December Meeting

A small group of us were able to met on December 3. Our main goal was to establish a mission statement, goals and strategies. First of all Amy reported back from our subcommittees.

Community Outreach published our first newspaper article and is working on a second one for the New Year. They are trying to publish a facts/tip of the week for free every week. Getting our local schools (specially the Life Science Class)involved in our efforts is also on their agenda. Having recycle bins at athletic events and an aluminium can drive in the Spring is ideas they have thought of.

Economics Committee is gathering information on grants, targeting ones to fund either bins or a recycling site. They are also working on ways to truck recycled products from the site. We do have to start small and focus on money making products. Ken shared his "Survey of recyling programs in small, isolated western towns" an excellent tool for networking, a copy is filed in the bottom drawer of Salmon Valley Stewardship cabinet.

We chose Salmon Valley Stewardship as our advisor and once we have in place a mission statement and our core services they will be able to help us apply for grants. We will need to enter into a fiscal sponsorship, which I will write.

All our important documents will be able to be accessed at our SRR email. Mark the documents with your edits and comments. We will review all of them and produce our final product.

Next meeting time and date will be posted on our blog site.