July 10, 2006 PPO Council Meeting Minutes

Present: Emily, Jeremy, Pam, Carla, Robin, Nellie, Jonathan, Mike, Roberta

Agenda Items:

Upcoming Wed. and next Council meeting (15min)
PeakTV (5 min)
Civicspace update (5 min)
Admin task delegation (15 min)
Task Force Membership (remaining)

Upcoming Wed. and next Council meeting
Robin will host, Jeremy opens

Gen. Meeting proposal from Jeremy (see civicspace post)

Pam asks if we even need a “general meeting”

Jeremy’s point of attachment is Peak Oil 101 availability

Emily asks do we want to keep going every week? Suggests every other week.

Mike likes consistency of every week for general public psychology.

Jeremy proposes low-stress option of not having to program options.

Robin wants to use the space for doing work that needs to be done in Peak Oil arena

Emily suggests “open topic” night where folks can do their own circles

Jeremy proposes presenting this to the general meeting and getting feedback

July 19 – fall gardening (prep) Carla hosts, Pam opens

July 26 – Jenny Leis from City Repair on Place-making Jeremy hosts, Mike, Carla open

Aug. 2 – rainwater harvesting Mike hosts, Jonathan opens

Aug. 9 – Gen. Meeting Robin hosts, Emily opens

NEXT COUNCIL MEETING – August 7 @ Mike’s Place

PeakTV

Janaia Donaldson communiqué RE: videotaping “peak moment” – Can we help put together a show? Mid-late August

Can they do a Wednesday? July 26?

Pam suggests City Repair as a resource for coordinating.

Robin suggests finding out how many people they’re looking for plus more details

ADMIN TASK DELEGATION

Emily would like to divvy up behind the scenes tasks will post to the Council list

1. E-mail checking
2. Weekly Posting to calendars (already has a list of online calendars)
3. Supplies for meeting being stocked and prepped (available online)
4. Sign-up data entry

Jeremy proposes host is responsible for event workflow and monthly admin rotation

Robin volunteers to do quarter pages

Emily will document specific tasks then we will self-delegate after continuing discussion on Council List

Mike suggests workflow description – timeline guides

CIVICSPACE UPDATE

New version will have integrated mailing list functionality

Emily will check meetup.com account

TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP

Richard Benner - ?? (can anyone fill this in?)
Christine Caruso - MCM Architects; Portland Planning Commission
David Cohan - PPO rep; Project Mgr. with Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
Angela Crowley-Koch - exec. Dir. OR PSR
Lesa Dixon-Gray - Health promotion/education for State of OR
Allen Lee - ?? (can anyone fill this in?)
Jeanne Longley - Zero Waste Alliance Senior Associate
Bill Scott - Portland Flexcar's director of operations
Sallie Schullinger-Krause - Program Director at OR Environmental Council
Marcus Simantel - retired farmer; Food Policy Council; City Club member
Randy White - marketing/advertising at KPOJ
Rowan Wolf - P.O.E.T. founder; sociology professor at PCC Sylvania

Staff: John Kauffman