GREAT Minutes Monday January 25, 2010
Present: Thomas Rist, Aimee Rist, Gabe Pena, Doug Arbogast, Carl Thompson, Ginger Danz, Rebecca Smith, Holly Clark, Levi Rose, Scott Fanello, Lorien MacAuley, Bill Lanham (Quorum)
Topics of Discussion:
ICLEI: City Manager Bill Lanham was present to discuss the Action Task Force for ICLEI. ICLEI has requested regular contact with him as the city government representative on the task force. He agreed to be the liason. Tomoko (WV Sustainable Communities) joined us by phone to discuss the task force. Tom Rist has agreed to contact other members of the task force to schedule a meeting next week or the week after. Two dates were decided upon: February 5 at noon or February 12 at noon.
Earth Day: Scheduled for Saturday April 24th. Earth Day sub-committee is meeting regularly. Next Subcommittee meeting: Thursday February 4th at the Fayetteville CVB. Mr Lanham agreed to let us hang a banner downtown and his wife Anita has agreed to do the children’s rain garden. We discussed road closings for the event and Mr. Lanham stated that we need to discuss the issue further. Holly Clark agreed to contact West Virginia Living magazine about an Earth Day article. Levi Rose (PAN) reports that they are hoping to use the Fayetteville historic theater to show film festival shorts and documentaries on Earth Day. We would also use the space to display local school students’ work in our “Earth Day Expressions” exhibit. We discussed the need for an information booth at the Earth Day celebration and the possibility of offering discount coupons for use at local restaurants during the event. Also discussed the possibility of providing walking maps of local businesses. We also briefly discussed fund raising for the event, including a “Green Ball.”
Rain Garden: We discussed the use of the RG grant money and it was agreed that Scott Fanello would contact PAN to discuss possible sites for public rain gardens.
Flex E Grant: We were denied the grant.
The Fayetteville Rotary Club invited members of GREAT to speak at their next meeting, February 11, 2010. Carl, Rebecca, Tom and Gabe plan to attend.
Next meeting: Monday February 22, 2010 at 5:30pm (Fayetteville CVB)
