Meeting Minutes 2/3/05
Maeve provided hot chocolate and chai tea for the pre-meeting chat time.
New Faculty Advisor – Beverly Wemple from the Geography Department was
volunteered to be our second faculty advisor (along with Cully Hession in Env.
Engineering). Our faculty advisor needed to be a professional member of AWRA.
Beverly is a member of the interdisciplinary ‘Research on Water and the Environment’
group.
National Recognition- We received notification of our national recognition as a student
branch of the AWRA. If anyone would like to see the nice letter they sent us- contact
Maeve at mmcbride@cem.uvm.edu.
Budget Report – We have finally gotten the account set up to receive the 500 dollar grant
from the Environmetal Council that Maeve applied for and won. This money is for
research on implementing more ecologically friendly stormwater control on campus. No
funds have been spent in any way at this point.
1st Annual Joint Professional Meeting – We are hoping to set this as a potluck meeting for
March before spring break. Tentatively the date has been set as Tuesday March 8th in the
evening. A list of invited parties has been started. The purpose of this event is to smooze
with professionals and other students interested in water resources issues in order to
collaborate on projects or find possible jobs in the area.
Stormwater Project – This is the project we have received money to plan. We plan to
treat the stormwater runoff from the Votey parking lot. This water currently follows an
asphalt channel down onto Colechester Ave.
Design Charette – A group brainstorm process involving everyone- to educate and
formulate ideas in a form which final design can be worked from.
Field Trip – To view ecological stormwater control implemented successfully on another
campus. Possibly Villanova in PA, University of New Hampshire, or another suggestion
someone may have. If anyone wants to try coordinating this let us know. Tentatively set
for early April ( to allow for plants to emerge from the snow).
Seminar Series – We will run this in conjunction with the current seminar series related
to our issues:
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) – Fridays at 12:20 Votey 207
Research in Water and the Environment – Thursday Afternoons
Aquatic Ecosystem and Watershed Science (AEWS) – Tuesday Afternoons
Possible Speakers:
Barton Kirk and Alex Hackman – presenting two sides to the RAN work
(Redesigning the American Neighborhood) 3/8 3:30 Aiken (?)
Rob Traver – Villianova University (date ?)
Chris Killian – Conservation Law (date ?)
Juli Beth Hinds –South Burlington Planning Director, 4/12, 3:30 Aiken
Members in attendance along with major and advisor:
Maeve McBride- Env. Engineering- Cully Hession
Pete Munoz- Env. Engineering- Cully Hession
Sarah Miller- Aquatic Ecology- Leslie Morrisey
Erin Copeland- Forestry- Bill Keaton
Lyndsay Ashworth- Env. Engineering- Mandar Dewoolker
Jessica Clark- Env. Engineering – Cully Hession
Megan Kreider- Aquatic Ecology- Mary Watson
Danika Lefever- Env. Engineering – Cully Hession
Minutes as recorded by Jessica Clark- AWRA Treasurer