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CURC Steering Committee
January 3, 2007
Conference Call Began at Noon EST
Present: Tracy Artley; Mark Darling; Jack Debell; Judi Dunn; Judi Gard;
Deb Hanson; Rob Gogan; Mary Jensen; Ed Newman; Mike Planton; Christine
Von Kolnitz
Absent: Dana Donatucci
1. Green Textbooks
Mike gave an update on an initiative to increase the amount of recycled-content
in textbooks. The Green Press Initiative (www.greenpressinitiative.org)
is encouraging colleges and universities to ask faculty to request
recycled-content in the textbooks they require for their courses. Mary
mentioned that this is the type of program CURC might want to endorse.
Mary will send a cover letter and one-page program description of the
Green Press Initiative to Michael Alexander to see if they have any
issues concerning a CURC endorsement. Jack suggested sending a copy
of the letter to the new NRC Board President, David Refkin, as well,
as he is with Time Inc. Mike agreed to be the point person for this
and will draft a cover letter.
2. Website
Christine reported that she is working on making the main CURC page more
user-friendly. On the “Projects” page, the awards and toolkits
are password-protected. Christine reminded the group that she had previously
sent out the username and password. Mark will send the list of grant
sources to Christine. The CURC group photo taken at the latest NRC
Congress should also be placed on the website.
3. Elections
Discussion ensued regarding who was up for CURC Steering Committee reelection.
Deb will help Christine with the elections for this year. Christine
asked Rob to forward the call for nominations to Deb. Mary will forward
the list of steers and who is up for reelection. It was proposed that
elections be held online again this year. Christine moved to spend
at least $30 to hold the CURC elections online. Mary seconded and the
motion passed unanimously.
4. Work plan
Mary encouraged everyone to look through this past year’s work
plan and send her suggestions and comments for next year’s plan.
Jack related an email that he and Mary received from Kate Krebs. Kate
wants CURC to determine what is expected of NRC by CURC and set up a
timeline for projects. She also would like to set up a conference call
to discuss the 2007 work plan. NRC will then draft the work plan and
CURC will approve it. Finally, she requested a CURC point person to work
with regarding CURC issues. Mary will send another copy of the 2006 work
plan. Mary reported that Kate’s reading of the Steering Committee
minutes precipitated her contacting Jack and Mary. Mary requested comments
by January 9 for a call with Kate on January 10.
5. ACUHO conference
Mary suggested that CURC be displayed at this conference but noted that
it would cost $1000. She asked if anyone knew if their Res Life people
would be going and, if so, would they have a display. Judi D. will
be going and inquired about the current location of the CURC banner.
Mark currently has it and Jack has “dibs” on it next for
the Rocky Mountain Sustainability Summit. Judi D. stated that she will
also display information about RecycleMania and wondered if one of
the competition sponsors would cover half of the display fee. Rob stated
that they are interested in doing this, but not this year. Mike inquired
about the amount of money that would be acceptable to pay to display
at a conference for CURC. He proposed $250 and Mary agreed.
6. RecycleMania
Rob reported that, as of today, there were 94 schools signed up for RecycleMania.
He attributed this to Alec Cooley’s efforts at getting more applicants.
Rob also reported that Alec is working on the trademark paperwork for
the competition. He then inquired about whether or not the name and
logo should be owned by the NRC. Ed stated that this makes sense.
Christine inquired about the status of the CURC budget. Jack stated that
a budget will be attached to the work plan NRC puts together for CURC
and, until then, CURC will receive in kind staff support and staff has
budgeting discretion. Mary stated that it would be helpful for Steering
Committee members to look over the 2006 work plan and note budget items.
Jack concluded with mentioning the Denver 2007 CURC Workshop. Ed suggested
having students participate in the CURC events. Judi D. requested a full
day for the CURC Steering Committee meeting. Jack offered to look into
some meeting locations away from the conference. Christine noted that
NRC could help with that task. Jack stated that the CURC Workshop will
be at CU Boulder. Ed stated that he has contacted Lin and Dana about
getting the notes from the CURC roundtables from 2005 and 2006.
7. Adjourn
The call adjourned at 1:25 pm.
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