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future actions. The link was provided to the Council. These joint action ideas might <br />assist with future applications for grant funds. The prioritization matrix will be <br />developed further at their Committee meeting in April. <br /> <br />V. Update from Climate Action Reporting Committee <br />Tiger updated the Council that the CARC met and that the Committee <br />acknowledged that the main goal in creating the Climate Action Reporting Database <br />(CARD) had been met. Tiger pointed out that the CARD should be updated, but that <br />there did not appear to be a need for a standing Committee to do this maintenance. <br />CARD information was proposed to be maintained by individual representatives. <br />Members of this committee then proposed that they shift to create a “Big Hairy <br />Ideas Committee” (BHIC) to help coordinate large interjurisdictional climate action <br />projects. By a show of hands, the Council agreed unanimously that that the CARD <br />was complete and that there was no further need for a committee to maintain it. <br />They also unanimously agreed that the creation of the BHIC was a good idea, and <br />volunteers offered their names to be added to the new committee. <br /> <br />Slade asked for a clarification on how this new committee would complement the <br />Policy committee and not overlap. <br /> <br />VI. Update on Bylaws <br />McCullough updated the Council on the recent progress in drafting bylaws as they relate to <br />the membership and terms of office. <br /> <br />VII. Update on Southeast Sustainability Directors Network (SSDN) news <br />Trueblood described the basic membership and function of the SSDN and updated <br />the Council on their lobbying and policy work at the state level in NC. She briefly <br />described the ongoing work to recommend improvements to the Green Source <br />Advantage solar energy program, as well as to expand clean transportation <br />opportunities. <br /> <br />Bouma added that there are SSDN work groups that are created each year at the <br />SSDN annual meeting based on member interest. If the Council has questions, staff <br />can ask the SSDN network to provide more information. <br /> <br />VIII. Report from the Communications Committee <br />Rubinoff presented to the Council on the Communications Committee’s outreach efforts on <br />climate justice and transformative communication. They’ve been working in partnership <br />with interns from the UNC department of Geography. They completed a review of the <br />literature on these topics and were making plans for next steps in reaching out to the <br />community. They are pulling heavily from the Yale Climate Opinion survey and mapping. <br /> <br />IX. Decarbonization report release – Jonas Monast <br />Monast presented on the work he’s been contributing to on the state level to analyze the 4 <br />implementation scenarios of the NC Clean Energy Plan’s Recommendation A1. Their task <br />was not to make specific recommendations, but to assess and report on the various impacts <br />of each scenario. <br /> <br />X. Announcements and housekeeping