Thank you so much for your emails. Many great advancements with the team. Below you will find the Aggregate Team Meeting Notes; 2nd Quarter 2009, let us know if we left anything out.
Thank you to the Saturn of Santa Clarita http://www.santaclaritasaturn.com/ for the use of their Conference Room!
WELCOME!
We want to welcome all the new folks who have tuned into our group endeavors. We appreciate your continued participation in making Santa Clarita Valley the best GREEN city through this great grass-roots effort.
JUL 1 - NEXT HOA PRESO
We are working dilligently on our presentation to the Stevenson Ranch Town Council for JUL 1.Let us know if you would like to attend with us. Call Steve Kassell to RSVP.
ENTITY STRUCTURE:
We are still researching the best way to ensure our overall goals are met with the correct structure. Let us know if you are interested in helping with this effort..
INFO BROCHURE:
Mock-Ups of the graphic design of an 'homeowner interest brochure'. This will include some sample pricing for the tiered-offerings we are working on, as well as some sample financing options we are aggregating for the initial rollout.
Current Volunteers: Arlyne Szerman, Leah Pollack, How about you? Let us know if you would like to help!
We can utilize existing distribution mechanisms to get this in the hands of homeowners and get the initial project underway!
WEBSITE:A straw-website is in the works. To start, we will have an intro page, meeting notes, video snippets, resource directory. The Team thanks Leah Pollack for her generous donation of hosting the site http://www.scvoffthegrid.com/ We need a developer to help with the meaty-stuff! Do you want to help out with this site creation? Let us know!
VIDEO SNIPPETS:
In an effort to empower SCV folks with what is already going on, we are on the scene with local homeowners who want to share their SCV-GREEN with the world!
JUNE: Mark Figeroa and Drew Neumann
Do you want to be on the video-snippets? Let us know!
GREEN EDUCATION:
At each meeting we continue to knowledgeshare on all parts of the SCV-GREEN experience. Here are the highlights:
> Mark Figeroa of http://www.greenconvergence.com/ shared on the newest solar tiles and roofing considerations and the permit process with the City as well as the County.
> Drew Neumann of http://www.droomusic.com/ shared his travels to the pacific northwest and discussed his SCV-GREEN experience with retro-fitting his home including back-up battery technology.
> Leah Pollack http://www.eliteprosre.com/ shared the growing concern of Sacramento initiatives to tie energy audits and other energy efficiency retro-fits point-of-sale (point-of-sale means retrofits or other items must be completed prior to the completion of the sale of the home or building).
> Josh Newland of http://www.goodnewsplumbing.com/ shared about the newest GREEN-tech in the plumbing world.
> Bill Lambert of Sylmar High School http://www.sylmarhs.org/shared his accomplishment for his school curriculum for future energy auditors, installers, planners, etc. Way to go Bill!
REGIONAL EVENTS
- JUL 13 SOLAR TOURS
Thank you to Lynne Palmbeck for recommending the team check into the following events:
>SEAL BEACH SOLAR TOUR>June. 13, 9 AM TO 4 PM ON THE BOEING LOT, WALK FROM STARBUCKS OR SUBWAY, LOTS OF FREE PARKING>>Those interested in solar electric can come to the Boeing parking lot at Westminster and Seal Beach Blvd. for information about residential and commercial solar power. There will be a self-contained solar system on view, and plug-in all-electric cars.> >Visitors can participate in a docent-led Tour of local solar homes, examining actual solar systems and talking to the solar homeowner about their system and how solar actually works in practice. Sign up for the Tour by 11 AM on the Boeing lot. > >The Tour, partiall self-guided, will spend a few minutes at each of six homes and one business in Seal Beach, where a docent will explain the size and hardware used in the system, and the Solar Homeowner will be available to answer questions about cost, power production, any issues or benefits, etc.> >The event, and literature, is entirely without charge.> >For more information, http://sealbeach.org/ or call 562-430-2495> >------------------------------------------------> >TORRANCE ENERGY FAIR AT MADRONA MARSH>June. 13, 10 AM TO 3 PM AT MADRONA MARSH, 3201 PLAZA DEL AMO, TORRANCE> >The city of Torrance has taken over the sponsorship of the Energy Fair that had been run by the Environmental Priorities Network for the last three years. You are all invited to attend the Torrance Environmental Fair on Saturday, June 13th, from 10 AM to 3 PM, at the Madrona Marsh Nature Center, 3201 Plaza Del Amo, in Torrance. The street will be closed off to accommodate the large number of booths and displays that are being planned. > >Information on green home improvements, solar installations, hybrid cars, electric vehicles, scooters, and bicycles will be available.> >You will find out about water conservation, how to plant drought-resistant landscaping, and how to get rebates on energy-saving appliances. Attending this fair will enable you to reduce energy consumption, save money, gain personal convenience, and reduce the dangers of global warming. > >Visitors will be invited to take the "Torrance Green Pledge" to encourage them to "go green" in order to help the survival of people and animals everywhere on our planet. Children's activities are also being planned. For more information, check out the new EPN website: >http://www.environmentalprioritiesnetwork.org/>or contact Lillian Light at>lklight@verizon.net 310-545-1384 or call 310-6180-5929
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Team, once again thank you for all your good works on the 'SCV Off the Grid' Project. We look forward to your continued input.
