Meetings

Next Meeting: Jan. 20, 2027

Our first quarterly meeting of 2027 will be Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 6 p.m. at Fort Lewis College (room TBD). Nominees will be FLC student sustainability grant projects.

5:15-6:00pm: Grab a snack, check in, mingle (optional)

6:00-7:15pm: Meeting (runs a tad longer due to FLC student & professor pitches)

Please consider nominating a local environmental nonprofit to receive our Spring collective donation in April: Nominate a Nonprofit

Southwest Conservation Corps & Mountain Studies Institute Share Fall Donation

With attendance down due to wet weather for our October 21 meeting at 11th Street Station, odds of a tie vote increased and that is indeed what happened! Southwest Conservation Corps & Mountain Studies Institute will split our Fall (Q1) collective donation (amount TBD). Click on the links to learn more about the significant work they do for our corner of the Earth.

2027 Meeting Dates

We meet quarterly on the 3rd Wednesdays of January, April, July and October.

Jan. 20, 2027 July 21, 2027

April 21, 2027 Oct. 20, 2027

We need nominations of nonprofits for each meeting. (EXCEPTION: January meeting)

Please head to the Nominate a Nonprofit page to nominate a favorite local environmental organization by April 7, 2027 for our April 21st meeting.

The Meeting Process

Prior to the Meeting:

Nominations for nonprofits are due two weeks prior to the meeting.
Three of the nominated nonprofits will be selected randomly (a "fishbowl" drawing), and the nominating member of each selected nonprofit will be notified so that they can prepare a short "pitch" for their nominated nonprofit.

At the Meeting:

Members will check in and get their name tag. Members (submitted membership form & made donation) are eligible to vote for one of the three nonprofits nominated for that meeting. Guests are welcome to observe and, if they wish, donate, but cannot vote.
For each of the three randomly selected nominated nonprofits, the person who nominated it will give a 5-minute informal pitch for the nonprofit, why they nominated it and how a collective donation could impact it.
A 5-minute question & answer period will follow each pitch. A member of the nonprofit is encouraged to be there to help answer questions.
After all three nonprofit pitches, members will vote on which nonprofit they want to receive the collective donation. The voting is secret.
The ballots will be tallied and the winner announced. Only those attending the meeting in person can vote as we value hearing the pitches.

After the Meeting:

The 100+ for the Earth organizers will work with the Community Foundation of Southwest Colorado to ensure that all intended donations are received.
The Community Foundation will issue the chosen nonprofit a check for the amount of the collective donation.

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