[49:29] >> did we have coffee last year? Coffee is

[49:31] very complicated.

[49:33] >> Coffee it never gets drinken either.

[49:35] And it's at night, too. I don't know if

[49:38] >> Yeah,

[49:39] >> we can get some um

[49:42] >> maybe some like

[49:43] >> and juice. Maybe

[49:44] >> some night some sleepy time tea.

[49:46] [laughter]

[49:48] >> Some Most people drink water. Any place

[49:50] I've been, it's amazing how many people

[49:52] drink

[49:52] >> these days they do.

[49:53] >> Yeah,

[49:54] >> I know. Years ago it wasn't, but it is

[49:55] now.

[49:56] >> Something with flavor like iced tea or

[49:57] something.

[49:58] >> Yeah. Like, you know, some beer.

[50:01] [laughter]

[50:02] >> Let's just have it at the brewery, you

[50:04] know.

[50:05] Yeah.

[50:05] >> Funny to me. If you had cookies in

[50:07] water, people are

[50:08] >> honestly. Yeah. And they're fine. It's

[50:10] just the water to wash down the cookies

[50:11] if you eat too many.

[50:13] >> Oh. Yeah. Exactly. Okay. That sounds

[50:15] good. And so,

[50:16] >> uh, we want to ask Lenita. Did we say?

[50:20] >> Yeah,

[50:20] >> we can ask her or and I can get a big Y

[50:23] donation.

[50:24] >> Okay.

[50:25] >> Um, I don't think we need to spend.

[50:28] >> Yeah, I'll ask Lenita if you if you

[50:30] want.

[50:31] >> Yeah, absolutely.

[50:32] >> Great. Yeah.

[50:34] Thank you.

[50:35] >> It doesn't need to be much,

[50:37] >> right?

[50:38] >> We end up bringing stuff home or

[50:40] throwing it out. So,

[50:41] >> yeah.

[50:43] >> Just a little something to offer.

[50:45] >> Yeah. I wonder if Dan's going to make

[50:47] soup again this year.

[50:49] >> Oh, [laughter]

[50:50] >> yeah. I don't think we need him for

[50:51] this. For the farmers forum. Sure. Yeah.

[50:53] I mean, when it's nice and cold out and

[50:55] we have a huge room full of people.

[50:57] Sure. Um I don't know where Dan is. He

[51:00] didn't show up tonight. Well, I think

[51:01] too, I mean, if you estimate

[51:03] approximately how many volunteers are

[51:05] even coming,

[51:07] >> yeah, we need to ask them to like RSVP,

[51:09] I think. You know, we need to get

[51:11] interaction.

[51:11] >> Need them to have more than two cookies

[51:13] a piece or something. You're not eating

[51:15] them per

[51:16] >> No.

[51:17] >> Yeah.

[51:17] >> Well, you got 11 farms. If you had three

[51:19] people for each farm, that would be

[51:23] >> Yeah.

[51:23] Maybe three dozen cookies. And

[51:25] >> cookies are if there's like a healthier

[51:27] version of a cookie. Well, there are,

[51:30] but cookies aren't the worst thing in

[51:32] their life.

[51:32] >> No, they're not. Some people don't like

[51:34] to eat after like 7 o'clock, 8 o'clock.

[51:37] >> Well, I know Martha responded already to

[51:39] me. She's going to be there. Um,

[51:41] >> my friend Ashley said she'll come.

[51:43] >> Okay. Greg not is not able to be, but

[51:46] he's definitely dedicated to

[51:48] >> Okay. Greg Dilly.

[51:50] >> Yep. Okay. Yep.

[51:53] >> And him and Martha know each other, so

[51:56] Yep. They are part of the um hikers.

[51:59] >> Oh, okay.

[52:00] >> Um Hilltop hikers, I think.

[52:03] >> But yeah, so I think that's about it. I

[52:05] mean, I will I will reddraft all of the

[52:08] information, put it on a you us um what

[52:13] a little drive thing and then

[52:14] >> Yeah, we'll just play it here. Y

[52:15] >> Okay.

[52:16] >> Now, do we have to put that as a live

[52:19] thing or No. Right.

[52:20] >> We're not No, that's not even

[52:22] >> have to do that, right?

[52:23] >> It's not even an official. This is our

[52:24] little thing.

[52:25] >> Well, if we have a quorum, I don't know

[52:27] how that works

[52:29] >> cuz we

[52:30] >> Well, well, if we're not, you know,

[52:32] quote unquote doing business,

[52:34] >> right? If we're just there as volunteer

[52:36] as volunteers,

[52:38] >> we're not voting on anything.

[52:39] >> It's an event, you know.

[52:42] >> Yeah. I mean, it's been Yeah, the event

[52:44] was created during a regular

[52:48] meeting, so I think that kind of makes

[52:49] it official.

[52:50] >> I can send them the agenda because we

[52:52] will have one

[52:54] if you want to. We've never had to

[52:56] [clears throat] do that before.

[52:56] >> Yeah, I don't think we've ever done that

[52:57] before.

[52:58] >> Yeah, they always been at the fire

[53:01] station.

[53:02] >> Yeah, and it's in person only. We're not

[53:03] going to do Zoom. We could, but

[53:05] >> will we even have a forum? Honestly,

[53:08] >> I don't know.

[53:09] >> We probably haven't. I haven't made it

[53:10] to an orientation yet. I mean, I I can,

[53:14] but I'm just saying if you need me to

[53:16] not come also, I can do.

[53:18] >> We would love to have you. [laughter]

[53:21] I'm saying if that's what's going to

[53:23] take

[53:23] >> we have anyone for the afternoon at um

[53:25] Arnold's farm.

[53:27] >> Yeah, I wonder what's that.

[53:28] >> Um so that we were going to get to the

[53:30] people.

[53:31] >> Um yeah, so we have Deb taking over

[53:35] now that day. So that's the problem.

[53:40] >> What about Josh?

[53:41] >> And yeah, he's probably be working. He

[53:42] probably won't even make it to the

[53:43] birthday party.

[53:44] >> He goes up for like a half an hour.

[53:45] >> Um yeah, it all depends where he is. But

[53:48] >> do we still need a few more volunteers?

[53:50] >> Yes.

[53:51] >> Yeah, definitely. Yeah,

[53:52] >> like the morning I can it's fine. I can

[53:54] handle the morning. Um

[53:56] >> I mean,

[53:57] >> and then

[53:58] >> Karen's fine by her.

[53:59] >> That's what I was going to say. I mean,

[54:00] I can talk to Karen and like I think

[54:02] she'd be fine if you know she's alone in

[54:04] the afternoon.

[54:04] >> She says whole family's always hanging.

[54:07] >> Yeah, I think I I don't want to like

[54:08] spring it on her. I want to at least be

[54:10] like, "Hey, if if this ends up

[54:11] happening,

[54:12] >> I mean, I would love

[54:13] >> Can you hold down the fort?" Perhaps

[54:14] >> tell her to join egg. I mentioned

[54:16] >> I have um Albert I have Albert there for

[54:19] the morning. I don't know if he's there

[54:20] for all day. Um so

[54:23] >> well I think worst case scenario I

[54:25] that's why I think we should talk to

[54:26] Karen and ask you know like worst case

[54:29] scenario can you hold down the floor for

[54:31] us from the one to

[54:33] >> three really block.

[54:35] >> But then

[54:36] >> but Dwight definitely needs if Deb's

[54:38] going to be there in the afternoon

[54:39] that's fine but he'll definitely need

[54:41] someone that

[54:42] >> are you only there in the afternoon? I

[54:44] don't know where I am yet.

[54:46] >> Is she anywhere in the morning?

[54:47] >> No. No. Because we have

[54:49] >> a full day or no.

[54:52] >> So, if she's in the morning, if you want

[54:54] to do Blossoming Acres and then head

[54:56] over to because we still we only have

[54:58] two people at Blossoming.

[55:00] >> We need We need two people in the

[55:02] afternoon.

[55:03] >> B's trying to say something. So,

[55:05] >> sorry.

[55:06] >> Um just you were asking about Al Rancho.

[55:09] He only wants to do one shift.

[55:11] >> Yeah. Morning or afternoon? Yeah.

[55:13] Morning.

[55:14] >> Morning. Yep. Okay. Yep. So, we have him

[55:16] at the sun uh sunflower field.

[55:20] >> He'd probably be better suited on

[55:23] >> Do you want him somewhere else like

[55:24] that?

[55:24] >> Oh, on Dwight's side.

[55:27] >> Okay.

[55:29] >> So, with Jessica?

[55:30] >> With Jessica? Yeah.

[55:32] >> Okay.

[55:32] >> We've got no one at Sunflower.

[55:34] >> Um Yeah, but you could walk over there.

[55:36] >> Just float between the two.

[55:38] >> Yeah. I mean, she she just pretty much

[55:40] gives people reaction.

[55:43] >> She wasn't there in the morning. Like,

[55:44] she didn't come till like

[55:46] >> Okay.

[55:47] >> She came and like stocked the flowers

[55:48] and then she went for a little bit and

[55:50] then she came back right.

[55:52] >> Ideally, I'd like a minimum of two

[55:53] people in every shift.

[55:54] >> Yeah. Right.

