ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS BOARD AGENDA
Associated Students
April 20 2014, 7:00pm
Environmental Affairs Board Office (3rd Floor, Ucen) Minutes/Actions recorded
by Victoria Mansfield
CALL TO ORDER 7:01 pm by Suh
A. MEETING BUSINESS
1. Roll Call
Name
Note:
Note:
absent (excused/not
excused)
arrived late (time)
departed early (time)
absent (excused/not
excused)
arrived late (time)
departed early (time)
Heather Vest, Co-Chair
Present
Jenn Suh, Co-Chair
Victoria Mansfield,
Administrative Chair
Marina Quintanilla,
Treasurer
Greg Ryan, Publicity Chair
Present
Present
Chris Berry, Publicity Chair
Michael Fanelli, Student
Affairs Chair
Kedrina Garcia, Volunteer
Chair
Biby Landaverde, Social
Chair
Jessica Russo, Social chair
Yanira Flores, Green Bill
Consultant
Present
Name
Mackie Forgey, Sustainable
Business Chair
Angelica Villalobos, Earth Day Chair
Emma Moffitt, Earth Day Chair
Present
Present
Present
Present
Kristen Herrera, Sustainable Foods
Chair
Unique, Vance, Environmental
Justice Chair
David Kim, Historian
Nicholas Frey, Clean Energy Chair
Absent
Bailee Lawrence, Garden Manager
Absent
Present
Jeremy Peschard, Statewide Affairs
Representative
Alexandra Ballinger,
Campus Affairs
Absent
Left Early
Present
Present
B. ACCEPTANCE of ACTION SUMMARY/MINUTES
B-1. Approval of our Action Summary/Minutes
Approval of our Minutes from 4/13/15
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
MOTION/SECOND: Mansfield/Berry
Motion language: Motions to move into immediate consideration
ACTION: Vote: 16 in favor, 5 abstain, 0 oppose to APPROVE.
C. MOTIONS TO ALLOCATE FUNDS
a. Motion to pass additional $55.00 to register spot for the Spring Camping Trip
MOTION/SECOND: Russo/Berry
Motion language: Motions to move to immediate consideration
ACTION: Motion passes by CONSENT
b. Motion to pass $300.00 for kayaking event for Earth Week from Channel Island
Outfitters
MOTION/SECOND: Villalobos/Suh
Motion language: Motions to move to immediate consideration
ACTION: Motion passes by CONSENT
c. Motion to pass additional $1,200.00 for Farmer’s Market booth for IV Earth Day
MOTION/SECOND: Villalobos/Russo
Motion language: Motions to move to immediate consideration
ACTION: Motion passes by CONSENT
d. Motion to pass $200.00 for arts and crafts for IV Earth Day Kid’s Zone
MOTION/SECOND: Villalobos/Ryan
Motion language: Motions to move to immediate consideration
ACTION: 17 in favor, 4 abstain, 0 oppose to APPROVE
e. Motion to pass $150.00 for 480 servings of McConnell’s ice cream for IV Earth Day
MOTION/SECOND: Villalobos/Ryan
Motion language: Motions to move to immediate consideration
ACTION: Motion passes by CONSENT
f. Motion to pass $250.00 for toppings and ice cream cones for IV Earth Day
MOTION/SECOND: Villalobos/Ryan
Motion language: Motions to move to immediate consideration
ACTION: 17 in favor, 4 abstain, 0 oppose
g. Motion to pass $300.00 for sandwich tray for volunteers and band members for IV
Earth Day
MOTION/SECOND: Villalobos/Russo
Motion language: Motions to move to immediate consideration
ACTION: Motion passes by CONSENT
h. Motion to pass $100.00 for screen-printing for IV Earth Day
MOTION/SECOND: Villalobos/Flores
Motion language: Motions to move to immediate consideration
ACTION: Motion passes by CONSENT
i. Motion to pass $30.00 for gift basket for UCSB Sustainability Cooking Competition
MOTION/SECOND: Herrera/ Vest
Motion language: Motions to move to immediate consideration
ACTION: Motion passes by CONSENT
j. Motion to pass $150.00 for food for Cheri Honkala Reception
MOTION/SECOND: Vance/Mansfield
Motion language: Motions to move to immediate consideration
ACTION: Motion passes by CONSENT
k. Motion to pass $10.00 to buy new tape
MOTION/SECOND: Fanelli/Ryan
Motion language: Motions to move to immediate consideration
ACTION: Motion passes by CONSENT
l. Motion to pass $120.00 for water jugs for IV Earth Day
MOTION/SECOND: Ryan/Flores
Motion language: Motions to move to immediate consideration
ACTION: Motion passes by CONSENT
D. UPDATES FROM CORE OFFICERS:
a.
