Meeting Agenda 9/24/2010

September 24th, 2010

9:30 – 11:00

Location:  Student Life Conference Room

Reminder: Paper copies of this agenda will not be provided.

Announcements

Update on the Environmental Club and SS Day table (Jeri)

Sub-Committee Reports

Climate Action Plan – extension? http://acupcc.aashe.org/instructions/extension/

These are the main points addressed by the Extension Request

  • Describe your institution’s efforts to meet the deadline and explain why you have been unable to do so

  • Requested Length of Extension : 1, 2, 3 or 4 months?

  • Provide a list of steps you will take to achieve this new target

Friday morning CAP working meetings starting October 8th in place of regular EC meetings? (Deanne)

Old Business

Kristi has set up Requisition for Purchase to Twin Ports Paper & Supply for kitchen compost bags and handed it off to Wade (Wade)

Kevin and Kristi are registered for the Waste Wise Annual Meeting

Water bottle fill stations (Deanne)

Kristi is still working with Jeanine at WM on the disk golf course dumpster.

Kristi updated the ACUPCC Institution Implementation Profile to reflect the change from Mark to Wade and also Dr Nelson to President Johns.

New Business

Budget Report

Date Item (-) Balance
7/1/2010 Beginning FY11 Balance $ 5000
7/9/10 MN Waste Wise Membership dues $ 150 $ 4850
8/24/10 Print/Laminate 2 compost posters p
8/25/10 Print/Laminate 2 energy miser posters p
9/17/10 Waste Wise Annual Meeting Registration for Kevin and Kristi 70.00 $4780

Posted in: Agendas

Leave a Comment (0) →

Meeting Minutes 9/10/2010

9:30 Student Life Conference Room

Faculty/Staff Members present:  Megan Bugge, Kevin Futhey, Wade Gordon, Kristi Heintz, Cliff Koski, Glenn Merrick, Deanne Roquet, Jeri Schwerin

Student Members Present: Tom Deschenes

Announcements

Deanne, Glenn, Kristi, Kevin and Mark Winson met with Dr. Johns today about the Environmental Council’s future role.  Dr. Johns suggested we set annual goals and clearly define how those goals tie into the campus’ larger mission.  He was also supportive of the idea of having campus wide “buy-in” and accountability for each campus division being responsible for carrying out sustainable initiatives related to the Climate Action Plan and LSC’s Sustainability Mission Statement.

LEED Certification Ceremony is Monday, September 13th at 2:30.

Following a discussion on social media at last week’s meeting, Jeri has begun mustering support for a potential student run magazine.  This project is still in the very beginning stages and would be primarily available online.

Tom contacted the Disk Golf Club on campus and went to their meeting to discuss collaboration on clean-up efforts.  Kristi suggested we somehow try to combine efforts with some of the outdoor oriented clubs and possibly make them a part of the Environmental Outdoor club.  This would possibly create more long-standing projects and a diverse group of students.  Kristi and Jeri will arrange a meeting with Heather to discuss the possibility of maybe steering some of these students toward the Environmental Outdoor Club.

Sub-Committee Report

CAP IS DUE IN 116 working days !PLEASE HELP!

please review the documents below and add to/modify as you see appropriate.

     -Goals: Review and add to the list (SharePoint documents in Climate Action Plan folder)

     -CURRICULUM AND EDUCATION & COMMUNITY OUTREACH working docs (SharePoint)

Old Business

STARS 1.0: Kristi will bring the list to the next meeting so everyone can sign up for projects (sub-committees) they are currently a part of.

New Business 

Waste Wise Annual Meeting: October 19th at Mall of America.  Registration is $35 per person which includes lunch.  Kristi and Kevin will go if schedules permit.

Budget Report

No change from last meeting.

Motions

No motions were made at this meeting.

Next meeting

September 24th, 9:30 place TBD.

Submitted by Kristi Heintz

Posted in: Minutes

Leave a Comment (0) →

Meeting Minutes 9/10/2010

9:30 Student Life Conference Room

Faculty/Staff Members present:  Megan Bugge, Kevin Futhey, Wade Gordon, Kristi Heintz, Cliff Koski, Glenn Merrick, Deanne Roquet, Jeri Schwerin

Student Members Present: Tom Deschenes

Announcements

Deanne, Glenn, Kristi, Kevin and Mark Winson met with Dr. Johns today about the Environmental Council’s future role.  Dr. Johns suggested we set annual goals and clearly define how those goals tie into the campus’ larger mission.  He was also supportive of the idea of having campus wide “buy-in” and accountability for each campus division being responsible for carrying out sustainable initiatives related to the Climate Action Plan and LSC’s Sustainability Mission Statement.

LEED Certification Ceremony is Monday, September 13th at 2:30.

Following a discussion on social media at last week’s meeting, Jeri has begun mustering support for a potential student run magazine.  This project is still in the very beginning stages and would be primarily available online.

