Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) Minutes

Date: Jan. 11, 2010

Place: Violetta’s house

ROLL CALL

Nick Allen: Co-Chair

Violetta Muselli: Co-Chair

Emma Fujii: Secretary

Marina Kofman: Publicity co-chair

Hunter Flynn: Sustainable business chair

Evanne St. Charles: Internal Affairs chair

Amanda Galvin: volunteer chair

Cora: Local Affairs chair

Amy Elvidge: Sustainable foods co-chair

Corie Radka: CSSC rep / External affairs

Teal Reige: EENG co-chair

James Hawkins: TGIF rep

Daniel Garcia: historian

Jen Riechardt: sustainable foods co-chair

Alexa Layton: social co-chair

Simone Steger: Social co-chair

Elizabeth Farington: Academic Affairs chair

Michelle Gerigk: Adopt-a-block coordinator

Tiffany Mayville: CSSC rep / External affairs

Kiyome Okikawa: Earthday co-chair

Rachel Saputo: Earthday co-chair

Andrew Dunn: publicity co-chair

Russel Russo: Hiking coordinator

Anthony Rum: Sustainable business co-chair

Ryland King: EENG co-chair

Jess White: Coastal Fund Rep

Quentin: Coastal fund rep

Meeting called to order at: 8:05p

New Business

  • Evaluations of Copenhagen
  • Proposal: one page single spaced or more evaluation of your experiences (goal: to have a record, learning experience for EAB); evaluate, review (anonymous)
  • Motion passes
  • Presenting our findings to Leg Council and Finance Board
  • What we learned, what we experienced, pictures
  • Tues Jan 19, we’re invited to an event at Ventura city hall (5:30-6:30/7)
  • New office:
  • Start office hours this week- all officers required
  • February 12-14 long weekend, SC
  • Strengthening the roots convergence
  • Justice and food
  • Corie, hunter, tiff, Daniel, simone, Amanda, Andrew dunn
  • 25$/per- unanimous
  • T-shirt submissions
  • Vote tabled for next week
  • Proposal – Violetta
  • $100 for Violetta to get plants for the office – native plants only
  • Unanimously passed
  • CSSC this weekend
  • CSSC asked for a $10 donation / person or else bring food
  • (Tiff, Corie and Q are going)
  • Corie – requesting $40 worth of food
  • Unanimously passed
  • No meatless Monday next week – 3 day weekend next week
  • Core meeting at 8p next week (in spite of a 3 day weekend)
  • TGIF – James
  • Not too much going on
  • Environmental justice -- Tiffany
  • Week 4: Jan 25-29
  • Mon: kick off event, Fri: big cumulative event
  • Res halls, educational
  • Tiff asked to be human rights council representative to EAB
  • Budget: fliers ($3), brochures ($18), Info half sheets ($12), large fliers ($1.75). Food for two events ($100 total). Total requested funding: $134.75
  • Proposed $134.75. Motion Passes Unanimously
  • Social – Simone and Alexa
  • Sign up for helping to clean up once per quarter
  • Social event Jan 18
  • Ordered bulk dry food for meetings from the IV food co-op (stored in office, don’t eat it!)
  • Backpack -camping: Feb 20-21
  • Two location options
  • Hot springs: 7 Creek: 16
  • Open to all
  • Wednesday friends day on Jan 27, 3:15 meet at the co-op to go see the butterflies
  • Recyclemania – Simone
  • Working group and announcement
  • Adopt a block announcement
  • Publicity – Marina
  • Adds are in the paper, TVs, signs
  • Business –Hunter
  • Working group, no announcement
  • Saturday farmers market bike ride – simone 9:30
  • Foods – Amy and Jen
  • Volunteering Jan 29 at the local farm
  • Tentatively – pardal gardens
  • Working groups
  • Garden plot: Saturday at 2p
  • Environmental GE – Farris
  • The GE review process is in spring
  • EENG
  • Starting two new classrooms at SB charter on Jan 27
  • Meatless Monday going well, good turn out – Andrew Dunn
  • Morning meditation Fridays at 11 with Andrew Dunn meet at IV food co-op
  • Volunteer next weekend maybe?
  • Coastal Fund – Jess
  • Coastal fund first meeting of the quarter
  • Earthday – Kiyome and Rachel
  • Tentative theme: “there is no planet B”
  • This wed. conference call with the coordinator for downtown earthday at Noon
  • Hiking – Russel
  • Sunday at noon
  • Naples coalition trail survey this weekend – Cora
  • Time TBA

Old Business

Dates:

  • 1/12: New interest meeting
  • 1/18: possible social event?
  • 1/25-29: environmental justice week (Tiffany)
  • 1/27: Wednesday Friends-day meet at 3:15
  • 1/29: Recyclemania (Evanne, Cora, Elizabeth)
  • 1/29: Volunteering at local farm (Amy, Jen)
  • 2/12 Justice/food convergence in Santa Cruz (Corie, Hunter, Tiffany, Daniel, Simone, Amanda, Andrew Dunn)
  • 2/20-21: Camping trip (Simone, Alexa)
  • 4/9-4/10: our Copenhagen conference

On the Bike Rack

  • Old:
  • Publicity via banners on Pardal – super expensive!!
  • New Office, when should we move in? – pending access info

Meeting adjourned at: 9:05p

Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) Minutes

Date: Jan 12, 2010

Place: GSA Lounge

145 people present

Meeting began at: 7:06pm

Break out groups began at: 7:37pm

Announcements

  • Announcement from Jared about MLK day
  • Immigration reform campaign
  • Meeting: Thursday night 8p, SBR multi purpose room
  • Announcement from James about TGIF
  • Announcement from Simone about Recyclemania
  • Working group,
  • New EAB office!!!
  • Office hours from 11-3 M-F
  • Announcement from Cora about Naples
  • Looking for weekend volunteers
  • Orientation mtg this Sunday at noon
  • Announcement from Prof. Cleveland about SB food systems
  • Sustainability champion!
  • Real food challenge, involvement in the dining commons

Activities this coming week

  • Thursday:
  • Adopt-a-block 4p, meet at the IV food co-op, free pizza after
  • Friday
  • Meditation time on the bluffs, meet at the co-op at 11, bring a towel
  • Saturday:
  • Downtown Farmers Market 9:30a, meet at the IV food co-op
  • Garden Plot working day: meet at the IV food co-op at 2p
  • Sunday:
  • Hike: meet at IV food co-op at Noon

Working Groups

  • New member orientation
  • Environmental Education for the Next Generation (EENG) with Ryland and Teal
  • Environmental Justice with Tiffany – campaign week coming up
  • Sustainable foods with Jen and Amy – pardal garden
  • Earthday with Kiyome and Rachel (theme by the end of the mtg)
  • Sustainable Business with Hunter, Jeff and Anthony
  • Meatless Monday with Corie
  • Recyclemania with Simone
  • Greeks gone green with Mike