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- Emily Armitage (Unlicensed) follow up with us once you hear back about the Vendor Request form for the downtown market
- Emily's follow up: after applying for a spot at the Downtown Farmer's Market, they offered us a spot in two of the Farmer's Markets in September. We discussed that the Undine market (Thursday Local Market) might be a better venue as there would be more space and fewer people.
- Emily Armitage (Unlicensed) get in contact with the Undine market and see what their availability for hosting another booth is
- Emily's follow up: I contacted the Thursday local market folks and they were very interested in our project. The person I corresponded with, Peggy McCrackin (Market Manager) explained that if our booth had activities geared toward children the ten dollar fee per Market would be waived. I filled out and submitted a vendor application and will update once Peggy gets back to me.
- Secondary follow up: Emily Armitage (Unlicensed) reported that they willing to have us pretty much whenever we want to be there. We should shoot for potentially the end of July in order to give us enough time to prep the Winogradsky Column and Bacteria Suncatchers. Erin Bentley will follow up with exact dates after determining how long it will take to get all of this together.
- Erin Bentley follow up with dates and activity updates
- Naomi Ward has emailed Karen to ask about using her indirect funds for such a purpose–report back after returning from trip
- Erin Bentley look into getting some Microbestiary "swag"–tshirts, koozies, etc.
Emily Armitage (Unlicensed)'s report and description of activities
Report of attendance at the August 8th Thursday Local Market:
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We had great engagement from the children present at the market throughout our time there. Many parents were interested in the Microbestiary as a whole, asked great questions about our mission, and were happy to allow their children to participate in our outreach activity. We made a connection with a representative from Laramie Soap Company, who is willing to display artwork or posters, and might be open to a collaboration. We also connected with an educator from Laramie High School that asked if we did educational outreach to 9-12th graders, and offered to pass along our information to the science teachers at the high school. We ended up handing out 25 pamphlets, and kids made in total 22 Winogradsky columns and 29 suncatchers.
- Erin Bentley will do a succinct write up of the three Farmers Markets
Rough estimates of the totals for suncatchers and winogradsky columns made throughout our days at the Market:
Suncatchers: 60
Winogradsky columns: 45
- Rebecca Austin get the final total for what we owe for using the laser cutter