[55:57] >> Right now, everybody's in the morning.

[55:59] Um, a lot of people said morning shift.

[56:01] Um, so, um, if you you guys are you able

[56:05] to do the coward farms or

[56:07] >> um, I can. Diana, unfortunately.

[56:11] >> Oh, she won't be able. Okay. I'm sorry.

[56:13] I put your wife's I didn't know her

[56:15] name. What is her name?

[56:16] >> It's okay. Diana.

[56:17] >> Diana. Okay. I'm put that in there.

[56:19] Sorry about

[56:20] >> Can we just like go through line by line

[56:21] real quick and just talk about like what

[56:23] >> she's not Yeah, she's not. She's so

[56:26] >> next.

[56:27] >> Yep. [laughter]

[56:30] Well, I'm writing it down so I know her

[56:32] name.

[56:32] >> Doesn't really handle it. It, you know,

[56:35] it was not hard of cowards. You're on

[56:37] the porch, you know, and people came in.

[56:40] They were there.

[56:42] A lot of them were there right away

[56:43] because they wanted the train ride with

[56:45] the kids.

[56:46] >> So, they started there, but um I didn't

[56:49] in any way by myself feel overloaded

[56:52] there. It wasn't.

[56:53] >> So, you could do a full day there need

[56:55] be. Uh

[56:57] >> okay. But I mean, I brought a chair, a

[57:00] nice comfy chair in the table, and

[57:01] you're sitting on the on their porch,

[57:03] which is

[57:04] >> that place is really cool.

[57:05] >> Lovely. And

[57:07] >> yeah, it was not

[57:07] >> I think they're doing the train ride,

[57:09] too.

[57:09] >> Yeah. Okay.

[57:10] >> Yeah,

[57:11] >> because they have a lot of workers that they have their own people that

[57:15] take care of so much. You just are

[57:16] basically a greeter.

[57:18] >> You greet them, you know, have give out

[57:20] the stickers, whatever. But everybody

[57:23] else, I just show pointed them to where

[57:25] the the train ride was and they were

[57:29] fine. They usually had at least four or

[57:32] five of their t-shirt people there.

[57:35] >> I suggest bringing a lunch with you.

[57:37] >> Yeah,

[57:37] >> I usually do.

[57:38] >> And uh another quick note on cowards. Um

[57:42] I'd like to put the three 4 programs

[57:45] also on their porch.

[57:47] >> You know, be undercover. There's plenty

[57:50] of room there. It's about 8 ft by 24

[57:52] feet. So even if they wanted three

[57:54] separate tables, you know, they could.

[57:57] >> So the 4 people are going to be there.

[58:00] >> Uh not confirmed yet. I uh I texted

[58:02] Teresa Coward to ask about it and I

[58:05] emailed uh Mike Patrusa to to see what

[58:10] he thought and he I think he'll be fine

[58:12] with it because it's undercover.

[58:14] >> Okay.

[58:15] >> So anyway, I'll let you know ASAP.

[58:19] So, um, that's different than the HCIL

[58:22] booth, right? Or is that together?

[58:24] >> That's together.

[58:26] >> Okay. So, the 4 and the HCI booth will

[58:29] be together, but not with Mike and Sue,

[58:32] >> right? They're going to be away, but

[58:34] Mike has uh said he would get

[58:36] volunteers.

[58:38] >> Okay. And

[58:38] >> any confirmation ASAP?

[58:40] >> You want Powers Farms?

[58:44] >> I thought originally they were going to

[58:46] Solex.

[58:54] Hang on a sec.

[58:58] » I'm not sure why, but I always thought

[59:00] they were at the museum. I

[59:01] >> think originally last year they were

[59:04] supposed to be hil

[59:07] >> museum. Okay.

[59:08] >> But I don't think anyone showed up.

[59:10] >> Right. Okay.

[59:16] I did run into Pat Odor the other day.

[59:18] She said she was because I said, "Oh,

[59:20] you're going to be at the museum on your

[59:21] farm day." Oh, yes.

[59:23] >> Okay.

[59:23] >> So, we still need somebody for

[59:25] >> We don't necessarily need a volunteer

[59:27] there, do we?

[59:28] >> I don't think I mean she's there for the

[59:29] historical society.

[59:31] >> Cuz she said, "Oh, yes. I always do

[59:33] that." I'm like, "Okay."

[59:34] >> We should have some [clears throat] She

[59:36] came up to me. We

[59:36] >> One person should be there, I think.

[59:39] Right. With a table and everything.

[59:41] >> Yeah.

[59:43] I don't know who they are.

[59:45] [clears throat]

[59:46] >> Remember I I just heard from Deb Harath

[59:48] who said she has a quote few friends who

[59:51] want to volunteer. So hopefully that

[59:53] >> Oh, they need to.

[59:54] >> That's great.

[1:00:00] » Um I mean if if they don't do the

[1:00:02] website, we can do it manually for them

[1:00:06] if you can just get their information.

[1:00:10] Yeah, I sent her the I sent her the

[1:00:12] link, you know, to the page where the form is.

[1:00:15] >> So,

[1:00:16] >> she's going to send it around.

[1:00:18] >> Okay. I haven't seen anything come in

[1:00:20] yet.

[1:00:20] >> That's great.

[1:00:22] >> And Sage has actually been really good

[1:00:23] about like emailing me instantly when

[1:00:26] someone submits a form because it still

[1:00:27] goes all to his email.

[1:00:30] Um, we do need we need to take care of

[1:00:33] our website sooner than later, but not

[1:00:35] tonight.

[1:00:36] >> Yeah. [laughter]

[1:00:37] Can I just have a recommendation? If we

[1:00:40] go through this line by line and just

[1:00:42] point out exactly what we need, then we

[1:00:45] could post it. I think people are afraid

[1:00:47] to just like sign up. You know what I'm

[1:00:49] saying? If we say we need two people at

[1:00:51] Blossoming Acres from 12:34, we need or

[1:00:54] you know, from these we might get a

[1:00:56] little bit more

[1:00:58] >> people. Yeah, we might. you know, rather

[1:01:00] than people just being like, I don't

[1:01:01] know what I'm blindly

[1:01:03] >> next couple days after hopefully a

[1:01:05] couple more people sign up. If you do

[1:01:07] that, I can put it in Facebook

[1:01:08] >> Facebook and we could

[1:01:09] >> Yeah, that would be great.

[1:01:10] >> We can like outreach on our own.

[1:01:12] >> So, right now we have we have three

[1:01:14] separate Facebook

[1:01:16] >> and I was trying to copy and you saw how

[1:01:19] I was like posting the event and

[1:01:20] reposting it and

[1:01:22] >> no, the main our main one now I've added

[1:01:25] like hundreds if not thousands of

[1:01:27] friends to it.

[1:01:27] >> I did too. I went for my entire I

[1:01:29] blasted my entire friends list.

[1:01:30] >> I mean, we're getting people from like

[1:01:32] everyone,

[1:01:32] >> not even the state. Yep. Same.

[1:01:34] >> There's been a few scammer accounts that

[1:01:36] have joined that I've had to block, but

[1:01:39] um for the most part, it seems like it's

[1:01:40] mostly people from the general area.

[1:01:44] >> Um and then some lady from Michigan

[1:01:46] who's trying to give away her Powerball

[1:01:48] winnings. [laughter]

[1:01:53] » Okay, so let's go.

[1:01:54] >> It's hard to manage. It's very hard to

[1:01:57] manage the events because those pages

[1:01:58] are not

[1:01:59] >> Yeah.

[1:01:59] >> set up right.

[1:02:00] >> Quick quick thing on Facebook. So, Zach,

[1:02:02] if you're if we're if somebody were to

[1:02:04] search for

[1:02:06] what I'll call our good Facebook page,

[1:02:08] what what would they look for?

[1:02:11] >> So, the thing is one of them's like a

[1:02:13] regular personal account like yours or

[1:02:16] mine. And then there's also like the

[1:02:18] like page. Um, one of them has a picture

[1:02:22] of a tractor in a barn and one of them

[1:02:23] has a sunflower. Either one of those is

[1:02:25] fine.

[1:02:26] >> Oh, okay.

[1:02:27] >> I think we're going to share between the

[1:02:28] two to c capture as many people as

[1:02:31] possible.

[1:02:33] >> Um, with the like page, people actually

[1:02:35] have to like click like, but as like the

[1:02:38] regular page, I've reached out to, you

[1:02:39] know, I've added hundreds of people as

[1:02:42] friends. So, it it the notification

[1:02:44] comes to them instead of them having to

[1:02:46] come to us.

[1:02:47] >> Yeah. Okay. Then then if we create an

[1:02:50] event or we create a post, we just just

[1:02:52] have to make it public and then we can

[1:02:53] share it to everything. We can share it

[1:02:55] to our other pages. We can share it to

[1:02:56] like the Southwick forums, all that

[1:02:58] stuff.

[1:02:59] >> Yeah.

[1:03:01] Okay, good.

[1:03:04] >> But yeah, we're definitely we can be

[1:03:06] seen by a lot of people at this point on

[1:03:08] through Facebook.

[1:03:11] » Yeah, I've been getting more I've been

[1:03:14] getting like it pops right up now.

