LL CALL meeting minutes- June 11,2009

[Emily]

Great call everyone!! Thank you for all of the participation, keep
these kinds of discussions going we need your input. Thanks again!

Thursday, June 11, 2009
2 pm Eastern,

Attendees

Rosley- Boston
Lynne- Connecticut/ Upper Northeast National Committee Representative
Sarah-Minneapolis
Matt- San Diego/ Pacific Region-Alternate
Jamie- National Capitol
Cristi- San Francisco
Andrew- New Mexico
Brian-Jacksonville / Florida-Caribbean Alternate
Brandon Anderson-Students and Young Professional Coordinator-USGBC
Chris-Delaware Valley
Mark- LA
Rob Carron- Raleigh
Chris- Charlotte
Will- Durham/ Southeast Region National Committee Representative
Michael- NYC
Aileen- Idaho/ West Region National Committee Representative
Ryan- Indianapolis/ Heartland Region National Committee Representative
Lauren- Long Island/ At Large Representative National Committee
Representative
Keith- NYC
Drew-Triangle
Lindsey- Orange County/ Pacific Region National Committee
Representative
Emily(Moderator)-New York/ Northeast Corridor National Committee
Representative

2. New National Committee Introductions

Meet the Committee (New *name)
Aileen Hoy – West Region
*Ryan Murphy – Heartland Region
*Will Senner – Southeast Region
*Ventrell Williams – South Central Region
Brandon Anderson – USGBC Staff
Ed Wansing - At-Large -Chair
Ryan Evans – Past-Chair and Chapter Steering Committee Representative
Lindsey Engels – Pacific Region
*Lynne Panagotopulos – Upper Northeast
Mark Schreiber – Florida/Caribbean
*Lauren Graham – At-Large- Vice Chair
Emily Kildow – Northeast Corridor
*John Toppe – Chapter Steering Committee Rep

Alternates
*Caroline Havey, EGB UNE Alternate
*Katherine Darnstadt, EGB HRTRC Alternate
*Camp Bradshaw, EGB SCRC Alternate
*Matt Ellis, EGB Alternate Rep Pacific
*Brian Small, EGB FLCR Alternate
*Tristan Van Slyke, EGB WRC Alternate

*NOTE- The regional councils from Northeast Corridor and Southeast
Regions will be electing an alternate!

3.National Committee Retreat Update

Retreat June 5-June 7, 2009
Purpose- set priorities and focus, declare or goals, map how we will
accomplish our goals, organize our work to achieve goals, define the
tasks that will deliver our goals, and create a means to measure our
progress.
Melding with the strategic plan of the USGBC -
http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=4708
o Sustainable Cities and Communities
o Climate and natural resources
o Green building marketplace
o Public policy
o International
o Organizational excellence
o Social equity- still figuring out what this means

Three Main Task Groups- These will break out into many smaller task
requiring more then committee members. If you are interested in
joining a task team email Emily....@gmail.com – include contact
information as well as what you would be interested in working on.

Resource Development-Tool kits and other resources
Stakeholder Engagement- communications and programs
Organization Excellence- Organizational structure

4. EGB Dues and Integration Discussion

The conversations to make this change started over a year ago

Reasons to change
-Technological problems with technology-Creating additional profiles
-As an EGB member you were excluded from chapter leadership\
-Previous system created loopholes in the system which made it had to
track membership

Changes
-Two levels Student associate and full membership
-Pushes the chapters to create an EGB with suggested EGB Pricing
within chapters

EGB plans to help smooth this transition by
-Giving best practices for both chapters

-EGB-
-Research shows that student to professional groups is typically not a
smooth transition. USGBC has the opportunity to create benefits for
students who progress into EGB
-Frequently asked questions closed for pilot this summer-Ended May
29th
Launching officially in September
Estimate 20 student pilot groups actual 50
-Creating a clear transition from Students to EGB-
Idea-Student groups as a part of the EGBS-sitting on
the committee

How the students are integrated- Questions about the change…will they
have to choose.
-What is the transition going to be on paper?
Are people going to have to choose??
Is the Membership qualification going to be vague enough to ensure
that students are not excluded from the group.
EGB will have the opportunity to
-EGB is not exclusive to students this will be something that needs to
be addressed within the pilot groups to see what works and what does
not….EGB should be the natural progression from USGBC Students

Metric-if EGB is experiencing growth as a result of the USGBC Student
Groups then we can call success….if not then we may need to go back
to the drawing board.

-USGBC Students-Half time full time??? Does a part time student
qualify….so is that person an EGB Students.

-For the Tool Kits….Links all three –Natural Path from USGBC-
Students>>>>EGB>>>>USGBC

-Comment-NTDC-Stays within EGB- Essential fundraiser for.

-Will there be something going out in writing about the changes-Things
have been sent out piecemeal but nothing that really address all the
changes in regards to EGB….maybe put together a short EGB/USGBC
Students changes and update for hot topics??