IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RUN EACGC

Committees are formed at the start of each new year, and members get to choose the committees they wish to be on. As new members join the club, they are encouraged to join one of the committees listed below. While some committees are favored, it is important that each committee have an adequate amount of members to ensure everything runs smoothly in the club.

Committees are broken into two groups:

• Club Operations Committees focus on running the business of the club, to ensure we have the means to operate the garden
• Garden Operations Committees focus on maintaining the garden itself

 

GARDEN OPERATIONS COMMITTEES

 

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER WORKDAY

Chair: Tina Vanderjagt

Align projects and tasks with Club goals and identify scope of work for monthly community volunteer workdays. Assigns crew chiefs as needed.

COMPOSTING

Co-Chairs: Carl DiGrazio, Jr., Tina Vanderjagt

Build, water and turn composting piles. Participate in and lead composting training sessions, promote further development of our composting program. Distribute compost. 

IRRIGATION

Chair: Harley Halpern

Oversee the maintenance of garden irrigation systems.

PERENNIAL GARDENS

Chair: Carolyn Casillas

Maintain perennial gardens at EACGC. Supervise new plantings, remove dead plants, fertilize and manager disease. Promote further development of perennial gardens.

FRUIT TREE CARE

Chair: OPEN - Tina Vanderjagt Acting Chair

Maintain the existing fruit trees on the EACGC property. Implement policies to prune, fertilize, disease and insect control, and harvest fruit.

GREENHOUSE

Chair: Monica Chaban
Plan and coordinate activities to support healthy plant specimens. Implement biosphere policies. Water, propagate, and harvest horticultural specialties. Maintain the biosphere structure. Promote further development of the biosphere program.

NATIVE PLANT GARDEN

Chair: Beth Crosse

Maintain the existing California native plants. Supervise new plantings, removal of dead plants and disease and insect control. Promote further development of native plant garden.

TOOLS

Chair: Harley Halpern

Inventory, maintain and store garden tools. Replace tools when needed.

VERMICOMPOSTING

Chair: Jennifer Hansen

Maintain existing vermiculture program and promote further development of it. Participate in and lead training sessions. Manage distribution of compost.

 

CLUB OPERATIONS COMMITTEES

ACTIVITIES

Chair: Alicia Casilli

Strategize, develop and coordinate events related to community building and fundraising for EACGC (Big Sunday, Fourth of July float, etc). Maintain a calendar of events. 

EDUCATION

Chair: Michael Calzada

Develop and coordinate programs to educate the community and students about sustainable organic gardening, cooking, nutrition, food preservation and urban homesteading. 

FINANCE

Chair: Monica Chaban

Review and make recommendations for the annual budget. Monitor club expenses and reconcile to budget. Make recommendations for unplanned expenditures and other financial matters. Plan and coordinate financial audits.

FUNDRAISING

Chair: OPEN

Identify opportunities to raise funds. Apply for grants available through local and regional organizations, businesses and government. Oversee record keeping for all awarded grants.

MEDIA

Chair: Carolyn Coyne 

Serve as liaison member of Board to garden members. Oversee member messaging, including membership-wide messaging on behalf of Directors and Committees.

GOVERNANCE

Chair: Eric Dahlstrom

Review and recommend changes to both the EACGC Bylaws and Board Policies. Maintain Gardening Guidelines. Maintain Joint Use Agreement and negotiations with LAUSD/ OWMS. Manage legal and insurance matters.

GARDEN PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS

Chair: Andrew Ehlers

Review and recommend changes to Gardening Guidelines. Inspect plots on a periodic basis for compliance to gardening guidelines.

HOSPITALITY

Chair: Eva Edwards

Secure and deliver refreshment donations from business partners for Community Days. Help with set-up and break-down of refreshment station. Assist with other events as needed.

MEMBERSHIP

Chair: Carolyn Casillas

Support current members in their success with the Club and promote the benefits of membership to the wider community. Support and facilitate volunteer participation on committees, and at community activities. Oversee plot waitlist and plot adoption. Maintain all membership records.