[1:03:16] >> Yeah. And every time like one of the

[1:03:18] local farms like like um Blossoming

[1:03:20] Acres or um

[1:03:22] >> Firefly gets

[1:03:24] >> Firefly and um even Calibri, I'm I'm

[1:03:27] reposting all their stuff so people are

[1:03:29] seeing that. We're getting a little bit

[1:03:31] of interaction at this point.

[1:03:32] >> That's awesome.

[1:03:35] >> So, do you want to go through the list

[1:03:37] right now really quick and um that way I

[1:03:40] can get it right um and then we can see

[1:03:43] where our needs are. Yeah. I mean,

[1:03:46] clearly we need more afternoon people.

[1:03:47] >> I think I gave you a copy.

[1:03:48] >> Yeah.

[1:03:49] >> Okay. So, um Martha and Greg um are

[1:03:53] going to be at Blossom Acres

[1:03:55] >> just in the morning.

[1:03:56] >> Um well, I believe they're all day. Um I

[1:03:58] got to confirm. They're they're

[1:04:00] committed for the day. Okay.

[1:04:02] >> So, I figured I'd keep them together

[1:04:04] since they know each other.

[1:04:05] >> They can be there all day. That's

[1:04:06] beautiful. If we get like a third person

[1:04:07] just to kind

[1:04:08] >> That would be nice. They're doing a hay

[1:04:09] ride there, too. Um, yeah, cuz she says

[1:04:12] she was the one that had probably the

[1:04:14] most concerns from last year,

[1:04:16] >> of course. Yeah.

[1:04:18] >> And if we go through this and you see, I

[1:04:19] mean, we have other people that we could

[1:04:21] probably move around. So, so Christian,

[1:04:23] you're okay with doing cowards farms?

[1:04:25] >> We might be able to get you a couple for

[1:04:26] age people hopefully.

[1:04:27] >> Yep. Yeah. Okay, cool. Thank you.

[1:04:29] >> Um, Dwight,

[1:04:31] >> so um Albert will be with Jessica,

[1:04:34] right? So, I'm moving him

[1:04:35] >> and Deb,

[1:04:37] >> he all day if possible. So we have three

[1:04:40] people for that area because these are

[1:04:42] tied together.

[1:04:43] >> Okay. Yeah. So you want to do that be

[1:04:46] between Dwight and

[1:04:47] >> Yeah. I mean you can float I mean sure

[1:04:49] you'd like to you're going to love to

[1:04:51] hear what Dwight has to say but you're

[1:04:52] also going to want to float over to

[1:04:53] Karen

[1:04:54] >> and I'll talk to Karen and just say like

[1:04:56] hey we might be short in the afternoon.

[1:04:58] That way when I leave in the afternoon

[1:05:00] >> usually by the afternoon

[1:05:01] >> to go over to Dwight's and she could

[1:05:03] probably cover

[1:05:03] >> usually by the afternoon though things

[1:05:05] kind of calm down and it's just kind of

[1:05:06] like repetition at that point. Yeah,

[1:05:08] because Al Albert is only for the

[1:05:10] morning.

[1:05:11] >> Yeah, if we can get one more person for

[1:05:12] there um for the afternoon when Jessica

[1:05:15] has to leave, that'd be great.

[1:05:16] >> Okay, so Fireflies is also a um Hi.

[1:05:21] >> Yeah, we need

[1:05:24] >> Lonnie and she all day or is she just

[1:05:25] morning?

[1:05:26] >> Lonnie is just morning. Okay. Um Ashley

[1:05:28] is all day.

[1:05:29] >> Yeah, I'm hoping Ashley can she's got a

[1:05:31] lot of friends and family. I'm hoping

[1:05:32] she can wrangle one or two.

[1:05:34] >> So, we'll leave it like that for now.

[1:05:36] >> Yeah. Yeah. I mean, if you We have

[1:05:38] people to place. Let's

[1:05:39] >> We do have more. Uh, well, we have one

[1:05:41] more down at the bottom. Um, so you and

[1:05:43] Ashley, how do you spell Duplo?

[1:05:46] >> Uh, deploy. Yeah.

[1:05:47] >> Is she all day?

[1:05:48] >> She'll be with me all day. It's D E B L

[1:05:50] O I S.

[1:05:51] >> Okay. So, all day and then D O B.

[1:05:55] >> Oh, what is it?

[1:05:55] >> D E O E.

[1:06:00] >> I don't know why I did that. Okay.

[1:06:01] >> Deal.

[1:06:02] >> Sorry.

[1:06:04] Okay. Um, all right. So, that's covered.

[1:06:07] Klein View has um So, Eningga has um

[1:06:11] coverage in the morning and then Janice,

[1:06:13] you're going to be there in the

[1:06:14] afternoon time,

[1:06:15] >> but you could do all day if need be.

[1:06:18] >> No.

[1:06:19] Okay. This afternoon.

[1:06:20] >> That's okay. Um, so Carol's going to be

[1:06:23] there in the morning.

[1:06:24] >> And you've been there before?

[1:06:25] >> Yes, I have.

[1:06:25] >> You think one person in morning and

[1:06:27] afternoon is enough? Um well it's it

[1:06:31] will get people whether it's raining or

[1:06:33] not because they got set indoor rink.

[1:06:36] >> When I was there last time there were

[1:06:37] three people that was really too much.

[1:06:39] >> Okay.

[1:06:39] >> I think one person could handle it.

[1:06:40] >> And they have like some 4 people to help

[1:06:42] there too. Correct.

[1:06:43] >> Yeah.

[1:06:43] >> I think that's

[1:06:46] moms.

[1:06:47] >> Moms to help the parking.

[1:06:50] >> Just I would pen in there like 4 moms.

[1:06:52] >> In fact the one directing the tracking.

[1:06:55] >> Yeah. She won't start.

[1:06:57] >> She's not going to be there.

[1:06:59] >> Yeah. And we uh Okay, Janice. Janice,

[1:07:01] you're all all also on Blossoming Acres

[1:07:04] in the afternoon.

[1:07:06] >> Oh, top of the page.

[1:07:08] >> No, not me.

[1:07:09] >> Oh, no.

[1:07:11] >> I changed it.

[1:07:12] >> Oh, you don't have the new list.

[1:07:13] >> Sorry, Bert.

[1:07:14] >> Bert. Sorry.

[1:07:15] >> I didn't send you the new list. I

[1:07:16] apologize.

[1:07:19] >> No worries. So, um, yeah, I took her off

[1:07:22] the Blossoming Acres and put her on

[1:07:24] because I made that mistake.

[1:07:27] >> We've never really needed a floater

[1:07:28] before.

[1:07:29] >> Yeah,

[1:07:30] >> I pictures. We don't get enough pictures

[1:07:32] because we're all busy at the table.

[1:07:34] >> My wife takes a lot of pictures.

[1:07:35] >> Okay.

[1:07:36] >> She tries to make it to most of the

[1:07:37] farms.

[1:07:38] >> Okay.

[1:07:38] >> Whenever

[1:07:41] us

[1:07:44] years I was I was the floater and nobody

[1:07:46] asked me for anything. No, I think once

[1:07:48] we get going, we're pretty good.

[1:07:50] >> Yeah.

[1:07:50] >> If there's gonna be any emergencies,

[1:07:52] it's going to be in the morning.

[1:07:53] >> True.

[1:07:54] >> Like any logistical emergencies. I mean,

[1:07:57] emergencies can happen at any time, but

[1:07:59] um

[1:08:00] >> So, I'm at Malicious. I don't think I

[1:08:02] need anything.

[1:08:02] >> I think me and you, we have to go

[1:08:05] somewhere we could figure it out between

[1:08:06] us.

[1:08:07] >> And so, Dan's at Solex.

[1:08:09] >> Yeah, he'll be there all day. I think

[1:08:10] that's all he needs there. But there was

[1:08:12] talk about having 4 people at Solex.

[1:08:14] >> Oh, okay. But yeah,

[1:08:16] >> I don't know.

[1:08:17] that they need to be at

[1:08:18] Solex.

[1:08:20] >> That's that's what Mike Patrusa

[1:08:21] originally said that he had somebody at

[1:08:24] Solex as a volunteer. I don't know who

[1:08:26] that is,

[1:08:27] >> but I think I think Cowards would be

[1:08:29] much much better for them.

[1:08:32] >> Yeah.

[1:08:34] [clears throat]

[1:08:34] >> Um and Jen Jen, just back a bit. Didn't

[1:08:37] uh didn't micious say they only need one

[1:08:39] volunteer.

[1:08:40] >> Yeah. Yep.

[1:08:41] >> Yeah. Okay. Yeah.

[1:08:42] >> Yeah. I'll be there all day.

[1:08:45] Um,

[1:08:48] they got uh what is that? Corn corn

[1:08:52] flavored ice cream.

[1:08:53] >> Something like that. Yeah. Sweet corn

[1:08:54] ice cream or something?

[1:08:56] >> Sweet corn ice cream.

[1:08:57] >> Oh, [laughter] from the big from the big

[1:09:01] >> I'll be eating ice cream all day.

[1:09:02] [laughter]

[1:09:03] >> And your car will run on it, too.

[1:09:04] >> No. Does anybody have any contacts for

[1:09:06] Bside Farms?

