Attendees: 

Paul Edlund, Duke Elliot, EJ Hook, Paul Lachapelle, Julia Haggerty, Kristin Blackler, Hailey Sinoff, Jacob Northcutt, Kieran Wilder, Meriweather, Sabrina, Miley, Bruce Maxwell, Dan Short, Jared Leonard, Brooke Lahnemen, Candace Mastel, Atticus, Nicholas Fitzmaurice, Raye Myers, Rose Vejvoda, Zach Knoll, Paige Tolleson

Approval of Sept 16, 2021 minutes

Information Items

  1. Update on Sustainability Plan, Julia Haggerty 

We have been invited by the president to formalize the sustainability plan as a sustainability framework for MSU. All the content is the same but reorganized into 3 main targets with 8 objectives organized around the way campus works including waste, procurement, ground management, transportation, etc. 2 new goals have been added about how we will implement the sustainability framework and create a climate action plan by the end of march.

 

  1. Reorganization of CSAC

 

Questions and Answers:

  • Will two student members of campus sustainability committee be voting members? As of right now, no. Maybe an ASMSU rep could be the voting student member.
  • Will these meetings be open to the public, no because this is a group that needs to make informed high level decisions and it is hard to have those kinds of conversations when it is open to the public.
  • What’s the process for selecting the 7 people on the CSC? They are selected from the provost office, from the VP office, VP for research, economic development, the faculty senate chair, auxillary services, and university services DOUBLE CHECK?
  • Who’s going to be responsible for coordinating and reporting back, and who manages the funding?
    • Groups will report back monthly to the campus sustainability consortium (CSC)
    • Funding will be managed by office of sustainability
  1. Budget
  • Two student fellows will get paid for by admin and finance for the first year
  • $12,500 for CSC
  • Fundraise from alumni foundation

 

  1. Presentation on Carbon Neutrality Task Force, Kristin Blackler

 

Scope 1 Task Force: Megan Sterle

Scope 2 Task Force: Julia Haggerty

Scope 3 Task Force: EJ Hook and Paul Lachapelle

 

  • Evaluate how to make sure communication channels are open between CSC, CSAC and CNTF.
  • Office of Sustainability will provide administrative and research support
  • Task force reports out to consortium quarterly

 

New business

none proposed

 

Old business

none pending

 

  1. Public comment 

 

  1. Adjournment

 

Small group brainstorming about:

 

  • CSC charge & operating structure

Monthly CSC meetings in academic year following this agenda template:

  • Joint CSC-CSAC member updates session, to include updates on:
    • Climate Action Plan progress
    • Sustainability Summit planning
  • Informational “SustainU” events, incl. presentations, visiting lectures, etc.
  • CSC calendar of events
    1. Monthly events organized on a volunteer basis
    2. Sign-up sheet
  • Sustainability summit
    1. Planning committee: Mary Stein, Brooke Lahneman, Paul Edlund, Paige Tolleson, Raye Meijers
    2. April 19th in Inspiration Hall
    3. Art installation
    4. Speakers, and interactive events