Environemental Working Group Meeting Minutes
September 12, 2009
Jenny Heintz
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Welcome Group 36ers, Ice breaker: Funniest story, worst decision, greatest achievement
Administrative Notes, etc.
a.
Everyone is a “Toaster” – each member has the responsibility to distribute resources,
and facilitate ecological projects
b.
“Mashers”- a one year assignment, each Masher is in charge of a folder of resources
(Camps, Media, Teaching, NGOs) and is responsible for sorting through materials
labeling correctly and adding any new materials, Then updating the Webmaster
c.
Google site – Under which is each googlegroup for our folders
Current Projects Reporting
a.
PC Times- Nick emailed, waiting to hear back. The idea was to use it for sharing
information and advertising successful projects
b.
Mission Statement Revision (Mary) – Done
c.
Facebook – Updated, needs a new administrator
d.
Bkontakti- very successful, most kids from camps are on it now
e.
Russian Campbook (Nastya)- will be done by November
f.
Ukrainian Campbook (Nick)- needs to find on the googlegroup
g.
Recycling Survey – Each member needs to continue searching
h.
Filter Report – success! 36ers who heard the information have bought water filters
i.
Digest updates- success keep going with it (Outreach)
j.
“Unplugging Report” Gretchen submitted to Worldview waiting for a reply
k.
Art Miles Project (Amber)- Success in her town
i.
10X10 Mural costs 100 UAH, not difficult to get permission to post a mural
ii.
Amber will make Project skeleton (Resources)
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Spreadsheet with other PC posts – on website, everyone needs to add to it
i.
Need to reassign countries (Outreach)
m.
Networking Folder – still not done
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Camp Presentations- slide shows are up on website
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NGO list- need to update still, lots of old information (new Masher)
p.
Resource CD still needs work (Resources)
New Ideas
a.
Megan – There is a company in Paraguay which used methane gas from landfills and
sold it to pay for the trash pick-ups, keep researching (Projects Task Force in
Future)
b.
Mary – Battery Recycling: Motorola takes batteries and chargers from old phones
(find for Nokia) Ideas for battery drives in communities (Projects Task Force)
c.
Ed- Chemical Water Analysis --- Need a Task Force for bigger projects
i.
Now allotted time for new “Project Task Force” which will run
simultaneously with Resources at 14:00
d.
Bethany – Camp IKNOW Brochure to be explain to parents what our camp is
(Outreach)
e.
Catherine – Need to make Ukrainian Language materials easier to find (Resources)
f.
Nick – Football Tournament October 10 for Fundraising 15-20 UAH/person
g.
Mary- Book Donation for Environmental Resources (Resources)
Outreach Task Force
a.
Camp IKNOW Brochure
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We need a better way to explain to parents what Camp IKNOW is
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VI.
Nick will write a general letter to parents about the camp structure, explain a
typical day (Nov 1)
iii. Mary will translate into Ukrainian (Dec 1)
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Dave will translate into Russian (Dec 1)
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Peter will post on Website (Dec 1)
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From there PCVs can download and add specifics of Camp location and dates
b.
PC Country Contact (assigning new members to take over)
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Please see Task List for Country Assigments
c.
Project Inventory – Mary
d.
Digest Entries (each person is responsible for a small entry about environmental
resources or simply advice on how to live an environmentally friendly life, please
send your entry to the digest twice in a row)
i.
October : Laura, Mary
ii.
November: Nick, Sarah
iii. December: Nora, Megan
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January: Ally, Catherine
e.
Contact PC Groups for completed Project Information:
i.
Group 33 – Alex (Oct 1)
ii.
Group 34 – Nick (Oct 1)
iii. Previous Members- Jenny (Oct 1)
f.
Nuschoo Meter Reader – Peter (Next Issue)
Resources Task Force
a.
(explanation of website)
EWG.ukraine—login just like jenny.heintz (for example)
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Groups
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Teaching, NGOs, Camps/Projects, Media, EWGgooglegroup
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Documents (Provide ability to collaborate with other members online)
iii. Sites – EWG Ukraine
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Gmail
ii.
How Much would more GB cost on our website?
iii. Creation of new position Webmaster (Dave until Sept 2010) who will be incharge
of overseeing and updating the website. The Mashers will send any new resources or
posts to the Webmaster to link on the site
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Getting rid of ewggooglegroup as a list serve- from now on we will just use the
roster
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Facebook updates (Ally until Sept 2010)
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Bkontakti updates (Sarah until Sept 2010)
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Mashers: responsible for sorting, updating, and filtering resources for their folder
until Sept 2010
i.
Camps/Projects : Rachel r.m.bryner@gmail.com
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Media: Nora nhilton2@gmail.com
iii. Teaching: Bob bobschlehur@gmail.com
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NGO : Catherine
Projects Task Force
a. The goal is to focus on nationwide projects
b. One committee will research in battery recycling
c. One committee will focus on Clean Water Projects
i.
All members need to contact the Ecological Dept of nearby Universities to
find ecological students, professors, resources
ii.
Water Committee Members: Mike, Valerie, Ed, Catherine, Megan
For Specific Task Please see Projects Task Force Assignment sheet of General
Task List
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IX.
Regime Change: Mary and Peter are sworn-in as new Co-Chairs with Nick supporting until
new 36er is chosen as “apprentice” at next meeting
Next Meeting will be February 13