Meeting Minutes 3/5/10
Environmental Council
Meeting Minutes
March 5th, 2010
Faculty/Staff Members present: Deanne Roquet, Glenn Merrick, Heather Grillo, Julius Salinas, Kevin Futhey, Kristi Heintz, Mat Gilderman, Theresa Hornstein
Announcements
Next meeting: March 19th and every other week after.
Sub-Committee Reports
Sub-Committee member lists were passed around and updated
Environmental Council Retreat
-Location and Date/Time: Deanne suggested staying on campus to have the flexibility of breaking into working groups and also inviting Mark and/or Gary for a portion of the meeting to discuss specific issues (including new building inquires and a Stormwater Management Plan). It was suggested we try to secure the Student Life Conference Room for 9:00 am on APRIL 23rd or 30th and spend most of the day in working groups.
-Kristi will work on reserving the room
-Topics for the retreat include: An EC Annual Report, an EC Power Point presentation, Environmental Purchase Policy, goals for next year, ways to connect with LSC’s future President, the worm building, and stormwater management issues.
-Theresa suggest a potluck lunch
President’s Climate Commitment
-Kristi was contacted by Bill Mittlefehldt of Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs). He suggested we supply a “success story” for their website on our vending miser project.
-Kristi will talk with Svea and see if she is interested in putting together a brief summary of our project highlighting it as an Environmental Council initiative.
-It was also mentioned that this program should be publicized within the school, possibly through simple signs on or near the vending machines, maybe do this as an Earth Day eco-awareness project.
Old Business
It’s in the Bag: The Council decided that a plastic bag recycling receptacle is a good idea and a motion was made to purchase 1 receptacle for $145 from MN Waste Wise. Deanne will discuss a meeting time with Kate Worley from MN Waste Wise and she will bring the receptacle with her during that trip.
-Kristi contacted Airpark Services and they will pick up and sort materials for $4 per pick-up and will pick-up on an on-call basis to start out. Kristi will schedule pick-ups.
Living Green Conference:
– Ideas for next year include collaboration with other area events with a similar focus. Glenn suggested possibly contacting St. Louis River Alliance and partnering with them next year in their Watershed Festival. Another idea was to hold the event simultaneously with WLSSD’s rain barrel workshop in the spring.
-Visitor cost was also brought up. Many ideas were given for utilizing the proceeds of the event.
-Publicity was discussed and it was agreed to have a website developed. Mat will follow up.
-A sub-committee has been formed and anyone interested is welcome to join.
LSC Earth Day (April 22nd, 2010)
Heather attended this portion of the meeting to discuss our expected role in this year’s Earth Day.
-We will be responsible for the key note speaker, venders, and t-shirts.
-Speaker: Paul Thompson’s work history was distributed and the possibility of Arne Vainio speaking was also brought up. The Council would also like to consider Arne, Kevin will contact him and see if he and his wife are available.
-Deanne was contacted by LSC’s Institutional Effectiveness Campus Beautification Committee and asked to find a way to showcase and incorporate the atrium for a “grand re-opening” during Earth Day activities. The committee decided to use the atrium as the location for the key note speaker.
-Venders: Heather asked us to also take on venders since we have contacts from the Living Green Conference. Kristi will discuss this with Wade and Svea. Deanne also suggested we invite Jay Hanson as a “vender” with his Drive Easy campaign. Deanne also suggested we purchase his bumper stickers at cost to hand out to students. John’s Twin Ports Recycling was also discussed as a vendor for electronics recycling.
-T-shirts: Mat will initiate the design contest soon. A suggestion was made to use a recycled content t-shirt if the cost wasn’t substantially different from regular cotton. Mat will look into it.
-Signage: Deanne discussed a poster she saw at MCTC highlighting their commitment to the President’s Climate Commitment. After much discussion, the Council made a motion to go with a large vinyl banner with ACUPCC and LSC’s logos along with a brief quote of our commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As part of the Earth Day activities, we would like to have students, faculty, and staff sign the banner and display it either in the atrium or on one of the catwalks. This banner could be used annually by adding additional signatures of new students/employees. Mat will look into cost.
New Business
Motions
Deanne motioned to purchase one plastic bag recycling receptacle from MN Waste Wise for $145. Mat seconded the motion with unanimous support.
Kevin motioned to move forward in purchasing a banner showing our support for the President’s Climate Commitment to be signed on Earth Day. Theresa seconded the motion with unanimous support.
Next meeting
The next meeting will be Friday March 19th, 9:30 – 11:30 location TBD.
Submitted by Kristi Heintz
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