ZERO WASTE COMMITTEE MINUTES SUMMARY
Associated Students
10/23/14, 5pm
SRB Room 1103
Minutes/Actions recorded by: Samantha Collette
CALL TO ORDER 5:04 by Rabago, Co-Chair
A. MEETING BUSINESS
A-1. Roll Call
Name
Stephanie Periban
Arriana Rabago
Jeremy Peschard
Tracy McAlpin
Note:
Note:
absent (excused/not excused)
arrived late (time)
departed early (time)
proxy (full name)
absent (excused/not excused)
arrived late (time)
departed early (time)
proxy (full name)
Present
present
present
present
Name
Samantha Collette
Shirley Ng
Nicole Jenkins
present
Present
present
In attendance: 14
A-2.
Acceptance of Excused Absences
N/A
B. PUBLIC FORUM
a. Information about ZWC, if any new members
b. Introductions
C. REPORTS
Brief reports on matters relevant to the BCC and matters of general interest to the public in attendance.
C-1.
Senate Liaison Reports? (Steven Kwok)
a. student advocate general office elections, voting is Nov. 3-6
b. tonight is pizza with the police at blaze Pizza, at 6:30 PM
C-2. Advisor’s Report (Sarah Siedschlag)
a. nothing new to report
C-3. Co-Chair Report(s) (Arriana Rabago and Stephanie Periban)
a. Dorm Compost Paper Towel Project
i. Discussed preliminary logistics
ii. Main concerns are
1. maintenance and relocating the compost waste once serviced
2. cost of compostable liners – ask RHA coord board for funding
3. contamination (example: a water bottle in a bag full of otherwise
compostable waste)
iii. Other comments:
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1. Goal is to begin project this quarter
2. Idea is to just replace landfill bags with compostable bags and have a
smaller side bin for landfill trash
3. Should we try in the suite style dorms? Claire: there are no paper towel
dispensers in San Cat
4. Jeremy: do we know anything about the new housing they're building
by family housing?
5. Pilot project in Ellison a couple years ago worked well. Waste audits
showed a low contamination rate.
b. Dining Commons sugar shakers
i. Observations and updates
1. Ortega uses shakers already
c. Landfill Fieldtrip
i. Confirm Mondays leave 8:30 return 11 AM (November 12?)
1. Monday: Steph, Arriana, Claire, Juan, Daniel (maybe), Nicole, Shirley
(maybe), Lauren, Gilberto, Julia, Sam (maybe)
Wed: Same as above
ii. Ask about transportation – is anyone willing to drive?
1. Claire
2. Julia
3. Shirley (maybe)
d. Other Project ideas?
i. Rosa: Issue: People throw their bulk waste into the streets of IV (example: old
couches)
1. We should find a way for people to donate their items any time of year
2. Bring "green" culture from SB to IV
3. UCSD has a thrift shop on their campus that is so successful they raise
enough money to give scholarships to international stuents. Problem is
publicity
4. Juan: SIRRC has a project to create a thrift shop, we should collaborate
with them! Talk to Cairo Briceno
5. UC Davis has a thrift shop geared towards art students looking for
scrap material
6. Goal of ours could be reaching out to the public and increasing
awareness about sustainability and using money to support local
programs
7. Give Sale: end of the year, they ask for bulk item donations during
move-out
8. concerns: parking access and storage
9. We could have workshops! example: upcycling
10. Shirley: If this is in IV, would ucsb students still be able to control it?
Sarah: yes, Pardall center allows students to run things in IV
Arriana: so many factors that go into this! first off, would interns be
working there?
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Rosa: the one at UCSD is run by volunteers
Arriana: can we use a TGIF grant?
Claire: If we offer to service to pick up their things, people would be more
likely to donate
Sarah: this is a huge project. AS is always looking for more space in IV
for more projects. talk to Nick Fray (AS office president). Build a coalition
of people. A project like this would take a few years to get going. Maybe
start with monthly donations and garage sales at the Pardall Center. We
need a written proposal and more defined vision.
Group Project/Member Report(s)
a. Shirley – Wednesdays campus org fair update
b. EAB Hallo-Clean Sunday November 2, 11AM-2PM – who can attend?
i. Tracy, Daniel, Julia, Gilberto, Sydney, Lauren, Stephanie
c. Jeremy Peschard-Measure P
i. Fracking: Hydraulic fracturing is a process that extracts oil from shale rock
using hundreds of gallons of water and chemicals.
ii. Problem: No real safe way to do it, pipes often burst, releasing chemicalled
water into environment
iii. Local ballot measure to ban fracking, it's important that it passes!
Measure P would place a ban on fracking in Santa Barbara county
iv. What do you say when people say it's going to take a away jobs and county
revenue?
Jeremy: The oppositions "facts" are based on the assumption that measure P will
ban ALL oil drilling in county. This is false, the measure only prevents FUTURE
projects from fracking. There will be no change to current drilling projects that
are already taking place. Therefore, no jobs loss.
but only prevents FUTURE projects, therefore no jobs loss
D. ACCEPTANCE of ACTION SUMMARY/MINUTES
E-1.
Approval of our Action Summary/Minutes from 10/16/2014
MOTION/SECOND: Rabago/Jenkins
Motion to approve the Minutes from 10/16/14.
ACTION: Vote: Motion passes by consent
E. ACTION ITEMS
N/A
F. REMARKS
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a. any comments, ideas or questions?
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION/SECOND to ADJOURN: Rabago/Ng
ACTION: Vote: motion passes by consent
Vote Taken: 5:56
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