Because David S. and Adam weren't able to make it to the meeting tonight, here are the (apologetically lengthy) minutes:
Main topics were:
-The PCC campaign plan for 8th block
-Meeting with Dick Celeste to discuss the PCC & EnAct for next year
-EnAct positions/who's running
-Back to school plans for the fall
The PCC Campaign Plan for 8th Block
-Deadline to hand in the PCC proposal & petition = 3rd Friday
This week:
-Set up a table for the petition at the Gear Sale and during Llama this Saturday morning and afternoon (David S yes we
assigned you)
-Get the GRT green group heads to all sign the PCC (Katie)
-Get EV professors/general willing faculty to sign the PCC (?)
-Get the petition out at the Relay for Life (Charlie & Courtney)
-Chalking (Katie & Charlie)
-All-school listserv, departmental listservs (Charlie)
-Butcher paper signs (?)
-More flyers up- check EnAct listserv for PDF email (everyone)
-Door-to-dooring with the petition as assigned tonight (everyone)
-Email CCCA Heads this week to get ourselves on their docket for 3rd week meeting (Charlie)
3rd week:
-The to-be-newly-elected co-chairs meet with Dick Celeste 3rd Monday during open office hours in Worner
-Put a new cover letter on the PCC branding it as "student support" instead of a petition
-Then meet with CCCA 3rd week to discuss them making a resolution on the PCC to send to Celeste with our proposal
-Put the whole packet together with blessings from DeLaHunt and submit it all on Friday
Meeting with Dick Celeste 3rd Week:
-He already knows about the PCC and our push for it, he just doesn't know we are the faces behind it.
-Via Beth Brooks, Celeste is creating a President's Advisory Committee of External Experts on energy consumption &
costs for campus, which will directly advise him on the PCC. David Amster is connected with this. We need to have full
communication between this new committee and the CSC so that everyone's on the same page.
EnAct Positions/Who's running:
-5 folks are running for co-chairs: David S., Katie, Laura, Adam, & David Amster-O
-Discussion continues about tri-chairs vs. quadra-chairs vs. a committee of everyone
-Beyond the co-chairs, positions of Treasurer, Online Point-Person, Secretary, and Marketing are up as well
Back to School Plans for the Fall:
-Get our hands in RA Training
-Create a pamphlet on sustainable CC lifestyle choices & EnAct stickers for all new students & NSO Leaders
-Get a table in Worner with EnAct's name during the move-in weekend, getting parents and kids to check us out
-Make another set of EnAct stickers and blitz the bathrooms V.A.T.-style before classes kick in
YAAAAA! That's about it. Big EnAct meeting tomorrow at 8 for elections!
Best,
Katie
Monday, April 30, 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Monday Meeting
-Meeting tomorrow to discuss the PCC campaign and re-group before the official EnAct meeting on Tuesday-
5:00 PM in the ERC
Bring copies of the petition for door-to-door circulation. See you folks tomorrow.
-KE
5:00 PM in the ERC
Bring copies of the petition for door-to-door circulation. See you folks tomorrow.
-KE
Urbanism Week: Majora Carter, etc...
First I want to thank everyone who participated in Urbanism Week. I hope everyone had an enjoyable and enlightening experience. With time I will provide additional follow-up information from the Campus Planning Forum.
But in the meantime, I wanted to provide a link to a presentation Majora Carter gave at the TED Conference in 2006:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/speakers/view/id/51
I would encourage everyone to view any and all of the amazing presentations available on the TED website [ted.com] because there is a wealth of information for your thirsty brains. Soak it up big guy. Just soak it up.
But in the meantime, I wanted to provide a link to a presentation Majora Carter gave at the TED Conference in 2006:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/speakers/view/id/51
I would encourage everyone to view any and all of the amazing presentations available on the TED website [ted.com] because there is a wealth of information for your thirsty brains. Soak it up big guy. Just soak it up.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
EnAct's future officers
I'm thinking we should discuss who will seek to be one of EnAct's officers next year and the structure and concept of the positions - accomplishing some dialogue and at least preparatory thought here onj the blog in the run-up to the meeting Monday.