[1:09:08] >> Uh, just Tom. I can get a hold of Tom.

[1:09:09] >> Yeah, just ask him if

[1:09:10] >> he's all set.

[1:09:11] So, him and his family is

[1:09:13] good. Okay.

[1:09:14] >> So by himself,

[1:09:15] >> I think so.

[1:09:17] >> And then

[1:09:17] >> that's all it's ever been is Dan. He

[1:09:19] knows he knows all the so

[1:09:22] he handles it.

[1:09:23] >> The history museum. I have two people

[1:09:25] and we don't need two people there. So

[1:09:27] that's where our actual person is.

[1:09:29] >> Um

[1:09:30] >> can they both

[1:09:31] >> are they both morning people?

[1:09:32] >> Um I believe so. Yes.

[1:09:34] >> So let's move one of them around.

[1:09:36] >> Okay. So

[1:09:37] >> or see if one of them could do afternoon

[1:09:39] instead.

[1:09:40] >> We could. But for now, um, let's see. A

[1:09:44] warning.

[1:09:45] >> Um, you needed somebody extra.

[1:09:47] Fireflies, right?

[1:09:48] >> Yeah.

[1:09:50] Um, Lee Hazelton is a friend of mine. I

[1:09:52] could ask her if she would move to

[1:09:54] afternoon.

[1:09:56] >> Oh, that would be great.

[1:09:57] >> Yeah. Yeah, that'd be great if you could

[1:09:58] ask.

[1:10:00] >> Afternoon at Boston.

[1:10:02] >> No. Or history.

[1:10:03] >> Oh, at history.

[1:10:05] >> Yeah. One of the uh We need someone in

[1:10:07] afternoon.

[1:10:08] >> Well, I have Nancy at the history

[1:10:10] museum.

[1:10:11] Or can she do all day?

[1:10:13] >> Um, no. Yeah, that's right. Yeah.

[1:10:15] >> So, let's move Lee to afternoon if

[1:10:17] possible.

[1:10:19] >> Okay. Yeah, if she's available

[1:10:22] afternoon. Um,

[1:10:28] yeah. And B, you and Juliet are okay at

[1:10:31] grandma?

[1:10:32] >> Yeah, that's fine. Yeah. All day.

[1:10:34] >> Okay.

[1:10:35] >> Yeah. Yep. That's okay.

[1:10:36] >> Perfect. Okay.

[1:10:38] >> Your hips gonna be able to make it?

[1:10:40] Yeah. Geez. We know. So,

[1:10:44] >> okay. So, that's that's what we have.

[1:10:46] So, we need um

[1:10:48] another person at Blossom Blossoming.

[1:10:51] Another person at Fireflies

[1:10:54] >> and

[1:10:57] an afternoon at Firefly. Afternoon at

[1:10:59] Blossoming for We need like two at

[1:11:01] Boston. After

[1:11:03] >> we need two in the morning, two in the

[1:11:04] afternoon minimum. So, it's really we

[1:11:06] need to make her happy this year. Yep.

[1:11:09] So, whoever comes in next, we'll just

[1:11:11] place there.

[1:11:12] >> Okay.

[1:11:13] >> Um and then we'll need um

[1:11:17] firefight fields, you know. Um

[1:11:21] >> should we ask um Sage?

[1:11:23] >> I've asked Sage multiple times. He has

[1:11:26] not committed.

[1:11:28] >> Okay.

[1:11:28] >> He he he wants to do the farms with his

[1:11:31] kids this year. I think

[1:11:33] >> he's never been able to.

[1:11:35] >> Yeah. Okay. Well, that's that's good.

[1:11:39] I can ask my husband, but he's not going

[1:11:41] to be able to stay because of his dad.

[1:11:43] >> He sit okay or no,

[1:11:46] >> can he just sit?

[1:11:47] >> He could sit. Yeah, if I get him a

[1:11:49] comfortable chair. Um, but I'll ask him

[1:11:51] to see if he can do the morning

[1:11:53] >> since Ashley will be there at the end.

[1:11:55] Um, there's parking issues there, too,

[1:11:58] right?

[1:11:59] >> Yeah, they were parking down at the

[1:12:01] whatever the restaurant is now.

[1:12:03] >> Oh, and walking all that. Okay.

[1:12:06] >> I think so.

[1:12:06] >> Wow. Yeah. I don't know if we can do

[1:12:08] that this year, though.

[1:12:10] >> Yeah.

[1:12:11] >> Oh, we got permission last time.

[1:12:13] >> I think so.

[1:12:13] >> Yeah.

[1:12:15] Um

[1:12:17] I don't have Jen's information.

[1:12:22] » Yeah, cuz that that was that's

[1:12:24] somebody's property there right at the

[1:12:26] end of her street.

[1:12:27] >> Yeah. I mean, I think the guy with the

[1:12:28] baseball bat's gone, though.

[1:12:31] >> Yeah, I think. Yeah, that came out with

[1:12:34] the baseball bat. I think he's my

[1:12:36] landscaper now, though.

[1:12:37] >> Wow. [laughter]

[1:12:38] >> He's your landscaper,

[1:12:39] >> Joe.

[1:12:40] >> I think he's my landscaper now.

[1:12:42] >> I never saw that.

[1:12:44] >> He moved. Yeah, [laughter]

[1:12:45] there was two Joe's that live there and

[1:12:47] they're both landscapers.

[1:12:50] [laughter] So,

[1:12:51] >> yeah,

[1:12:53] open farm day is a little little risky.

[1:12:56] >> That's why we have orientation to prep

[1:12:57] everybody. [laughter]

[1:13:00] So, okay,

[1:13:01] >> we're padding. So, my helmet,

[1:13:03] >> if Lee could do the afternoon, that

[1:13:05] would be great. We can move her there

[1:13:08] um at the history museum. And then

[1:13:10] that's pretty much it. We got coverage

[1:13:12] for everything else, which is great.

[1:13:15] Couple more volunteers and we'll be

[1:13:17] perfect.

[1:13:21] » That's assuming everyone here shows up.

[1:13:23] >> Yes. Yep. And we got to get that

[1:13:25] communication going.

[1:13:27] And

[1:13:27] >> how many 4 people were there total? Do

[1:13:29] you know, Bert?

[1:13:32] Uh, I I don't know yet. [clears throat]

[1:13:34] >> Okay.

[1:13:37] Next thing is

[1:13:39] >> three separate programs. So, I'm

[1:13:40] assuming it'll be one one each.

[1:13:43] >> Okay.

[1:13:44] >> At least one each.

[1:13:47] » So, I mean, it can be spread out three

[1:13:49] separate programs with three separate

[1:13:50] farms. That would be ideal.

[1:13:54] >> Oh,

[1:13:55] okay.

[1:13:59] » Yeah, that would be helpful. Yeah,

[1:14:01] especially afternoon.

[1:14:02] >> Yeah,

[1:14:03] >> if they could promote their own

[1:14:04] programs.

[1:14:06] >> Yeah, but they they're going to promote

[1:14:07] their own stuff, but they they're also

[1:14:09] going to help us uh kind of a co-op type

[1:14:12] of things.

[1:14:15] >> So, can we go through the list again? Um

[1:14:17] with tables and tents if we if needed.

[1:14:20] >> Yeah, tables and tents.

[1:14:21] >> So, I have two tables that I can

[1:14:23] >> Which firms need them? I think that's

[1:14:26] question. So, let's So, Blossom Acres

[1:14:28] needs one,

[1:14:29] >> right? She has them.

[1:14:30] >> She has tents.

[1:14:30] >> She has tables and tents.

[1:14:32] >> She has everything.

[1:14:33] >> Okay. So, we don't have to worry about

[1:14:35] them. Howard, we need

[1:14:36] >> She She can actually donate them to

[1:14:37] other farms if need be.

[1:14:39] >> Oh, cool.

[1:14:40] >> But you have you have a tent for

[1:14:42] animals.

[1:14:42] >> I have a tent for animals. Yeah.

[1:14:44] >> Okay. And what about for the sunflowers?

[1:14:46] Oh, she has

[1:14:47] >> that's already got one.

[1:14:48] >> So, we just bring our own chairs.

[1:14:50] >> I just need a table for Dwight. I don't

[1:14:52] have a table.

[1:14:53] >> Okay. I can bring a table.

[1:14:54] >> Yeah, I I have two tables. Um I'm I'm

[1:14:57] gonna need one. I have a 10 I can bring

[1:14:58] for um Johnson Brookke.

[1:15:02] >> I don't remember what we used under

[1:15:05] we used the tape Karen's table last year

[1:15:07] or if we use this I'm I think I might

[1:15:08] have a smaller table that

[1:15:10] >> I don't think there was much.

[1:15:11] >> I can't remember. I definitely had a

[1:15:13] table.

[1:15:13] >> I have all different size tables.

[1:15:15] >> There were plenty of tables. Try to

[1:15:17] figure out which

[1:15:18] >> I have like midsize. I have sixfooters

[1:15:21] like three of those.

[1:15:22] >> Nice.

[1:15:23] >> That's how we do holidays. I pull out

[1:15:25] all the plastic tables and cover them

[1:15:26] with tablecloth.