Tom contacted the Disk Golf Club on campus and went to their meeting to discuss collaboration on clean-up efforts.  Kristi suggested we somehow try to combine efforts with some of the outdoor oriented clubs and possibly make them a part of the Environmental Outdoor club.  This would possibly create more long-standing projects and a diverse group of students.  Kristi and Jeri will arrange a meeting with Heather to discuss the possibility of maybe steering some of these students toward the Environmental Outdoor Club.

Sub-Committee Report

CAP IS DUE IN 116 working days !PLEASE HELP!

please review the documents below and add to/modify as you see appropriate.

     -Goals: Review and add to the list (SharePoint documents in Climate Action Plan folder)

     -CURRICULUM AND EDUCATION & COMMUNITY OUTREACH working docs (SharePoint)

Old Business

STARS 1.0: Kristi will bring the list to the next meeting so everyone can sign up for projects (sub-committees) they are currently a part of.

New Business 

Waste Wise Annual Meeting: October 19th at Mall of America.  Registration is $35 per person which includes lunch.  Kristi and Kevin will go if schedules permit.

Budget Report

No change from last meeting.

Motions

No motions were made at this meeting.

Next meeting

September 24th, 9:30 place TBD.

Submitted by Kristi Heintz

Posted in: Minutes

Leave a Comment (0) →

Meeting Agenda 9/10/10

9:30 – 11:00

Location:  Student Life Conference Room

Reminder: Paper copies of this agenda will not be provided.

Announcements

Discuss this morning’s meeting with Dr. Johns

LEED Ceremony is next Monday, Sept 13 at 2:30

Potential Student Magazine (Jeri)

Sub-Committee Reports

Old Business

CAP IS DUE IN 116 working days !PLEASE HELP! me with these 2 CAP items (Kristi)

     -COMMUITY OUTREACH AND OTHER EFFORTS working doc (SharePoint)

     -CURRICULUM AND EDUCATION & COMMUNITY OUTREACH  (SharePoint)

Shredding report (Anyone)

STARS Sub-Committees: This document is still on SharePoint, and has been updated (Kristi)

New Business

Waste Wise Annual Meeting: October 19th at Mall of America

Budget Report

No change from last meeting

Posted in: Agendas

Leave a Comment (0) →

Meeting Agenda 9/10/10

9:30 – 11:00

Location:  Student Life Conference Room

Reminder: Paper copies of this agenda will not be provided.

Announcements

Discuss this morning’s meeting with Dr. Johns

LEED Ceremony is next Monday, Sept 13 at 2:30

Potential Student Magazine (Jeri)

Sub-Committee Reports

Old Business

CAP IS DUE IN 116 working days !PLEASE HELP! me with these 2 CAP items (Kristi)

     -COMMUITY OUTREACH AND OTHER EFFORTS working doc (SharePoint)

     -CURRICULUM AND EDUCATION & COMMUNITY OUTREACH  (SharePoint)

Shredding report (Anyone)

STARS Sub-Committees: This document is still on SharePoint, and has been updated (Kristi)

New Business

Waste Wise Annual Meeting: October 19th at Mall of America

Budget Report

No change from last meeting

Posted in: Agendas

Leave a Comment (0) →

Meeting Minutes 8/27/10

9:30 Student Life Conference Room

Faculty/Staff Members present:  Megan Bugge, Mat Gilderman, Wade Gordon, Kristi Heintz, Theresa Hornstein, Carol Johnson, Cliff Koski, Glenn Merrick, Deanne Roquet, Jeri Schwerin

Announcements

This semester’s EC meetings will continue to be every other Friday morning at 9:30.  Kristi will try to secure the Student Life Conference Room for these meetings.  Individual workgroup meetings can schedule separate meeting times as needed.

Environmental Outdoor Club will have a table at Student Success Day.  Jeri would like volunteers to staff the table from 11:00-1:00 while she is in class.  Megan and Glenn volunteered.

There was discussion of doing collaborative work between Environmental Council and Environmental Outdoor (Student) Club and maybe clarifying the name so students aren’t confused on which is which.

Outdoor LEED signs were discussed.  A suggestion was made to salvage scrap metal from the new building and have them laser etched with descriptions of outdoor sustainable initiatives like rain gardens, no-mow zones etc.  Mat will chair a “signage” sub-committee, Carol and Jeri both volunteered to help.

The LEED dedication ceremony for LSC will be held Monday, September 13th between 2:00 and 3:00.  Gary K. is looking for an EC representative to say a few words at the ceremony.  Contact Wade if you are interested in speaking.

Sub-Committee Report 

Climate Action Plan: please review the documents below and add to/modify as you see appropriate.