1) What should be the structure of EnAct leadership? The idea of 3 tri-chairs was popular at the last meeting. Do we actually need 4 co-chairs to accomplish all of our ambitious plans, given the inconsistency of the block plan and our presumably increasingly academically intense lives and tighter schedules? Laura Parker told me she thinks 4 chairs is what we need. In addition, I think it is important to have a Treasurer; Secretary; Outreach Head; and Internet Pointperson within EnAct. Ideally for me these positions and their responsibility would be covered by people who are not also EnAct chairs, but I imagine some chairs will double in these positions. Laura Parker would be a great Treasurer given her experience, and she has expressed some interest in this. Wiley Roberts expressed some interest in being the Internet Pointperson. Should we omit or add any positions or have them at all? Thoughts in general?
2) Should we have elections for officer positions to give a clear authority and legitimacy to the officers, or simply determine who will be the officers by finding consensus through a roundtable discussion, or do the former if the latter doesn't narrow the field to the correct possitions? How should people be eligible to run - personal decision alone, or the requirement of nomination by others?
3) Who is running for officer positions? I know Katie Eberle and David Sullivan mentioned that they think they will run for chairs. I know I am considering doing so as well while also pondering how that would relate to my position as chair of the Climate Change CC subgroup. Anyone interested in the non-chair officer positions?
Charlie
1) What should be the structure of EnAct leadership? The idea of 3 tri-chairs was popular at the last meeting. Do we actually need 4 co-chairs to accomplish all of our ambitious plans, given the inconsistency of the block plan and our presumably increasingly academically intense lives and tighter schedules? Laura Parker told me she thinks 4 chairs is what we need. In addition, I think it is important to have a Treasurer; Secretary; Outreach Head; and Internet Pointperson within EnAct. Ideally for me these positions and their responsibility would be covered by people who are not also EnAct chairs, but I imagine some chairs will double in these positions. Laura Parker would be a great Treasurer given her experience, and she has expressed some interest in this. Wiley Roberts expressed some interest in being the Internet Pointperson. Should we omit or add any positions or have them at all? Thoughts in general?
2) Should we have elections for officer positions to give a clear authority and legitimacy to the officers, or simply determine who will be the officers by finding consensus through a roundtable discussion, or do the former if the latter doesn't narrow the field to the correct possitions? How should people be eligible to run - personal decision alone, or the requirement of nomination by others?
3) Who is running for officer positions? I know Katie Eberle and David Sullivan mentioned that they think they will run for chairs. I know I am considering doing so as well while also pondering how that would relate to my position as chair of the Climate Change CC subgroup. Anyone interested in the non-chair officer positions?
Charlie
Some Ideas for the Future
Oberlin College, at first glance a CC-like liberal arts college in the middle of nowhere, but wait... 66% of Oberlin's energy is from renewables, their student dorm room energy reduction competition saved the school $66,000, almost 25% of their on campus food is organic and locally grown. Oberlin is one of CC's main competitors, I think it is important to use them as a model. Check this website out before you cry yourself to bed. http://www.oberlin.edu/dormenergy/. I think all of these exciting projects that are thriving at Oberlin, will become a lot more realistic and necessary if we can get the PCC signed. Lets do it.
2008 Linnemann Speaker
Thanks to everyone who attended the Linnemann Lecture last night, and I wanted to promote next year's lecture and student involvement in the process. To the best of my knowledge, there will be a meeting Block 1 next year led by Sally Meyer and Sharon Neely to get everyone involved (I'll repost once I get the exact date). So start thinking about your favorite environmental luminaries who might be willing to talk at CC. So who do you think should be our next speaker?
New subtitle for blog?
I am wondering what you all think about these changes to the subtitle just below "The CC GreenPad" at the top of the page:
1) Include "EnAct-sponsored" since it is EnAct that created it and since EnAct is is seeking to facilitate bettern communication and coordination within the CC green movement, and would like to be recognized for that role.
2)I suggest we call it "Colorado College's green movement" without the capitals since it's not an official title.
3) I think we should only include reference to "student" when next to "green movement," not as part of "student-inspired," since I think the latter's a bit to long.
4) Make the forum for the green movement directly, rather than to address it, to give a direct sense of ownership of the blog to all members of the green movement.
My suggestion:
"A forum for Colorado College's student green movement - hosted by EnAct"
or include reference to EnAct in the top of the right-hand section of the page, rather than in the top title bar ... like above the "It's not easy being Kermit"
-Charlie Keller
1) Include "EnAct-sponsored" since it is EnAct that created it and since EnAct is is seeking to facilitate bettern communication and coordination within the CC green movement, and would like to be recognized for that role.
