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CURC Steering Committee
October 5, 2005 Conference Call Minutes
Conference Call Began at Noon EST
Present: Tracy Artley; Jack Debell; Dana Donatucci; Mary Jensen; Lin
King; Ed Newman; Carolyn Noack; Pete Pasterz
Absent: Judi Dunn; Rob Gogan; John Pepi; Christine Von Kolnitz;
1. Ed’s Letter
to NRC
The group began discussing the suggestions made in the letter on
who should be appointed the next CURC liaison. Jack stated that
the NRC
Board president should nominate potential liaisons and CURC would
interview them prior to placement. Pete reiterated that the process
for getting
a liaison needed to be cleared up with the NRC Board president.
Jack moved to send
a follow up letter to Kate Krebs inviting her and the next liaison
to attend next month’s conference call in order
to discuss the letter and formulate a plan for addressing the issues
brought up at the NRC Board meeting. He suggested that the letter recap
the successes CURC realized at the 2005 Congress and what our remaining
issues are:
• Membership
campaign
o Database revision/project
o Membership drive
• Sponsorship guidelines
o Joint purchasing & fundraising
o Grants & foundation support
• Work plan and budget approval process
• How to obtain a liaison to the Board
• Plans for the 2006 Congress in Atlanta
His motion also suggested
titling the letter “Minneapolis Conference
Recap & Follow Up.” The motion passed unanimously.
Lin suggested that
any letter must be short – 3 items at most
and that it should be sent to the entire NRC Board and the CURC Steering
Committee. Mary offered to edit the letter down to around 250 words and
recommended that Kate be requested in the letter to get back with CURC
prior to the November 2 conference call.
2. Membership Update
Dana informed the group that CURC’s membership is now up to 97
people and then posed the question, “If someone leaves NRC or their
membership expires, do they have to reenroll into CURC or is it automatic
upon their renewal?” Jack suggested that it would be helpful if
expired memberships were not kicked off of the email list but instead
sent an appeal to rejoin. Dana gave examples of CURC “members” who
do not appear as official members. Ed expressed frustration regarding
this ongoing issue. Jack will check into the difficulties existing between
ROs and the NRC on membership issues.
Dana stated that
after CURC’s discussion with the NRC Board, Bill
Heenan asked him for the names of those whose CURC membership is uncertain.
So far, Dana has compiled 33 names. Dana also reiterated that the Board
is supposed to have staff look at the membership list for those with “.edu” email
address.
3. Work Plan(s)
Jack offered to put together a draft work plan for the upcoming year.
4. Website Update
Mary sent photos and FAQs to Lin and Christine for their input.
5. APPA Update
Tracy will follow up with the article submission deadlines for “Facilities
Manager.” Jack mentioned that APPA has a large part in Campus Sustainability
Day (October 26).
6. RecycleMania Update
Hold for November.
7. Offices/Vacancies
Pete announced that he will be leaving Michigan State University
soon. A new co-chair is needed and a new co-vice chair may be
needed. Pete
also stated that he will be unable to host the next conference call.
8. Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 1:30 pm.
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