Scott encouraged all those Directors in the First Class to run again for re-election.

Staffing Update: Tiferet’s last day was about two weeks ago. Doris’ last day was Wednesday, Oct. 12. Scott is interviewing for 3 positions: intern, Associate – Development and Communications, and Senior Associate – Programs and Fiscal Management. PSI has received many excellent resumes. The Associate position is the top priority.

Board Strategic Planning Session: The Board discussed the current initial draft plan and provided comments. A new draft will be developed and distributed for comment. The following comments were made:

  • Add milestones as well as the current performance measures.
  • Make the title action oriented.
  • Put SWOT in the Appendix so we don’t have to share that with others as part of the document.
  • Put Goals and Strategies into a chart, and make sure that the strategies are consistent.
  • We will use the following terminology:
  • Goal
  • Strategy #1, #2, etc.
  • Actions
  • Measures
  • Scott M.: We should prioritize the strategies for the next 8 months (through the fiscal year). We should hone in on 2-3 main priorities for the rest of the year. He proposed that one of those be the Forum
  • Put the Membership section as a strategy and put the section into a separate document for Board review only.
  • The hot topics mentioned by the Board are:
  • Funding
  • Membership expansion
  • Product stewardship forum

NEXT STEPS ON STRATEGIC PLAN

  • From the list of Strategies from the Draft Strategic Plan, the Board will each suggest their top 5 priorities for the remainder of the fiscal year, and send these to Scott by Wednesday, Oct. 19.
  • The Board will send comments to Scott on the Mission Statement in the Draft Strategic Plan by Wednesday, Oct. 19.

Annual Membership Meeting: Scott will develop minutes from the meeting, and will pull out from the attendance list any government agency officials who attended from states or local governments not yet paid PSI members. He will follow up with these officials, or ask Board members to do so.

Product Policy Group: Scott sent an e-mail to the Board with a chapter on the History and Status of EPR in the U.S. and his response that he sent to Bill Sheehan, one of the authors from the Product Policy Group. Ken Geiser and David Stitzhal are on the Board of this group. Scott’s message was that the chapter was biased in favor of environmental groups and ignored PSI’s role and the role of other government-oriented NGOs, such as NEWMOA and NWPSC. Scott is interested in establishing a relationship with Bill and Michael Bender, who encouraged Bill to send the chapter. The Board made the following comments:

  • Scott M. commented that he was glad that PSI responded. The PPG report showed that there is still a need for PSI to flesh out what product stewardship is all about in the U.S. and that it takes many forms and is mainstream.
  • Rich: a good product stewardship movement should be built on cooperation and willing participation by all parties, including industry, which is the approach that PSI takes.
  • Chris: All the NGOs have similar goals but we are coming at them from different directions.
  • Environmental NGOs should understand each role and how PSI fits into the product stewardship picture.

Future Board Conference Calls: Future calls will take place on the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 1:00 to 2:30 pm Eastern Time. Call-in number:850-921-5551

  • November 9
  • December 14

The conference call ended at 2:30 p.m.

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Board of Directors Minutes – 10/10/05