[1:15:28] >> Yeah. So,

[1:15:28] >> yeah, I have two tables and two tents,

[1:15:30] too, if anyone needs them. Um,

[1:15:32] >> she has the

[1:15:32] >> I have I have the easy.

[1:15:34] >> Okay. So, I'll just bring a table.

[1:15:37] >> Just one at Arnold's.

[1:15:39] >> I'll double check with Karen. I don't

[1:15:40] know what's under that under the

[1:15:42] overhang here.

[1:15:43] >> Maybe just bring two.

[1:15:44] >> You don't have to set it up necessarily.

[1:15:46] >> Yeah.

[1:15:47] >> I mean, at Arnold's last year, we had

[1:15:48] two tents through tables.

[1:15:50] >> Um, just because it gets real hot there.

[1:15:52] It's nice to have extra shade. Mhm.

[1:15:54] >> Um,

[1:15:55] >> what what about cowards? We need a

[1:15:57] table.

[1:15:58] >> You just need a table because they're on

[1:16:00] the porch.

[1:16:00] >> Okay.

[1:16:01] >> Table.

[1:16:02] >> and a chair.

[1:16:04] >> Most everybody needs camping chairs. If

[1:16:07] you have

[1:16:08] >> chairs,

[1:16:08] >> camping chairs, lunches, drinks,

[1:16:10] whatever.

[1:16:11] >> Um, and then, okay, Firefly Fields. She

[1:16:14] has a um Did we set up a tent there or

[1:16:16] she already has one?

[1:16:17] >> I have no idea what

[1:16:18] >> she had a tent there and a table. She's

[1:16:20] usually pretty good. I could check with

[1:16:22] her.

[1:16:22] >> Okay.

[1:16:23] um

[1:16:26] if see what she needs and then we'll

[1:16:28] >> I was going to say I think she would

[1:16:30] have it with her business.

[1:16:31] >> Yeah, exactly. Um so I'll check with

[1:16:34] >> Yeah, I don't remember Sage having to

[1:16:35] bring anything there.

[1:16:37] >> Okay. Yeah, cuz I I they had table set

[1:16:39] up when I went there last time and

[1:16:42] >> Yeah, she got a lot of stuff going on.

[1:16:43] So

[1:16:44] >> yeah.

[1:16:45] Well, um,

[1:16:49] [clears throat]

[1:16:52] tables and tents, maybe one tent. I'll

[1:16:56] ask her. Um, okay. Johnson Brook, you're

[1:16:59] also with that, right?

[1:17:00] >> Table.

[1:17:00] >> Klein view. What do they They usually

[1:17:02] have a tent and a table.

[1:17:04] >> Yeah. I think it's I think

[1:17:06] [clears throat] it's Inga's tent.

[1:17:08] >> Oh,

[1:17:09] >> she's not going to be around, so I don't

[1:17:10] know if we're going to have access to

[1:17:12] it.

[1:17:12] >> Tent and table.

[1:17:13] >> Yeah. Of course, we have a question for

[1:17:14] after she leaves. [laughter]

[1:17:17] >> Okay, so they need that. Um, I have a

[1:17:20] table for myself. I don't know if I need

[1:17:23] >> There's plenty of tables there. You

[1:17:25] might be able to set up on one of their

[1:17:26] picnic tables.

[1:17:26] >> I'm going to go there and ask. Uh,

[1:17:28] >> okay. If you're going there anyway.

[1:17:29] >> Okay. Um, so Dan's all set. You think he

[1:17:33] needs a tent table?

[1:17:35] >> He's never needed anything in the past.

[1:17:39] I think he should be all set.

[1:17:41] >> Okay. Um, I'll put a question mark. Uh,

[1:17:43] Bside, they're all set then.

[1:17:45] >> They don't even need us.

[1:17:47] >> The museum. We need a table.

[1:17:48] >> We should probably get Tom these sheets

[1:17:51] or whatever. We need to get him a bag

[1:17:53] and

[1:17:54] >> Oh, and stuff.

[1:17:55] >> Yep.

[1:17:56] >> Um, and new signs and whatever,

[1:18:00] but I can reach out to Tom anytime.

[1:18:02] >> Okay, cool.

[1:18:02] >> He's pretty good at responding.

[1:18:04] >> And then, yeah, the history museum. They

[1:18:06] need a tent and a table, right? Or a

[1:18:08] table.

[1:18:09] >> They need a tent and table.

[1:18:15] Um, and Grandpa, you guys do too, right?

[1:18:18] >> Yeah, I have a tent and a table. So,

[1:18:20] we're

[1:18:21] >> Where do you Where do you set up up

[1:18:22] there?

[1:18:24] [clears throat]

[1:18:25] >> Just kind of That's right.

[1:18:27] >> There's a couple of picnic tables out

[1:18:28] there at [clears throat] a sort of a

[1:18:30] corner of the building.

[1:18:32] >> As you're Okay.

[1:18:33] >> As you're coming in, you turn left to

[1:18:35] park. And so, like right there. Yeah.

[1:18:38] >> Okay.

[1:18:40] So, you'll need a table.

[1:18:42] >> No, we have one.

[1:18:44] >> You have them. All right. So,

[1:18:46] >> so we're all set there.

[1:18:48] >> Check.

[1:18:49] >> Okay. Can we set these things up the day

[1:18:53] before?

[1:18:55] >> I prefer I mean it only takes me 10

[1:18:57] minutes to set everything up. Um

[1:18:59] >> Okay.

[1:19:00] >> If there's bad weather, you don't want

[1:19:01] them flying away.

[1:19:02] >> Sure.

[1:19:03] >> Into the road.

[1:19:05] >> It's nice. I'm going to put the tent up.

[1:19:07] Yeah. Yeah.

[1:19:10] additional.

[1:19:11] >> Okay, so that that solves that. Okay,

[1:19:13] that's one more thing off the agenda.

[1:19:16] Um, and signs, we already kind of talked

[1:19:19] about that, right?

[1:19:20] >> Yeah, we'll put the signs up.

[1:19:22] >> We can bring that up again at the

[1:19:24] orientation as well.

[1:19:25] >> Sure.

[1:19:26] >> Actually, at that point, we'll be

[1:19:27] probably taking them out of the shed.

[1:19:29] >> And then we talked about Ena as a

[1:19:31] contributor budget. And then the floater

[1:19:33] photographer. Um, guess we all take our

[1:19:36] own photos.

[1:19:37] >> Take our own photos. My wife's going to

[1:19:38] take photos. I'll

[1:19:40] >> step it up this year more.

[1:19:42] >> Perfect. You've got to make it to all

[1:19:43] the farm.

[1:19:45] >> Most of them anyway. Yeah.

[1:19:47] >> I did remember seeing her at cow chest

[1:19:49] the last fair, but yeah. So, okay.

[1:19:52] >> Yeah, she takes the kids.

[1:19:53] >> That's it for the agenda.

[1:19:54] >> Sister,

[1:19:57] [clears throat]

[1:19:57] >> anything else that anybody has questions

[1:19:59] on?

[1:20:00] >> Yeah. Hey, it's not on the agenda, but

[1:20:02] um I sent you guys um a draft passport

[1:20:06] and

[1:20:07] >> Oh, yeah.

[1:20:08] >> It also includes a new logo.

[1:20:11] >> So, I like the logo. I don't love it. Um

[1:20:14] >> yeah, I don't I don't like that it's I

[1:20:17] mean, they're picking up on the town

[1:20:19] seal or logo or whatever, which is fine.

[1:20:22] >> I like that part, but why is all the

[1:20:24] black around the far around the barn?

[1:20:28] Yeah, that's because um

[1:20:30] >> is that supposed to be in the shape of

[1:20:31] Southwick? Because it's not the shape of

[1:20:33] Southwick.

[1:20:34] >> Yes, it is. [clears throat] And that was

[1:20:36] >> that is one that is one large notch.

[1:20:39] [laughter]

[1:20:40] >> Yeah. Uh that's a version because I said

[1:20:43] on the there's one version with where

[1:20:45] there it's blue sky over the barn.

[1:20:48] >> Yeah.

[1:20:49] >> And the the borderline of the town is

[1:20:52] just kind of through the sky and it's

[1:20:53] like what's that? What is that? And the

[1:20:55] tra and the tractor is just kind of like

[1:20:57] placed on top of the image. It doesn't

[1:20:59] like really incorporate into it.

[1:21:01] >> Yeah,

[1:21:02] >> it's it's a good concept. I don't think

[1:21:04] it's executed very well, like perfectly.

[1:21:08] >> Should you use like an old farmal

[1:21:10] tractor?

[1:21:10] >> Well, I was going to say the tractor

[1:21:12] does not match.

[1:21:13] >> It's too It's too AI.

[1:21:16] >> I think we should get Dwight's old

[1:21:17] tractor parked in front of his barn and

[1:21:19] get an actual

[1:21:20] >> My tractor.

[1:21:21] >> Well, why don't we just get an actual

[1:21:23] photo

[1:21:24] >> tractor perhaps? Yeah, he's got a

[1:21:25] thousand among them to help perform.

[1:21:27] Have you seen that's got me the most

[1:21:28] photographed tractor?

[1:21:29] >> Yeah.

[1:21:30] >> So, why don't we use that?

[1:21:31] >> And then you might be able to reduce the

[1:21:33] notch a little.

