"KSAS-2088 - REO - Plan Meet 1 Draft record Fri 30 Nov 2007"06:43 Fri 30 Nov 2007 REF: KSAMMCD1 DATE: Thu 29 Nov 2007 TIME: PLAN 17:30-18:30 ACTUAL 17:50-18:50 VENUE: Mosman RSC ATTENDEES: MOSMAN 2088 Bill HOSKINS [WRH] Michael CLEAR [MJC] Peter AXTENS [PMA] AGENDA Stephen GOULD [SGG] A Reason for Project B Review Background C Outline plan for 2008 D OIC IE Event Credit System E Next Steps - Agenda Meet 2 17:30 Mon 03 Dec 2007 A REASON FOR KSAS-2088 CARBON-OFFSETS PROJECT KSAS-2088 has established a Carbon-Offsets project team to understand the issues involved with Carbon offsets for Playing Field Floodlights and Parents' travel offsets to training & games. All Meeting Agreed important reason and to include the OIC Management Volunteer Credit Accounting as part of the Committee Management Process B BACKGROUND KSAS-2088 CARBON-OFFSETS PROJECT a Federal Initiative b NSW Initiatives c Mosman Council Initiatives d Cr Simon MENZIES Initiative a Mandatory Renewable Energy Target [MRET] This is a national scheme that places a legal liability on wholesale purchasers of electricity to proportionately contribute towards the generation of additional an 9,500 GWh of renewable energy per year by 2010. This approach is commonly known as a "Renewable Portfolio Standard". MRET uses Renewable Energy Certificates [RECs] to promote the development of renewable energy resources. RECs are a measurement of electricity output (MWh) rather than emissions of CO2 (measurement in Tonnes) RECs are worth significantly more in the market than NSW Greenhouse Gas Abatement Certificates [NGACs] http://greenhousegas.nsw.gov.au/overview/other_schemes/national.asp b NSW Initiatives a Legislation 1 NSW Carbon Rights Legislation Amendment Act 1998 2 NSW The Natural Resources Legislation Amendment (Rural Environmental Services) Act 1999 3 NSW Plantations & Reafforestation Act 1999 4 NSW Plantations & Reafforestation (Code) Regulation 2001 5 Natural Resources Commission Act 2003 b Implementation of Legislation c MOSMAN COUNCIL INITIATIVES a Mosman Sustainability Advisory Group [MSAG] b Mosman Clean Energy for Ever [CEFE] d CR SIMON MENZIES'S INITIATIVE The plan is to build on an initiative by Cr Simon MENZIES to provide exercise equipment to enable Mosman residents to "counteract the drift towards obesity and encourage people to exercise" Ref Mosman Daily 08 Nov 2007. All Meeting had reviewed initiatives as Agenda had been distributed electronically - agreed with importance for Local Community and Citizens to actively support these initiatives C KSAS-2088 OUTLINE PLAN FOR 2008 The plan is to build on an initiative by Cr Simon MENZIES to provide exercise equipment to enable Mosman residents to "counteract the drift towards obesity and encourage people to exercise" Ref Mosman Daily 08 Nov 2007. In summary the plan comprises: 1 Link exercise equipment to generators to produce electricity 2 Provide those that volunteer to exercise on this equipment with RECs for the electricity that they produce 3 Provide those Volunteers with "Mosman Money" that can be exchanged in local shops as part of the Local Information Economy 4 Organise 12 events at Mosman RSC to explain the concept to Mosman Businesses and Residents 5 Apply for a Community Development and Support Expenditure Grant [CDSE] to initially fund the awareness campaign in 2008. SGG Proposed work groups of 2 people Chair/Notary for each Issue of the Outline Plan Technical Issues: MJC Ext/Int Awareness: WRH Legal Issues: PMA Web/Sw issues: SGG a Link exercise equipment to generators Chair MJC Notary WRH Obj: To Research if bicycles linked to Generators before NxS: Report Meet 2 M 2007/12/03 b Carbon Offset Electricity RECs records Chair PMA Notary SGG Obj: To record how RECS will be records & updated NxS: Report Meet 2 M 2007/12/03 c "Mosman Money" as part of Local Information Economy Chair SGG Notary MJC Obj: To record how Volunteer Credits can be accrued NxS: Report Meet 4 M 2007/12/10 d Organise 12 events at Mosman RSC Chair WRH Notary PMA Obj: To propose dates 12 events NxS: Report Meet 2 M 2007/12/03 e Apply for a Community Development and Support Expenditure Grant [CDSE] to initially fund the awareness campaign in 2008. The meeting discussed possibly 2 separate CDSE Applications 1 Mosman RSC - Technical Feasibility Study 2 Mosman Council - Community Awareness Program OIC IE EVENT CREDITS SYSTEM The OIC Information Economy [IE] Event Credits System was agreed by OIC members at the 1996 AGM for Committee Meetings and for presentations, seminars and similar events In summary: a A unit of time is 3 minutes b Creative Project Time Units are $ 5.00 c Time Record Stages 1 MAT - Preparation Meeting Agenda Time 2 ART - Attachment Review Time is 10 units 3 RPT - Report Preparation Time is 10 units per A4 page 4 TET/FET - To Event /From Time of 10 units for each way 5 EAT - Event Attendance Time 6 MDT - Preparation Meeting Draft Record Time 7 EQT - Electronic Question Time 8 ERT - Electronic Review Time 9 MRT - Meeting Final Record Time STAGE: PLANNING MEETING 1 MAT TET ART EAT FET MDT ERT TOTAL WRH 10 10 20 10 10 60 MJC 10 10 20 10 10 60 PMA 10 10 20 10 10 60 SGG 40 10 10 20 10 40 130 E NEXT STEPS DATE: Mon 03 Dec 2007 TIME: 17:30 - 18:30 VENUE: Mosman RSC AGENDA WHO A Work Group Reports WRH/CMC/PMA/SGG B Confirm dates for seminars All C Confirm CDSE Application issues All Following meeting DATE: Thu 06 Dec 2007 TIME: 17:30 - 18:30 VENUE: Mosman RSC ATTACHMENTS A NSW GOVERNMENT SITES a NSW Greenhouse Gas reduction Scheme [GGAS] & Glossary b Carbon Overview 1 Legislation 2 Carbon Accounting 3 Carbon Trading 4 Carbon Investments B PERSONAL CARBON-OFFSETS a Wikipedia - Person Carbon Trading b A short Guide to Carbon Offsets c Carbon Cops