Sunday, November 30, 2014

jim re amazon
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Friday, November 28, 2014

sweet potato, baked
long beans with almonds
coffee
3 wines, fizzy cranberry
salad, cole slaw dressing
stuffing
stuffed squash
sauted brussel sprouts
fizzy pog. (passionfruit/guava)

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Thursday, November 27, 2014

nov 27 fly home.
dec 1 cincinnati
dec 2nd delaware county election board 10 am.

get lease on church.

motion for temp injunction in evansville case.
maybe do some public records request and or discovery as to terry stop standards in evansville?

follow up with charlie white.
electric bill
texas taxes.
income taxes
property tax appeal status
get w joe werle. paperwork for werle.

hi trip expenses
840 plane fare
50 groceries
wednesday 20 stamps etc at drug store, museum
66 car rental
275 condo rental
40 shopping, coffee, dinner out etc?
35 album release party
10 coffee in seattle
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1400, so far. out of 2000 budget.

tonight bath sleep pack.
tomorrow catholic church to help w lunch? dinner noonish 10 am snorkel 9 pm airport.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

proposal, robbin 11/20/14, maui.

 1. make checklist for volunteers

 A) wash hands in bathroom before start cooking/chopping.
B) wash hands often after handling food/dishes.
c) check if surface has been wiped down with bleach solution before using/
check if towels are soaking in dilute bleach solution
d eyeball food quality before using:
no mold.
process for handling mold: get it out of the building within the hour, dont just put in trashcan.
snuiff test, taste test. it should look ok, smell ok, taste ok. tadting spons, of course, go to wash, not re-use.
check for rotted or dirty parts, cut off as needed.
have a second person give opinion on quality.
e) don't handle food if you are sick.

 however, dont be too quick to throw away food robbin would think can be eaten, as long as no mold. set stuff aside for house to use if not serve quality. (a seperate serve fridge would make this easier.)

 sometimes prep can be done friday night, or at least one person can start share at 9 am.
too many cooks can make it harder to get at sink to wash hands. don't prep food over sink, usually.
boiling water handy.
it would be nice to have a process where silverware gets dipped in boiling water after being washed after serve.

 2. increase roach control efforts. roaches in house makes food less safe.
a) keep clipboard for where/when bug sightings. roaches, bedbugs, moths.
b) use more filprinil cream around kitchen and bathrooms and sinks in rooms.
c) spray at least monthly. clipboard of when sprayed.

3. use a menu. list what you are making, check that all the stuff that got made makes it to the serve. make labels for dishes so our customers know what it is. possible bilingual labels.

 set goals to have a soup, salad, bread, fruit plate, every time. water, and tea or coffee, and juice. so somebody running the juicer, can be diluted with drink.

 4. have a sign that says "help us out. pick up trash. return your fork to the bucket. next week bring your own cup."
5. bring broom to sweep up cigarette butts from bench area.
6. thermometers in every fridge and most rooms. does dollar store have thermomenters?
write down fridge temps on clipboard once a week.

 7. process for asking people who are smoking to set cigarette down before getting food.
8. if items are safe but look "ugly", can they be repurposed into something else?

 9. watch "master chef kids edition" for ideas on presentation. follow 9tales suggestion of some gourmet looking dishes, not just slop.

 10. using the chafing pans adds to visual appeal. tealight candle or ice bath can help keep hot foods hot cold foods cold. also, coolers with ice or boiling water can help temp control.

43: discarded yogurt can be used to clean drains.

 11. when we get the church, set one room to be a pantry,and use an air condition to keep it 50 degrees.

 12. fund to buy a commercial dishwasher at auction. don't neglect the volvo fund. food truck as a long term goal.

 13. sivlia is right there's too much stuff in the top fridge, you can't find anything.

 14. inventory.
what kitchen equipment do we have?
what other stuff do we have?
what food do we have?
what don't we have: make wishlist.
so a work party, everybody gets a clipboard and an area, and we write down what we've got,and it gets put online.

 15. thank you letters during december. this isn't just good PR, it's also their tax reciept and has the 501c3 number. include places like 2nd helpings and marsh and kroger that dont know they've donated to us, but dont put a value or list like we'll do with the others.

 these letters, together, could get edited into an annual report. grant-giving agencies like to see annual reports. we got a lot done this year.

 16.
  1. No manufactured/microwave food for share - I disagree with this. stuff like that is popular nd shouldn't be wasted. let's not be snobs. offer diversity17
17. can we save if we bulk buy vinegar? is it impractical to try to make our own? save vinegar wash in bucket for re-use?
strawberries definately need vinegar wash.

 18. get a resume from our regular volunteers. where have we worked? what was our job? what did we learn?
for example when i worked at mcdonalds i learned about standardized cleaning tasks. customers want to know and trust the place is clean, even if the food is crap. i've worked at 2 bakeries, 5 restaurants, 2 warehouses been a janitor, been a headwaiter.

among us, we have skills we aren't tapping because we dont know. so a human capital inventory.

19. pickups: there are half the krogers in town and 2 marshes that i can't dive, so these would make good pickups. fresh thyme and that other greenwood one.