2)I suggest we call it "Colorado College's green movement" without the capitals since it's not an official title.
3) I think we should only include reference to "student" when next to "green movement," not as part of "student-inspired," since I think the latter's a bit to long.
4) Make the forum for the green movement directly, rather than to address it, to give a direct sense of ownership of the blog to all members of the green movement.
My suggestion:
"A forum for Colorado College's student green movement - hosted by EnAct"
or include reference to EnAct in the top of the right-hand section of the page, rather than in the top title bar ... like above the "It's not easy being Kermit"
-Charlie Keller
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Next Meeting
Next meeting THIS Sunday? Please comment back on what times work for you...
We should:
-KE & DS
We should:
- Plan an 8th block timeline for the PCC campaign
- David Amster-O should explain his "Town Meeting" Csprings Renewable Energy event.
- Discuss ways to present ourselves to Dick Celeste
- Plan to explain whats going on at the next EnAct meeting the following Tuesday.
-KE & DS
Wind Credit Competition
Katie Eberle, Jamie Storrs and whoever else that is interested. Walt Hecox wants a "crap sheet" on how poorly CC compares to its main liberal arts competitors at buying wind power. The five schools ranked above CC by U.S. News are Oberlin College, Bates College, Macalaster College, Mout Holyoke College and Barnard College. The five below are: Scripps College, Bucknell University, Trinity College, Lafayette College and Kenyon College. I will take the top 5, the rest are out in the open. All we need to figure out is how much wind power these schools buy, what percentage of their energy is wind power and have they had student wind credit competitions. I emailed John D. CC's statistics. Cool. Thanks.
before our meeting?
Yo, we got to figure the leadership things ourselves first before going to Dick Celeste. The day KE is proposing is BEFORE the meeting, right? It's fine to go and talk about PCC, but we should stop there.
M
M
Board Meeting Change of Date
HALT! AND FORWARD!
I went to a seriously unnanounced luncheon/Q & A with Dick Celeste this afternoon. There were only 6 kids and heaps of food, and we had Celeste to ourselves for an hour to ask whatever we wanted to ask. MAIN POINT:
THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS MAY 16-17 (NOT THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS I WAS TOLD AT THE LAST CSC MEETING)
WE NOW HAVE THE ENTIRE BLOCK TO WORK ON THE PCC AND THE PETITION so everyone hold yer horses. I'm sorry I didn't know this earlier, but now we do, so we have more time to revise and consider our work with the petition and the proposal.
That said, the petition is at the Worner Desk, and I have flyers ready and waiting to be taped in bathroom stalls the campus over. If you'd like to help, shoot me an email and I'll drop some off.
Also, Dick Celeste has open office hours every monday afternoon in Perkins lounge, and Charlie and I were thinking that, as a group, we should go and discuss this PCC movement with him, as well as introduce ourselves fully as the next organizers of EnAct. Next Monday-- who's in?
-KE
I went to a seriously unnanounced luncheon/Q & A with Dick Celeste this afternoon. There were only 6 kids and heaps of food, and we had Celeste to ourselves for an hour to ask whatever we wanted to ask. MAIN POINT:
THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS MAY 16-17 (NOT THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS I WAS TOLD AT THE LAST CSC MEETING)
WE NOW HAVE THE ENTIRE BLOCK TO WORK ON THE PCC AND THE PETITION so everyone hold yer horses. I'm sorry I didn't know this earlier, but now we do, so we have more time to revise and consider our work with the petition and the proposal.
That said, the petition is at the Worner Desk, and I have flyers ready and waiting to be taped in bathroom stalls the campus over. If you'd like to help, shoot me an email and I'll drop some off.
Also, Dick Celeste has open office hours every monday afternoon in Perkins lounge, and Charlie and I were thinking that, as a group, we should go and discuss this PCC movement with him, as well as introduce ourselves fully as the next organizers of EnAct. Next Monday-- who's in?