Heather Vest and Jen Suh, Co-Chairs
a. Icebreaker – Recap of weekend events
b. Youth Drought Project
i. Meeting Thursday at 6:30 downtown.
ii. Sheet mulching project on May 9th
c. Chancellor Sustainability Committee Meeting
i. Holding different forums
ii. Water, built environment and labs on campus on May 11
iii. Waste forum and purchasing on June 1st
d. SCORE
i. Facing Race Conference this Sunday from 9-5pm in the SRB
ii. Keynote speakers and discussions at conference
e. General Meeting
i. Pushing general meeting to 7:30 due to Cheri Honkala speaking at
6pm
ii. Will also be in Friendship Court
iii. Invite people to events that EAB hosts on Facebook
f. Elections
i. Get positions on list-serve
ii. Class announcements
g. Slides
i. Image, title, and bullet points for general meeting slides
ii. Chris Berry and Greg Ryan, Publicity Chairs
a. Tabling at Portola
i. Portola dining commons tabling on Friday from 6-8
ii. Members will most likely get free food
b. Tabling at Arbor
i. Wants flyers and posters for any other event going on
ii. Probably will happen after 12 in the arbor
iii. Will mention fee reaffirmation
c. Costumes
i. Would be helpful for tabling
d. Chico Tote Bags
i. Could have bags by week 6
e. Digi-know
i. Up already and should stay up until Saturday
iii. Bailee Lawrence, Garden Manager
a. No updates
iv. Jeremy Peschard, Statewide Affairs Coordinator
a. No updates
v. Yanira Flores, Green Bill Consultant
a. EVPLA
i. No-show
b. SCORE
i. Presentation went well
ii. Interview coming up this Tuesday
c. TBTN
i. In contact with them
ii. Date needs to be established
d. SIRCC, EVPSA, IVP
i. Working on boards
e. MCC
i. Went to book lounge for the spring mixer with all certified groups
f. PACES
i. Will update them this week
vi. Emma Moffit & Angelica Villalobos, Earth Day Coordinators
a. Events have changed for Earth Week
i. Kayaking at Goleta beach—pass money for 20 people
ii. McConnell’s ice cream for 480 servings
iii. Arts and Crafts—face paint, regular paint, tattoos
b. Earth Day Food
i. Sandwich trays for volunteers from food co-op
ii. Ice cream cones/toppings—would be around $250
iii. Wanted to pass money for screen printing
vii.
Kedrina Garcia, Volunteer Chair
a. No updates
viii. Unique Vance, Environmental Justice Chair
a. Divestment
i. Very close, but did not pass
b.
Cheri Honkala
i. This Wednesday
c.
CSSC
i. Transportation still being worked on
d.
Climate Forum
i. April 19th in SRB
ii. Breakout groups
ix. Kristen Herrera, Green Chef Chair
a. Green chef
i. Ingredient is ready and will be kept secret
b. AS Recycling Backpack Project
i. Postponed for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of next week
x. Biby Landaverde and Jessica Russo, Social Chair
a. Hike
i. Considering planning a hike for Sunday
b. AS Leaders’ Hike
i. Probable will be two weeks from now
ii. Buena Vista Hike
c. Group Hike
i. Needs to be advertised more with more motivation for members to
show up
ii. No date established yet
d. Camping
i. May 1st and 2nd at Los Prietos
e. Day trip
i. Planning this event
ii. Potentially Punch Bowls
f. Event at Co-op tomorrow
i. Moffitt can table from 6-9pm
g. Jazz Cruise
i. Friday, May 22
h. Kayaking on Thursday
i. Probably will be around 4:30pm
x. David Kim, Historian
a. Scrapbook
i. Was planning on getting pictures on Wed
ii. Wants people to come and take pictures for scrapbook on Friday
morning
iii. Wants to have members have something written down for position or
past events that we went to (should be sent to gmail with subject line
“DK”)
iv. Will send a reminder email
xi. Michael Fanelli, Student Affairs Chair
a. Fossil Free
i. Hosting communications building workshop by Emily Williams
ii. Fossil Free meetings on Fridays at noon in SRB conference room
b. Students against Fracking
i. Meets Wednesday at 5 in front of subway
ii. Youth Version next day on campus
c. International Green Hall of Fame
i. Fanelli volunteered there
ii. Had a panel about water with local water rights lawyer
d. Earth Day
i. Emailed Fire 2.0, E-coalition, and Ask a Scientist
ii. Ask a Scientist rep is out of town
e. Future of Energy Screening
i. Flyers printed
xii. Nicholas Frey, Clean Energy Chair
a. No updates
xiii. Marina Quintanilla, Treasurer
a. Budget
i. Spent: $13,854.13, Unspent: $17,757.59
xiv. Victoria Mansfield, Administrative Chair
a. Climate Forum
i. Will do announcement and working group on Wednesday
xv. Mackie Forgey, Sustainable Business Chair
a. Plover
i. Will contact leader next week
b. Green Bill
i. Almost done writing bill
ii. Having Melissa come in to talk about food part of it
iii. Will have core members look over it
c. Isla Cart
i. Launching this Thursday
ii. Facebook page made
iii. Couscous with coconut or garbanzo bean curry
iv. 12-2 on SRB lawn
d. Surveys
i. Still continuing
e. Carrot Mob
i. Only day that works with Buddha bowls owner is this Saturday
ii. Will most likely move it to another week for an even bigger event
f. Your Children’s Trees
i. Tree planting on Friday form 2-4pm by Coal Oil Point
xvi. Alexandra Ballinger, Campus Affairs
a. Career Services rep
i. Coming on the 20th of May with presentation
ii. We should promote career services through organization
iii. Will point people to resources on website
iv. Wants to announce this on listserve
d. Memorial Garden
i. May 9th
ii. Collaboration with IV Parks and Rec and Arts students
xvii. Sarah Siedschlag, EAB Advisor
a. EAB up for fee reaffirmation
E. Additional Comments
i. None
F. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION/SECOND to ADJOURN: Mansfield/Ryan
ACTION: Vote: 16 in favor, 5 abstain, 0 opposed to APPROVE.
Vote Taken: 8:58 pm