6/25 Advocacy notes

6/25/2015

Decided:

-Call Governor Snyder's office to about the anti-community benefits agreement legislation; demonstrate Detroit Greenmap & adoption of LEED criteria are examples of local businesses willing to pledge for local employment preference & material sourcing
CDAD has details

-Monthly open policy call postponed; compiling invites in preparation

Discovered:
Alex:

Detroit Green Map:-120 organizations/businesses listed

-23 signed pledge for local hiring (among them: EcoWorks, Detroit Greenways Coalition, Focus Hope, Michigan League of Conservation Voters)
-Setup: Developed, launched, and reached current capacity within 1 year

Anti-Community Benefits Agreement legislation: waiting at Governor Snyder's desk

Nat:

-Detroit offers flexibility for rapid education/outreach experimentation and scaling compared to Illinois
-Educate property owners about lowered operational costs & PACE financing

-Seeking employment opportunities! Affordable housing, sustainability, energy policy, etc.

Follow up:
Billtrack50 widget on USGBC home pages pending; training scheduled

Previous Follow-ups:

Previous items postponed to feasible times

*Ask local chapters their stance on integration with USGBC National [will wait for 1 more week]
*Reach Jen Culbertson (AA) to inquire further about 2030 districts & AIA involvement at coalition meetings [meeting not feasible at this time]
*Dan Schoonmaker will introduce a contact. [still pending]

*Moonsail Team: how might we collaborate with them to highlight the LEED breweries? [have yet to reach]
*Reach Rep. Brandon Dillon (D-Grand Rapids) to participate in his alternative business narrative/discussion [needs a GR rep]

Advocacy Notes: Jun 18

Decided next actions:

*Create policy-focused call open to all allied organizations, small-scale call on July 1st, full call in September
*Develop space for advocacy updates, can it be posted on chapter sites?
bills/policy
minutes/briefings (see this blog)

Reported:

*Debra met with & gave tour to Melissa of Andy Schor's office

Follow-ups:

Previous items postponed to feasible times

*Ask local chapters their stance on integration with USGBC National [will wait for 2 weeks]
*Reach Jen Culbertson (AA) to inquire further about 2030 districts & AIA involvement at coalition meetings [meeting not feasible at this time]
*Dan Schoonmaker will introduce a contact. [still pending]

*Moonsail Team: how might we collaborate with them to highlight the LEED breweries? [have yet to reach]
*Reach Rep. Brandon Dillon (D-Grand Rapids) to participate in his alternative business narrative/discussion [needs a GR rep]

Advocacy Notes: 11 June

11 June

Actions:*Interested in drafting a note with our Advocacy platform in July? Reach Anthony to collaborate.
*Ask local chapters their stance on integration with USGBC National
*Reach Jen Culbertson (AA) to inquire further about 2030 districts & AIA involvement at coalition meetings
*Dan Schoonmaker will introduce a contact. 

*Moonsail Team: how might we collaborate with them to highlight the LEED breweries?
*Reach Rep. Brandon Dillon (D-Grand Rapids) to participate in his alternative business narrative/discussion

Reported-DEQ's organizing a brewery sustainability initiative.
-Rep. Brandon Dillon's (D-Grand Rapids) organizing an alternative business narrative/discussion
-Joyce will move to Philadelphia
-Jen Culbertson (Ann Arbor) may be a strong LEED/AIA/2030 Districts liason

Closing gratitude:

Today was Joyce Lee's last advocacy call.
Joyce, thank you for all of your zeal, enthusiasm, and support. You'll be missed and we certainly look forward to seeing what the future brings for future collaboration! We wish her the best in her newest chapter in Philadelphia.