[1:21:34] >> Yeah. I I like I'd like to use I'd like

[1:21:37] to have color in the whole inside.

[1:21:39] >> Yeah.

[1:21:39] >> But I' then just have like the outline

[1:21:41] like the gold or whatever it is um

[1:21:44] outline of the town but more accurate.

[1:21:49] » That makes sense.

[1:21:51] >> Yeah. I don't like it. So, a smaller jog

[1:21:54] is one one thing, right?

[1:21:57] >> Yeah. And well, I think the tractor

[1:21:59] would be over the jog if I don't know.

[1:22:02] It's definitely not proportional to the

[1:22:04] actual size of the

[1:22:06] >> flush out the logo.

[1:22:08] >> It looks better in black and white than

[1:22:09] it does in color actually.

[1:22:11] >> Well, because one doesn't one the

[1:22:13] picture looks real like a photograph and

[1:22:16] the tractor looks like it's AI generated

[1:22:18] and so to me they just don't meld

[1:22:20] together.

[1:22:20] >> No. I'd like to have a real picture. I

[1:22:23] mean, that might be a actual Southwick

[1:22:25] barn. I'm not sure.

[1:22:26] >> It it is. Yes.

[1:22:28] >> Yeah, that that I think.

[1:22:30] >> Is that one of the Wallally's?

[1:22:32] >> I thought it was

[1:22:33] >> like on Tannery.

[1:22:35] >> I'm not.

[1:22:35] >> I think that's the one on Tannery.

[1:22:39] >> Red.

[1:22:39] >> I mean, so I I like the one where the

[1:22:43] sky shows over the barn.

[1:22:46] You okay with that?

[1:22:47] >> But I don't like that there's black on

[1:22:49] the bottom.

[1:22:51] I think I think the field should fill

[1:22:53] the whole image.

[1:22:54] >> Okay.

[1:22:54] >> We can still have the outline like it is

[1:22:56] on the top of the image of Southwick.

[1:22:58] Just make it more accurate.

[1:22:59] >> I thought we said we wanted like

[1:23:01] tobacco.

[1:23:02] >> Yeah, tobacco would be good because we

[1:23:04] or tobacco town.

[1:23:05] >> Not to be partial.

[1:23:06] >> That's why I think we should do Dwight.

[1:23:08] Oh, I think we should do Dwight's.

[1:23:11] I don't know if you want.

[1:23:12] >> Yeah, it would be really cool just to

[1:23:13] have a tobacco bar with a real tractor, too. Is that what Dwight does?

[1:23:18] >> I don't. We have an old farm all sitting

[1:23:20] out there right now. That thing doesn't

[1:23:22] >> I don't care if it runs. I just I want

[1:23:24] it to look I want it to look like, you

[1:23:25] know, Southwork,

[1:23:26] >> right? [laughter]

[1:23:28] >> Well, the farm is great.

[1:23:29] >> And there's tobacco in that field this

[1:23:30] year as well. So, I'm wonder if we could

[1:23:31] just take a picture right now where it

[1:23:32] stob right now.

[1:23:36] >> It's getting there.

[1:23:36] >> Is it the tent or is it the

[1:23:38] >> broad leaf?

[1:23:39] >> Yeah. I'd love that. The tent.

[1:23:40] >> It's right next to the They're growing.

[1:23:42] >> You got the tent tent tobacco in there.

[1:23:44] Shade tobacco. Um cuz I that's

[1:23:48] >> the dream.

[1:23:49] >> It's notic. What the heck?

[1:23:50] >> Well, if you put the lakes inside the

[1:23:52] notch.

[1:23:53] >> I

[1:23:54] >> Yeah,

[1:23:56] >> I I don't like that there's a black spot

[1:23:58] in it.

[1:23:59] >> Yeah,

[1:23:59] >> I like the

[1:24:00] >> Okay. Yep.

[1:24:01] >> I love I like the concept. I think we're

[1:24:03] almost there, but

[1:24:04] >> Yep.

[1:24:05] >> think [clears throat] we just need to

[1:24:06] fix it.

[1:24:07] >> Okay. Great idea to take a picture of

[1:24:10] Dwight's. Uh but we got to do that

[1:24:11] quickly.

[1:24:13] >> Yes.

[1:24:14] I don't know who who who could do it.

[1:24:18] >> Well, I mean, someone someone lives

[1:24:20] right there.

[1:24:21] >> Yeah. [laughter]

[1:24:25] » Yeah. No, I mean, I can certainly try to

[1:24:27] take a few photos and see what you guys

[1:24:28] say.

[1:24:28] >> I mean, you got a pretty good camera.

[1:24:30] >> Where it stands? I have a camera, too.

[1:24:31] Yeah.

[1:24:31] >> Okay.

[1:24:32] >> Oh, the sunflowers are already

[1:24:34] >> I mean, yeah, we could probably get

[1:24:35] depending on what I can get.

[1:24:37] >> Yeah. You just got You got the power

[1:24:39] lines. I'd like not to be in the photo.

[1:24:41] Maybe get the barn and the field and the

[1:24:43] sunflower all one shot

[1:24:44] >> if you can do that. Yeah, I mean we can.

[1:24:47] >> We got everything.

[1:24:48] >> Yeah,

[1:24:48] >> we could like Photoshop out stuff we

[1:24:50] don't want.

[1:24:52] >> Right.

[1:24:53] >> I'll see what I can do when it starts

[1:24:54] raining.

[1:24:55] >> Yeah. And so do we want Dwight's old

[1:24:57] tractor instead of this one?

[1:25:00] >> I don't like this tractor. It just

[1:25:02] >> Yeah. Okay.

[1:25:03] >> You take a new picture that has

[1:25:04] everything in it that we're looking for.

[1:25:06] Just use one photo and it won't be like

[1:25:08] slapped on top of the other one.

[1:25:09] >> Right. Okay.

[1:25:10] >> Shrink the factor way down. Put it in

[1:25:12] the field.

[1:25:13] >> Yeah. I want everything to be

[1:25:14] proportional.

[1:25:15] >> Lake area in the

[1:25:17] >> I like I like how the lake shows up on

[1:25:18] that a little, but

[1:25:19] >> I feel like this would be like

[1:25:22] >> it just it feels like

[1:25:23] >> it feels like it's stretched.

[1:25:26] >> It got too big. It did get very Could

[1:25:29] you get a copy of that, too? Okay.

[1:25:32] >> Okay.

[1:25:32] >> Yeah. I don't like the cutout of the

[1:25:34] >> Yeah.

[1:25:35] >> It just doesn't look right.

[1:25:37] >> Yeah. Just like and then they put the

[1:25:39] lake in there.

[1:25:41] >> Which is fine. Like the outline's there.

[1:25:43] Just do the outline over the whole

[1:25:45] picture.

[1:25:46] >> Right. Right. Yeah.

[1:25:47] >> Shrink the tractor. Put it back in the

[1:25:50] before like with this passport stuff. Is

[1:25:53] that

[1:25:54] That's not the goal, right?

[1:25:57] >> No.

[1:25:57] >> What?

[1:25:58] >> I don't

[1:25:59] >> Yeah, it's on. Isn't it on something?

[1:26:02] >> They want to put it on.

[1:26:04] >> too. I mean, if we don't

[1:26:05] >> I don't think we'll have enough time in

[1:26:06] front of the passport on the barn, but

[1:26:09] the open bar

[1:26:10] >> if we don't have

[1:26:10] >> I mean, if they use it, it's fine, but I

[1:26:12] don't think that's our official logo.

[1:26:15] >> Yeah,

[1:26:16] >> they could take it off, right?

[1:26:18] >> Yeah. Oh, definitely. Uh, and I'll ask

[1:26:20] them, you know, like how,

[1:26:24] you know, how much time we have for the

[1:26:26] for this.

[1:26:27] >> Maybe we don't have a time to put them

[1:26:29] on our lo our open farm day stuff.

[1:26:31] >> I mean, it doesn't have to be an

[1:26:32] official logo. I mean, it can be a beta.

[1:26:34] It could be a beta version,

[1:26:36] [laughter] you know, test the waters

[1:26:38] >> in this 1 through 12. That That's what

[1:26:40] we're doing. We're going to have our

[1:26:42] number signs at the farms. Is that what

[1:26:44] we're doing? Is that what this is?

[1:26:46] >> No, they they got confused between

[1:26:48] >> No, I don't want that.

[1:26:49] >> Okay.

[1:26:50] >> Yeah, we just have our regular the same

[1:26:52] open farm day signs we've used before.

[1:26:55] ones with the ones with the

[1:26:57] >> ones ones with the numbers when we

[1:27:00] reprint the farm trail brochure

[1:27:04] those

[1:27:05] >> those will coincide with that brochure.

[1:27:09] >> Okay, got it.

[1:27:11] >> I don't think we're doing that. We're

[1:27:12] not doing Yeah, we're not going to use

[1:27:14] the number system. I guess we'll just go

[1:27:16] with passport which is updated. We just

[1:27:19] have to

[1:27:20] >> Was it accurate?

[1:27:21] >> Um

[1:27:22] >> I can't see.

[1:27:22] >> I see. um for me this second usually

[1:27:26] some kind of like grammatical or

[1:27:29] spelling error every year.

