April 19, 2009 Minutes

Skagway Public Library

Meeting was called to order at 3:15 pm

Those present: Dorothy Brady, Tim Wing, Lucas Hager, Charlotte Jewell, Teresa Brown, Anna Merchant, Jolene

Approval of last meeting’s minutes by ; seconded by

Approval of April 19 agenda by ; seconded by

Introductions

Reports

- Recycling brochures have been printed. Charlotte got a $250 donation from the Skagway ATIA for printing. $23 was spent for printing on recycled paper from Whitehorse by Jolene. 200 copies were printed in Black & White. More will be printed at a later date. It was suggested to post the brochure in public places. (Camper park, hardware store, grocery store, communal housing, etc.)

- Shelby will need to update us about the Student Government meeting at the next SEEES meet.

- Spring Stroll: Possibly no spring stroll this year. The Chamber is cutting their budget. Anna said the committee is on hold. Charlotte said it might be May 15th.

- Garden Club is planting seeds, building flats and planning the construction of the garden shed at the community garden. $400 has been donated towards the grow light at the school.

Correspondence
- Stephanie Scott emailed SEEES asking for someone to talk with her on KHNS on Monday. She also suggested a farmer’s market. Stephanie didn’t have much to say about the possibility of visiting us in Skagway. A teleconference was suggested by Dorothy.
- Our letterhead is needed from Alicia for correspondence purposes.

Old Business

- SEEES to join and create an Assembly Committee. The pros and cons were discussed about being an Advisory Committee or a Borough Committee. The dynamics of the group would change. It was suggested to correspond with Mike about what we should do. Charlotte will write a letter to the Mayor and Assembly inviting them to our meetings and asking to post at city areas. Charlotte will post the letter on the blog for approval. Make comments by Thursday.

New Business

- Dorothy would like to ask for a composting and recycling site at the south end at Seven Pastures. She would like to approach them carefully, with all of our organizational information in order. Composting of grass is already happening out there. Sunday April 26th will be a meeting for recycling committee at the library at 3pm.
- Post S.E.E.E.S. to website (Sustainable Environment, Energy, Economy in Skagway)
- Assembly meetings will be reported at our meetings. Anna will do it at the next SEES meeting.
- KHNS Energy Talk at 8:45am on April 27th with Stephanie. Tim volunteered to speak with them.


Member Comments

Thank you to Tim for volunteering to speak with KHNS!

Next meeting – May 3, 2009 at 3pm in the library

Moved to adjourn meeting by and seconded by at 4:30 pm.

Agenda Items for April 19 meeting?

Recycle brochures--200 are printed on 100% recycled paper, how to distribute?

Earth Day this week, what do we propose people do/how to create awareness?

Minutes from April 5th, 2009

Minutes of April5, 2009 meeting:

Present: Elaine (facilitator), Jeff, Charlotte, Shelby, Dorothy (minutes-taker), Julene, Anna, Elle
Next meeting April 19, 2009 facilitator is Dorothy Brady, minutes-taker is Jeff.
May meetings: 3rd and 17th
Minutes from previous meeting were read.
CLARIFICATION by Julene that SDC isn’t a done deal and needs to be approved for keeping donation money. Also In response to, they will be issuing checks if approved.
FOLLOW UP: Anna submitted a hard copy of Local Harvest CSA report: “What is a CSA?” You can find it in the SEEES notebook in periodical section of the library. Also, online at www.localharvest , then click CSA
NOTE: Facilitator and minutes-taker will rotate and the next meeting’s facilitator will be decided after the minutes are read.
PROPOSAL: The thank you letter in the local paper was received by the community with gratitude, therefore additional letters to businesses practicing green principles as well as to individuals making outstanding efforts toward a sustainable future in Skagway either through financial donations, or actions. Anna proposed be sent. Anna will write letters to: You Say Tomato, Loom, Klondike Clothes Rush, Jewell Gardens, Dorothy Brady, Jeff Broudeau, Stuart Brown, Courtney Birdsall Clifford, Julene, APT.
PROPOSAL: “Green Awards” Criteria to be brainstormed in sessions during meetings. The Awards could be presented during the flower show. Anna and Elaine will work toward this happening.
AGENDA ITEM: Julene presented the flyer on recycle situation in Skagway for the final editing. Additions were made. It was decided that they will be given out at Spring Stroll, to businesses wanting to display them in their brochure rack, and possibly as stuffed in local newspaper. Dorothy will ask Jeff Brady.
Elaine will look in Juneau for a source to print brochures in soy ink and on recycle paper and get a cost for 300 and 500.
AGENDA ITEM: Charlotte reported on the on-going arrangement to accommodate Stephanie fro Haines to speak in Skagway.
AGENDA ITEM: Shelby reported on plans for Spring Stroll with the theme: “Have a Sustainable Stay in Skagway”. The stall will consist of a visual question: A bottle of Pine-Sol, Clorox, and Vinegar with price of each and dilution for each to do the same task. Efforts are being made to have the Chamber of Commerce, the sponsor of the event, have cloth bags printed with SEEES logo for the event that last year used plastic bags. If not this year we will pursue the idea with them for next year.
AGENDA ITEM: Parks and Rec meeting on Wednesday at 4pm. Dorothy and Shelby are to attend in relation to 7 Pastures site possibly becoming the home for the Community Composting.
AGENDA ITEM: Discussion on sustainability for Skagway City Council and SEEES to be represented at every meeting. Need to follow this up at next meeting.
AGENDA ITEM: Garden Club asked for a site on the Garden Page on the Website, a continually updated one entitled: Garden Corner Bed In this “corner”, news of up-coming Garden Club meeting and activities would be posted and a report of recent events and project completion. Material for posting on the Website was submitted for approval by the group. Discussion was had on emailing Jeff for Website posting at:sustainableskagway@hotmail.com separate from emailing for blog to: sustainableskagway@gmail.com


AGENDA ITEMS FOR APRIL 19TH:
1. Seven Pastures site
2. Report on Spring Stroll
3. SEEES representative at City Council meetings
4. Stephanie in Skagway
5. Letters for support and to support efforts
6. Cost of printing brochure
7. Report from Dorothy on what the Garden Club is up to, ie: grow light at school, starters, etc.