Happy New Year Everyone! Am pasting below the email I just sent to our group (with a few edits), so you're up to date.
Hi All,
Happy New Year! I am about to chat with Cynthia Kupper to get
a few questions answered to be sure we are in compliance with what GIG
National needs to maintain its 501(c)(3) status. I've been assured that
as a smaller group, we should be OK!
Very excited to announce our
Feb. 21 meeting, Thurs., at 6:30 PM. We will again be meeting at Linda
Armada's office in the Medical Arts Building behind the pond at N
Florida Regional. Park in the garage behind the building, and we're on
the first floor. Plenty of signs to guide you. We will be watching
(listening) to a youtube interview of Dr. William Davis, who wrote Wheat
Belly, which I finally got around to finishing. Wow. Good stuff! PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE COMING by Feb. 14. Our space is limited so need to be sure we can accommodate. Many
thanks to Linda, who is not only extending her work day to accommodate
us, but also doing a lot of work behind the scenes to ensure we've got
the technology we need.
We
agreed a while ago that making our meetings a potluck was a lot of
work, unless we've specifically planned it to be an eat-fest. If you
can, please bring a small something to share. I'll be bringing something
a little more healthy (not sure what yet), so we don't have all
cookies, but bring what inspires you. Or just bring yourself. No
worries. If it's something you've prepared yourself, please bring a list
of ingredients, or if it's pre-packaged food, please bring the label.
We've been kind of lax about this, but it's good policy!
Have
some interesting topics we're kicking around, and are probably looking
at another meeting in April, then we'll skip the summer, and shoot for
Sept. and early Nov. again. But we'll try to have some dinners in
between, like we have been. I am also thinking of some ways you can all
help promote our group. We don't want to become too huge, but on the
other hand, we need to get the word out that we're here as a resource.
The GIG has sent out some notes on how best to promote the group. This
may be something I can delegate to you all who are able to help. I am
working very hard to reclaim some of my life so that I can do a better
job as our leader... so far with a decent amount of success (though it's
been 3 weeks, ha!) but I remain passionate about support for those who
need or want it, and maintaining a sense of community among those who
have to eat gluten free.
So, hope to see you all on Feb. 21. PLEASE let me know if you're coming.
Lastly,
hope this link works. I saw Sara Vollmer present informally at the GIG
National Conference year before last. She's hilarious, but these slides
were OUTSTANDING:
