Loudoun County Committee for a Sustainable Society

Meeting minutes LCCSS-2

Attendance:

Charles Hinckley

Gina Farber

Otto Gutenson

Timothy Wyant

Tony Noerpel

1. Introductions

2. Tony Noerpel presented the proposed agenda which was accepted with the addition of 15 minutes for Timothy Wyant to talk about his meeting with State Senator Joe May and State Representative Poisson.

3. Tony Noerpel presented a list of suggested names.� After brief discussion, Gina Farber suggested we leave it as it is and this was unanimous.� Gina also suggested that we change the name of the email reflector list server to LCCSS and that was accepted.� Timothy Wyant took the action to effect the name changes on the reflector.

4. Tony Noerpel presented the proposed mission statement.� After modification the following mission statement was unanimously adopted:

The LCCSS promotes the development of a local community economy based on environmental stewardship and the sustainable use of resources.

5. By-Laws

Tony Noerpel proposed that we form a by-laws committee and let them work on that for a few months or a year.� That was agreed.� Tony Noerpel volunteered to be on the committee.� Otto Gutenson suggested a few similar organizations whose by-laws we could adapt fairly easily.� There was a discussion regarding whether we needed by-laws.� Since this process will take a year anyway, we can re-evaluate this as the group grows.

6. Program

Charles Hinckly proposed we form several committees including Program committee and Publicity.� Gina Farber volunteered to be chairperson of the publicity committee.� Timothy Wyant and Otto Gutenson volunteered to be part of the program committee especially with respect to selecting films.� Tony Noerpel volunteered to be chairman of the committee.� Everybody had suggestions for speakers and has actions to forward.� Tony Noerpel proposed the program described in document LCCSS2d2.� This was unanimously accepted as a good base to move forward.� Tony Noerpel presented a list of confirmed speakers for our outreach and education programs.� Two more have been added to the confirmed list.

����������� It was decided to try for the week of January 15 to hold our first outreach event.� We would rent the Rust library auditorium (seats 116) for one evening 7 - 9 PM.� Tony Noerpel took the action to get a speaker.�

Confirmed		Possible
Duncan Cameron (M)	bio diesel	Nils Bruzelius	Post science editor
Tamar Johnston (M)	Geothermal and tour of Taylor�s town store	Julian Darley	local economy
Tom Whipple	author energy expert	Charles Bigelow�s mom	TimothyWyant says she is a doctor and nuclear power activist
Alden Hathaway (M)	director of EcoPower Programs at the Environmental Resources Trust in DC (tour of house?)	Michael Shuman	Washington D.C.-based economist, attorney, and author of Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in the Global Age.
Richard George (M)	Post Carbon inst.
Will Stewart (M)	designed his own solar energy system
Tony Noerpel (M)	Global warming
Eric Werling (M)	building design, corporate social responsibility
Valerie Hubanks(M)	organic farming
Charles Bigelow	designer of wind and solar
Gary Braasch	Environmental photographer
CRMW person	MTR activists

7. Timothy Wyant discussed his successful meeting with May and Poisson.� This was the first time Timothy Wyant had tried this type of direct advocacy and we all agreed that it was a successful model for future advocacy activities.

8. next meeting in January pending the selection of a program date.�

Tony Noerpel

November 29, 2005