{"id":869,"date":"2019-04-12T12:42:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T16:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=869"},"modified":"2019-04-12T12:48:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T16:48:40","slug":"march-20-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/meetings-activities\/meeting-minutes\/march-20-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"March 20, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h1>March 20, 2019<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Attendance:<\/strong> <strong>Pam Polloni, Dina Pandya, Stephanie Madsen, Manyu Belani<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>#1\u00a0 Solar Workshop Update \u2013 event will be held in Losos on Friday, May 17th from 12-2pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>STF is offering a hands-on Solar Workshop to teach participants how to wire charging applications to a small solar panel. Come learn wiring basics and soon you&#8217;ll be charging batteries or your cell phone while you&#8217;re off the grid.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>10 spots available &#8211; we\u2019ll post a rsvp page<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Action: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Subcommittee meets Tuesday, April 9 at 1:00pm in Losos<\/li>\n<li>Add Manyu to group list (SM)<\/li>\n<li>Create flyer + rsvp google form (KG \u2013 done)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>#2 Sustainability Conference &#8211; $45 registration fee\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/masustainablecommunities.com\/2019-conference\/\"><strong>http:\/\/masustainablecommunities.com\/2019-conference\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stephanie will be taking Peter Pan bus to the event.<\/p>\n<p>#3\u00a0 <strong>Green It Forward<\/strong> \u2013 We announced the selected first winner Christina Hernandez!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2019\/03\/CF2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2019\/03\/CF2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Awards will be given quarterly, so please nominate a coworker, visit: <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/green-it-forward\/\">https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/green-it-forward\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Action: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Frame certificate, deliver to Christina + let her pick a prize (SM + HH)<\/li>\n<li>Add to STF Blog, announce on Headlines + generate a flyer (HH)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong># 4\u00a0 WSS Events <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grumpy\u2019s Dance Party for Open Space &#8211; The 300 Committee sponsored fun-raiser with Puffy Elvis &#8211; Friday, March 22 5-9pm.<\/li>\n<li>MacDaddy Event \u2013 Mac n Cheese contest at WH Coffee O- Sunday, March 31 5:00-7;00pm<\/li>\n<li>Lunch and Learn with Paris Smalls, JP Student. Thursday, April 4<sup>th<\/sup> at 12:15-Carriage House. Turning abandoned oil rigs into self-powered geothermal data centers edengeopower.com<\/li>\n<li>Winter lectures &#8211; topics include oceans, birds, and wild landscapes <a href=\"https:\/\/300committee.org\/speaker-series\/\">https:\/\/300committee.org\/speaker-series\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mid- May (tbd) Bike to Work Week<\/li>\n<li>Mid-May Bird Walk with Mike Tucker<\/li>\n<li>Compost With Me field trip \u2013 sometime in June<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Action: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lots to do \u2013 make flyers, advertise in Headlines (SM, HH + All)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>#5 <\/strong><strong>\u00a0EV Charging Station Update \u2013 <\/strong>School Street and Clark lots- the Charging pedestal at School St. should be up and running within 2 weeks.\u00a0 Clark lot is behind schedule \u2013 we are waiting for Eversource to complete a task.<\/p>\n<p>Also:<\/p>\n<p>Falmouth Selectwoman Sue Moran would like WHOI, MBL and any other entity in Falmouth presently participating in the Electric Vehicle (EV) Make Ready Program through Eversource to help create an event to publicize the program. For details pertaining to the EV Make Ready Program select this link:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eversource.com\/content\/ema-c\/residential\/save-money-energy\/explore-alternatives\/electric-vehicles\/charging-stations\"> https:\/\/www.eversource.com\/content\/ema-c\/residential\/save-money-energy\/explore-alternatives\/electric-vehicles\/charging-stations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sue imagines that we could meet at noon sometime at the end of April in Falmouth or Woods Hole to celebrate and advertise the EV Make Ready Program. Eversource will be in attendance, with the hopes that WHOI and MBL will offer testimonials and encourage other businesses, schools, institutions to participate in the program. Sue plans to invite media outlets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Action: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Help Sue Moran plan EV Event on April 24 11:00am (SM + others)<\/li>\n<li>Submit work order for installation of pedestal (SM)<\/li>\n<li>Submit advertisement of pedestals in Headlines (SM)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>#6 New Business:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>A Woodcock bird was spotted in drainage area by base of MRF steps \u2013 Facilities has been notified and efforts will be made to protect it and its habitat<\/li>\n<li>Casual Carpooling \u2013 Can we SLUG at WHOI?\u00a0 We discussed options for possibly implementing slugging from Clark to Village. It will have to be a non-whoi thing\u2026need to discuss more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 20, 2019 Attendance: Pam Polloni, Dina Pandya, Stephanie Madsen, Manyu Belani \u00a0#1\u00a0 Solar Workshop Update \u2013 event will be held in Losos on Friday, May 17th from 12-2pm STF is offering a hands-on Solar Workshop to teach participants how to wire charging applications to a small solar panel. 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