Attendees: Tracy Artley, Alec Cooley, Mark Darling, Jack Debell, Dana Donatucci, Rob Gogan, Deb Hanson, Mary Jensen, Christine Von Kolnitz Cooley
Absent: Judi Gard, Judi Dunn Gray, Ed Newman, Becky Valentich
1. CURC Elections
To date, no one had responded to the solicitation for candidates for the CURC Steering Committee. Mary will send out another email and encouraged steers to make personal phone calls encouraging people to run. Those whose terms are up include:
Christine Von Kolnitz Cooley
Mark Darling
Jack Debell
Dana Donatucci
Rob Gogan
Deb Hanson
CURC is working on transitioning from 2 year to 3 year terms. Four of the seats to be filled this year will be for 3 year terms and 2 will be for 2 year terms. The highest vote getters will have the 3 year terms. Next year, the same will happen. By the 2010 election, only 4 seats will be available for 3 year terms.
2. Scholarships
CURC will be providing 5 student scholarships to the Congress again this year. Alec reported that advertisements and the applications are still being finalized. The winners will be determined in mid-August. Alec stressed the need for a committee to evaluate applications. Mark and Jack volunteered to serve on this committee. Mary suggested holding the final spot open for a newly elected steer. Discussion ensued on the awards presentation at last year’s Congress. Alec will work to make sure award presentation plans occur further in advance.
3. Congress planning
Jack stated that he had received information from Barb. It has been decided that the workshop will be in the same format as in previous years. Breakout sessions will occur, with attendees choosing the topic they want to talk about. There will be 3 30 minute roundtable sessions and 12 topics have been identified. Jack noted that there will be 2 speakers who are not CURC members. He has also spoken with Kevin Lyons and Al Matyasovsky about their talks. Both speakers have an hour, 30 minutes for the talk and 30 minutes for Q&A. Both have requested a transportation reimbursement. There will be 4 roundtables with 4 topics each for 30 minutes. If there is a popular topic, it can be repeated so that people do not have to choose.
Mary inquired about steers planning on attending the all-day Saturday meeting. All said yes. She then inquired about pulling someone in to take minutes. Alec offered to do this. Discussion then commenced on increasing attendance from schools in the region to the workshop.
4. Webinars
The last webinar went well. The next is scheduled for June 10 on collection basics. The webinar in July will focus on zero waste. The final one is scheduled for October and it will cover policies. Christine stated that is someone was interested in moderating or speaking, let her or Alec know.
5. Weyerhauser funds
Jack requested a budget update on the funds received by CURC from Weyerhauser. He also requested that a thank you letter be drafted by Alec or Kate. Alec stated that it would be difficult to come up with a budget because the funds were rolled into CURC’s budget. It would be especially difficult to divide Alec’s time out of it. Alec is confident that funding will be available for future webinars since they have been so well received.
6. Adjourn
The call adjourned at 1:10 pm.