[Green] Four things for Green Sanctuary Committee members

[gbanz42 at suddenlink.net]

Dawn:

    Thanks for the materials in preparation for our GS meeting.

    I can help with the Cool Congregation Challenge application.


---- Dawn Hewitt via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote: 
> Hi friends!
> 
> 1. Chris Jacobs did a fine job as substitute scribe. Attached are minutes from the November 20 meeting. Approving them will be on the agenda for the December 18 meeting. 
> 
> 2. Please send me other items for the agenda by 7 p.m. Wednesday, December 14.
> 
> 3. Good news!  The FUUSM Board of Trustees approved our request to pay for single-stream (unsorted) recycling pickup from Rumpke. George Banziger instructed us as follows: Please arrange through our Treasurer, Linda Lawton, about how to arrange the monthly payment to Rumpke for the pick up of the recycling bin. I haven’t done that yet, but I will. I’ll try to remember to call Rumpke tomorrow to find out the specific details.  The board also approved our letter to AA, and said it should go to all groups that rent our facilities. So, maybe we need a general-purpose letter to be handed out. We can send the letter to AA, and then modify it for other groups.
> 
> 4. And most excitingly, is the Cool Congregation Challenge. Our new solar panels could win us $1,000—if we enter this contest by December 16. Yikes! Here’s the announcement, and then the attachment, and then more from me at the bottom.
> 
> > From: info=interfaithpowerandlight.org at mail.salsalabs.net <info=interfaithpowerandlight.org at mail.salsalabs.net> on behalf of Kari Kiser <info at interfaithpowerandlight.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 5:14:15 PM
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> > Subject: 2 Weeks Left! Enter Cool Congregations Challenge to win
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> >  <x-msg://2/#> <x-msg://2/#> <http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=c3qwnysLogIfUJYQq%2FVp48DIT1wqtP4m>
> >  <http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RbpxehLpKKtcDXTEb%2BJQ0cDIT1wqtP4m>Dear John,
> > 
> > We are now just two weeks away from our annual Cool Congregations Challenge. The entry deadline is December 16, 2016. Enter for a chance to win $1,000 for your congregation.
> > 
> > Your congregation is eligible to enter if it has finished an energy efficiency, renewable energy, or grounds and water conservation project this year, or if it has engaged your community in response to global warming. There is also a planning category for those who have recently finished their energy audit and developed plans for improvements. 
> > 
> > Click here to view the entry guide today, for a chance to win $1,000 in each of the five entry categories. <http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fF1L2GG0qqNozrVWJLSMZsDIT1wqtP4m>
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> > Projects can take place inside the sanctuary or other buildings, on the grounds, in congregants’ homes, or in the community.
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> > So don’t wait – click here to view the entry guide today.  <http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8Ru5hPEsGYUXqbsNc87Q4sDIT1wqtP4m>It includes all of the details, as well as a flyer to get your green team excited about entering, inspirational stories of past winners, and links to the entry form.
> > 
> > Thank you for your stewardship of the Earth and for your eagerness to address global warming directly by becoming a sustainable congregation and role model.
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > 
> > Kari Kiser
> > Community Engagement and Programs Manager
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> Dawn here again. There are five categories, and congregations can enter up to three. Certainly we’d enter the renewable energy contest.  This is a contest for projects completed between Jan. 1, 2016 and December 16, 2016, so if this contest happens again in 2017, it’ll be too late to tout our solar array. Another category involves what congregants themselves are doing in their own homes, and we can tout our low-carbon-diet project. Collectively, we reduced a lot of carbon!  
> 
> So, the thing is, I don’t want to fill out these forms all by myself (although I will if I have to). Are there any volunteers who would meet with me for a few hours this weekend or some evening next week, and we can fill out the forms together, making sure they’re as duly persuasive and otherwise perfect?  
> 
> I know this contest comes at a busy time of year, but it really shouldn’t take too long to enter.  Any volunteers?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> —dawn
> 
> 

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