Sunday, December 2, 2007

Minutes for 11-13-07

Dates:
  • Next meeting, Monday Nov. 26 at 6PM in ET 107.
  • Submit funding information to AS review: December 07.
  • Build digester: January 08?

Money:
  • We need itemized costs in order to use WWU AS funds. Hannah and I,and anyone else who is interested, are going to go visit a hardware store to check what the prices are for a digester (like the one built by Ben Dearman).
  • Jason's BP contribution is going through...I'm not sure if it has, or what needs to be done....?
  • We still need to pay the $150 charge to the national organization.

Food waste from campus:
  • (Drew can you do this?)
  • Follow up with Chris Kenny, and let him know that it will be a while next quarter) before we are ready for food, and we wont need much.
Research:
  • We need to figure out a design for the digester.
  • Simple
  • Cheap
  • Easy
  • Small
  • Cold weather resistant
  • Cold weather concerns? insulation...heaters...solar power?....
  • How do we start it....? get manure or leachate from existing digester....

Space:
Hannah and I [Forrest] met with the Outback farm coordinators today. They wereenthusiastic about our proposition, but were concerned about thesafety. I will follow up with that and contact Tim Wynn (facilitiesmanager) to find out who the safety person is.

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