Hey Everyone!<br><br>I&#39;m just relaxing on this beautiful Sunday afternoon - thankful for fresh air and the &quot;perfect&quot; weather. I realized that an invitation for the next garden party has been long overdue. <br>
<br>Here&#39;s how it works: We setup garden parties for people who have already helped with other Grow Food Party&#39;s in the past. It doesn&#39;t have to be your garden, but you would be the host for the party.<br>
<br><b>So who wants the next Garden Party?</b> <br>Our next available date is going to be the weekend of July 25/26, with a Design Party happening no later than 1 week before that date.<br><u><br>The process in a nutshell:</u><br>
1. Request a garden<br>
2. We set a Design Party date together. Invite friends and neighbors and GFPC network<br>3. Design Party Potluck - watch the GFPC video, then design together. Everyone there invites more folks.<br>3. We throw a rockin&#39; garden party on July 25 or 26!<br>
<b><br>Leadership Circle:</b><br>
We have been moving so quick with GFPC here in Santa Cruz that we haven&#39;t developed a core group of people running the local organization. Are you inspired by the vision and want to see it thrive here? Skill is nice, but all that&#39;s really necessary is the all out excitement and commitment to what we&#39;re up to.<br>

<br><u>Our main roles we need covered are:</u><br>1. Communications Specialist - Manages email and web posting, phone calls, organizes the network, visionary-style management<br>2. Garden Designer and Facilitator - Does permaculture design for gardens and leads project implementation. (Could also be someone in charge of managing guest designers)<br>
3. Cultural Engineer - Manages the &quot;Party&quot; aspects - vibes, ceremony, peacemaking, games - making it so exciting people can&#39;t wait to come back. Pre-party tasks look like assigning roles to volunteers for the party and mentoring them in GFPC culture.<br>
<br>Taking on one of these roles does not limit you to that job - it just means you&#39;re responsible for it. Mentoring will be a critical part of this process and you will become party of a circle of other Grow Food Party Crew Leaders to share questions, challenges, and tools. <br>
<br>Being a GFPC Leader IS a time commitment. We definitely minimize our meetings, but folks need to be able to manage their schedule well to fit in times for parties and check-in meetings. Believe me, it&#39;s actually an easy thing to do when you think about the importance of what we&#39;re up to!<br>
<br>Please respond by email with &quot;Leadership Circle&quot; as the subject if you&#39;re curious and we can chat about what&#39;s possible.<br clear="all">
<br><b>Other news:</b><br>-GFPC Ojai put in 16 Gardens in 1 day through corporate sponsorship of the Commonwealth Financial Network!<br>-GFPC Website has been designed and will be launched in the next 2 weeks! Get ready to be doing this work on another level!<br>
<br>Best,<br>Devin Slavin - member #9839889874287<br><b><br>PS I&#39;m looking for a place to rent/trade for living space starting July 1st. It will be me, my sweetie and our boy. We&#39;d like to be biking distance from downtown, but would consider otherwise! Aloha!</b><br>
-- <br>------------------------------------------------<br><br>Fresh video footage of our last party:<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOG2ajvsi0I" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOG2ajvsi0I</a><br>

<br>The official Grow Food Party Crew mini-documentary:<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwwHWln08Z4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwwHWln08Z4</a><br><br>