[1:27:30] >> I haven't I haven't pro I haven't proof

[1:27:32] read it yet but um I will

[1:27:36] >> and uh

[1:27:38] >> we decided to just number the farms you

[1:27:40] know just put them in alphabetically.

[1:27:43] >> Yeah. Okay.

[1:27:44] >> Number them you know 1 through 11. Uh

[1:27:47] presum

[1:27:49] we may be moving

[1:27:50] >> directionally.

[1:27:52] Is that easy for people to get to if

[1:27:54] they really followed it one through 10

[1:27:55] or one through 12?

[1:27:58] >> Like is one next to two?

[1:28:02] >> Yeah. So no. So and we Martin and I

[1:28:05] thought of trying to you know put the

[1:28:08] numbers on the map to suggest a route to

[1:28:12] people.

[1:28:14] >> Um

[1:28:14] >> it's it's hard to do though. I don't

[1:28:16] think we have the real estate for that.

[1:28:17] >> Well, and it depends on where they're

[1:28:19] coming in from

[1:28:20] >> where you want to start.

[1:28:22] >> They'll be coming from everywhere.

[1:28:23] Somebody might want to start with

[1:28:24] Granville Scoop and somebody might want

[1:28:26] to start with

[1:28:27] >> Bezi, right? You know,

[1:28:28] >> to come right.

[1:28:29] >> Yeah.

[1:28:30] >> Right.

[1:28:30] >> Yeah. Let let people decide that on

[1:28:32] their own.

[1:28:32] >> I mean, and if it's alphabetical, that's

[1:28:34] the most, you know, to me a nonbiased

[1:28:38] way to do it. Just

[1:28:39] >> alphabetical. Yeah. Yep. Exactly. Yeah.

[1:28:41] I I understand that point. Yep.

[1:28:45] And then uh

[1:28:47] the info on the back is pretty much the

[1:28:50] same that it's always been. Um just, you

[1:28:53] know, slight edits. Oh, and the logo is

[1:28:55] on the back, too. So, I don't know. Um

[1:28:59] >> do we um are we okay with having the

[1:29:02] same picture? Yeah, we're okay with

[1:29:03] that, right?

[1:29:05] >> Um I don't think we have anything else

[1:29:06] to work with.

[1:29:08] >> My wife has some pictures, but

[1:29:11] >> yeah. Well, we'll think about it.

[1:29:13] Southwood's article. They used one of my

[1:29:15] wife's pictures.

[1:29:16] >> Oh, cool. Awesome.

[1:29:18] >> That's great.

[1:29:20] >> Okay. Um,

[1:29:23] so, so I'll talk to Martin about

[1:29:26] >> Yeah.

[1:29:26] >> working on the logo and how much time we

[1:29:28] have to do that. And if we don't have

[1:29:30] >> time, we'll just take the logo off, I

[1:29:33] think, off the passport.

[1:29:34] >> Yeah, we might have to.

[1:29:36] >> Yeah.

[1:29:36] >> I mean, when's it going to stop raining?

[1:29:38] >> I think [laughter] Friday is supposed to

[1:29:40] be nice.

[1:29:42] I thought they said tomorrow in the

[1:29:43] afternoon it might be okay.

[1:29:48] » Why it says rain for the next week?

[1:29:50] >> Two quick quick notes on the

[1:29:53] edits, but one they have road

[1:29:57] abbreviated on some of them and then

[1:29:58] they have them spelled out on some.

[1:30:01] >> Okay. Oh, I see.

[1:30:04] And then I wonder if they could I don't

[1:30:06] know if you guys think but in between

[1:30:08] putting the name of the farm and the

[1:30:10] road like could we maybe put like a dash

[1:30:13] or like doesn't that kind of look like

[1:30:15] it all kind of runs together?

[1:30:17] >> Yeah, like a bullet or something in

[1:30:19] there

[1:30:19] >> something. Yeah, just

[1:30:21] >> some formatting.

[1:30:23] >> I seeak no comment because I can't see

[1:30:26] it.

[1:30:26] >> I I just can't

[1:30:27] >> I'm like I know I'm like zooming in.

[1:30:29] >> I can't see it even zoomed in. I

[1:30:31] Everything looks so blurry to me. I

[1:30:32] can't see it.

[1:30:34] >> Yeah. To make it

[1:30:36] >> small typo under six letter new second

[1:30:39] line last visit all three groups at tole

[1:30:42] learn. I think that at probably

[1:30:45] shouldn't be there.

[1:30:47] >> Um yeah I think you're right to learn

[1:30:50] about it.

[1:30:52] >> If we all agree we should probably vote

[1:30:54] to have that like processed

[1:30:59] without probably the logo. Did we

[1:31:01] already allocate money for that? I think

[1:31:04] we

[1:31:04] >> we did. Yeah, we did.

[1:31:05] >> We did. Oh, yeah. A long time ago. I

[1:31:07] have it.

[1:31:11] » Yeah, it's already in. Actually, it's

[1:31:13] already

[1:31:14] >> um slated to go to um it's our carryover

[1:31:20] invoice. So,

[1:31:23] >> um I'm [clears throat] just noticing on

[1:31:24] the back uh under the picture it says

[1:31:27] that uh Farm Day is co-sponsored by the

[1:31:30] EDC and the South Land Trust.

[1:31:33] >> Yeah, that needs to be removed.

[1:31:34] >> We're gonna take that out.

[1:31:36] >> Yeah, take that out.

[1:31:37] >> Yeah,

[1:31:39] >> I guess that answers your question,

[1:31:40] Janice.

[1:31:44] » They're not sponsoring us this.

[1:31:46] >> Yeah.

[1:31:49] Did you talk just enough for goodwill

[1:31:51] that they could volunteer to earn

[1:31:53] anything from?

[1:31:53] >> Yeah, I would love I would love more

[1:31:54] volunteers, but

[1:31:55] >> yeah,

[1:31:56] >> that would be great. But yeah,

[1:31:58] >> I specifically asked Dan to ask Dave to

[1:32:02] volunteer.

[1:32:03] >> Dan,

[1:32:04] >> I haven't heard a word.

[1:32:06] >> Dire asked Dave earlier and he said he couldn't do it. I don't know why. Oh.

[1:32:10] >> Oh.

[1:32:13] >> So, we're taking the town, the economic

[1:32:15] and the land trust

[1:32:18] >> and our Southwick 2040 people. Still

[1:32:24] haven't heard a response from any of

[1:32:25] them.

[1:32:26] >> 2040,

[1:32:26] >> the town um master plan people.

[1:32:30] >> Oh, yeah.

[1:32:31] >> We're supposed to have supporting, you

[1:32:33] know, boards.

[1:32:35] >> Martha from land management. We have um

[1:32:38] Greg from EDC,

[1:32:40] >> but I don't think either of those are

[1:32:41] supporting.

[1:32:42] >> I'm specifically talking about um

[1:32:45] >> conservation because they're like our

[1:32:47] main supporting committee.

[1:32:50] >> I know. Um Sabrina pass forwarded all

[1:32:53] the information.

[1:32:54] >> She didn't sign up.

[1:32:55] >> Huh?

[1:32:56] >> She didn't sign up.

[1:32:58] >> I can't speak for them. Sorry.

[1:33:01] >> Um I'm I'll send another email, I guess,

[1:33:03] to them.

[1:33:05] >> Have you ever done this like in the

[1:33:06] fall? Actually, I think she's on

[1:33:07] vacation. That's why

[1:33:09] >> Changing Farmers the farmers farmers

[1:33:11] don't want to when we do.

[1:33:14] >> Yeah.

[1:33:14] >> And we asked

[1:33:15] >> We asked them. Yeah.

[1:33:16] >> They didn't want

[1:33:18] too busy.

[1:33:19] >> Y

[1:33:19] >> it's too busy. Yeah.

[1:33:21] >> Grampy changed theirs though, right?

[1:33:23] Grampy changed theirs to

[1:33:24] >> I guess it depends what you have going

[1:33:25] on at your farm. But the fall is super

[1:33:27] busy with like the pumpkin, the hay

[1:33:30] ride.

[1:33:30] >> Yeah. That's all more attraction for

[1:33:32] people.

[1:33:32] >> Yeah. the farm they don't feel like they

[1:33:34] have enough time to

[1:33:35] >> some of the farms don't have anything

[1:33:36] going like the tobacco's all down by

[1:33:37] then right

[1:33:38] >> it's

[1:33:40] true

[1:33:41] >> yeah so

[1:33:41] >> that's the other point yeah

[1:33:45] >> can't go in them

[1:33:46] >> yeah grand be the weekend after Labor

[1:33:49] Day

[1:33:50] >> okay yeah so they are in September okay

[1:33:52] >> this year's is actually very early being

[1:33:54] on the 16th just the way it fell this

[1:33:57] year usually it's about another week

[1:33:58] later

[1:34:00] >> um

[1:34:02] >> so with the edits. Um, do you guys want

[1:34:04] to vote to have those processed or to

[1:34:07] get them submitted?

[1:34:09] >> Do we need to really vote on it?

[1:34:11] >> I think to process I don't know

[1:34:16] » to agree on the on the changes.

[1:34:19] >> Yeah.

