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Special Earth Day Meeting!

Submitted by sgaeic on Tue, 04/19/2011 - 08:57

Howdy!

Don't forget that there's a meeting tonight at 8pm in Rudder 402! Earth Day Themed!
 
What's happenin:

- Special Speaker from UNICEF. If you'd like to help or think you would like to donate, bring some money!
- Announcements!
- Earth Day schedule!
- Button making!
- Subcommittee Time!

If you haven't already please make sure you sign up for a shift tomorrow if you'd like to get an Earth Day shirt! We'll be giving them out tonight at the meeting but you NEED to sign up in order to get one! We really need all the help we can get so here's the link! (https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AlcVEXAvOwZSdGFwNWRYclRSOV9PXzZ2RFpoa01zbkE&hl=en&authkey=CMmM3pQL)

If you have any classes that are before or during Earth Day you should ask your professor to make an announcement before class about it! Remember we're giving away free Fuego tacos and Sbisa cookies! They make great incentives to get people to come!

See y'all tonight!

Tomorrow's the big day!!!

Meeting Summary!

Submitted by sgaeic on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 19:23

Howdee!

Here's a summary of what was discussed during our previous meeting!

> Lyndsey from Zimride discuss their planned green proposal and general idea. If you'd like more info contact Lyndsey at lindseycadams@tamu.edu!
> Voting for member of the year occurred as well! Committee member of the year will be announced at the SGA Banquet on April 28th!
> We had a really interesting and fun Eco-Moment about the oceans presented by Jasdeep and Alex! Their PowerPoint presentation is attached if you'd like to see what it was all about!
> Subcommittee Time was also had in which mostly more Earth Day details were worked out including what's going on during Earth Day and the days prior! Speaking of...
> We need A LOT of help holding banners and help on Earth Day! REMEMBER! Earth Day is our biggest event we hold and we rely on all of our members to volunteer their time to make it a success! Any time you have at all is needed desperately! So, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SIGN UP yo!
- Brazos Valley Earth Day this Saturday
- Banner Holding from Today until April 19th
- Curbside Recycling on Sunday
- Earth Day on April 20th!
- E-waste Recycling Pick Up on April 23rd

If you have any questions please let us know on the contact page above!

Thanks!

P.S. Here's a message from our adviser, Sarah Worsham. She needs greater participation in a survey that she's coordinating! You can even win an amazon.com gift card! So please help her out and complete the survey!

Howdy!

Please consider taking the time to complete the survey below.  It’s part of a national study that I’m coordinating Texas A&M’s participation in, and your voice is really important!  I know everyone is busy right now, but it won’t take much time and your participation would be greatly appreciated!  And, by participating you can earn the shot at an amazon.com gift card!

No one HAS to do this, and I won’t know if you do or don’t, but it would be really wonderful if you would!

Each Texas A&M student who receives this e‐mail and responds to the survey will be entered in a drawing for a $25 amazon.com gift card. You will be notified via e‐mail by May 15 if you have won a gift card.

Please go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TexasAM to complete the 15-20 minute survey. Your responses will be combined with those of other Texas A&M students to provide important feedback to the university and will also be part of a national picture of the college student experience.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email Sarah Edwards at sedwards@stuact.tamu.edu.

Thanks and Gig ‘Em!

Sarah

Meetin' Tomorrow!

Submitted by sgaeic on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 23:13

Heyo Mayo!

Hope y'all are having a super great day! Get excited because tomorrow is another super great EIC meeting! (Rudder 402, 8pm, Tuesday, 4/12/11)
 
Earth Day is next week! Ahhhh! So we'll have a bunch of stuff to do to get ready and promote the hell outta it!
 
This week's meeting features...
 
1) A speaker to talk about the integration of a Zipcar program on campus!
2) An Eco-Moment from Alex and Jasdeep!
3) Voting for EIC Member of the Year! Come on out and let thine voice be heard!
4) Galveston Beach Cleanup Details!
5) Subcommittee time!
 
DON'T FORGETERS:
- Help out and sign up! We need all the help we can get for upcoming events like banner holding this week and next, Brazos Valley Earth Day this Saturday, and curbside recycling this Sunday! So please sign up! Here's da link! Click Me!
 
If you haven't managed to see this month's EIC newsletter here it is! (Attached!) Earth Day Special!
 
Fun times are to be had!

The Meeting Recap Strikes Again!

Submitted by sgaeic on Wed, 04/06/2011 - 12:34
Hola Ags!
 
Whoop!!! What a game last night! Clearly the NCAA has it out for us since they scheduled the championship game right smack in the middle of our meeting which is always on Tuesdays at 8pm. Rude.
 
Anyways! If you couldn't make it, here's what went down!
 
