Meeting Minutes 1/6/09

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SOS General Meeting 1/6/09   Next Lecture:

  • Tuesday, January 13th 6-730pm Student Center Theater
  • Jennette Gayer, “Repowering Georgia and the U.S.”
  • We will be hanging up flyers in buildings around campus for promotion. Tell your friends!

  T-Shirts:

  • If you have paid your dues ($15) and would like a t-shirt, email Carly Queen
  • We will be using iron-ons and reused t-shirts bought from salvation army
  • If you still need/want to pay dues, contact Matt Ngo

  Upcoming Events

  • Lecture, Tuesday
  • Movie Screening, The Corporation, Student Center Theater
  • Marketing Techniques: The Technique, WREK radio, chalking, flyers
  • CSA: Wednesdays 12-4 in the student center
  • Raffling/Baked Goods Sale:
    • Need to make a more profitable method
    • Starts up again next week
    • 11-2 Tues, Thurs 1230-4 Wed
    • Ticket prices: 1 for $1, 5 for $3, 7 for $5
  • Earth Day Meeting this Friday 11:30am-1pm Student Center Cypress Room
    • More student involvement is needed (anyone can come)
    • Several events are still open for planning committee members, if you are interested just show up
  • Bike-Share workdays: probably Sunday afternoons, include potluck or dinner
  • Inventure Prize Contest
    • Vibration/Wind energy capture device
    • Ideal for placement under bridges to harvest natural energy source
    • If anyone else is interested in helping out, contact Carly
  • Sustainable Dining Committee
    • Next meeting next Friday (16th 2pm), contact Nell or Carly
    • Idea to bring up: using leftovers from Britain or Woodruff to donate to Atlanta Food Bank or other shelter

  Ideas for Events:

  • Panel Discussion on Environmental Justice, Date and Time TBA, need to recruit speakers for this
  • Matt Ngo – knows an e-Waste recycling company (GEEP) that will give us a cut from the electronics recycled
  • Tie Dye sale on Skiles, get shirts from Salvation Army/thrift store
  • Solar Concert – contact from Earth Day committee may have connections to get us a solar stage
  • After meetings having social events (dinner, etc.)
  • Water and Energy Conservation Flyering – with Marcia Kinstler – we need more energy posters, have a lot of water posters already but could use more
    • Need to make posters have a uniform look
    • Need to update some water posters (focus on high gas prices which isn’t a problem nowadays)
    • Meeting: Jan. 15th 6pm
  • Derby Racing down freshman hill
  • Veggie fashion show with vegetable made outfits
  • Farmer’s Market
  • Urban gardening in Home Park lot, contact Matt Ngo
  • Energy audits with Southface Rep.

  SOS Bank Account

  • Need to set up an account so people can write checks, etc.
  • will set up Paypal donation option on website

  SGA Update

  • Sustainable Move-Out
    • Recycling food, clothes, electronics, furniture etc.
  • Bikes
    • Targeting freshman, with discounts, and announcements at FASET
  • Car Idling
    • (Nell) reduce emissions by not leaving your car running