<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Is it a question of money or management? If money only (i.e., "manpower" is available), then I for one would favor weekly appearances, and help to fund it. <div><br></div><div>Of course, a shortened "season", or fewer appearances, makes both issues easier to deal with. </div><div><br></div><div>--mkb</div><div><br></div><div>Responses below—</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Apr 1, 2012, at 4:14 PM, Karen Medina wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi Peace,<br><br>Normally this sort of thing should go to the other listserv,<br>peace-discuss, instead of peace. But I decided that this affects the<br>larger community of Urbana Champaign that is interested in peace and<br>justice issues and this is an event.<br><br>This year's Urbana Illinois' Market at the Square (aka the Farmer's<br>Market at Lincoln Square) has raised their prices for non-profit<br>organizations by about 40% to bring the price closer to what the<br>for-profit tables cost. (see note * below for more details, if you are<br>interested).<br><br>For years, AWARE has had a table at the Market at the Square. Weekly.<br><br>Several suggestions and options face us.<br><br>Suggestion 1) Rent two spaces instead of just one. The local Occupy<br>group has already shown excitement over the idea of being invited to<br>share a double-space with us. One member in particular is talking<br>about adding live folk music as a feature (she and friends have a<br>great folk band).<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f81e1c">Sounds good!</font><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><br>The cost for a weekly DOUBLE space would be (according to the AWARE<br>treasurer, Stuart Levy): $486 for the summer (May 5 through November<br>3, 2012); 7am to 12noon. // 24 weeks in all.<br>The cost for a weekly SINGLE space would be half that.<br><br><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#910b93">Question: weekly or something less than weekly? </font></div></blockquote><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">It clearly depends—on the adequacy of personpower and the money.</font><br><br>Options:<br>Weekly rental // OR instead of weekly, every other week. Or monthly.<br>Or something less than weekly.<br>We could rent the space weekly, but offer to share the space with<br>other groups (i.e. CUCPJ) so that AWARE would only have to find<br>volunteers every other week instead of weekly.<br><br><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#910b93">Question: Is the additional cost an issue? Is it too much? Is it worth<br>it? Is it more important now more than ever? Or is it not worth it?</font><br></div></blockquote><br>I don't know about <i>importance</i>, I think it's <i>useful</i> to remind the populace…</div><div>The Palestinian question, the imperial program continues. Iran, Syria, …</div><div>Sustainability/climate change are issues that bear venting. <br><blockquote type="cite"><div><br><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#910b93">Question: How can you personally help take some of the burden so that<br>volunteers don't get burned out?</font><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div>When in town, I'd be willing to volunteer, but I'll be out of town for long periods (in June and July).</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><br>Humbly your servant,<br>Karen Medina<br>---<br>Notes * about the price for non-profit vs. for-profit:<br>[Each for-profit group space is 6 feet wide by 10 feet deep.]<br>[Full season (24 weeks) for a for-profit vendor for a single space is: $480.00]<br>[Community group fee will increase from $7.50 per space, per week to<br>$10.00 per space, per week. Fees for community groups had not<br>increased since 2006.]<br>[For non-profit/community groups, (if we pre-pay before April 13 for<br>more than 5 Saturdays,) 10 weeks for 1 space would cost $90; 10 weeks<br>for 2 spaces would cost<br>$180.00. The full season is 24 weeks would be 180 x 2.4 = $432, so I<br>am not sure where Stuart came up with the $486, unless he was thinking<br>$10 per space per week x 2 spaces x 24 weeks = $480 without the<br>discount for pre-paying before April 13 --> Through April 13, 2012, A<br>10% discount can be taken on any pre-paid payment covering 5 or more<br>Saturdays.]<br>[Community group space dimensions are 6 feet wide by 16.5 feet deep.]<br>=========<br>Some people had asked about bake sale type stuff. Rules for the<br>for-profit market now include:<br>* Re-selling of produce, arts and crafts, or any other item at the<br>Market is prohibited at the Market.<br>* The new cottage food law is effect:<br><a href="http://urbanaillinois.us/sites/default/files/attachments/new-cottage-food-law-and-you_0.pdf">http://urbanaillinois.us/sites/default/files/attachments/new-cottage-food-law-and-you_0.pdf</a><br>To sell at Urbana’s Market at the Square, a potential cottage food<br>operator must:<br>- Register their contact information in person with the<br>Champaign-Urbana Public Health District. If the operator is from<br>another county, they must register with their own county. There is no<br>inspection of an operator’s kitchen, no fee for registration, and<br>there is no permit given, but the operator’s name will be published on<br>a page at the C-UPHD’s website so Market staff may perform due<br>diligence.<br>- Take and pass a Food Service Sanitation Manager’s course. The<br>Market’s management requires a copy of this certificate prior to being<br>approved for a space at the Market.<br>- Label all food with: 1) the name and address of the operation; 2)<br>the common name of the product; 3) all ingredients (listed in<br>descending order by weight); 4)production date; 5) whether the product<br>contains any allergens (milk, eggs, wheat, peanuts, fish, or tree<br>nuts); and 6) the following statement: “This product was produced in a<br>home kitchen not subject to public health inspection that may also<br>process common food allergens.”<br>- Display a sign with the following statement: “This product was<br>produced in a home kitchen not subject to public health inspection<br>that may also process common food allergens.” The Market will provide<br>this sign.<br>Please note: While the C-UPHD will be out from time to time inspecting<br>the Market, Market staff will also be monitoring cottage food<br>operations to make sure they’re in compliance with these new<br>regulations.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Peace mailing list<br>Peace@lists.chambana.net<br>http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>