SUFAC Meeting
April 12th, 2010.
Members Present:
Nick Herro
Jake Gietman
Carly Cappozzo
Karl Krogman
Brock Bennett
Derek Nelson
Eric Schmidt
David Wermedal
Laura Lauderdale
Dr. Nicklaus
Members Excused:
Dr. Bryan
I. Approval of minutes from 3/29/20: -Approved
II. Green Fund Hearing
We are going to hear from JCES (leanna, larry and missy)
a. Motion: to approve the logo to be put on all green funded projects
(Cappozzo /Bennett)
i. Discussion: Brock likes the logo!
ii. Motion Passes
b. Organic garden -JCES decided not to fund the organic garden. Since most of
the work would have to be done over the summer, and there just aren’t people to
run it then. Also there is really no location for this.
c. LED lights –payback in two years. University centers agreed to pay for the
upkeep and maintenance of this project. These bulbs cost less over time than
traditional bulbs. There was only one vendor contacted for this project. They
cost around 33-35 dollars for a bulb; however, they have a life of around 10
years. LED bulbs are fully recyclable because they contain no mercury.
d. Composting –Hillview, a green house on 24th street, has agreed to allow us to
house this there. Composting not only reduces what we add to landfills, it can
be used to produce mulch. If approved, this project would be ready to go by
September.
e. REC lights –this will reduce the total kilowatts used. The request is for
$80,350. This past the committee 11-0. These lights last a lot longer than
normal bulbs, and the REC has agreed to maintain the upkeep on these bulbs.
This is a state project, they have engineering costs and DOA costs. This project
will save the university around $20,000 in just the first year of use!
f. Shower heads –this request is to replace 373 shower heads that will greatly
reduce the amount of water used. The water pressure is decrease slightly, but
very few people even noticed in their pilot program. Residence life will pay for
the upkeep on these.
g. Wind Turbine –this request is for three wind turbines to be placed somewhere
on campus. However, there are a lot of unknowns on this project so JCES
decided not to fund this at this time, until more is known.
h. Hand Dryers –this request is to install efficient hand dryers in the most heavily
used bathrooms. They needed more details on this project, so they decided to
push this project back.
Motion: to approve the four approved requests for the Green Fund (Cappozzo /?)
Motion tabled
Discussion: We should be able to see where the money these groups are saving ends up
going. Even though wind turbines are very visible ways to show where the green fund
has been spent, it will not significantly reduce our carbon footprint. Whereas reducing
the amount of water and electricity we use is a more significant factor in reducing our
energy consumption.
III. One-Time Funding Policy
A few committee chairs feel that one-time funding may not be a good idea; however, the
overall consensus of the groups is for this policy. The point of creating a policy for this
process is to reduce the learning curve. Every year SUFAC decides what its policy
should be, and the committees have to figure a new process out every year. How can
student funds be used to fund academic requests? Shouldn’t the university fund items for
their classes?
a. Motion: to approve the document as a whole (Lauderdale /Gietman)
Motion Passes
b. This will be sent back to senate for approval this week.
IV. Forms
a. Year end report –simply asks groups to explain significant changes in a budget,
and all expenses over $500.
b. Ending balance assessment appeals form and the budget adjustment form are
very basic and easy to use.
c. Motion to approve all forms (Schmidt /Cappozzo)
Motion Passes
Homework… (oh no!) read through the Green Fund proposals
May 3rd, end of the year party at Larry’s house!
V. Adjournment at 7:06 pm.