Present: Carl Bucholt, Jen Lalor, Carol Berry, Steven Henry, Tim Lalor
Absent: Joanne O’Connor, Jim Hand
* 7:02 - Carl called meeting to order.
* Jen moved to approve the minutes from 8/25/22. Unanimously approved.
* The mission statement was discussed; after some give and take, all agreed to the following:
“Our mission is to help the Town of Manchester save money by becoming more energy efficient, to help generate more in-state renewable energy (through research and education), and to improve the health of our community by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”
* The Electric “Drive-in” will be held at the rec center on Sept 24th from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm.
Zach at rk Miles was asked about displaying battery power tools; the Makita rep could bring
many types of tools, but not until next spring. We discussed the idea of an energy fair next
June.
Various tasks were assigned to EC members: Steven will help supervisor lawn & garden tools;
Jen will post announcements at BBA, and on Facebook forums, and help with information on
rebates & breaking down at 12:30; Carol will put posters at the post offices in town, and at
Nature’s Market; Carl will put up posters at various stores, do a PSA for GNAT-TV, do press
releases for the local papers, coordinate the e-cars, and the overall event.
The VECAN Community Outreach Inventory was a handy tool to use in terms of identifying
community partners. We should add a section for publicity (places to post announcements).
* Window Dressers was discussed. BBA students can get community service credit by helping at
the “builds” in October (where the inserts are assembled). There are only a few days left to
sign up for storm window inserts; go to windowdressers.org to sign up, and/or to volunteer. The
Northshire build will be Oct 21-26 at the American Legion hall in Arlington.
* Solarfest is happening on Saturday, Sept 10th in Brandon, VT, at their new (permanent) home.
Go online to see the line-up of workshops and music.
* Next meeting was set for three weeks, Sept 29, 2022. We will discuss the Electric Drive-in to
see what worked and what could be improved.
* At 7:58, Carol moved to adjourn; unanimously approved.