Onboarding

Welcome to the Ramsey County Master Gardener Volunteer Program!

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We're so glad that you decided to join us in 2023. Your background check has cleared, your Safety of Minors training is complete, and you have registered to the Horticultural Core Course. Starting in January you will receive both the statewide and Ramsey County newsletter and invitations to volunteer events and activities. Early next year you will also receive a temporary name badge and t-shirt mailed to your home. (They might arrive in February.)

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Before You Start

Before then, below are a few house-keeping items that we recommend tackling before you officially get started. These will help you hit the ground running in 2023.

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Recommended Reading for New Volunteers

• University of Minnesota Board of Regents Code of Conduct

• Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program Policy on Equity, Diversity, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action

• Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program Standards of Behavior

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Frequent Email Contacts

Add these names to your email's contact list/address book. You will be getting email and phone messages from them this year and you don't want your email's spam/junk filter to delete them.

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• Darren Lochner – dlochner@umn.edu | 715 456 0690

• Brianna Gohde – gohde013@umn.edu | 651 216 5115

• Judie Ginter – judieg123@gmail.com | 612 388 5331

• Karen Randall – karensrandall@gmail.com | 651 592 0087

• Master Gardener State Team – mgweb@umn.edu

• SignUp Genius – info@signupgenius.com

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