Suggested Agenda Items: (Please add or vote (***) for ones you like)
  1. Top Priorities from previous meeting (*)
    1. Temperature controlling food
    2. Fridge system
  2. Food Safety Policy/Sign (*)
  3. Proposals
    1. Standardized Store System (9tails) (*)
    2. Sanitation standards (Elise) (*)
Proposal Details:
Notes:
Relevant Notes from Last Meeting
  1. Food Safety (1pm)
    1. Our printed standard, on paper
    2. no mold on vegs (even surface of food)
    3. mold in bread -> all gone
    4. No manufactured/microwave food for share
    5. no refrigeration-required food
    6. Aesthetics -> Ice creams looks horrible when melted
    7. No unrefrigerated yogurt
    8. Gleaning too much is a problem (we become trash handler for the companies)
    9. Write:
      1. Storage, cooking, acquisition, kitchen
note: Sanitary environment, clean up.
  1. Future meeting agenda (Elise)
  2. Top 2 to do:
    1. Sylvia:
      1. [Storage] Refrigerated food should stay/be returned in fridge, and not left out during share/cook when they’re not being used.
      2. [Storage] Stop filling top fridge (Better fridge system)
    2. Ninetails:
      1. [Storage] Temperature maintenance
      2. [Storage] Routine quality sorting -> Check fridge
    3. Elise:
      1. [Acquisition] Presort/process food before refrigeration
      2. [Kitchen] Keep utensils and surface clean w/ bleach and vinegar.
    4. Wes:
      1. [Storage] Temperature
      2. [Cooking] Vinegar wash
    5. Mitchell
      1. [Storage] Temperature
      2. [Cooking] Vinegar wash
    6. Robbin:
      1. [Storage] Buy thermometers
      2. [Storage] Inventory
    7. Xander:
      1. [Cooking] Hand wash
      2. [Storage] Fridge system
  3. Tabled: 9tails (Standardized storage system)
  4. Actions:
    1. Make zine? (added by Sylvia)
    2. Email people about agenda
    3. Google docs for food safety meeting (Elise) - Sylvia might edit and help
    4. Serv Safe
      1. Chamber of commerce
    5. Go to Karn brothers field kitchen class for a whole day.

  1. Acquisition (1:25 pm): 15 min
    1. Focus on pickup + maintaining of pickup
    2. How many pickups? At least 1 bread (Amelia/Einstein bagle), 1 rice (yats), and 3 vegetables pickups (Dove’s house, Indian grocery, Trader Joe).
    3. Keeping secret/deception -> Horrible
    4. Lead w/ pickup
    5. We focused too much on share, we may want to reorganize and add focus on cleaning, gleaning/pick up setup.
    6. Actions:
      1. Set up 3-4 pickups by next meeting, and 6 by end of the year.
      2. Create pickup maps zoning system.
      3. Thank you letter to all the places we pick up food from from by December
      4. Mitchell: manage/update the pickups file w/ accountability (who can pick up the food). Sylvia will try to help.
    7. Pickup places:
      1. Starches:
        1. Yats (Rice)
        2. Amelia (Artisan bread)
        3. Einstein Bagle
      2. Vegs:
        1. Dove house (Vegs)
        2. Trader Joe (Vegs)
        3. Seven Steeples (Inconsistent Drops?)
        4. Indian grocery on the 96th st. on Wednesday nights
    8. 2nd proposal: during december, we could send care packages to other fnb groups, especially the ones who came to our regional gathering. spices in baggies would be the cheapest thing to ship. maybe we could dehydrate some veggies. I propose we allocate up to $50 for postage/shipping.
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cash count 492. expnses:
800ish plane tickets.
66 car rental. 24 bus ticket to chicago.

to do: review dates
contact alaska re moving portland 1 day. or fly back to indy instead of chicago.
email lindy and sylvy
buy postcards
take lots of photos.
go to the beach.
bath.

email matt vespa about his voter ID column
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/

write to connie lawson asking her opinion on disclaimer statute and
$100 threshhold.

called about 3 studies, will screen in lincoln 12/4, starts 12/6.
so i should get a couchsurf.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

tuesday:

1.   pack.
 book presents socks clothes bathing suit. towel? computer. carry on only. backpack.


2.   10:45 bus to chicago. blue line to ohare. 1:15. plane to seattle 8 am. so check in at 7 am.
3.   get money at bank.
4.   call bank guy.
5.   if time, dumpster dive, 2nd helpings 4015. write note to mark.
6.  cheap hotel in maui? find jeanie's number and address.
7.  add phone minutes bring chargers.
3 pm now. coffee, pack.
8. couchsurfing maui.





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Friday, November 14, 2014

friday: good day so far

cincinnati and back.

free cle saved $35, good cle at B+T on how to avoid the disciplinary commission.

found $50 scrap metal outside the cle, cashed it in. covered my gas for the day. that's $73 so far this month.

meeting with lawyer kim something slavic, emily's father. from catholic worker?
went over the contract. he will represent us at the closing for free, but is not a realtor.

i should take a bath and change clothes.

next off to a black law students' party at the mall. then dumpster dive.
also went to 4015 and po box.

next up put 2015 stickers on cars.

read thru new mail.

talked to banker, got runaround, but friendlier than yesterday. he'll have the right person call me.





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Thursday, November 13, 2014

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

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