Green Team Meeting Notes 9-6-2018

Green Team Meeting Notes 9/6/2018

Attendees: Bill Schroeder, Susan Johnston, Steve Fink, Mark Bohrer, Candy Dann (phone)

1)      Car Chargers Program – Ngrid and/or Eversource involvement to install them in public spaces

-          ACTION: Bill will find out more about this program to see if it makes sense at South Church

2)      Retreat

-          plans are coming together – 51 signed up, expect more including youth signups

-          Candy asked about Inspiration Fair

-          We have entire Shapleigh bunkhouse reserved – but we need 11 more to hold it

-          Jenn Murray working on youth invitations, but there likely will be space for more adults too.

3)      Divestment

-          Panel on Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) is planned

-    Sunday Sept 30^th 11:45AM, with lunch provided, expected to take ~90 minutes

-    to give all church members the chance to learn and discuss socially responsible investing

-    Name is “ESG” Environmental Social Governance

-          Tim Smith to moderate

-    Experts that Tim knows will be invited

-          Hope is to move the discussion along for the church to vote on a resolution at January meeting

-          This panel is the 3^rd event open to the church to find out more about SRI

-    There were 2 open discussion times this past spring

4)      Homecoming Table on 9/16 – Green Team table: Retreat,  Divestment

-          We can promote both events

-          We can invite more church members since we have space in Shapleigh bunkhouse

5)      Climate Justice
       - Let's do more in this area!

6)      Joint Plans with North Parish

       - Let's do more with them!

7)      Saturday Rally Plans

Green Team Meeting Notes 3-01-2018

Green Team Meeting Notes 3/01/2018

Fall Retreat...Divestment...Earth Day

Present: Mark Bohrer, Bill Schroeder, Candy Dann

Away: Fran Fink, Steve Fink, Iric Rex, Janet Clarke, Susan Johnston, Terry Ebner

All-Member Retreat For The Environment - AMC Center at Crawford Notch

Columbus Day Weekend 2018

Retreat for the Environment – South Church in Andover – on church website:

http://southchurch.com/green-retreat-for-the-future-2-0/

(flyer doc attached to email)

Promotion of the retreat at Fellowship Hour

ACTION: Bill, Mark – staff tables in Fellowship Hall for promoting retreat

-       2/18: Steve, Mark, 2/25: Bill, 3/4: Mark, 3/11: Bill, 3/18: Anna

-       Feb 25 - Bill promoted the retreat

o   Bill spoke to several people today at fellowship hour about attending the environmental retreat. 

o   Ones who expressed interest included:  Nathan Combs, Peter and Deb White, Tom Appleton and Eric Stubenhaus. 

-       Mar 4 – Mark promoted the retreat

o   Good interest from David and Ellen Van Arsdale

§  Their son Mark Van Arsdale is a HS science teacher in Alaska. He was selected for a NOAA expedition to the Gulf of Alaska this summer as part of the US Fisheries research program. He wrote a marine biology environmental curriculum for high school. Possible Skype call during retreat? Talked about this with Ellen Van Arsdale.

o   Lindsay King, with 13 month old daughter

o   Talked to several other people and gave out flyers, but didn’t get names

-       Signed up - From February meeting:

o   There were roughly 11 families, ~25 people – Steve has a list of names – this is about half of a good  turnout (more is better)

o   need more younger families with kids

-       So far (adults+kids)

o   Dana Walsh & family (2+2),

o   Johnston (2+0),

o   Dann’s (2+0),

o   Schroeder (2?),

o   Fink (2),

o   Bohrer (1+1, and 2 partial? depends on band schedule)

o   Steve’s list – Mason’s?, Nardini’s?, others…

Retreat Planning Committee

ACTION: Mark to schedule committee meeting

-       Steve Fink, Nick Bohrer, Mark Bohrer, Susan Johnston, Graham Long, Anna McGrath, Kristie Nardini

-       Invite: Emily Appleton

Highland Center Room Availability

Steve checked with AMC Highland Center –we don’t have a block reserved for us, if I’m remembering correctly – However there are still a good number of rooms available, but they are being reserved, so people do need to make their reservations, and encourage anyone planning to go to reservations.

Plan for next few months – personal invites - ACTIONS

-       Steve >> handoff to Mark, Bill and Candy

o   Marc & Suzy Henderson, John and Lois Roberts, (English teacher…), Chris & Lenore Price

-       Candy:

o   Mulu Kedebe & Jacob Urban, Buffy Pritchard

-       Bill:

o   Wayne and Robin Gendron

-       Mark:

o   Tom Appleton, Betsy Hopkins, Emily Appleton (invite to the committee), Polly & Duncan Pyle, Steve Longo

-       Send responses to Mark, who will compile list

Push for reservation at AMC Crawford Center by Earth Day...

Fall / Family / Foliage / Fun / Future!   (Logo: maple leaf? )

Celebrating Nature / Celebrating Family / Celebrating the Future

Earth Day

-       Mark sent an email to Dana asking about Earth Day plans. Earth Day is Sunday April 22

Divestment

                - Bill - can you fill us in on the next steps?