ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES COMMITTEE
January 17th, 1998
EMU Oak Room

ATTENDEES: John Bittner, Bev Murrow, Emilson Silva, Todd Partington, Harriett Merrick, W. Douglas Serrill, Janet Rose, Kay Coots, Cyndi Jones, J.R. Gaddis, Annie Dochnahl, Phil Young

Kay asked for volunteers for chairperson.

Subcommittees:

Environmental Subcommittee-Bev reported the Paper Policy is basically not enforceable due to the fact there are no set consequences for not following it.

J.R. would like confirmation of the status of the Paper Policy. He will schedule a meeting with Dave Hubin to discuss whether or not it is final, and how it can be enforced. Annie suggested that The Emerald would be interested in the Paper Policy once it is finalized.

Cyndi reported that the Environmental Subcommittee also discussed the different aspects of environmental policy, compiling practical situations to present to the community to be better environmental citizens. Kay reported they are still working on how to get the departments to take part and track their accomplishments without overburdening them.

Public Awareness Subcommittee-Todd asked that everyone look at the WebPage, he would like feedback.

Transportation Subcommittee-Annie said they are discussing ideas for rewarding car-poolers with better parking location. Emilson concurred that giving good parking spaces is better than monetary rewards, ie. punch cards.

Annie also reported that OPS is in process of hiring a bike coordinator.

Old Business:

Bev spoke to The Office of Research Services and Administration for the Riverfront Research park and reported that there was no specific response to her questions regarding the restaurant(s), if or how close to the river they will be.

No New Business.

Here is an updated list of the subcommittee members, if there are any other changes please let me know:

Earth Day Public Awareness

John Reynolds Connie French

Karyn Kaplan Todd Partington

Karyn Kaplan

Transportation Environmental Policy

Annie Dochnohl Connie French

Chris Ramey Karyn Kaplan

Emilson Silva Phil Young

Tom Hicks Cyndi Jones

Kay Coots

The next Environmental Issues Committee meeting will be held Wednesday, February 4th @11:00am in the EMU Century E Room.

Minutes submitted by Debbie Smith