[1:34:20] >> I mean, if we [clears throat] can get a

[1:34:22] picture for the logo in time. I like the

[1:34:25] concept.

[1:34:26] It just needs some tweaks and a better

[1:34:28] photo in it.

[1:34:29] >> Yeah. I wouldn't mind having the logo on

[1:34:32] there if we But we can't vote on the

[1:34:34] logo, but it we could use a beta

[1:34:38] version,

[1:34:38] >> right? Doesn't have to be our

[1:34:40] >> Doesn't have to be official. We don't

[1:34:41] have to make it official.

[1:34:43] >> I don't think we really need to vote. We

[1:34:45] just need to kind of agree because we've

[1:34:46] already voted to do this, so

[1:34:50] >> we voted the money.

[1:34:52] >> Yeah, that's that's the big thing.

[1:34:53] >> It looks exactly like the seal assigned

[1:34:55] to it.

[1:34:55] >> Yeah, I like the seal idea. I just think

[1:34:57] it's too

[1:34:58] >> not just too big on that.

[1:34:59] >> It needs to be a little different though

[1:35:00] too. You know what I mean? Like

[1:35:01] >> I think maybe the custom

[1:35:02] >> I guess that's what he did. He colored

[1:35:03] in.

[1:35:04] >> It's like blue. I don't know.

[1:35:05] >> He needs to do the gold outline though

[1:35:07] on the whole thing. He kind of stopped

[1:35:08] at the bottom.

[1:35:09] >> Well, this is green.

[1:35:10] >> Yeah,

[1:35:11] >> this is black.

[1:35:12] >> It's like we copied it. I don't know.

[1:35:13] >> I like the gold. Um

[1:35:16] >> yeah,

[1:35:17] >> it just needs to go all the way around.

[1:35:23] » Take a picture of that and send it to

[1:35:25] Bert.

[1:35:28] There you are.

[1:35:29] >> You know, I want to see if I'd like to

[1:35:31] try a version that has like the the

[1:35:36] black and yellow circle

[1:35:39] from the town logo and but and maybe not

[1:35:42] have the shape of the town.

[1:35:45] >> Yeah.

[1:35:46] We don't have to have the shape of

[1:35:48] the town.

[1:35:48] >> It's kind of weird, honestly.

[1:35:49] >> Yeah. It kind of I think it kind of

[1:35:50] takes away from the

[1:35:52] >> Yeah,

[1:35:52] >> it's weird when you try to put in it.

[1:35:55] >> Yeah. Yeah, you can take that brain,

[1:35:57] that line, the outline of town out.

[1:36:00] Yeah,

[1:36:02] >> I can definitely see where he got his

[1:36:03] concept from.

[1:36:05] >> Yes,

[1:36:09] » I just think it could be approved upon.

[1:36:11] Hey, maybe we can change the whole town

[1:36:13] while we're at it.

[1:36:15] >> Yeah, I wouldn't mind.

[1:36:20] It's not very accurate. I guess I know

[1:36:23] what bothers me about it.

[1:36:26] Next one.

[1:36:27] >> So, I'll see what I can get for

[1:36:28] pictures. I'll just send them and then

[1:36:32] if we go with it, great. If not, then we

[1:36:34] just figure out our logo at another

[1:36:36] date.

[1:36:36] >> Yeah.

[1:36:37] >> So, when does he Do you know when he

[1:36:39] needs this by Bert?

[1:36:40] >> Uh, I don't, but I'll find out uh

[1:36:42] tomorrow morning.

[1:36:44] >> Okay. So, um hopefully Friday looks like

[1:36:46] the nicest day in the next week. So, if

[1:36:49] Jessica can get us a good photo to use

[1:36:52] instead.

[1:36:53] >> Okay. Yep. that incorporates a barn,

[1:36:55] tobacco, and a tractor. I mean, and

[1:36:58] sunflowers. I mean, that's a win-win

[1:37:00] win.

[1:37:02] [laughter]

[1:37:05] » You want to bring a cow? We can throw

[1:37:06] that in there.

[1:37:09] >> AI.

[1:37:10] [laughter]

[1:37:11] >> Yeah. All the AI stuff has made it look

[1:37:12] pretty terrible. So, we we've gone down

[1:37:14] that route. I

[1:37:15] >> was gonna say the AI stuff. I see every

[1:37:18] brochure.

[1:37:18] >> It all looks the same.

[1:37:20] >> See it now. It all looks the same.

[1:37:21] >> It all looks the same. And I mean, yeah,

[1:37:23] it's very whatever professionally

[1:37:25] looking, but it it doesn't I don't know.

[1:37:27] It doesn't grab I mean, they're using it

[1:37:28] now for the police.

[1:37:31] It's too much.

[1:37:31] >> It's not authentic.

[1:37:33] >> It doesn't look authentic.

[1:37:34] >> No.

[1:37:34] >> So, let's bring some authenticity back

[1:37:36] to it.

[1:37:38] >> That's That's because it's not

[1:37:39] authentic.

[1:37:40] >> Exactly.

[1:37:42] >> Right. Yeah. Exactly.

[1:37:43] >> The eye and AI is inauthentic.

[1:37:46] >> Yeah. I just and everybody is using it

[1:37:48] in so many places that everything is

[1:37:50] popping up AI and it's like

[1:37:53] >> it's just it's cluttered

[1:37:55] >> the whole time like a lot of the events

[1:37:57] and things I think are just

[1:37:58] >> yeah it's it's

[1:38:00] >> like watching a 3se secondond commercial

[1:38:02] blip and it drives me crazy.

[1:38:05] >> I'd rather have something that is is

[1:38:08] something that you can read and it looks

[1:38:09] like a picture and maybe it's not

[1:38:12] perfect but it's okay.

[1:38:16] Well,

[1:38:17] >> I think that's about it for now.

[1:38:20] >> You haven't heard about appointments or

[1:38:22] appointments?

[1:38:23] >> I've not heard about appointments or

[1:38:24] reappoints.

[1:38:25] >> Gotten anything? I don't know if I will.

[1:38:27] Last time I didn't. They just put me on

[1:38:28] and it happened without me being there.

[1:38:30] >> I've watched the last couple um select

[1:38:32] board meetings and there's nothing. So

[1:38:34] officially, if you're already appointed

[1:38:37] from the year before and um you are were

[1:38:41] sworn in before, we could still vote on

[1:38:45] things until if unless we're replaced by

[1:38:48] somebody,

[1:38:48] >> right?

[1:38:49] >> Um so we're okay with having this

[1:38:52] >> people. Yeah.

[1:38:52] >> Voting and all that stuff. So,

[1:38:54] >> but the new people aren't official,

[1:38:56] >> right? Unfortunately.

[1:38:58] And I believe after you, you and Ashley

[1:39:00] get appointed, we still have one seat

[1:39:03] available.

[1:39:04] >> Oh, can somebody ask Dan if they have if

[1:39:06] he has extra shirts to go around because

[1:39:08] we're all going to wear our shirts,

[1:39:09] right?

[1:39:09] >> He does have a few.

[1:39:10] >> Do you have a shirt? You have shirt?

[1:39:12] Okay.

[1:39:13] >> I wonder if we have extra shirts that we

[1:39:16] can give out to

[1:39:17] >> We do.

[1:39:19] >> The new commissioners,

[1:39:20] >> right?

[1:39:21] >> Yeah. And they're going to need they're

[1:39:23] going to need badges.

[1:39:24] >> Yeah. Name tags.

[1:39:25] >> Name tags. Yeah, I was going to say,

[1:39:26] well, so I I can do those.

[1:39:28] >> Oh, I think I think Pango might be

[1:39:30] putting that in. Oh. Oh, the lanyard.

[1:39:34] >> Lanyards. Yeah,

[1:39:35] >> that's right. Y

[1:39:36] >> I mean, because they're almost coming

[1:39:38] from it.

[1:39:39] >> TBD [laughter]

[1:39:41] missioner pending

[1:39:44] in progress. [laughter]

[1:39:48] » It's kind of embarrassing.

[1:39:49] >> Some kind of title

[1:39:51] badge from something. I don't know if it

[1:39:53] would apply if it's generic. Yeah, just

[1:39:55] put a little sticker on it says, you

[1:39:56] know, agricultural commission or

[1:39:57] something.

[1:39:59] >> Yeah, if we could get everybody

[1:40:00] lanyards, that would be helpful.

[1:40:02] >> Yeah,

[1:40:03] >> I still have mine.

[1:40:04] >> I have mine.

[1:40:05] >> Thank you, Bert.

[1:40:06] >> Appreciate that.

[1:40:07] >> Oh, sure. Of course.

[1:40:09] >> Awesome. All right. I think

[1:40:12] >> Okay.

[1:40:14] >> I think we're good. Um, I'll make a

[1:40:15] motion to adjurnn.

[1:40:17] >> I second that.

[1:40:18] >> All in favor?

[1:40:19] >> I

[1:40:21] [laughter]

[1:40:22] >> All right. Good night, everyone.

[1:40:24] >> Okay. Take care. Thanks.

[1:40:25] >> See you.

[1:40:26] >> So, August 6, everybody.

[1:40:28] >> Yep.

[1:40:30] >> Thursday night moment.

Agricultural Commission Meeting July 29, 2026

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