Meeting Minutes 12/16/2011
9:00-11:00
Location: Student Life Conference Room
Attendance
Governing Council members present: Deanne Roquet, Kevin Futhey, Kristi Heintz, Mike Francisco, Wade Gordon
General Members present: Dick Haney, Mat Gilderman
Announcements
Student Success Day Paula has called for proposals for fall SS Day, February 15th. The Council suggested we do another campus walk-through. Possibly include this as a student worker task. Kristi will submit a proposal.
Info Desk Foot Warmer In the past, we’d discussed purchasing foot warmers to replace needed space heaters on campus. Kristi suggested we purchase one as an example for the Information desk at the East entrance. Innovative Office Solutions sells the floor heaters for $46. Kevin motioned to purchase one as an example, Deanne seconded it. Kristi will order one and create signage promoting its use an also work with Mat to work it into a Newsplash.
MnSCU Sustainability Across the Curriculum Workshop is March 29-31st at Bemidji State. Interested faculty are encouraged to attend.
Student Senate Legacy Project The EC discussed plans for Earth Day and Arbor Day in the spring. Discussion lead to plans for the Student Senate’s Legacy Project planning. This project would fit well into activities for Earth Day/Arbor Day in the spring. Kristi will invite Senator Brent Tweet and Senate President Brian Sanner to the next meeting.
Recruiting Rep: Melissa Leno attended the EC meeting to discuss options for working sustainability into the campus recruiting and Campus Ambassadors materials. The EC outlined some potential ways to integrate sustainability into their website and also options for print material. Melissa noted the recruiting brochure will be re-printed soon, and if we’d like input, we should work with her in the near future. She also noted it would be a good idea for us to give the campus sustainability tour, similar to the one we gave on Student Success Day, to Ambassadors, so they can disseminate that info to potential and new students. Kristi will arrange that tour for late January. The EC will discuss specifics of what we’d like to request of promotional materials, now that we have a better idea of a timeline and options. Kristi will follow up with Melissa after EC discussions in January.
Work Group Reports
Green Team Dick, Wade, and Deanne volunteered to work on this task. Discussions are tabled until January.
New Business
Work Studies The EC has been granted 20 work study hours per week. Kristi will post a position description including projects such as Recycle Mania/waste tracking, Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Tree Campus, Green Teams, Website work, and EC meeting attendance. Kristi will accept applications through the second week of spring semester.
ReUse Room The re-use room will be housed in the old MLT lab the week before classes. The room is available as a re-use room through January 20th. Kristi will send an email out to individuals involved in the H building move, letting them know details. Mike agreed to spend some time monitoring the drop-offs in the MLT lab.
Recycling in the H Building Kevin has taken the lead in making sure recycling receptacles are available in the H Building. Thanks, Kevin!
Recycle Mania with Student Senate Kristi has been working with Beth, from Student Senate, about starting the Recycle Mania project. A work-study will be assigned to work with Beth on this going forward, and Kevin will work with them on waste tracking. More information on Recycle Mania can be found here.
Old Business
Budget
No change from last meeting
Balance as of 12/14/11: $3127.32
Next meeting
Meetings for the semester: Jan 13th, 27th. Feb 10th, 24th. March 16th, 30th. April 13th, 20th. And May 4th. Kristi will email Roger to reserve the Student Life Conference Room and will email all EC members with an Outlook meeting invite.
Notes Submitted by Kristi Heintz
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