Upcoming Meeting Agenda


Please bring Agenda with you to meeting.
 
Post Oil Solutions
 
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
6:45 social & light refreshments
7:00 meeting
Rm 211, Paramount Bldg., Main St., Brattleboro
(across from Pliney Park, down the alley between Candle in the Night and Save the Corporations)
 
PROPOSED AGENDA
 
1. Welcome & Introductions
2. Quiet Moment
3. Sharing & Announcements
  • Thurs Oct 2: Windham Energy Group, 7:00, Rm 3c, Marlboro College Grad Center, 28 Vernon St, Brattleboro
  • Sun Oct 5: POS Cold Frame Workshop, 1:00, Robert King's Chosen Garden, Joy Rd, Putney; $5/$10 sliding scale (no one refused); pre-registration and payment required: 802 869 2141
  • Sun Oct 12: POS Lacto-Fermentation Workshop, 1:00, Christ's Church, Main St, Saxtons River; see above for fee and registration
  • Mon Oct 13: Windam Localvores, 5:00, 73 Main St, Brattleboro
  • Wed Oct 15: POS Monthly Forum, "Escape from Suburbia: Beyond the American Dream" (sequel to the peak oil classic, "The End of Suburbia"); 7:00, Rm 2 East, Marlboro College Grad Center, 28 Vernon St, Brattleboro; NOTE: this is a fund-raiser for POS' Food Security Project; $5/$10 sliding scale; reservations strongly encouraged: 802 869 2141
  • Mon Oct 27: "King Corn," 7:00 PM, Hooker-Dunham Theatre, $10; NOTE: this is a fund-raiser for POS' Food Security Project; discussion to follow on food security in Windham County; reservations strongly encouraged: 802 869 2141.
Other Announcements:
  • Reminder to LC Members: Please read your e-mail at least once a week, look for messages with "LEADERSHIP COUNCIL" in message bar, and respond, if appropriate. Thanks.
  • Tim will be attending Antioch/New England's Fall Practicum Fair on 14 Nov to begin the process of recruiting students from Antioch's graduate program in Environmental Studies to do their practicums (300-600 hours) with POS.
4. Discussions
    (A) Agenda Review
    (B) Tim's Monthly Report to LC 
    (C) Setting Date for LC & Board meeting
    (D) Updates
  1. Simba benefit dance summary (Jane)
  2. Food Security Project (Angela, Liz & Richard)
  • low income community gardens
  • gleaning
  • SIT community garden
  • POS race assessment
  3. December Community Celebration (Chandra)
  4. Community Garden Project (Dora & Jane)
  5. Time Bank Project (Emma & Becca)
  6. Carbon Diet Project (Walt)
  7. Peak Moments series on BCTV (Tim)
  8. POS/VEI collaboration on "Menu for the Future" course (George)
  9. POS library (George)
10. POS Forum 2009 Series (Tim)
 
(E) Committee Reports
  1. Policies Committee
  2. Fund Raising Committee
(G) Agenda Building for 5 Nov meeting
  • facilitator