Meetings and action: response required

To:  Member of the Green Sanctuary Task Force

Our next regular meeting is scheduled for March 17, in the middle of spring break.  Attendance at the last several meetings has not been good.  Therefore, I am postponing all meetings of the entire group until April 7.  Please mark this on your calendar now, because we will be making final decisions on the Action Plan at that meeting. 

Between now and then, I intend to work with individuals and hammer out the details of 12 project as required for our application to UUA. Each project requires the name of a person or persons who have a passion for the project and will follow through in the implementation of the project. The list of proposed projects is as follows:

Worship and Celebration Projects (2 required)

1 (1 of 12). Sustaining Intentional Earth-Oriented Worship and Celebration.  Lead: Sam Wormley and Program Committee.

2. (2 of 12) Raising Community Awareness of Environmental Issues through a Symposium and Concert.  Lead: Chris White.

Religious Education Projects (2 required, 1 for children and 1 for adults)

3. (3 of 12). Beyond Popsicle Sticks: Whole Earth Religious Education.  Lead: Lori Allen and RE Committee.

4. (4 of 12). Life-long Learning and the Environment.  Lead: Erv Klaas and Environment Committee.

Environmental Justice Projects (2 required, 1 long-term that actively promotes justice for those affected by environmental injustices and creates relationships: one must involve another organization or congregation.)

5. (5 of 12).  Support energy efficiency and community sustainability with AMOS.  Lead: Erv Klaas and members of Evironmental Research Team of AMOS.

6. (6 of 12).  Yucatan Project.  Lead:  Sue Jarnigan and Social Justice Committee.

Sustainable Living Projects (4 required, 1 that addresses energy conservation)

7. (7 of 12).  Solar Panels on Roof.  Lead: (Janet McKee, Terri O'Berry, Rich Van Valen, and building committee)

8. (8 of 12).  Promote home energy audits, energy education (Kill A Watt), and conservation.  Lead: Ralph Gandy and Environment Committee.

9. (9 of 12). UUFA Green Policy Manual Project.  Lead: Rich Van Valen, Building and Environment Committee.

10. (10 of 12) Ethical Eating, Local Foods, and Gardening.  Lead: Helen Gunderson and Linda Barnes.

11. (11 of 12) Going Native: Revising the UUFA Landscape.  Lead: Mimi Wagner, grounds committee and Hazelnuts.

12. (12 of 12) NEW! This could fit under Environmental Justice Category  It could also be an AMOS project.  Thinking outside the Bottle: Drinking water issues, social justice, and the environment.  See attachment, copied from Green Sanctuary Digest. Lead: To be determined.

Except for Nos. 6 and 12, we have discussed these projects more than once at the workshop last August and in subsequent meetings.

Everyone who readds this email please reply to this email and respond to the following questions:

1. Which of the 12 projects above can you be of assistance.

2. How do you feel about Project No. 12?  Would you be interested in taking the lead on it?

3. Do you need any more information on any of these projects? If so, please contact me.

4. Will you be able to attend the meeting on April 7?  If not, will you take the time to study previous descriptions on the action plan and make input prior to April 7?

5. Is there a project in this list that you absolutely are opposed to?  For what reasons?  Do you have an alternative project to propose? 

Sincerely,

Erv Klaas