Re: Peter Holoyda/Renewably First looking for interest in wking group...
Bruce England
As you likely know, Peter Holoyda is interested in connecting with the City in some kind of constructive way. Note my response to him immediately following, which I think accurately reflects where we are today. I doubt that he'll get much, if any, traction with the remnants of our working group, and I think that he ought to deal with the Council committee directly. Nonetheless, I forward this to you to ensure that you are in the loop and can connect with him if you'd like to. If you do, I'd appreciate you're copying me.
Bye for now!
Bruce
-----Forwarded Message-----
>From: Bruce England <bken...@earthlink.net>
>Sent: Dec 11, 2008 7:35 PM
>To: Peter Holoyda <hol...@ix.netcom.com>
>Cc: bmac <bken...@earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: December 18th Meeting
>
>Ok, Peter. I can send your message on to the working group and see what comes of it. You should know that we do not, at this time, have any official mandate or assignment from the City, and those of us who are carrying on are doing so strictly on our own. Our official status ended when we submitted the final report to the City a few months ago. As far as presenting anything to the Council Environmental Sustainability Committee, you should deal with Jac Siegel, the committee chair, directly. I'm personally trying to be judicious re what I present or propose to them, so they don't think I'm blowing smoke when I do so. Accordingly, it's really in your best interest to deal with them without my acting as the go-between. As far as the working group, I will advise them to contact you if any of them would like to set something up.
>All of this being said, there is a chance that the Council will create a citizens' advisory committee to carry on what the task force started, but this has not happened yet, and I'm not at all sure that it will.
>Cheers!
>Bruce
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Peter Holoyda <hol...@ix.netcom.com>
>>Sent: Dec 11, 2008 5:10 PM
>>To: Bruce England <bken...@earthlink.net>
>>Subject: Re: December 18th Meeting
>>
>>Hi Bruce,
>>
>>The meeting on the 18th is to introduce the Mayor and her staff to the
>>renewably powered transportation example the Alameda County Transit has
>>set. Do you think the folks from the
>>Environmental Sustainability Task Force and/or the Council Environmental
>>Sustainability Committee would like to attend?
>>
>>As you know, Renewably First is a non-profit whose primary goals are to
>>enable cities to work together to share best practices, pool resources,
>>garner funding and put zero emission transportion sytems (vehicles,
>>fueling systems and the renewably energy necessary to power them in
>>place) on the road. We are doing this work on behalf of cities,
>>counties and agencies like the AQMD to help. These activities are open
>>and transparent to the governmental agencies.
>>
>>Volunteer groups like yours are very much invited to come to meetings
>>and be part of the effort. At this point, we are just getting the word
>>out that we exist and setting up the organization. The bylaws state
>>that, in the long term, the group will be member owned and operated.
>>There is much more to explain on this and I would be happy to present it
>>to the Task Force and/or the Sustainability Committee at a convenient time.
>>
>>Let me know. As the meeting in Richmond is next week on Thursday, I
>>will need a list of people to give to the Mayor's Office so they know
>>who to expect. Please feel free to call me if you have any questions.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>Peter Holoyda
>>Renewably First
>>415-794-8280
>>
>>Bruce England wrote:
>>> Thanks, Peter, but I think the better pitch would be to the entire transit working group for the Mountain View Environmental Sustainability Task Force and/or to the Council Environmental Sustainability Committee. Would you be open to that? If so, I'd be happy to post the opportunity as needed.
>>> Cheers!
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>>> From: Peter Holoyda <hol...@ix.netcom.com>
>>>> Sent: Dec 11, 2008 2:53 AM
>>>> To: Bruce England <bken...@earthlink.net>
>>>> Subject: December 18th Meeting
>>>>
>>>> Bruce,
>>>>
>>>> Jaimie Levin from AC Transit will be presenting to the Mayor of Richmond
>>>> at their city hall.
>>>>
>>>> I know that you have been helping to drive policy with the cities and
>>>> thought that you might enjoy meeting Jaime. He had started a zero
>>>> emission bus program through
>>>> AC Transit (Alameda County). Just recently, he got funding to use
>>>> renewable resources to power the buses. He will be talking about this
>>>> and the process of getting
>>>> the program started.
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know if you are interested in joining us so that I can put
>>>> your name in as an attendee. The meeting will be on the 18th at 2PM in
>>>> Richmond.
>>>>
>>>> Renewably First is, as you know, trying the do the same thing with many
>>>> cities involved.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> Peter Holoyda
>>>> Renewably First
>>>> 415-794-8280
>>>>
>>>
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