-Goals: Review and add to the list (SharePoint documents in Climate Action Plan folder)

-CURRICULUM AND EDUCATION & COMMUNITY OUTREACH working docs (SharePoint)

Kristi reminded everyone that the Climate Action Plan is due to be submitted by January 2011.

Kristi will bring a list of STARS “sub-committees” to the next meeting.

Old Business

It has been brought to Deanne’s attention that the kitchen is still close to out of compostable bags for separating pre-consumer food waste.  Kevin had agreed to follow-up on this, but may not have done so.  Deanne will follow-up with Kevin.

New Business 

Max Udovich, a new Machine Technology instructor, has taken over responsibility of organizing styro shredding efforts and contacted Kristi about possibly recruiting EC members or asking for funding to complete this task.  The Council discussed different classes in which this project could be included as a “service project” and several members of the Council also volunteered time to get the shredding caught up as it is piling up from recent computer purchases.  Kristi will email Max and let him know what we discussed, invite him to the next EC meeting to continue discussion, and EC members are encouraged to email him directly to volunteer time to shred.

 

A few representative members of the EC will be meeting with President Johns on September 10th at 8:30 to introduce him to projects and the mission of the EC.  Suggestions for items to bring to his attention include: the long history of the EC at LSC, the beneficial financial impact of projects we’ve initiated, emphasize the minimal, and very recent existence, of a budget the Council has worked from, our plans for this year and future, and also ask him feedback on how best to communicate with other campus groups that may have similar goals.  Theresa, Carol, and Deanne will work on the history and Wade will work on the financial benefit.  A small group will meet Thursday September 2nd at 2:00 to put together a list of discussion points.

 

Budget Report

Date Item (-) Balance
7/1/2010 Beginning FY11 Balance   $ 5000
7/9/10 MN Waste Wise Membership dues $ 150 $ 4850
8/24/10 Print/Laminate 2 compost posters p  
8/25/10 Print/Laminate 2 energy miser posters p  

 

Motions

No motions were made at this meeting.

Next meeting

September 10th, time and location TBD.

Submitted by Kristi Heintz

Posted in: Minutes

Leave a Comment (0) →

Meeting Minutes 8/27/10

9:30 Student Life Conference Room

Faculty/Staff Members present:  Megan Bugge, Mat Gilderman, Wade Gordon, Kristi Heintz, Theresa Hornstein, Carol Johnson, Cliff Koski, Glenn Merrick, Deanne Roquet, Jeri Schwerin

Announcements

This semester’s EC meetings will continue to be every other Friday morning at 9:30.  Kristi will try to secure the Student Life Conference Room for these meetings.  Individual workgroup meetings can schedule separate meeting times as needed.

Environmental Outdoor Club will have a table at Student Success Day.  Jeri would like volunteers to staff the table from 11:00-1:00 while she is in class.  Megan and Glenn volunteered.

There was discussion of doing collaborative work between Environmental Council and Environmental Outdoor (Student) Club and maybe clarifying the name so students aren’t confused on which is which.

Outdoor LEED signs were discussed.  A suggestion was made to salvage scrap metal from the new building and have them laser etched with descriptions of outdoor sustainable initiatives like rain gardens, no-mow zones etc.  Mat will chair a “signage” sub-committee, Carol and Jeri both volunteered to help.

The LEED dedication ceremony for LSC will be held Monday, September 13th between 2:00 and 3:00.  Gary K. is looking for an EC representative to say a few words at the ceremony.  Contact Wade if you are interested in speaking.

Sub-Committee Report 

Climate Action Plan: please review the documents below and add to/modify as you see appropriate.

-Goals: Review and add to the list (SharePoint documents in Climate Action Plan folder)

-CURRICULUM AND EDUCATION & COMMUNITY OUTREACH working docs (SharePoint)

Kristi reminded everyone that the Climate Action Plan is due to be submitted by January 2011.

Kristi will bring a list of STARS “sub-committees” to the next meeting.

Old Business

It has been brought to Deanne’s attention that the kitchen is still close to out of compostable bags for separating pre-consumer food waste.  Kevin had agreed to follow-up on this, but may not have done so.  Deanne will follow-up with Kevin.

New Business 

Max Udovich, a new Machine Technology instructor, has taken over responsibility of organizing styro shredding efforts and contacted Kristi about possibly recruiting EC members or asking for funding to complete this task.  The Council discussed different classes in which this project could be included as a “service project” and several members of the Council also volunteered time to get the shredding caught up as it is piling up from recent computer purchases.  Kristi will email Max and let him know what we discussed, invite him to the next EC meeting to continue discussion, and EC members are encouraged to email him directly to volunteer time to shred.

