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CURC Steering Committee
August 20, 2001 Conference Call Minutes
** OUR NEXT CALL WILL BE THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF SEPTEMBER, 9/5, NOON
EST. See item #5 below.**
Present: Julie Aplington, Pam Flattich, Rob Gogan, Keefe Harrison, Krista
Henkels, Kate Krebs, Butch Michitson, Pete Pasterz, Bob Skillin, Erica
Spiegel,
Not Present: Pat Chase, Ann Felkel, Roger Guzowski,
1] Finalizing Seattle Congress
Exhibit
Kate
stated NRC is expecting CURC to have a booth. CURC should contact
Luke Miller LukeM@nrc-recycle.org about this. Keefe will
handle the booth, contact Luke about where the CURC display is,
and will use one of the discounted registrations. Still have a second
discounted
registration available for another booth volunteer. Keefe will
contact
someone she knows who might need this assistance.
Round
Tables
Topics
will include: Recycle-Mania! Interschool Competitions (Ed Newman & Stacey
Edmonds); The Physics of Recycling- Integrating Academics (Doug Fowler);
Recycling Coordinator? Sustainability Coordinator?
Who are we? (Kurt Teichert); Motivating Students, a student's perspective
(NSDA Students); Move in/Move Outs- whole group
Natural
Step
Krista has
arranged for a 4-hour workshop with the Natural Step on Sunday
afternoon.
Informal
get-togethers
Pete contacted
Jennifer Jessen (Seattle) for a list of possible places to
meet. Pete is investigating options.
Kate will check with NRC conference planners for local places and
get back to Pete.
Member
Mailings
Prior
years we have mailed a postcard to CURC members with CURC-related
conference
information. Keefe will draft one,
send it out for comments and then send to members.
Speaker
needed for Back to the Basics Track
Allan
Rathe, EIU, Lisa Heller, Dump & Run, are speaking. Butch will look into filling
this speaker position. Kate will have Rebecca e-mail a formal request
to Butch.
2] Work
Plan Review
Need to
work on our tracking of work plan goals/tasks and our reporting
on accomplishments. Will re-send the spreadsheet
that was developed to track status of work plan to everyone. Please
look at this, use it and fill in where we are on the various projects
on which
you have taken the lead.
3] Committees
Membership
Keefe
is still waiting for feedback from all of us on why you joined
CURC and/or what you think the benefits are. PLEASE
SEND YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS TO KEEFE <recycle@uncg.edu> AND/OR ANN <recycling@fmd.emory.edu>.
We still need to figure out how to update and keep current member information
and work with NRC to figure out how to keep up with their database. Kate
will send a list of college or University affiliated NRC members to Keefe.
Outreach
Rob
had to leave the call early so update will come at a later date.
Minimal
response received to the NRC Connection request for “does
your alma mater recycle.” Erica will contact Kurt re: the status
of web site, changes necessary and how posting, etc. is working these
days.
We do not have an updated CURC brochure. Kate will look to see if she
can find our last request for changes to this.
4] Regional
Rep Roles
Will discuss
on next call. Regional Reps. please be available for the next
call so we can discuss this. (Regional
Reps. are: Ann, Bob, Butch, Julie, Keefe, Pat, Roger)
5] September
meeting day/time
Will get
back to our regular schedule for calls in September… THUS, OUR NEXT CALL IS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY
OF SEPTEMBER, 9/5, NOON EDT.
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