{"id":1681,"date":"2021-06-04T12:27:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T16:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=1681"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:27:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T16:27:51","slug":"may-19-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/meetings-activities\/meeting-minutes\/may-19-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"May 19, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\t<h1>May 19, 2021<\/h1>\r\n<p><strong>Attendance:<\/strong> Karen Soenen, Conor Ahearn, Lauren Dykman, Stephanie Madsen<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>#1. Beekeeping Grant &#8211; <\/strong>Thanks to our Beekeeping Working Group led by Danie Kinkade, Karen Soenen, Bethany Fowler + Ellen Bailey, for their hard work in securing a $1,817.38 donation from the Woods Hole Foundation! Congratulations Bee Team!! And big THANK YOU to the Woods Hole Foundation!<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Start discussions about expanding scope to include a Village location (Conor, KS)<\/li>\r\n<li>Order beekeeping equipment (DK work with SM)<\/li>\r\n<li>Update Beekeeping link on STF Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/initiatives\/social-sustainability\/whoi-beekeeping\/\">https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/initiatives\/social-sustainability\/whoi-beekeeping\/<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Add Blog post for STF landing page (KS, HH or DP)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Walk-Meet Loop Maps- How long does it take to walk around Ring Road? Can you walk and hold a meeting at the same time? We have several maps created (thank you Karen S. and Sarah Y. for creating some). We brainstormed names for the program and <strong><em>Meet on Your Feet<\/em><\/strong> seems to be the winner!<\/li>\r\n<li>T3C Saturday Hikes continue through May &#8211; Lauren Dykman is organizing these. JP Students get first dibs then it opens up to all. Sign up here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/signup.com\/go\/aLiSFbg\">https:\/\/signup.com\/go\/aLiSFbg<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Post the <strong><em>Meet on your Feet <\/em><\/strong>maps on the STF website (done- DP) <a href=\"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/initiatives\/social-sustainability\/meet-on-your-feet-maps\/\">https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/initiatives\/social-sustainability\/meet-on-your-feet-maps\/<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Advertise maps on Headlines, around campus, and word of mouth (ALL)<\/li>\r\n<li>Put the T3C-WHOI Saturday hikes on Headlines and Events (LD)<\/li>\r\n<li>Add Blog post for STF landing page (KS, HH or DP)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>#3 \u00a0Beach Clean-up Shore Lab &#8211; Monthly &#8211; We need Volunteers to join the leaders! STF is partnering with T3C + WHOI neighbors to clean up the beach on the first Thursday of each month at noon. Meet at Gate by Shore Lab.<\/strong> The cleanups have been well attended and new employees have met new friends! It&#8217;s a beautiful way to spend 30 minutes of your day.<\/p>\r\n<p>Leaders for Beach Cleanups include:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>May 6, Thursday &#8211; Pam Polloni + Stephanie Madsen<\/li>\r\n<li>June 3, Thursday &#8211; Stephanie Madsen<\/li>\r\n<li>July 1, Thursday &#8211; tbd Featuring guest plastic science presenter &#8211; Chris Reddy and team!!<\/li>\r\n<li>August 5, Thursday &#8211; tbd (possibly Women&#8217;s Committee or GLOW sponsored)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Reach out to Committees and ask if they would sponsor\/recruit for a cleanup (GLOW and Women&#8217;s Committee are interested) SM<\/li>\r\n<li>Add Splash note to the beach cleanup flyer for July (HH)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recycleballs.org\/\">https:\/\/www.recycleballs.org\/<\/a> the Quick Label Program looks like it fits our needs best.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Save this for next month&#8217;s agenda<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>\u00a0#5 Solar Update &#8211; Meteor House<\/strong> solar (11 kw) will be installed in the next few months! Thank you Peter DM for contributing to the installation costs!<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Clark South (61 kw) \u00a0+ Clark Solar (31 kw)Update &#8211; <\/strong>Now operational and real-time solar generation data is available on our website.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Revision video featuring WHOI solar! <\/strong>Revision Energy plans to create a 60 second solar video featuring drone footage of our 4 solar installations (Fye, McLean, Clark, and Clark South). We&#8217;ll post the video to our STF website once it&#8217;s complete.\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>The film crew arrives Wednesday, June 2.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Residential: Community Shared Solar available (aka Residential Off-site Solar). <\/strong>A new solar installation in Plymouth is looking for residential customers. Expect to save 15% of your utility supply bill. If you rent a home, have an old roof, and\/or can&#8217;t install solar on your rooftop, consider purchasing off-site solar through Cape + Islands Self-Reliance. Contact Megan Amsler if interested. <a href=\"mailto:megan@reliance.org\">megan@reliance.org<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Blake, Clark South, Losos, McLean, Bigelow, Smith (completed Jan-June 2021)<\/li>\r\n<li>More rebates are available from Cape Light Compact, thus Wicked Watts is auditing a few more buildings&#8230;<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>List the new building upgrades and rebate values (SM)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We need Buddies to make the program successful!!!\u00a0 The program won&#8217;t work unless we get at least 20, so please post your profile.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>To be a Buddy and create your Profile, go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/wcc\/whois-your-buddy-program\/\">https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/wcc\/whois-your-buddy-program\/<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Mitch in IS can push us list of new people every 2 weeks. A welcome letter with link to WCC website will be sent to new employees.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Advertise <strong><em>Buddies Wanted<\/em><\/strong> in Events (SM + DP). It&#8217;s been in Headlines for a few weeks but it needs a more prominent presence.<\/li>\r\n<li>All, Please edit the Welcome Letter <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1ZpRZvWQnM8LhLakY4mGwlDD650pqnch2NxUVE6LCg_A\/edit?usp=sharing\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1ZpRZvWQnM8LhLakY4mGwlDD650pqnch2NxUVE6LCg_A\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>#8\u00a0\u00a0 STF Garden Plot in the Village &#8211; We need a few more volunteers to help water the STF Garden Plot. Please <\/strong>email Seb Bigorre <a href=\"mailto:sbigorre@whoi.edu\">sbigorre@whoi.edu<\/a> and Steph Madsen <a href=\"mailto:smadsen@whoi.edu\">smadsen@whoi.edu<\/a> if you&#8217;d like to help out at the STF garden this Spring + Summer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>We need someone to design the plant ID sign &#8211; please let Steph know if you are interested<\/li>\r\n<li>Add Social Sustainability to STF Website<\/li>\r\n<li>Add new solar installations to STF website &#8211; Clark(31.1 kw DC and Clark So (61.5 kw DC)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 19, 2021 Attendance: Karen Soenen, Conor Ahearn, Lauren Dykman, Stephanie Madsen #1. Beekeeping Grant &#8211; Thanks to our Beekeeping Working Group led by Danie Kinkade, Karen Soenen, Bethany Fowler + Ellen Bailey, for their hard work in securing a $1,817.38 donation from the Woods Hole Foundation! Congratulations Bee Team!! 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