Meeting Notes - Oct. 28, 2009
At our previous meeting, on
October 13, we agreed to form four subcommittees. We reviewed and discussed the
scope, management and results for these subcommittees, and how CEAG’s mission
and the SMP can be promoted through them. To help illustrate how CEAG
interacts, and is involved, with other organizations and people at De Anza,
Kristen created a diagram:
CEAG intereacts with:
- Students
- Faculty
- Staff
- Administration
- Community at large
- Our four new subcommittees
- DASB
- Joe Cooke – De Anza’s
grounds maintenance manager who has 8 hrs/week dedicated to sustainability
issues
Our main issue seems to be:
Given
a scarcity of resources on campus, how can CEAG coordinate, communicate and
document SMP implementation? We agreed that at a minimum, the De Anza administration (senior staff) needs to be
informed and supportive of CEAG efforts. This should reach all the way up to
Brian Murphy. Joe Cooke’s supervisor should be contacted and Joe should attend
our CEAG meetings to clarify his roles and responsibilities.
We reviewed the minutes from the
four sub-committee meetings:
Food and Organic Gardening subcommittee
- Several students and faculty
planning the upcoming Food education event, scheduled for Dec. 1st,
2:30 to 6:30 PM, described the plans for this event.
- The group met with Jamie
Contreras several times to plan the event.
- A mini Farmers Market is
planned for the Sunken
Garden area. Local
farmers will be invited to display their produce and provide information to
attendees.
- They plan to show the
documentary “Food Inc.” in one of our conference rooms
- They plan to create an
ongoing resource to keep the idea of healthy food alive on campus, perhaps
employing the “cork board” near the Council Chambers.
- Whole Foods market has been
invited to cater the event and provide information
- We explored ideas of how to
include and document CEAG and the SMP in this event. We need to target faculty
and Patrick G., the food services manager.
- This subcommittee plans to
meet again on Dec. 9th in KC. Time TBD
- Kristin is the point of
contact
Waste Minimization and Recycling subcommittee
- Anaruth reported on their
first meeting:
- They propose improving and
expanding the accessibility of waste recycling containers. They propose a
“traffic” survey to decide the optimum placement of extra containers. A goal
was proposed to virtually eliminate waste. The group plans to meet and discuss
this with Joe, Cooke, Donna and Patrick G.
- This subcommittee plans to
meet again every Tuesday at 2:30 PM in KC.
- Alicia Detoro is the point of
contact
Transportation and Energy use subcommittee
- Parking will continue to be a
challenge at De Anza. So this group will encourage and promote the use of
alternatives such as “eco-pass.” Perhaps De Anza can capitalize on Robert
Cormia’s traffic studies at Foothill and adapt them to De Anza’s needs. Keith
needs to speak with Letha and Julie more about “Eco-pass.”
- This subcommittee plans to
meet again every Wednesday at 1PM. Venue?
- Anaruth is the point of
contact.
Communications subcommittee
- Julie explained they haven’t
had a formal meeting yet. She discussed how communicating was a part of all the
subcommittees. We often don’t know what is happening on our own campus.
- Julie
is planning changes for the CEAG website to update and clarify the information.
- She proposed a more automated method of tracking attendance than we have been
using. Ralph agreed to transcribe meeting minutes and forward them to Julie.
- Julie is the point of contact
Actions:
- Julie/Kristin meet with
Donna and Joe to discuss Joe’s responsibilities.
- Kristin, Donovan, Anaruth and
Keith meet with Brian Murphy and discuss how to achieve our signed
sustainability commitments, such as the President’s Climate Change Commitment.
- Keith discuss “eco-pass”
with Letha and Julie.
- Ralph transcribe meeting
minutes and forward them to Julie for posting on the CAEG web site.
- Kristin/Julie prepare the
agendas for upcoming meetings
