GREAT Minutes Monday October 26, 2009
Present: Thomas Rist, Savanna Lyons, Gabe Pena, Doug Arbogast, Carl Thompson, Ginger Danz, Rebecca Smith, Holly Clark, Kara Ware, Scott Fanello, Luke Elser, Tomoko Tamagawa (Quorum)
Topics of Discussion:
Earth Day: Kara Ware discussed a list of items which need to be addressed to prepare for Earth Day, 2010. We need to reserve the rock wall for the tentative date of April 10, 2009. A decision has been made to move ED to a Saturday in order to increase attendance. Kara suggested that we form committees in order to plan the event (Education, Kids, PR, Clean-up). We need volunteers for Earth Day.
Rain Garden: Scott Fanello Reported that we are waiting for official School Board approval, which will hopefully happen at the SB meeting November 2, 2009.
ICLEI: Rebecca Smith presented to Town Council but was unable to use her power point presentation due to time constraints. The town did not appoint a council representative as asked, although Mayor Akers agreed to attend a GREAT meeting. A motion was passed to invite the mayor and Bill Lanham to our November meeting. GREAT officers/board members will hold a special planning session November 16 at 6:30 at the Fayetteville CVB. We need to finish the data phase of ICLEI and move to action planning.
Education: Savanna, Tomoko and Lorien attended the Power Shift Appalachia conference and participated in panel discussions. They informed the group that tax credits are available for alternative home energy projects. Tomoko agreed to e-mail GREAT members information.
Flex E Grant: We are waiting approval of the grant.
Brainstorming: Members brainstormed various ways to reach out to the community and attract more members. We discussed the possibility of starting a monthly “Green Drinks” or “Chat and Chew” at a local restaurant. We also discussed fund-raising ideas such as a wine and cheese event or a prom. A suggestion was made to invite a marketing person to one of our meetings to help us brainstorm, and to form an Organizational Development sub-committee. A motion was passed to get a P.O. Box and a bank account as soon as our 501 C3 status is secure.
A Christmas party for GREAT members is being planned for December.
Next meeting: Monday November 30 at 6:30pm at the Fayetteville CVB on Court Street
GREAT Minutes Monday September 28, 2009
Present: Aimee Rist, Thomas Rist, Lily Kay, Savanna Lyons, Gabe Pena, Lorien MacCauley, Doug Arbogast, Carl Thompson, Ginger Danz, Rebecca Smith, Holly Clark (Quorum)
Topics of Discussion:
Rain Garden: Lily Kay reported that the Fayetteville H.S. Rain garden project is scheduled to begin in October.
Green Bridge Day 2009: Volunteers are still needed to work the educational booth and man the 20 recycling containers we will have on the bridge. The Green Bridge Day committee will meet at Rio Grande Monday October 5 at 5:30pm. Lily Kay made a formal request to share GREAT’s booth at Bridge Day and a motion was passed to accept her request.
ICLEI: Rebecca Smith will be presenting data to Town Council Thursday October 1 at 6pm. She will make a request that they appoint a representative to work with the Green Advisory Team to begin implementing methods of lowering the town’s carbon footprint.
Education Committee: Lily Kay informed members of a meeting Tuesday October 6th at 12pm at the Lewis Community Center regarding school consolidation. Dr. Manchin is scheduled to speak and a light lunch will be served.
Savanna Lyons informed members of an upcoming Power Shift Appalachia conference coming up October 23-25 in Huntington, WV. The organizers of the conference have invited a representative from the Green Advisory Team to join a panel discussion. Savanna, Lorien and Rebecca expressed interest in attending. We plan to ask Tomoko if she would be willing to join the panel discussion.
Holly Clark (founder of CREATE Fayetteville) introduced herself to the group and informed us of a CREATE West Virginia workshop October 18-20. For more information contact Holly: holly.clark@cesd.wvu.edu
Flex E Grant: Grant application is due by midnight September 30th, Carl and Gabe are completing the process. Carl reported that the County Commission approved $800 cash and Carl discussed the budget categories. A motion was passed to accept these categories.
Website, Logo and Mission Statement: Tom reported that GREAT now owns the domain name greenwv.org and he is getting the site up and running. Savanna will ask her father to come up with various logos for members to evaluate. Members discussed various mission statements but did not reach a consensus. A motion was passed to accept this slogan: Citizens for Sustainability.
Next meeting: Monday October 26 at 6:30pm at the Fayetteville CVB on Court Street
