2023-03-02 Draft

3/2/23 Energy Committee Meeting Minutes 

Meeting was called to order by Carl at 6:01pm. 

In attendance: Carl Bucholt, Jim Hand, Carol Berry, Tim Lalor, Steven Henry, Jen Lalor, Joanne O’Connor, Peter Brabazon(town employee)  

Motion to approve minutes by Tim; moved by Carol; approved by all 

Energy Fair Planning

1. Main Room Vendors

   1. GMP-Carl to follow up (table, presenter tbd)  

   2. Efficiency VT--Tim to follow up w/Bekah Kuster; will ask  her about colleague Lu Lei Young’s slideshow and about  bringing Drive Electric materials; Bekah will bring free light bulbs or kits (table, presenter) 

   3. Heat Squad/Neighborworks--Jim to follow up w/ Melanie Paskevich; might provide coupons for discounted energy audits (table, presenter)

   4. Grassroots Solar--Bill Laberge (main room table, presenter)

   5. SolarPro--Alex Mintz (table, presenter tbd)

   6. BROC--Jim waiting to hear from Darrel Green (table, presenter tbd)

   7. Window Dressers--Stephanie (table, presenter tbd)

2. Hallway Vendors

   1. BCSWA--(recycling) Paula Kamperman (table, backup presenter)

   2. Regenerative Ag and No Mow Way--Chris Anderson (table)

   3. Merck Forest--Jim to follow up w/Rob Terry about carbon sequestration and e-mower (hallway table, presenter)

   4. Star Wind Turbines--Jason Day (table)

   5. Drive Electric--Dave Roberts; See 1.b--Efficiency VT

   6. Local Motion E-bikes--Jessica Poulin; Joanne waiting for Riley Rink to decide about hosting month-long lending library; board mtg March 6th (material only, bike on display if rink agrees to host)

   7. Standing Trees--Zach Porter, Cheryl Joy, Letitia (table)

3. Rep Seth Bogartz and Rep Kath James-- Kath was invited; Carol will invite Seth and include Kath again (no table, available  for conversation about energy-related bills)

4. Videos 

   1. BCSWA will provide 3-4 minutes file; gave Paula a March 20th deadline

   2. Youtube heat pump--Steven and Tim will look into copyright infringement; how long is video? 

   3. Other videos to be confirmed with a deadline? 

   4. Steven will put them together as a continuing loop to be displayed on the Kilburne screen

5. Survey and Save the Date Cards 

   1. printed at Express Copy at town expense 

   2. Survey (Carl’s) and save the date card to be distributed at town meeting day, March 4th

   3. supply pens for surveys and a box to collect them 

   4. surveys to Joanne for google doc entry and results 

   5. Google survey (Joanne’s) will be embedded in our webpage for future use 

   6. Google (free) or Mailchimp for storing contact data. Tim will check if Mailchimp has a free service 

6. A No Vote on T-shirts

   1. Instead, Carol will make name tags for us to wear at the event

7. Food (tbd) 

   1. popcorn only? Will there be space for a popcorn machine and/or other food?

8. Media and Publicity

   1. Subgroup to meet early next week at town hall in order to use the big screen in the Equinox room to view week- by- week planning chart and media contact list

   2. Event planning guide suggests starting 6 weeks before the scheduled event. March 10th would be our approx start date, depending on timing of completed poster   

   3. WEQX radio is confirmed by Carl for voicing an event  PSA 

Town Inventory

Joanne will send the VECAN inventory form to Leslie.  It should help streamline the process for gathering information when time allows.

The Community Capacity $4,000 mini-grants

BCRC expects guidelines and application around March 4, town meeting day. The committee will work on ideas for spending if awarded. See link for more details and spending ideas.

Act 172 MERP Update to Energy Committees - Google Docs

The next Energy Committee meeting is March 16th, 6pm at town hall. 

Tim motioned to adjourn, Carl moved the motion, and all agreed. 

Meeting adjourned at 7:21pm.