{"id":25,"date":"2018-08-20T13:05:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T17:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2018-11-13T16:59:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T20:59:16","slug":"february-21-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/meetings-activities\/meeting-minutes\/february-21-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"February 21, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>February 21, 2018<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Attendance:\u00a0<\/strong>Taylor Heyl, Andrea Harvey, Pam Polloni, Sebastien Bigorre, and Stephanie Madsen<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>#1 Solar update\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Solar install on Fye + McLean Roof is complete! Next steps: Falmouth Building Inspector approval, then Eversource approval for system launch<\/li>\n<li>Off-site Solar projects in Plymouth and Canton are generating lots of clean energy!\u00a0 We see credits on our utility bills and are saving 15%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Action:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Track solar approval steps (DD + SM)<\/li>\n<li>Access solar generation plots on software portals AlsoEnergy + SolarEdge (SM+ more if interested)<\/li>\n<li>Schedule Solar Celebration \u2013 possibly Friday, May 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0afternoon (SM + STF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>#2 Strategic Community charrettes \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Discussion of Village green\/parking area. DSK wants feedback from WHOI employees. Occurred on \u00a0Monday, Feb. 26<sup>th<\/sup>. Several STF members attended and highlighted<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>need to electrically wire any development for more EV stations and possibly solar.<\/li>\n<li>Continue to encourage alternative commuting \u2013 biking and carpooling (more MassRides events planned for June!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Action\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 update carpooling links on HR + STF websites (done \u2013 thanks Dina!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>#3\u00a0 WSS Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lunch + Learn \u2013 Solar Presentation by ReVision<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Solar<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Our solar vendor, who is installing panels on Fye and McLean, will present the details regarding panels at Whoi, how the Massachusetts program is changing and how you may benefit with residential solar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday, March 9<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0at Noon\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Clark 507 at 12:15. Lunch provided by ReVision.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(veggie options available). Please rsvp for food count.\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/3ahBAeZB74Ys82QF3\"><strong>https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/3ahBAeZB74Ys82QF3<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Action:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Send reminders + announcements to encourage participation (SM) \u2013 37 people already signed up for lunch<\/li>\n<li>Flyers to Admin Pros + STF (done)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Friend Raiser at Grumpy&#8217;s Pub<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Friday, March 9\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 5 to 9:00 pm \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LIVE MUSIC! DANCING! FUN!<\/p>\n<p>Join T3C and local band Puffy Elvis for a fun Friday evening! Mingle with friends and unwind for the weekend as you enjoy great live music, Grumpy&#8217;s beverages and food available (BBQ from West Falmouth Market). ($5 cover; food &amp; drink additional.) \u00a0Donations to The 300 Committee are welcome!<\/p>\n<p>See you at Grumpy&#8217;s! (29 Locust Street, Falmouth)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New WSS Events: Looking for people to organize additional WSS events \u2013 it\u2019s not much work, you just need to pick an activity you love and show up. Steph will do the advertising for you.\n<ul>\n<li>Suggestions include: trip to solar farm, cleanup with Steamship, yard sale\u2026<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>#4\u00a0 Meet Your Match \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>WeReviewed the Green Commuting event that was held on Feb. 14th<strong>\u00a0(<\/strong>20 people attended with reps from every institution<strong>) \u2013 see message and links from Kyle Bonus below<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Action:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Encourage people opposed to expanded parking in the Village to participate in alternative commuting (ALL)<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Start planning next events with MassRides including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bike Safety Seminar- early July (most guest students will be here)<\/li>\n<li>Meet Your Match \u2013 June date for influx of students and guest scientists<\/li>\n<li>Try It Day \u2013 June tbd<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>#5 Sustainable Communities Conference \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>It\u2019s in Plymouth this year and fee is affordable ($32.49). Price now higher $45<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/masustainablecommunities.com\/\">http:\/\/masustainablecommunities.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Steph + Pam Palloni attending April 27th<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>#6 VBike update\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Ye Yao, of VBikes, gave a \u00a0presentation to Falmouth\u2019s EDIC on \u00a0Feb 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0(8:30am). Falmouth Town Hall in the Selectmen Room. She then met with Falmouth\u2019s Town Manager and sent a Service Agreement to EDIC and Town Manager.<\/p>\n<p>EPS Hub technology has been added thus bikes will need to be returned to designated EPS hubs (may help with management).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Action:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meet with Chris Land as EDIC rep to see if EDIC is going to approve (SM)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>#7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Business \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Citizens Climate Lobby \u2013 Dick Payne<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/citizensclimatelobby.org\/\"><strong>https:\/\/citizensclimatelobby.org\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecently I started a chapter in Falmouth, intending to cover the upper Cape. The thrust of local chapters is writing letters to senators and congressmen, newspapers, and generally making as much fuss as we can.<\/p>\n<p>Much more information can be found at CitizensClimateLobby.org. Click on the button marked Join CCL in the upper right hand corner of the home page and word will be relayed to me of your interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dick Payne is Oceanographer Emeritus, 2001 to present, Department of Physical<\/p>\n<p>Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Message from Kyle Bonus\u00a0 &#8211; MassRides:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hello all,<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for attending the Woods Hole Meet Your Match event last Wednesday, February 14<sup>th<\/sup>! Hopefully you had success in finding a carpool buddy to reduce your travel expenses, vehicle wear and tear, and emissions spent.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget: carpooling is simple, but there can be bumps along the way.\u00a0 In my experience, the most successful carpools are the ones with the best communication. For example, if you\u2019re running late, even by a few minutes, let the driver or passenger know. Be patient with it as you start out, and eventually you can add more carpool days to your commute as you ease into the routine.<\/p>\n<p>Also know that MassRIDES has your back! If something comes up and you need to leave unexpectedly, or if you need to stay at work for unexpected overtime, you are now qualified to take up to four Emergency Ride Home trips per year. Logging a trip is simple and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commute.com\/erh\/\">can be done here<\/a>\u2014just remember to upload your receipt.<\/p>\n<p>Remember to carpool in the next two weeks and send a \u201cselfie\u201d photo to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Kyle.Bonus@dot.state.ma.us\">Kyle.Bonus@dot.state.ma.us<\/a>\u00a0or text at (267) 210-2815 to be entered in a raffle to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card.<\/p>\n<p>Happy carpooling!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kyle Bonus<\/strong>\u00a0| Outreach Coordinator<\/p>\n<p>MassRIDES<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts Department of Transportation<\/p>\n<p>t: 857.383.3813 | c: 267.210.2815| f: 857.368.0656<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 21, 2018 Attendance:\u00a0Taylor Heyl, Andrea Harvey, Pam Polloni, Sebastien Bigorre, and Stephanie Madsen\u00a0 #1 Solar update\u00a0\u2013 Solar install on Fye + McLean Roof is complete! Next steps: Falmouth Building Inspector approval, then Eversource approval for system launch Off-site Solar projects in Plymouth and Canton are generating lots of clean energy!\u00a0 We see credits on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/758"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}