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<br /> Orange County Climate Council <br />Meeting Summary <br /> <br />January 23, 2020 <br />3:30pm - 5:00pm <br /> Southern Human Services Center, 2501 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill <br /> <br />Attendees: Mark Marcoplos (Chair), Brennan Bouma (staff), Pat Clayton, Cathy Cole, Ray <br />DuBose, Tyrone Fisher, Caroline Hansley-Mace, Laura Janway, Kathy Kaufman, <br />Adam Long, Melissa McCullough, Jonas Monast, Sara Pitts, Owen Ryerson, Sammy <br />Slade, Stephanie Trueblood <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 /> <br />II. Approval of Draft Meeting Summary from December 17, 2019 <br />Approval of the December meeting minutes was delayed until the February meeting to <br />allow time for them to be finalized and reviewed. <br /> <br />III. Approval of Climate Council Mission and Vision Statements <br />Members reviewed a draft mission statement and a draft vision statement for the Orange <br />County Climate Council. <br /> <br />Hansley-Mace walked through the elements of the two statements and reminded the <br />Council of the process the Council followed to collect and incorporate input from the <br />Council on the mission/vision statement. The Vision statement was explained to be <br />intended to illustrate a positive future condition that would come about if the Climate <br />Council were successful in carrying out its mission. Consensus was reached on the Vision <br />statement after a brief discussion. Bouma reminded the Council of the questions that were <br />being discussed when this statement was being revised at the December meeting and <br />Council members picked up those discussions and agreed upon language that resolved the <br />issues satisfactorily. With the idea that these statements could be revisited in the future if <br />the Council felt they could be improved, McCullough motioned that they both be adopted <br />as written. This motion was seconded by Fisher and passed unanimously. <br /> <br />IV. Update on Existing Committees – The Council’s two established committees confirmed <br />their membership and updated the Council on their initial steps. The Climate Action <br />Reporting Committee reported that they had completed the entry of all data received to <br />date and that they had added a row at the bottom of the database entries for questions <br />from the committee on the data provided/entered. The committee had also added a <br />column for keywords to assist with searches. Bouma offered to send out the link to the <br />Climate Action Reporting Database (CARD) once again to assist members in updating their <br />columns. <br /> <br />McCullough pointed out that it would be good to include hyperlinks to any details that exist <br />on members’ websites.