-KE
"Greening the Ghetto"
Majora Carter a speaker for the CC Urbanists Speaker Series, presented an incredibly inspiring solution for The South Bronx and other publicly neglected communities: "Green the Ghetto". Her non-profit organization Sustainable South Bronx is working to install green roofs, offer ecological stewardship training and create at least 600 local jobs revolving around preserving environmental integrity. She is full of fiery energy, realism and dedication to her community. Thanks to Majora Carter and Ken Farmer for a great presentation. Check out Sustainable South Bronx at: www.ssbx.org
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
In response to Katie:
The petition needs to be MUCH stronger than the last LEED petition as this is a much larger issue(we need to prove that the student body is educated and aware + Sign on the majority of the student body)
Questions that come to mind:
1)is the PCC currently a topic of discussion for the board? I'm guessing that they know its floating around.
2)Can we hold a successful student campaign/petition/AND revise the report in a few days... I would imagine not.
3)If we have all block for the report/petition/campaign will it be more effective... my answer is yes.
4)How much does the time of year matter for Celeste/the Board to agree on the PCC?----- I have no clue. Does J.Delahunt know?
I am voting on a full 8th block effort for the PCC Campaign.
-DS
The petition needs to be MUCH stronger than the last LEED petition as this is a much larger issue(we need to prove that the student body is educated and aware + Sign on the majority of the student body)
Questions that come to mind:
1)is the PCC currently a topic of discussion for the board? I'm guessing that they know its floating around.
2)Can we hold a successful student campaign/petition/AND revise the report in a few days... I would imagine not.
3)If we have all block for the report/petition/campaign will it be more effective... my answer is yes.
4)How much does the time of year matter for Celeste/the Board to agree on the PCC?----- I have no clue. Does J.Delahunt know?
I am voting on a full 8th block effort for the PCC Campaign.
-DS
PCC imm-ed-iate-ly
BIG FAST NEWS:
The next CSC meeting hasn't been planned yet, and the next Board meeting is THIS THURSDAY & FRIDAY.
This means that we have two paths we can take with the PCC:
a) We need to get the PCC report/proposal in ASAP -as in tomorrow afternoon- so that the Board knows what's going on and that we're pressuring for this, or
b) Gather serious support for the PCC and get it completely refined so we can submit the whole chunk of paper + petition by the end of the block to both Celeste and the Board so mull over for the summer.
What's our stance on this? Decisions on PCC action need to be made by this evening.
-KE
The next CSC meeting hasn't been planned yet, and the next Board meeting is THIS THURSDAY & FRIDAY.
This means that we have two paths we can take with the PCC:
a) We need to get the PCC report/proposal in ASAP -as in tomorrow afternoon- so that the Board knows what's going on and that we're pressuring for this, or
b) Gather serious support for the PCC and get it completely refined so we can submit the whole chunk of paper + petition by the end of the block to both Celeste and the Board so mull over for the summer.
What's our stance on this? Decisions on PCC action need to be made by this evening.
-KE
Solidify/Connect
When is the next CSC meeting? While educating the student body on the PCC and getting the petition signed we should solidify the new EnAct network for next year (in formal writing/visually) and set up meetings with CCCA and the CSC.
Should we just brainstorm and wait till next Tuesday? Is that too late? What about the weekend?
-DS
Should we just brainstorm and wait till next Tuesday? Is that too late? What about the weekend?
-DS
CC Urbanists Speaker Series
CC Urbanists Present:
The Urbanism in Action Speaker Series
Monday April 23rd:
Lunch [12:15 Palmer]:
Katie Selby, South Main Co-founder & Dir. of Community Affairs
Urbanism 101: Overview of New Urbanism
Evening Presentation [7:30 Gaylord]:
Jerry Novak, Land Development Division Manager, Classic Homes
James van Hemert, Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute
Rich von Luhtre, President, RNL Design
Sprawl Brawl: The Pros/Cons of Sprawl Development
Tuesday April 24th:
Lunch [12:15 Palmer]:
Jed Selby, South Main Co-founder and President
New Urbanism as a Living System: South Main Development
Case Study
Wednesday April 25th:
Lunch [12:15 Tutt Science]:
Majora Carter, Executive Director SSBX
Community Development: Sustainable South Bronx Case Study
Evening [7:30 WES Room]:
Tom Hootman, RNL Design Director of Sustainability, USGBC Colorado Chapter President
Sustainability Begins with You
Thursday April 26th:
Lunch [12:15 Palmer]:
Gary Reynolds, Colorado College Director of Facilities Services
Presentation of CC Long Range Development Plan
Saturday and Sunday:
Lunch [Bemis Great Hall 11:00-3:00]
Charrette with student critique of Long Range Development Plan
Topics Addressed: Landscape Architecture, Points of Connection, What’s Happening to Tejon , Dormitory
Alternatives, The CC Playground Design, The New Sports/Health Center, Leadership in Campus Design
