Climate Council meeting summary 102219 (draft)

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Orange County Climate Council Meeting Summary October 22, 2019 3:30pm - 5:00pm Southern Human Services Building, 2501 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill Attendees: Mark Marcoplos (Chair), Brennan Bouma (staff), Cathy Cole, Raymond DuBose, Tyrone Fisher, Hongbin Gu, Caroline Hansley-Mace, Laura Janway, Kathy Kaufman, Adam Long, Melissa McCullough, Sara Pitts, Anna Richards, Donna Rubinoff, Owen Ryerson, Dan Schnitzer, Sammy Slade, Mary Tiger, Stephanie Trueblood, Joshua Van Mater, Jenn Weaver I. Call to Order - Marcoplos called the meeting to order at 3:35pm. Council members introduced themselves for the benefit of new members. II. Approval of Draft Meeting Summary from Sept 24, 2019 – A motion was made to approve the meeting summary as written by McCullough, and this was seconded by Kaufman. The meeting summary was approved unanimously. III. Selection of Vice-Chair – Slade confirmed that he was interested in the position, but in the interest of diversity he would nominate McCullough. Gu indicated her interest as well. Marcoplos opened the idea of creating a nominating committee to help Council members, many of whom do not know one another, to make a more informed decision. He explained that this would be a small sub-group of the Council who would communicate with each of the members about each nominee and track their preferences. In the event of a close race, the nominating committee would report back to the Council and the race would be decided with an open vote. This process would allow members more time to decide and would avoid a public debate. Tiger, Kaufman, and Ryerson volunteered to be the nominating committee. Gu and McCullough gave brief descriptions of their backgrounds, and agreed to submit a more detailed description in writing to the Nomination Committee. Bouma asked for Nominating Committee to speak with him after the meeting to make a plan as the next meeting would be coming up a week earlier to avoid the week of the Thanksgiving holiday. Hansley-Mace reminded the Council that new members had not been able to weigh in on earlier meeting scheduling discussions, and she requested a new poll to be sent out to select the ongoing meeting time for the group. Bouma asked Council members to attempt to choose a meeting day and time for the November meeting today and then said he would will send out a poll for the ongoing meeting time. Council members identified November 19th and 21st as their preferred dates. Based on their desire to stay open to evening meetings in their desire to be inclusive of the student and professional members, who could