We had an Eco Moment from Harsh and Melanie about ways you can help promote positive environmental changes in the world!  If you'd like to see their presentation go to our website! (eic.tamu.edu)
 
We also had subcommitte time! During which, programming traced the Earth Day 2011 banner that we will be painting this Sunday (details below). Fundraising updated the committee about all of the funds they raised and decided on the food that we'll be giving away at this year's Earth Day! Outreach (External) celebrated their efforts on the Evans Library flower bed which was planted this weekend. Go check it out! They also discussed plans to table in order to educate students about environmental issues! Outreach (Internal) discussed activities to host during Earth Day 2011 and Brazos Valley Earth Day.
 
Upcoming EIC Events! (SIGN UP HERE!)
- This Sunday, April 10th, we're meeting at Erin's place, #522 Wolf Creek Condos, at 1pm to paint the Earth Day banners, make buttons, and finish the bags! We need a lot of help so please come! If you need a ride or would like to carpool email Jakob Rosenberg at jakobtherosenberg@gmail.com!
- Saturday, April 16th is Brazos Valley Earth Day from 11 to 4pm at Wolf Pen Creek Park and we'll be one of the organizations attending so please sign-up to help table then. It's going to be practice for our Earth Day that following week!
- Wednesday, April 20th from 10am to 2pm is Earth Day 2011 hosted by us, The Office of Sustainability, and CEHD!!!
- Thursday, April 28th at 7pm is the SGA Banquet! The price is free if you've paid your dues and it's going to be supremely delicious and way fun so sign up to come!
- Friday, April 29th and Saturday, April 30th is when we'll be going on our Galveston Beach Cleanup Trip! The deadline to sign up was yesterday but perhaps if Melanie is feeling mercifull and you hurry and act now on this limited time offer you might be able to sign up! If you need more details contact Melanie Littlefield (melanie.littlefield@tamu.edu)
 
Please help out and have fun by joining us for some of the above events that we're going to actively be a part of! Sign up!
 
Other Events!
This Friday, April 8th at 10:30am in Koldus 146 there will be an open forum to meet potential candidates to serve on the Aggie Green Fund Advisory Board.
Friday, April 22nd is the actual Global Earth Day! Reduce Reuse Recycle!
Saturday, April 23rd is Household Hazardous Waste collection!

Tomorrow's Meeting!!!

Submitted by sgaeic on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 21:24
Yo Howdy Hi!
 
Tomorrow's meeting is sure to be jam full of greatness! If you've been living under a stupid rock and don't know, our meeting will be in the usual Rudder 402 at 8pm! Here's what's planned:
 
- We'll have an Eco-Minute from Melanie and Harsh!
- Announcements about upcoming events!
- A speaker from an Aggie Green Fund proposal
- Subcommittee time!
 
As mentioned in the previous post, Galveston beach clean-up camping field trip adventure is on April 29th and 30th, and we need to know who's coming by Tomorrow (Tuesday, April 5th) so sign-up here! Nowish please! If you would like more details see the entry below for the tentative plan. If you have any questions feel free to email Melanie Littlefield at melanie.littlefield@tamu.edu.
 
Also! On the sign-up sheet (https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AlcVEXAvOwZSdGFwNWRYclRSOV9PXzZ2RFpoa01zbkE&hl=en&authkey=CMmM3pQL) there are sign-ups for the SGA Banquet (which is bound to be politically delicious!), Brazos Valley Earth Day tabling, and for banner holding on the days prior to Earth Day 2011 in order to help spread the word!
 
If you have any questions about anything always feel free to leave us a message on our contact page!
 
Hope to see you fine Ags tomorrow!
 
BTHO Notre Dame!

Galveston Beach Clean Up!

Submitted by sgaeic on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 20:27

EIC is taking a trip to Galveston to do a beach clean up!

Below are some tentative trip details and we need to know by Tomorrow (Tuesday, April 5th) if you're coming or not! If you're coming make sure you already completed this short form (http://sga.tamu.edu/member_registration) and here's where you can sign up for the trip! (https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AlcVEXAvOwZSdGFwNWRYclRSOV9PXzZ2RFpoa01zbkE&hl=en&authkey=CMmM3pQL)

The current plans are...
Leave College Station on Friday, April 29th in the afternoon and carpool down to Galveston!
Set up camp site (much like the Fall committee retreat) and spend the night there.
In the morning work with Adopt-A-Beach to clean our beach section, then that afternoon pack up and head on home.

The main thing to consider is that this IS a camping trip, and if we decide to camp on the beach we would do it regardless of rain, etc. (except for a hurricane or something hardcore) so that might be a deciding factor if you don't like camping or whatnot. Also, be mindful that this is getting close to finals... it's only one night you'll be away, so we don't want anyone to be over stressed! But, please be encouraged to come! This will be a great trip and a fun time to get to hang out and know everyone, plus we're working with a great organization doing an awesome project! If you want to know more about Adopt-A-Beach, you can go to http://www.glo.state.tx.us/adopt-a-beach/.

So again, the dates are April 29th and 30th. Please let me know BY THIS TUESDAY if you want to go! (A sign up will be at the meeting and on the online sign up here)

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