 

A few representative members of the EC will be meeting with President Johns on September 10th at 8:30 to introduce him to projects and the mission of the EC.  Suggestions for items to bring to his attention include: the long history of the EC at LSC, the beneficial financial impact of projects we’ve initiated, emphasize the minimal, and very recent existence, of a budget the Council has worked from, our plans for this year and future, and also ask him feedback on how best to communicate with other campus groups that may have similar goals.  Theresa, Carol, and Deanne will work on the history and Wade will work on the financial benefit.  A small group will meet Thursday September 2nd at 2:00 to put together a list of discussion points.

 

Budget Report

Date Item (-) Balance
7/1/2010 Beginning FY11 Balance   $ 5000
7/9/10 MN Waste Wise Membership dues $ 150 $ 4850
8/24/10 Print/Laminate 2 compost posters p  
8/25/10 Print/Laminate 2 energy miser posters p  

 

Motions

No motions were made at this meeting.

Next meeting

September 10th, time and location TBD.

Submitted by Kristi Heintz

Posted in: Minutes

Leave a Comment (0) →

Meeting Agenda 8/27/2010

9:30 – 11:00

Location:  Student Life Conference Room

Reminder: Paper copies of this agenda will not be provided.

Announcements

Discuss this semester’s meeting times

Student Success Day Table for Environmental Outdoor Club (Jeri)

Posted 2 energy miser posters, more needed? (Kristi)

Sub-Committee Reports

 

Old Business

 

New Business

Outline September 10th EC Representative meeting with Dr. Johns

Budget Report

Date Item (-) Balance
7/1/2010 Beginning FY11 Balance   $ 5000
7/9/10 MN Waste Wise Membership dues $ 150 $ 4850
8/24/10 Print/Laminate 2 compost posters p  
8/25/10 Print/Laminate 2 energy miser posters p  

 

Posted in: Agendas

Leave a Comment (0) →

Meeting Minutes 6/21/2010

2:00 Student Life Conference Room

Faculty/Staff Members present:  Kevin Futhey, Wade Gordon, Kristi Heintz, Theresa Hornstein, Cliff Koski, Deanne Roquet, Jeri Schwerin

Announcements

The MnSCU Sustainability 2010 document is available on SharePoint.

The EC will have an information table for Welcome Week on Tuesday, August 24, 11-1:00 in the atrium.  It will feature information on our new  EC Student Green Leadership Groups.

Tom posted a sign at the disk golf course entrance with contact info to our sustainability email address.  Once we have student interest, we will organize a clean-up schedule.

Deanne mentioned a PKAL “Green Chemistry-Building-Green Campus” workshop at St. Olaf College July 30th.  She would like to see someone from LSC attend.

Sub-Committee Report

Climate Action Plan: please review the documents below and add to/modify as you see appropriate.

    -Goals: Review and add to the list (SharePoint documents under Climate Action Plan)

    -CURRICULUM AND EDUCATION & COMMUNITY OUTREACH working docs (SharePoint)

Tom has compiled the results of the Commuting Survey and has posted a document to SharePoint.

Old Busines

LSC Sustainability Web Page: Kristi has been working with Mat to get the sustainability page put together.  If you have suggestions for sub-pages please email either of us.           

A new LSC Sustainability email address has been established: sustainability@lsc.edu

      -The messages are immediately forwarded to Kristi’s email

      -The email address will be posted on the Sustainability Web Page for Questions, Comments, etc

We’d like to recruit student(s) to work on completing and ongoing upkeep of website

-Tom has emailed Anup Parajuli about a finding a student/group to work on compiling information for the sub-pages.

New Business 

Deanne will work with Theresa to draft a letter for Dr. Nelson’s “Book of Appreciation”.  It is due June 23rd.

Kristi has contacted Chris Rinsgred about incorporating a feasibility study related to powering LSC’s main entrance sign on Trinity Road with solar.  Christ is going to put work it into a class next semester.

Kristi contacted Dan Pioro about possibly getting GreenPrint software for LSC.  He is looking into cost.

We’d like to begin working on a Tree Campus USA application.  The Council agrees it would be a positive program to be involved in.  The deadline for application is December.  Kristi will work on it with information from Glenn.

Kristi has contacted Heather and Chandra about working with Student Life and Student Senate on Recycle Mania this year.  Heather thinks it’s a great idea and will work with Kristi to establish responsibilities of the Council and Student Life/Student Senate.

Kevin and Kristi talked with Connie about new ideas to reduce bag waste in the Bookstore.  Connie is very receptive to any ideas we have.  We will set up a recycle station for plastic bags (bookstore bags and plastic shopping bags) and Connie will use those bags in the bookstore.

Tom and Kristi put together a Student Recruit PowerPoint (it is available to view/revise on SharePoint).  This ppt will be used in select classrooms during the first weeks of classes to try to get students involved in the EC Green Student Leadership Groups.

Motions

No motions were made at this meeting.

Next meeting

TBD

Submitted by Kristi Heintz

Posted in: Uncategorized

Leave a Comment (0) →
Page 30 of 38 «...10202829303132...»