Student Affairs Sustainability Committee
Meeting Minutes/summary
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 11:00-12:00
Present: Wendy Endress, Sharon Goodman, Mark Lacina, Kitty Parker, Katie Taylor
I.
Approvals
The minutes from the February 28th meeting were approved.
II.
Committee Website
Kitty showed the committee the website she has been working on. It has several fantastic
features including a page for our tips of the week and a page for our meeting minutes so they can
be accessed by the public (hello world!). There is also a page for the committee’s projects. Kitty
and Katie will work on getting the content for that page up to snuff. The website address is:
http://www.evergreen.edu/committee/studentaffairssustainability/. Kitty has requested that the site be
linked to the Sustainability Task Force website and also to the Student Affairs Division website.
Kitty will teach Katie how to maintain the website so that two people will be able to add updates
as necessary. Good work Kitty!
III.
Student Affairs Division Mid-Year Retreat
The committee agreed Sharon should introduce the committee at the retreat, some of our
projects, our fabulous website, and then introduce Susie. The committee also suggested someone
assist Susie in facilitating the group activity portion of our presentation. Katie was suggested and
feels comfortable in that role. Others may assist as they wish. The committee also touched on
attendance to the retreat and agreed the presence of all members is strongly encouraged.
Wendy Endress will confirm with the committee the actual date of the mid-year retreat. It is
believed to be in mid-April.
IV.
Food Plus Recycling Program
Sharon and Katie shared with the committee about an outside company that wants our garbage,
recycling, and food waste. They outlined the current challenges Evergreen faces with responsible
and streamlined disposal methods currently in place and the benefits of this new program. A
meeting will be held later this month with the company to learn more about the program and
determine if it is the right fit for our campus. If it appears to be what we need, the committee
may want to think of ways we can support this new program as it gets set up.
V.
Other Updates
Katie updated the committee on the Clear Stream recycling project. The 30 containers have
arrived and are ready to be placed in the Phase I common rooms in lower campus. They will be
placed on April 1st right as spring quarter starts. Phase I common rooms will be a pilot project to
see if Clear Stream will work on the rest of campus (http://www.clearstreamrecycler.com/).
The EF students who are conducting the paper survey had to study for the TOEFL exam these
last few weeks, but they are sill interested and should have results by our next meeting.
VI.
Next Meeting
The committee agreed our meetings will occur every other week and our next meeting will be
held on Thursday, March 27th at 11:00 in the RAD conference room on the 3rd floor of A
building. We will finalize our mid-year retreat plans. We will also look at the information
collected from the paper survey.