Present: Max Morange, President; Mary Ellen Carter, Vice President; Jessica Gillis, Treasurer; Sheryl Davis, Secretary; Mataio Gillis, Webmaster

Absent: Jeff Bode, Consigliere

Order of Business

Treasurer's report: $2,526.51 in the Fourth Corner Slow Food bank account. Resolved to have executive committee meetings monthly, open to all interested members. Members planning to attend are requested to RSVP to Sheryl at 319-9511 or sad46@lycos.com.

The next meeting is March 29. Time and place to be announced. Executive committee meeting minutes will be posted on the website.

Website: Resolved to contact Slow Food USA in New York to update our membership list, confirm our contact information, and order box of Slow Food flyers. Resolved that our members be

reminded of the importance of keeping their national membership in Slow Food current. Slow Food USA provides us with our mission statement and non-profit status (501-c-3). Resolved that

info@fourthcornerslowfood.com will be the email address for all official business and announcements. Max will respond to daily emails, Mataio will act as webmaster and do postings, and

Sheryl will make all event announcements. All emails regarding postings should be addressed to WEBMASTER-SLOW FOOD and sent to Mataio at catering@ciaothyme.com. February 25, 2005, meeting at Coop Healthy Connections Building, 6 P.M.: Sheryl will send postcard invitations requesting an RSVP as well as email reminders. We will have a potluck (bring your own plate, etc.) Max will check availability of water pitchers. We will provide plastic cups. Jessica will ask Sarah Wolfe if she can provide soup, reimbursing

Ciao Thyme for food costs.

Agenda: General introductions of members and what brought them to Slow Food. Sheryl will invite Rio Thomas of Small Potatoes Gleaning Project to discuss their connection to Slow Food. She will invite Peter Willing to report on the County Council meeting relating to use

of farm land and the regulation of sprawl in Whatcom County. The executive committee will present its brainstorming ideas for member events and fundraising events to include nonmembers.

Fundraising events will be held quarterly: autumn - Harvest Dinner (Jessica and Mataio Gillis, chairpersons); winter - European wine and cheese tasting, venue to be decided (Mary Ellen

Carter, chairperson); summer - ice cream social featuring Mallard's ice cream, venue to be decided (Sheryl Davis, chairperson); spring - visit to Bow/Edison cheese maker and goat farm with a

tasting to follow coordinated by Slough Food (Max Morange, chairperson). Other possibilities include a mid-summer micro-brew fest by Nick Hartrich. Jessica will contact Nick. Ideas for member activities include a honey tasting, tuna canning, salmon bake, booth at Wednesday Farmer's Market in Fairhaven June through September with demonstrations (Glenn

Denkler will present the idea at the Feb. 25th meeting; Mary Ellen Carter will contact Robyn Crowder for details). Sign up sheets will be available at the meeting for members to volunteer to help with the four quarterly events as well as to sponsor a Slow Food meeting/potluck in their home. Respectfully submitted, Sheryl Davis