HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutesMINUTES SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD ENVIRONMENT RESOURCE SUBCOMMITTEE OCTOBER 15, 2013 PRESENT: Jan Scalpone, Samara Hamze, Aaron Campbell, Nikki S toll and Kim Biedermann EXCUSED: Margy Davey CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6:07pm by Chair Jan Scalpone APPROVAL OF MINUTES Aaron made a motion to approve the minutes from Sep tember's meeting. Nikki made a second. Motion carried. DISCUSS/FINALIZE SUSTAINABILITY OUTREACH MATERIALS The sustainability outreach materials will be worke d on soon by Nikki and Samara. The intent of these materials will be to have a display and handouts fo r when SAB is present at events like the Sustainabi lity Expo and the Winter Farmers Market They hope to hav e a draft for November’s subcommittee meeting with the hopes of presenting a version to the board in December. WISCONSIN PUBLIC SERVICE GRANT Samara spoke with Brian Kermath regarding participa ting in Earth Hour on March 29, 2014; Brian is interested in participating as well through UW-Oshk osh. She is also in contact with Dayna Watson from WPS, who said SAB is eligible to apply with WPS for a public service grant. These funds could pay for advertising and PR for the event. It was agreed to move forward that a subcommittee i s formed and the subcommittee drafts a plan. Aaron , Kim, and Samara all agreed to serve on the committe e. It was suggested that this event, along with th e grant, be discussed at the next board meeting. The goal is to have a draft for the grant ready by November 4. It was suggested that we see how we can connect to other networks like the Sustainability Network Grou p and ECOS-FV and then maybe connect them to Earth Ho ur. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN Discussion was held on what has already been accomp lished on the action plan; Jan said she would update it before the next meeting. Kim is interest ed in bringing back the Local Green Business Direct ory. Questions were raised regarding the community garde ns signs; it was discussed that we need to find out what groups would like a sign before they are print ed. NEXT MEETING THURSDAY DECEMBER 12 TH AT 6:00PM ADJOURN Motion by Aaron and second by Samara to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:02pm. Respectfully submitted, Kim Biedermann Sustainability Advisory Board Co-Chair