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Orange County Climate Council <br /> Meeting Summary <br /> November 21, 2019 <br /> 3:30pm - 5:00pm <br /> OWASA Community Room, 400 Jones Ferry Road, Carrboro <br /> Attendees: Mark Marcoplos (Chair), Brennan Bouma (staff), Brooke Bauman, Cathy Cole, <br /> Patricia Clayton, Tyrone Fisher, Hongbin Gu, Stephen Halkiotis, Caroline Hansley- <br /> Mace, Laura Janway, Kathy Kaufman,Adam Long,Jonas Monast, Anna Richards, <br /> John Richardson, Donna Rubinoff,, Sammy Slade, Mary Tiger, Stephanie Trueblood, <br /> Joshua Van Mater,Jenn Weaver,Jody Eimers (alternate), Owen Ryerson (alternate), <br /> Bill Ward (alternate), <br /> I. Call to Order- Marcoplos called the meeting to order at 3:35pm. Council members <br /> introduced themselves for the benefit of new members. <br /> II. Approval of Draft Meeting Summary from Sept 24, 2019 —A motion was made to <br /> approve the meeting summary as written by Ward, and this was seconded by Cole.The <br /> meeting summary was approved unanimously. <br /> III. Selection of Vice-Chair— Kauffman, Ryerson, and Tiger presented briefly on the process <br /> they followed to reach out individually to each named Climate Council member to ask their <br /> preferences on Vice-Chair.The Vice-Chair nominating committee completed their work and <br /> having spoken to every Council member they reported that a majority expressed <br /> appreciation for both candidates and wished Melissa McCullough to serve as Vice-Chair for <br /> this year. <br /> Halkiotis moved to accept the recommendation of the Nominating Committee and Ryerson <br /> seconded.The Council voted unanimously to approve the recommendation of the <br /> Nominating Committee for Melissa McCullough to serve as Vice-Chair for this year. It was <br /> confirmed that the Council intends the Vice-Chair to become Chair automatically in or <br /> around September 2020. <br /> Tiger also reported that the Nominating Committee heard from several Council members <br /> when deciding on the succession plan for the Chair and Vice-Chair that there should be a <br /> succession plan for support staff. Marcoplos asked staff to gather more information on this <br /> for consideration at a future meeting. <br /> Council members identified the week of December 16th as their preferred week for the next <br /> meeting. Based on their desire to stay open to evening meetings in their desire to be <br /> inclusive of the student and professional members, who could not attend during business <br /> hours, Bouma said he would create a poll for those dates that include evening times. <br />