Agenda: Energy Challenge meeting Thursday, Jan. 5 at 7:00 at 264 First St.

[Ellen Katz]

Recap - Free Press article

 

Outreach

·         Nonprofit program -

Ø  Update on participating, pending groups

Ø  PTO program

 

·         Monthly workshops

·         Email list

 

Standard materials:

·         Sign-up sheet - Add "how did you hear about this program?”

 

Follow-up program:

·         Sign-ups who don't schedule

·         Correcting ineligible conditions (knob and tube, etc.)

·         Completed assessments/eligible for upgrades – contractor list?

·         Deeper retrofits/PV

·         General customer satisfaction survey

Other items TBD

 

 

From: Ellen Katz [mailto:efk...@verizon.net]
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 1:43 PM
To: 'MECa...@googlegroups.com'; Joyce Calabro; 'Travis Estes'
Subject: Energy Challenge meeting Thursday, Jan. 5 at 7:00

 

Hi. While you’re planning your New Year’s revelries, please remember to put next Thursday on your calendar to plan the Melrose Energy Challenge 2012!

 

We will be meeting at Lori Timmermann’s home at 264 First Street at 7:00. Lori’s phone number is 781-608-5005.

 

I’ll send out an agenda next year!

 

Ellen

[Lori Timmermann]

Hello all,

I've booked the library for the first 4 workshops of the year. I was unable to secure Sunday afternoon in all cases, so we will still need to finalize on the dates.

 

We are currently booked for 6:30-8:30pm (advertise meeting for 7-8pm) on the following Tuesdays: January 31 and February 28.

We are currently booked for 2:30-4:30pm (advertise meeting for 3-4pm) on the following Sundays: March 25 and April 29

 

Travis,

Are you available to talk on Tuesday, January 31st? Also, please send the topic list you had prepared. I am assuming you will be our speaker for the first session on your proposed topic of Ice Dams, if that's ok with you. I'll work with you as well as with other available subject matter experts on the remaining sessions.

 

Ellen, Doug and others,

Please send me and ideas you have of other potential speakers and their topics so that I can start to form a plan and a potential schedule for the workshops.

 

I would like to start to list this in the paper two weeks prior to the first session with a tip on the topic, followed by the announcement of the workshop the following week. So, we will need to finalize on Travis' topic and a few words around it to start promotions (assuming he's available on this new date...)

 

Thanks,

Lori

 

[Ellen Katz]

For the 31^st, we would need notes/write-up for the papers. Travis, do you have notes on what you’re planning?

We need a name for the series. “Energy Challenge Chats,” “Hot Stove, Cool Planet” series….I’m sure someone could come up with something better, but would be good to include “energy challenge” in the title to keep up name recognition…

Some topic ideas

·         heating systems – how they work, types of high efficiency units, what to look for when buying one.

·         Do it yourself insulating

·         How to make historic homes more energy efficient

·         Restoring old windows

 

From: Next Step Living [mailto:travis...@nextsteplivinginc.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:20 PM
To: Lori Timmermann
Cc: Ellen Katz; MECa...@googlegroups.com; Joyce Calabro
Subject: Re: Follow Up on Energy Commission Workshops

 

New date works great.  I'll get the list out ASAP.

Travis

Sent from iPhone.

[Lori Timmermann]

Travis sent me a description of the first session. I'll add time and date info and will send it out to all. I also think we need some tips to go with the topic. I'll see what I can find online. 

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