***Community members are strongly encouraged to attend all events!
Sponsors: The Venture Grant Committee, The President's Office, The Art Department, The Black Student Union,
The CCCA, The Business and Community Board, The Sociology Department, The Downtown
Partnership
The Urbanism in Action Speaker Series
Monday April 23rd:
Lunch [12:15 Palmer]:
Katie Selby, South Main Co-founder & Dir. of Community Affairs
Urbanism 101: Overview of New Urbanism
Evening Presentation [7:30 Gaylord]:
Jerry Novak, Land Development Division Manager, Classic Homes
James van Hemert, Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute
Rich von Luhtre, President, RNL Design
Sprawl Brawl: The Pros/Cons of Sprawl Development
Tuesday April 24th:
Lunch [12:15 Palmer]:
Jed Selby, South Main Co-founder and President
New Urbanism as a Living System: South Main Development
Case Study
Wednesday April 25th:
Lunch [12:15 Tutt Science]:
Majora Carter, Executive Director SSBX
Community Development: Sustainable South Bronx Case Study
Evening [7:30 WES Room]:
Tom Hootman, RNL Design Director of Sustainability, USGBC Colorado Chapter President
Sustainability Begins with You
Thursday April 26th:
Lunch [12:15 Palmer]:
Gary Reynolds, Colorado College Director of Facilities Services
Presentation of CC Long Range Development Plan
Saturday and Sunday:
Lunch [Bemis Great Hall 11:00-3:00]
Charrette with student critique of Long Range Development Plan
Topics Addressed: Landscape Architecture, Points of Connection, What’s Happening to Tejon , Dormitory
Alternatives, The CC Playground Design, The New Sports/Health Center, Leadership in Campus Design
***Community members are strongly encouraged to attend all events!
Sponsors: The Venture Grant Committee, The President's Office, The Art Department, The Black Student Union,
The CCCA, The Business and Community Board, The Sociology Department, The Downtown
Partnership
Monday, April 23, 2007
Meeting Minutes 4/24/2007
The New Enact - - - Minutes 4/24/2007
In attendance:
Charles Keller, Wiley Rogers, Adam Plourde, David Amster-O., Laura Parker, Sandhya Tillitson, David Sullivan, Katie Eberlie, Courtney Shepard
OUTLINE of network
- President
- CSC
- EnAct
- GRT Council
- Heads of environmental groups
- GRT Public
- Student body and environmental groups
- GRT meetings twice a semester
- Public followed by private
- Maintain dialogue through the Green pad (http://greenpad.blogspot.com/)
BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR
- Get the PCC signed
- Educate students
- Petition
- Meet with CCCA
- Create EnAct Constitution
- Create Student sustainability principles
- Based from GRT findings?
- RMSS findings?
- Introduce the new Enact and the new movement to the administration and faculty.
- Make the new EnAct network clear, accessible, and presentable
GOALS
- PCC
- Market enact as CC’s green movement
- Online expansion/access/connection (Blog)….made (use it)
- Enact home page/umbrella
- Simplify – keep Enact simple and sweet.
- Secure annual $ for the ecofund
- Constitution
- Publication to inform campus on CC’s sustainability and standing amongst peers
- Smear-like campaign?
- sticker AD campaign (like VAT)
- Funding Campaign from Alumni
PURPOSE
- Facilitator
- Outlet
- Communication
- Contact/switchboard for new interested students
- Central operator
- Public - recognized accomplishments
- GRT Public/Private
HOW?
- Op-ed
- Catalyst
- Cipher
- Flyers
- Listservs
- Booth in worner
- Butcher paper
- Chalking
- Announcements at events
- Listservs of all sorts
- Letters to faculty
- Letters to formal organizations of staff and trustees
- Letters to worner boxes
- Flyers in bathrooms
- Blog http://greenpad.blogspot.com
MISC
- Earth-week with purpose
- Incite and educate involve students
- Sponsor David’s mediation program.
- Wind credits competition
- NSO ED/AD
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