September 17, 2012
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Welcome—Mary Anderson
The Chair called the meeting to order and welcomed the Center Leadership Group
members to the monthly business meeting. Members in attendance included: Mary
Anderson, Jennifer Adams, Colin Doyle, Kim Lundgren, Carl Quiram, Vicki Quiram,
and Keith Reester. Bill Spearman, Environment at large Director, also joined the
call.
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Approval of August Meeting Minutes – Mary Anderson/Group
This action was postponed.
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Updates –Julia Anastasio
1. DVD Status
The DVD mailings will go out by the end of the month to all APWA Chapter
Presidents and APWA Branch Presidents. Feedback so far on the video has
been very positive.
2. Principles White Papers – need 2 volunteers
Keith Reester volunteered to draft the white paper for Sustainability
Principle #9: Support Community Revitalization and Development. Julia, in
partnership with Mary, will draft the white paper for Sustainability Principle
#10: Practice Fiscal Responsibility.
3. Chapter Liaisons Subcommittee – need volunteer for Chair
Carl Quiram volunteered to serve as the subcommittee chair. Julia will work
with Carl offline to set up the next quarterly conference call.
4. Leadership & Management Joint CLL – volunteers to lead project
Mary will continue to work with the Leadership & Management Committee
on producing and hosting a joint CLL this year.
5. Suggested Change to APWA Sustainability, Environmental Protection &
Public Health Advocacy Priority
Marshall Elizer proposed changes to the APWA Public Policy Advocacy
Priority Sustainability, Environmental Protection and Public Health for the
Leadership Group to consider. M. Elizer proposed the following: Support
legislative and regulatory issues that encourage sustainability in public
works, stewardship of the environment and public health. Concerns were
expressed that the proposed changes did not adequately address the
elements of the triple bottom line. Julia will try to redraft the statement and
send it out to the group for review.
6. Monthly Meeting Schedule
The Center Leadership Group monthly business meetings will occur on the
third Monday of each month at 4:00 PM ET.
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Continuation of Strategic Planning Conversation – Mary Anderson/ Group
The Leadership Group continued the discussion on strategic planning that began in
Anaheim. The Group would like to see an analysis of the recommended actions from
the Task Force compared to the activities the Center has already undertaken to date.
Sue Hann volunteered to put a first draft together and Mary, Jennifer and Vicki
volunteered to work with Sue on this project. Julia will connect with Sue to see what
the status of the draft is and share that with the group for its next conference call.
The Group determined that its focus should be on the 30,000 foot view of
sustainability and not on the nuts and bolts issues of sustainability. Technical
details or nuts and bolts topics can be handled by the APWA Technical Committees.
The Center Leadership Group should focus its activities on the “why” question– why
is sustainability important? – Why is sustainability a value that public works should
embrace? The Center should focus on playing the role of convener or coordinator
for APWA technical committees, programs and staff. The Leadership Group will
plan on submitting at least 1 session proposal to the APWA Call for Presentations for
Congress and the Snow Conference and will continue to work on CLL as appropriate.
The group also discussed the Emerging Leaders Academy final project report and
determined that the ELA did a fantastic job and the Leadership Group would like to
see the resources put together by the ELA class posted to the Center’s webpages.
Julia will see that these items are posted to the Center’s webpages. Mary also
mentioned that she will be speaking to the incoming ELA class about sustainability
during their initial planning calls.
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New Items -- Group
The new members of the Center Leadership Group introduced themselves and told
the group about their backgrounds and interest in sustainability.
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Adjourn
A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting. The next business
meeting of the Center for Sustainability Leadership Group will be on October 15,
2012 at 4 PM ET. Meeting materials will be distributed via email prior to the
conference call.