Business Meeting Minutes - March 4, 2007

1) Website with a Blog

• a resounding, yes, and appreciation and thanks to our new webmaster, Lelia Elliston.
• Martie Fiske and David Modecai will serve as editors for postings to the blog.
  
• The current website sub-committee is Nicole Mordecai, Martie Fiske, David Modecai, and Lelia Elliston.
  

2) Step It Up2007 - April 14, 12pm. National Day of Climate Action

• Weston Climate Group to head up participation efforts and plans
• Visit http://www.stepitup2007.org/ for more information
• PLANNING MEETING scheduled for SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 4:00 pm at the Brook School Apartments, Forbes Room
• Current ideas:
  - Location: Weston Town Hall Steps - requested, hope for approval this week
  - Time:1 2pm-2pm
  - Bike from home to Weston Center
  - Decorate your bike with recyclable materials
  - Prizes for the craziest, most beautiful, etc. bike
  - Have a bicycle parade around the Town Green
  - Invite the H.S. Band to play
  - Invite the H.S. Dance group to preform
  - Food concession for lunch, e.g. pizza and sodas, project for the H.S. Group
  - Program: invite local, state and national elected officials to speak about their vision for carbon reductions for Weston, State and Nation, as well as what the legislative agenda is for this coming year for cutting carbon to reach 80% by 2050.
  -- If unable to attend, ask for someone from their office or a written statement to be read at the rally.

3) Woodland School Science Fair

• Date: March 23, 2007
• Practice Date: March 13, 2007 from 3:00 -5:00 pm
• Rudy Ruggles reported idea accepted of calculating emissions from home to school by car and bus.
• Need to plan and to staff evening of event. Will be on the agenda for the March 11 meeting.

4) Michael Crowley of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative gave a superb talk and presentation at the WCG monthly meeting, entitled "Practical, Cost-Effective Design and Construction of Green Buildings." Go to http://www.greencampus.harvard.edu/gclf/ to learn more about the extraordinary example Harvard is setting for the green building movement, and to learn more about the Green Campus Loan Fund.