Minutes - Environment Committee
AUPE HEADQUARTERS
The meeting was called to order at 1315 with Sandy Kyle in the Chair.
ROLL CALL
Present:
Jennifer Yeoman,
Troy Merrill,
Willis Pollett
Marylou Savic,
Marilyn Dorozia,
Iba Boda,
Sandy Kyle,
Pauline Clarke
Staff Advisor: Garnett Robinson
Absent: With regrets Christopher D’Lima
This was the first time we met as a Committee we brainstormed and elected a Secretary and Vice Chair
(1) MOTION: Vice Chair: Willis Pollett, Secretary: Pauline Clarke
Properly moved and seconded.
CARRIED
NEW BUSINESS
Staff Advisor: Garnett Robinson, 780-930-3354, g.robinson@aupe.org
Committee Secretary: Ingrid Misquitta, 780-930-3364, i.misquitta@aupe.org
Ingrid is the person the members of this Committee should contact for time offs
Brain Storming:
- What AUPE Recycles
- Recycling containers for all offices and meeting rooms
- Shredding/Pulp which one is done since one ends up in the landfill and one doesn’t
- The cost of printing (baseline of how much paper AUPE uses in one year) Printing/Photocopying
- Impact/other publication access online
- Tour Edmonton Recycling
- Bike Racks
- Committee members encourage using laptops to decrease the use of paper
- Q&A Vanessa Bjerreskov regarding what we can/not do with the Web page
- Reusable Placquards
- Meet with Environmental Alderman
- Discussed Sherperdia bush and the fall out, Committee will ask Christine Scotland past Committee member if she would write something for the Impact
- Discuss with the AUPE Education department possibility of a course
- AUPE Policy Manuel in whole or part on a disc or accessible online (contact the Legislative Committee)
- Applications/Surveys should be available online (contact membership how they would like to be contacted) Need to approach David Climenhaga
- Booth at Convention 2010
- Work on plan for Future of Committee
- Cell Phone Recycling Contact Bell to bring out their own bin at all AUPE activities
- Union Made Verses Environmentally friendly why not both
- Community Gardens (reclaiming empty lots)
- Reusable v. one-use water bottles
- Business of water
MEETING DATE
The next Environmental Committee meeting will be held on January 21st and 22nd, commencing at 01000 on the 21st and 0900 on the 22nd.
ADJOURNMENT
(2) MOTION: To adjourn.
Properly moved and seconded.
CARRIED
The meeting adjourned at 1500
Respectfully submitted,
Sandy Kyle
Chair
Distribution: Environmental Committee