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CURC Steering Committee
February 1, 2006
Conference Call Began at Noon EST
Present: Tracy Artley; Jack Debell; Dana Donatucci; Judi Dunn; Rob Gogan;
Mary Jensen; Lin King; Kate Krebs; Ed Newman; Carolyn Noack; Christine
Von Kolnitz
Absent: None
1. Kate Kreb’s
Update
Kate stated that the work plan looked great and that the Board is putting
together aspects of projects & goals they are interested in. She
stated that the Board will fill in the blanks on the budget needs,
talk through the details on what was proposed and make sure that CURC
and the Board are in alignment. She also stated that hard costs should
come from the NRC’s General Fund; if CURC outlines what they
want in the work plan, NRC can put some dollar figures on it. Jack
next inquired about fundraising. It was clarified that any funds raised
would be housed by the NRC. Kate mentioned that grant writing is a
part of NRC staff duties.
Kate suggested some ideas to get students more involved, including having
an inspirational speaker, like Robert Swan, visit campuses. Lin inquired
about scholarship opportunities for students to attend the Congress and
suggested pursuing corporate scholarships with the NRC. Kate stated that
she thought this was a good idea.
Board elections were held at the Congress and a meeting followed on
the 25th. Ben Walker was reelected as Board President but had to resign.
The Board Vice President, Susan Kattchee, is serving as interim President.
A new Board President will be elected during the March meeting.
Some changes were made to the NRC strategic plan; while the broad view
of the plan remained the same, more focus was given to items the Board
would like to accomplish. Kate stated that there are many synergies between
the CURC work plan and the new strategic plan.
Kate next
reported on efforts in planning the 2006 Annual Congress. She stated
that they have met with the Georgia Recycling Coalition, which
has Georgia Tech and Emory as active members. Rob stated that he has
a RecycleMania contact at Emory as well. Judi noted that the Congress
conflicts with Campus Sustainability Day and requested that the CURC
track of sessions occur earlier in the week. Kate request parameters
on when Student Move In and Campus Sustainability Day are held and suggested
that now is the time to work with Michael Alexander on the track scheduling.
She also explained that Michael oversees the planning for the sessions
while Rebecca Mebane oversees logistical aspects of the Congress. Mary
stated that she would like to see a Congress planning committee as a
part of CURC. Kate replied that the way to do this is to let the NRC
know who the chair of that committee is.
2. Membership
Dana reported that the last report from Richard stated CURC had 106 members.
Richard had not yet sent the membership recruitment letter, however.
Dana hoped that it would be out in the next week or so. It looked like
there were only about 20 people who would potentially be interested
in joining CURC (who hadn’t already).
3. Congress Planning
Carolyn reported that she had received emails from Karyn Kaplan and Kathy
Pasterz on a potential topic for the annual Congress workshop: Growth,
Successes & Growing Pains with a New University Program or with
a Commuter Campus. Karyn has offered to coordinate the session and
Kathy has volunteered to present at it. Mary stated that she thought
it would be a great idea. Lin stated that someone else would be needed
to also help with the track planning. Jack will work with Kate to get
Karyn contacts so that she can plan locally. Judi will call Karyn to
clarify if she is interested in working only on the workshop or if
she is interested in planning the CURC session track as well and will
report back to Mary. Judi added that she is working on a new CURC display.
Christine inquired about the interest in setting up a tour of Emory’s
recycling program as a part of the Congress. Lin stated this would
probably be of interest and would also be an opportunity to reach out
to other schools.
4. Website Update
Christine reported that there had been a lot of activity on the website
this week. She stated that Richard is very responsive and that it has
been great working with him. Carolyn stated that Richard wanted to
put information up on the site on the CURC election. Christine reported
that currently the “Projects” webpage is empty, but items
will be added to it including the soft drink tool kit and the benchmarking
info. Ed suggested linking to the RecycleMania webpage.
5. CURC Election
Mary reported that Julie Cahillane emailed her regarding elections: what
they would ideally look like and what actually has happened in the
past. Carolyn reported that no one has expressed interest in running.
Mary stated that she will put together what the election process should
look like and what being on the Steering Committee means. Carolyn stated
that elections, in the past, have been held between the weeks of April
10 and April 24. It was decided that the voting would begin April 17th
and ballots will be due by 5 pm Pacific time on April 21. Newly elected
members will be invited to join the first call on May 3rd. Christine
suggested looking into voting online.
6. RecycleMania Update
Ed stated that schools are already interested in participating next year.
There are 93 schools participating this year. CURC membership recruitment
through RecycleMania was also mentioned. Rob will ask WasteWise if the
RecycleMania participant list could be used for CURC recruitment.
7. Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 1:35 pm.
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