Thursday, May 14, 2009

Notes from May 13 Task Force Meeting

Again - nothing official - just my notes - Pamela

My notes from May 13, 2009 SCTF Meeting

Here: Joanne/Molly/Jeff/Bill/Mike/Travis/Paula/Josh/Nabiel/David/Me/Dawn Feldhaus

Started off with a Blog tutorial - Thanks David!!

*Post next meeting date on blog* Next Meeting : June 10, 2009 5:30 pm

Jeff – Metrics Project – No sub-meeting has occurred yet. Still collecting raw data
Waiting for final report from Eva
Nabiel – Problem with methodology CDP vs ICLI - Josh and Jeff will review
There is a possibility that we will need to track both
Eva will be publishing our 2nd Annual Sustainability Newsletter – June sometime

The Whole pig – Organic Pig Farmers in Washougal – Jim and Lisa Kaiser

Green pages – links on City website

Transition Initiative - Presentation occurred May 6th – Moderate turn out – those who attended very much appreciated the material and how it was presented.

Will continue the speaker series – would like more lead time so we can invite more folks to these talks.
Mike will line up speakers for the following topics over the next few months:
Energy
Climate Change
Economic/Finance
Josh will look into finding a speaker for a Water discussion
Jeff will look into speakers for :
Architecture 2030
LEED

A wind technology for residential buildings presentation to City Council, Planning Commission and SCTF will occur on June 8, 2009 at 5:30 pm.

Pamela – Green Eye for the Sustainable Shy
• Molly will get recommendations of some Senior Citizens that could use an energy update for their home from a contact at Loaves and Fishes
• The participant will need to be willing to provide their energy cost data and allow us access into their home.
• Once we have a willing participant; a group of SCTF members will go into the home and determine what improvements can be made
• Acquisition of the necessary items – raid our garages, contact local retailers, etc.
• Return to the home and make improvements.
• Current members signed-on are Molly, Travis and Pamela
• Areas we would like to focus on are: Energy Conservation / Water Conservation an Trash/recycling

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm just curious, how much money does Al Gore pay people like you to try and scare and brainwash people like me and my family? The whole "climate change" is a bogus scam so Al Gore and his people can stay rich and powerful. Every point he has ever made has been proven wrong everytime! He wont debate anyone on the subject cause he knows he is full of B.S.
Why would a group o people like you want to change a small town like ours? How many of you are transplants to the area? Why cant you people do some research about the truth and not the "kool-aid" your group is taking or getting paid to scare the people of this fine communtity. Keep up the great work of spreading lies and doing what ever makes YOU "feel good."

Anonymous said...

Just a reminder that the next meeting is August 12th at city hall at 5:30. Everyone is welcome and all of us volunteers would love to hear new ideas.
Oh, and for the record, I have spent my life in Washougal, and unless one is of the Chinook People, aren't we all transplants?
-Travis

Mike Briggs said...

Hello, Mike Briggs here, and newest member of Washougal's Sustainability Task Force. Thank you so much for allowing me to participate within your group. I look forward, very much, to this opportunity.

I have just recently completed my contact info and sent back to Molly C.

Looking forward to Aug. 12!

:)