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Attachment 1 Orange County Commission for the Environment DRAFT Meeting Summary April 11, 2016 Richard Whitted Meeting Facility, Hillsborough PRESENT: Lydia Wegman (Chair), May Becker, Peter Cada, Thomas Eisenhart, Lynne Gronback, Loren Hintz, Bill Kaiser, Bill Newby, Rebecca Ray, Sheila Thomas - Am bat ABSENT: Jeanette O'Connor, David Welch STAFF: Rich Shaw, Brennan Bouma GUEST: Kathleen Smith I. Call to Order — Wegman called the meeting to order at 7:30 pm. 11. Additions or Changes to Agenda — Shaw handed out a gift (flashlight) to CFE members from the Board of County Commissioners' office as a gesture of appreciation for the citizen volunteers who serve on this and other advisory boards. 111. Minutes — Wegman asked for comments on the February 8 and March 14 meeting summaries. Kaiser noted that he should have been listed as present. Hintz motioned approval with that correction; seconded by Cada. Motion approved unanimously. IV. CFE Outreach Opportunities / News Articles — Shaw reviewed CFE's March meeting discussion of potential news articles for 2016, including articles on climate change, hydrilla, new parks, and the effects of poverty on the environment. Cada and Kaiser discussed ways of summarizing information from other sources rather than writing new content. CFE members agreed to change the frequency of news articles to quarterly. Bouma reminded CFE members there are other outreach opportunities, such as the Last Friday events in Hillsborough, the upcoming Earth Evening event (April 29), and radio spots on WCHL radio and the new WHUP radio station in Hillsborough. Gronback, Kaiser, and Hintz agreed to help out at the Earth Evening event in Hillsborough. CFE members discussed ways of engaging the public using social media, such as Facebook and Twitter. Ray and Cada described how these outlets can be used to provide news, photos, and links to more detailed information. Gronback noted how social media can be much more effective at reaching people than the newspaper. Hintz suggesting including content from some of the update items on CFE meeting agendas. CFE members recalled that former CFE member Steve Niezgoda developed a CFE Facebook page, but it has not been used since May 2015. Gronback offered to contact Jeanette O'Connor to learn who has access to the Facebook account for providing new content. She noted that the CFE ought to develop some code of conduct for the use of this site. Hintz offered to post information about the Earth Evenina event. Kaiser asked for introductory information on the use of these and other forms of social media. Wegman asked Gronback and Cada to help lead a discussion on the use of social media at the May meeting. Cada will look into whether his source of summaries of peer- reviewed articles on various topics would be suitable for use by the CFE.