Meeting Agenda 4/8/2014
1:00 – 2:00
Small Administrative Conference Room
Review Last Meeting’s Minutes
Announcements
Work Group and Student Employee Reports
Policy and Procedure: employee reminders, education, and training needs (printing, recycling, supplies, computers, small appliance)
*Rachel, Carol, Kristi, Chad
Sustainability Reporting/Benchmarking: GGI, ACUPCC, MnSCU Sustainability Reporting, Superior Compact, B3, publicizing info
*Kristi, Aaron, Deanne, Bruce
Sustainability Kiosk: energy dashboard/demo, sustainability signage
*Duane, Rachel, Student Senate Rep
Landscape Planning: annual flower planting, rainwater harvesting, no-mow areas, rooftop gardening
*Kristi, Mike, Aaron, Theresa, maintenance rep, Wade
-planning update, burn planned
Sustainability in Curriculum
*Theresa, Aaron, Kristi, Deanne
Garden Club update (Neldon, Aaron)
Other SE Updates (Neldon, Aaron)
Aaron: café benchmarking project, PTK, Student Senate: ISF Lake Superior Local Food Purchasing Toolkit
Real Food Challenge and the Real Food Challenge Calculator
New Business
Earth Day update, poster review
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What |
Where |
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Month of April: weekly blog post featuring LSC Sustainability efforts in This Week in Student Life, Newsplash, and facebook |
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11:00-2:00 |
vendor tables Council table featuring recycling options: plastics, cartridges, compost etc |
Student Life hallway |
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11:00-1:00 |
Campus Clean-up w/ water bottle give-away |
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11:00-1:00 |
Student posters (also Wed) , herb planting, worm bin giveaway |
Atrium |
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11:00-noon |
Speakers: Chad Johnson (conf), Thousand Hills (conf), Food Farm (conf) |
Lounge |
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noon-1:00 |
Lunch: Thousand Hills hot dogs (conf), Food Farm Rutabaga fries (conf), hummus (tent), compostable eatware and bins |
I-net Cafe |
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12:00-1:30 |
“Fresh” movie, discussion (Kristi tent) |
Lounge |
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(tent)=tentative (conf)=confirmed (alt)= alternate |
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World Water Week re-cap
Rotary Shred-a-thon
Silver Bay Victus Farms field trip update-April 25, motion to pay for bus
Compost and Concourse signs?
Grand Re-opening of Interpretive Trail
Minnesota Waste Wise Waste Sort (postpone for May meeting)
STP-LSC project “Strategic Sustainability Planning to Synergistic Results” submitted for consideration for annual AASHE Sustainability Case Study award
Ongoing Business
Old Business
Budget
Request for heated foot rest for the Administrative Assistant to the VP ($52.64)
Bus to Silver Bay, tour Victus Farm ($300)
Purchase compostable plates, cups, and napkins for Earth Day (300 each for $76)
Purchase compostable cups for Development Day
Earth Day speaker, Chad Johnson ($75)
Posts/rope for H-bldg seeded area ($159.75/12 pk)x2
Bottle filling station for ERTC/LSC downtown
Interpretive Trailhead sign ($132)
FY14 Budget: $9,000
Encumbrances to date:
MN Waste Wise membership 2013-2014: -$150
Open PO for Menards (landscaping supplies: azalea mulch, planter flowers): -$200
Open PO for Menards (Interpretive trail supplies) – $200
AASHE membership: -$280
Airpark plastic bag recycling program: -$208
Rene Fall (Int Trail GIS mapping): -$320
UMACS Kristi travel and registration: -$758.39
ACUPCC annual 2013-2014 membership: -$750
Eden Brothers (seed mix for S-bldg): -143.96
Grainger for faucet aerators: -$85
RSPT member dues: -$300
BALANCE as of 1/14/2014: $5618.65
FY14 potential budget items
· Concourse lighting signage
· Additional bike rack for main entrance
· Outdoor recycling cans
· Interpretive Trail bench, trash/recycling cans, exclosures
· Parking lot info signs
· Legacy: fencing for exclosures
· Sustainability kiosk
· MnSCU Sustainability Across Curriculum workshop host costs
Next Meeting
May 2nd, 2014 9:00 in Student Life Conference Room
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