UWEN Meeting Minutes - February

Here are the minutes from February's Network meeting.
Email: uwenet@gmail.com if you would like more information about what the groups are up to or if you'd like contact info.


UWENET Meeting Minutes – February

February 13th, 2006 | 5:30-6:30pm | SLC Rm 2133
Facilitator: Tiff | Minutes: Farrah
Attending:
Tiff Smith (Env. Studies Society)
Raj Gill (WPIRG)
Darcy Higgins (UW Campus Green)
Farrah Chan (UWSP)
Ashley Page (WEBS)
Sarah McAlister (ERSA)
Michelle Zakrison (ES Feds Councillor)
Amber Cantell (UWFN)
Drew Adams (PSA)
Julia Ko (AGG)
Sabrina Bowman


Updates:
UWSP Social Event at Bomber
• March 14th, 8-12pm
• Free food, everybody is welcome
• Looking for bands
• Asking for donations from society
• Fundraising for African orphans and food bank

UWSP
• Sustainable Career Night
• Looking for alumni contact from each faculty
• 2-3 nights in last week of March

WPIRG
• Brief introductions
o Provides opportunity to work on issues
o Holds leadership, group communication etc workshops
• One-Tone Challenge
• Commuter Challenge
• Lectures on green building (March 13th) – architecture student co-op residence
• Walk to School Play
• UWSP green roof

MacLeans Campaign
• Petition on MacLeans magazine for campus sustainability indicator
• Hand in by Friday noon at UWSP office or ES coffee shop

WPIRG
• Ministry of Energy Ontario’s Public Consultation
• Friday 17th March @ Delta Hotel, 105 King St East
• 6:30-8:30pm

Clearing the Path (UWSP)
• Push for sustainability office
• First event
o Open house forum: visioning night for student, staff, profs, community
o What a sustainability office should look like
o Have support from new dean of ES
o A speech from associate dean Jean Andrey on the sustainability office
o Tuesday, March 7 at 5:00pm
o Will need help advertising to the list

ESS
• Wednesday meeting: Local and Organic Food @ Coffee shop
• Food miles work shop, public consultation
• Manager of Food Services may make a change in food supplies
• Faculty of ES, ES II is trying to incorporate what we learn from class  Town Hall Meeting

Campus Green
• Working to shift Conrad Gabriel (not connected to UW Food Services) to use of local food
• Mennonite farmers exist in the area and connections could be made
• Planning for a local market @ SLC

Feds Election
• All candidates are pro-environment – often discussed Sustainability Office, Upass, UWEN/UWSP
• Fed president has access to the administrative
• Can help overcoming to administrative barrier
• Darcy will meet with the Feds president on Admin transparency
• Electoral Platforms – Imprint coverage was successful

Upass
• GRT non-refundable Upass
• UW has a larger student population than WLU, should able to get a better deal
• Improving public transportation system
• Drew will be working on Upass as ES Councillor next year

PSA
• Social event upcoming, others invited

WPIRG
• Fair Vote Canada, Larry Gordon - Noon-2 multi-purpose room forum
• 7:30pm Adult Rec Centre


Next meeting:
13th March, 2006 | Facilitator: Sarah McAllister