Georgia Tech Students Organizing for Sustainability

  SOS Agenda Tuesday, March 25th, 2008  

1. Introductions – pass around sign-in sheet
2. Updates (15 minutes)
   1. Educational Outreach Pilot
      
      1. Both days were very successful
      2. Lots of positive feedback
      3. Next steps
         1. List of dates
         2. Summary of the program
         3. Recruit more volunteers
   2. Sustainable Food Campaign
      
      1. Liam was voted in as the Chair of the Sustainable Dining Committee (above Todd Schram)
      2. CSA may be experiencing some changes
      3. Google Docs are up for collaboration
         1. Foods and Recipes
         2. Products
   3. Think Green Week
      
      1. Documentaries
         1. Kilowatt Ours
         2. The Real Dirt on Farmer John
      2. Fashion Show
         1. Participating Designers and Stores
         2. Need to recruit models and volunteers
            
            1. Photographers
            2. Announcer(s)
            3. Set-up
            4. General Helpers
            5. Clean-up
      3. Clothing Swap
         1. Reserved table in Student Center for collection
            
            1. Friday, March 28th 11-3
            2. Wednesday, April 2nd 11-3
            3. Friday, April 4th 11-3
            4. Wednesday, April 9th 11-3
            5. Friday, April 11th 11-3
         2. Will be working directly with Greek houses
         3. Saturday, April 5th we will collect outside the dining halls (11-1 Brittain, 1-3 Woodruff)
      4. Green Market - Liam
   4. GTSF Allocation
      
      1. Denied
      2. We can try again, with more planning and research
   5. Upcoming Election for Campaigns and Officers
      
      1. Special Meeting Tuesday, April 1st 6pm IC 119
      2. Followed by a Screening of “Everything’s Cool”
3. Breakout Sessions (30 minutes)
   1. Food Sustainability – Liam
      
      1. CSA
      2. Cost-Neutral Solutions
      3. Labeling
      4. Google Docs
   2. Election – Carly
      
      1. Officer Position Changes
      2. Possible Future Campaigns
   3. Recycling – Matt Ngo
      
      1. Departmental Work
      2. How We Can Improve Recycling Now
      3. Where should we put more bins?
   4. PSAs – Mary
      
      1. What Issue?
      2. What do we want to say?
      3. Begin Writing a Script
4. Upcoming Events (15 minutes)
   1. Jeannette Yen “Biologically Inspired Design at Georgia Tech: Tapping into Sustainability Models of Natural Ecosystems”
      
      1. Panel Discussion
         1. Craig Tovey (ISYE)
         2. Bert Bras (ME)
         3. Marc Weissburg (BIO)
         4. Ashok Goel (CC)
      2. Monday, March 31st 4:45-6pm DM Smith 105
   2. Clothing Collection
      
      1. Friday, March 28th 11-3
      2. Wednesday, April 2nd 11-3
      3. Saturday, April 5th 11-3 (dining halls)
      4. Friday, April 4th 11-3
      5. Wednesday, April 9th 11-3
      6. Friday, April 11th 11-3
   3. Earth Day Table @ GT Auto Show – Sat. March 29th 10-4
   4. Earth Hour event @ GSU – Sat. March 29th 7-9pm
5. Meeting Close
   1. Sign-up sheets: CSA, Clothing, Earth Day Table
   2. Collection of Dues ($15 for Spring if you want to vote)