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Minutes May 14, 2009

Attending: David Barnhill, Almut Beringer, Joe Blohm, Jim Feldman, Brian Klinger, Mike Lizotte, Maureen Muldoon, Marty Strand.

The next Campus Sustainability Council meeting will be
Wednesday, May 20, at 2:00 pm, in Swart 210.

Director’s Update

Work on the Director’s annual report has been postponed so that Almut can focus on a task given her by the senior administration: a federal grant for CASPER, which is due June 1 and due in the Grants Office a week before that.

Almut continues to act as UWO representative on the city of Oshkosh’s Sustainability Committee and NEW North.

Tom Sonnleitner approved a sustainability internship for the next year, starting this summer. During the summer the focus would be on getting information for the Climate Action Plan, which is due Sept 15.

The Council then discussed the importance of establishing an internship program with an established internship budget. Tasks such as Green Events Coordinator and Community Gardens Intern could become part of the broader responsibilities of the internship. We have committed to paying Melissa Meister $250 for the garden internship this spring and $500 for this summer. The summer pay could be altered if she is hired as a more broadly defined sustainability intern.

VOTE:
Ø The Council voted unanimously to make developing broadly defined sustainability internships a high priority for the sustainability program on campus. The job description should be decided by the Campus Sustainability Director.

By-laws
VOTE
Ø      The Council voted unanimously to approve section V: Amendments of the bylaws as written in the April 13 draft. (David moved, Moe seconded.)
Ø      The Council voted unanimously to delete section VI: Advisory Board. We will consider forming an advisory board later after we have a clearer idea of our priorities and how we relate to campus decision-making and when we have a precise idea of the role of the Advisory Board. (Jim moved. Brian seconded.)
Ø      The Council voted unanimously to make our name the Campus Sustainability Council. (Jim moved. Brian seconded.)

Nominating new members
The Council decided that it would be good to add a faculty member from a college other than COLS, someone from IMC, and someone from IT. Brian and Marty will explore possibilities in IMC. David will contact MaryBeth Petesch and AnnMarie Johnson to see if they would be interested.

Meeting adjourned at 3:00 pm with thanks to those who came.

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Bike and Pedestrian Survey

The City of Oshkosh is updating its Pedestrian and Bicycle Circulation Plan and they are looking for public input from people who live, work, study, or recreate in Oshkosh. They have developed a website that has links to an online survey:

pedestrian_bicycle_plan

Even if you do not currently use a bike or walk to campus, completing the survey will help the city learn why you do not, or how they might improve city infrastructure.

Most of us use city facilities every day: sidewalks along streets carrying automobiles through campus are built by the city, to their current standards. The last public meeting was in August, so student and staff input was not representative of UW Oshkosh pedestrians and bicyclists. So please consider giving the city some feedback from the campus community.