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Hello Green Leaguers and friends,
Today I have some important announcements about the Green League for you all. Please take a moment to read through each one. Thanks a bunch, and keep up the good work.
Michael
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Announcements:
1. New meeting place and time!
At our July meeting our members took on the task of finding the Green League a permanent meeting place. Ever since we lost the use of the First Lutheran Church, we have been meeting at different member's houses every two months on the fourth Tuesday. Although it has been nice to meet in such warm and welcoming places, it has been a bit cramped. We have been packing 30 to 40 people into tiny living rooms with standing room only at times!
Thanks to our members contacting Whole Foods Market in Fort Lauderdale, and Casey Eckels' persistence, we now have a new home at the Lifestyle Center at Whole Foods Market, 2000 N Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale.
We will begin meeting every month on the 3rd Monday at 7:30pm. The next meeting is scheduled for October 20th.
The Green League is deeply grateful to Whole Foods for allowing us to use their meeting room for FREE! I look forward to seeing you all there, now that you will actually be able to sit down for the meeting.
2. Leadership Advisory Board formed.
I am very pleased to tell you that over a dozen people responded to the call to join our new Green League of Broward - Leadership Advisory Board, GLoB LAB for short. We now have a great group of advisors with experience and expertise in many areas of advocacy, action, and business. The GLoB LAB has already helped make important policy decisions, and will be instrumental in plotting our course while we grow as an organization.
3. Time constraints due to national elections.
I will be stepping back just a bit from my activities as the Director of the Green League until after the November elections. I feel a great sense of urgency about this presidential election, and will be putting most of my energies into campaigning for the candidate that I feel is the best hope our country and our planet has. Since the Green League does not endorse candidates, I'll just say that my candidate supports an 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, rather than the "half-measures" proposed by the other major candidate.
No need to worry, though. The calendar updates will still go out each week, and Randy Hilliard will be facilitating our October meeting at Whole Foods. However, there will likely be no more digests or action alerts for the next month and a half. If you have important information to pass on, including action alerts, please join our googlegroup and send it that way. Our group is
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. I promise I'll be back on the job in no time!
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Michael O'Brien
The Green League of Broward
www.greenbroward.net
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954-865-4848
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