GEHCA Tree and Garden Committee (TGC)
This is a standing committee based on GEHCA’s Bylaws (going back to about the early 1960s). The GEHCA President (currently Lisa Owen) is an ex officio member. I have been on the TGC for about 20 years and started as its chair in 2017. I have a full–time job and work on this committee when I can. Past chairs include Marcia Rutger, Matt Gillen, and Eluned Schweitzer. 2020 members are Lisa, 1st VP Purcie Bennett, Eluned, Merlyn, Sunny, and myself. In 2020, this committee met once face-to-face and communicated via email. If you have time to be an active member, we should communicate: barrowse@georgetown.edu.
At GEHCA’s next membership meeting, we’ll vote on this motion: Change the name of the Tree and Garden Committee to “Environment Committee.” We need a quorum (10%) of GECHA’s membership to vote on a motion. Our Bylaws state that motions are made during a membership meeting and voted upon in a subsequent meeting. Our sibling neighborhood, Glen Echo, also has an Environment Committee, and GE and GEH might work on a joint project.
Edd Barrows. February 19, 2020
