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CURC Steering Committee
November 2, 2005 Conference Call Minutes
Conference Call Began at Noon EST
Present: Tracy Artley; Jack Debell; Dana Donatucci; Rob Gogan; Mary
Jensen; Debby Kramer (guest); Ed Newman; Carolyn Noack
Absent: Judi Dunn; Lin King; John Pepi; Christine Von Kolnitz
1. Joint
Council Discussion with Debby Kramer
Debby Kramer, with Rethink Waste out of California, joined the call
to discuss the recent changes in some of the Technical Councils
(TCs).
The two changes that she and others are proposing are:
A. The dissolution of the Rural Recycling Council, the Non-Profit
Recycling Council and the Minorities in Recycling Council. This
dissolution stemmed
from problems with their membership growth and leadership.
B. The
creation of two new TCs: the Professional Development Council and
the Grass Roots Recyclers, which will consist
of the members of
the now dissolved TCs.
Debby
stated that she wanted to determine the impressions CURC had
on such a change, garner their conceptual support and
inquire about
CURC’s
willingness to participate in a Council Leadership Committee.
This Committee will meet periodically to discuss potential
solutions to issues they
have with the NRC Board:
- Work plan problems
- Budget issues
- Recruitment strategies and membership
- Liaisons to NRC Board
Jack made a series of 3 motions:
A. That the CURC Steering Committee endorse the creation of the
Grass Roots Recyclers council, composed of the Minorities in
Recycling council,
the Rural Recycling council and the Nonprofit Recyclers council,
which will interact regularly with CURC, the NRC Board and
staff to address
topics of mutual concern.
B. That the “topics of mutual concern” as mentioned above
include:
a. Membership
b. Equitable budget
c. Work plan
d. Liaisons between Technical Councils and the Board
C. That CURC supports the creation of a Professional Development Council
to provide professional development opportunities to NRC members.
Jack stressed that CURC should maintain its autonomy and the
Steering Committee isn’t superseded by the Council Leadership Committee.
Mary suggested that different Steering Committee members work
with the Council Leadership Committee on the various topics
of mutual
concern:
• Dana would work with them on Membership
• Mary would work with them on achieving an Equitable Budget
• Jack would work with them on Work Plan issues.
2. Finalize
letter to NRC
The draft
letter was discussed. It was agreed that the letter should be sent
out soon and that Kate Krebs should be invited in it
to sit in on the December conference call.
3. Draft work plan
Jack asked Debby if she knew of a due date for the next work plan.
She stated that, as far as she knows, they are due in February.
Jack informed the group that the notes from the CURC workshop at
the NRC Congress were currently being transcribed. They and the minutes
from
the CURC business meeting will be included in the work plan.
4. APPA article
Tracy stated that she had sent out the article submission dates for “Facilities
Manager” and will work with Rob on an article about RecycleMania.
5. RecycleMania update
Rob stated that 17 schools had so far signed up for RecycleMania
and he hopes to see more schools joining from the southeastern
portion
of the country. Ed stated that he made a presentation on RecycleMania
at a Waste Wise conference and received a positive response from
attendees.
6. New co-chair and vice chair
With Pete Pasterz’s departure from the Steering Committee, another
CURC member needs to be added. It was suggested that the member who was
not voted onto the Steering Committee be admitted. Tracy will be sent
the names of those not elected to the Steering Committee.
Mary inquired if anyone would like to serve as co-chair. Tracy will
send an email out to the entire Steering Committee to see if anyone would
be interested in serving as co-chair.
7. Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 1:20 pm.
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