Ecominds-a Mailing List: Next EcoMinds meeting & March Minutes

[Ralph Wyman (rwmuusja]

The Next EcoMinds meeting will be:
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
7:00 - 9:00 PM
First Universalist Church
2400 Dupont Ave S, Minneapolis


We did not schedule an April meeting due to multiple schedule conflicts &
other events...here are the minutes from the last meeting:

Minutes of the MUUSJA EcoMinds Meeting of Mar 18, 2008
Submitted by Dick Ottman

Present:  FUS - Marcy Luessler, First Universalist - Ralph Wyman, Chris
Burda, Cecelia Newton, Roberta Avidor, White Bear - Dick Ottman

We assembled the post card packets to be sent to all UU congregations in MN.
The post cards ask their legislators to vote for the Clean Car Act and The
Green Solutions Act of 2008.  Each packet included a cover letter, an
information sheet, a master copy of the Green Solutions post card, a master
copy of the Clean Car Act postcard, a legislator list, a house map, a senate
map, a master summary sheet for the Green Solutions Act, a master summary
sheet for the Clean Car Act, post cards for the Green Solution Act and post
cards for the Clean Car Act.

The packets were mailed right after the meeting.  The following people are
reminded to call their contact at each church to tell them the packet is
coming:
1. Cecelia - Bemidji, Grand Rapids, and First Universalist.
2. Lisa - Bloomington, Burnsville, Unity, and Rochester.
3. Jo - Brainerd, Excelsoir, and Willmar.
4. Stewart - Buffalo, Hanska, and Wayzata.
5. Ralph - Duluth, Fridley, and Northfield.
6. Marcy - Mankato, FUS, Groveland, and Winona.
7. Bob - Underwood and Virginia.
8. Dick - Arden Hills, St. Cloud, Spirit of Life, and White Bear.

Congregations Caring for Creation (CCC), of which we are a part, has a booth
in the Eco Experience Building (run by the MPCA) at the north end of the
Fair from 9am to 9pm from Aug 21 to Sept 1.  The booth is setup and supplied
with materials by the Center for Energy and the Environment (CEE), which is
a non-profit organization with a paid staff person present at our booth from
11am to 5pm.  

Marcy will be the master sign up person for CCC for people to be present at
the booth.  White Bear has agreed to handle one weekday from 9am to 9pm.
Marcy will ask Madeline Cioci (FUS) to do booth training prior to the Fair.

We think there needs to be a recycling display included at our booth, and a
list of stores that sell and take back used CFLs.

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday May 13 at First Universalist at 7pm.