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Orange County Climate Council <br /> Meeting Summary <br /> July 16, 2020 <br /> 3:00pm - 4:30pm <br /> Online Meeting <br /> Attendees: Mark Marcoplos (Chair), Brennan Bouma (staff),Vik Agabekov <br /> Crystal Cavalier, Cathy Cole, Ray DuBose,Tyrone Fisher, Hongbin Gu, Laura Janway, <br /> Kathy Kaufman, Melissa McCullough,Jonas Monast,John Richardson, Donna <br /> Rubinoff, Sammy Slade, Mary Tiger, Stephanie Trueblood <br /> Public comments received by advertised deadline: None <br /> I. Call to Order, Additions or Changes to the Agenda - Marcoplos called the meeting to <br /> order at 3:06pm. <br /> Bouma asked the Council if the GoToMeeting platform was working well or if a conference <br /> call or other platform might be suggested? <br /> II. Approval of Meeting Minutes from June 18, 2020 <br /> Bouma said that the June meeting notes were not yet finalized and would be sent out <br /> ahead of the next meeting along with the minutes from this meeting. No action was taken. <br /> III. Update from Climate Action Reporting Committee <br /> Bouma reported that the committee had made further improvements to the navigation and <br /> categorization within the database, and recommended that everyone take a look and <br /> ensure their columns had been completed. <br /> Tiger added that the September event, in addition we wanted to attach key takeaway and <br /> summaries of all actions. <br /> Trueblood then asked about summary statistics and how to present the information <br /> in simpler ways. <br /> Marcoplos asked Bouma to send out link to CARD, and he did. <br /> IV. Update from Communications Committee <br /> Marcoplos said that the Communications Committee met a few weeks earlier and <br /> included Mary Parry local communications consultant who helped to focus on ways <br /> to conduct outreach. <br /> One idea that was discussed was to develop a common lexicon so that we reinforce <br /> a more uniform understanding of the terms and concepts around climate change. <br />