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PARTNERS IN
PROJECT GREEN
A PEARSON ECO- BUSINESS ZONE
MINUTES OF THE PARTNERS IN PROJECT GREEN
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE #3/14
December 10, 2014
The Partners in Project Green Executive Management Committee met at MONTECO, 2 St. Claire Ave
West, Suite 2100, Toronto, Ontario, M4V 1 L5 on December 10, 2014.
John Coyne called the meeting to order at 4:05 p.m.
PRESENT
Brad Chittick Voting Member
Brian Denney Voting Member
Mike Brandt
Michelle Brown
John Coyne
Neil Lacheur
Hillary Marshall
Learie Miller
Voting Member
Alternate
Interim Chair
Voting Member
Voting Member
Advisory Member
STAFF
Alex Dumesle
TRCA
Adele Freeman
TRCA
Randy McGill
GTAA
Chandra Sharma
TRCA
REGRETS
Bonnie Crombie
Chris Fonseca
Jonathan Davies
John Kinkead
John Sanderson
Sean Brady
Shelley Carroll
Trevor Lui
Voting Member
Voting Member
Voting Member
Voting Member
Voting Member
Advisory Member
Voting Member
Voting Member
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PARTNERS IN PROJECT GREEN EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE i MEETING MINUTES
ACTION SUMMARY
Meeting
ACTION NUMBER
TOPIC
DESCRIPTION
MOVED
SECON DED
STATUS
4/13
#PPG A14 /13
Membership
Recruit or facilitate the recruitment of prospective PPG
All
03- Mar -14
ONGOING
members ambassadors and eco- solution providers.
b Consensus
3/14
#PPG 6 /14
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Identify 2 -3 organizations that each committee member
Mike Brandt
Jahn Coyne
CARRIED
2/14
#PPG A4/14
Membership
will contact at the start of the 2015 Membership
All
09- Feb-15
ONGOING
campaign.
Develop mechanism to create solution provider referral
2/14
#PPG AS /14
Administration
Meeting 113/15 July 9,201515X10- 16:30(phone)
Alex Dumesle
09- Feb-15
ONGOING
list.
3/14
#PPG A7/14
Membership
Revise PPG recmitement target list by sector
Alex Dumesle
09- Jan -15
COMPLETE
3/14
#PPG A8 /14
Membership
Provide PPG summary slides to Executive Committee for
Alex Dumesle
09- Jan -15
ONGOING
various presentation opportunities.
3/14
#PPG A9 /14
Membership
Provide results of member survey to Executive Committee.
Alex Dumesle
091
ONGOING
Congratulatory statement /letterto senior Pmtt &Whitney
3/14
#PPG A30/14
Membership
Alex Dumesle
091
ONGOING
executives.
Create opportunity to meet with Ministry of the
3/14
#PPG All /14
Waste Managei
Chandra Sharma
09- Apr -15
ONGOING
Environment regarding waste management.
Execute Strategic Recruitment Strategy
• Leverage relationship with mayors
• Mayors and chairs sustainability panel (PPG and /or
3/14
#PPG A32 /14
Membership
Alex Dumesle
09- Apr -15
ONGOING
board of trade event)
• Leverage ONEIA event (Alex Gill and Bryan Denney)
• Set up strategic recruitment task force
Execute Regular Recruitment Strategy
• Leverage Executive Management Committee contacts
• Committee Members to include PPG involvement in their
personal Linkedin profiles
3/14
#PPG A13 /14
Membership
Alex Dumesle
09- Apr -15
ONGOING
• Committee Members to bring PPG summary slides to
appropriate speaking opportunities Make use of
gamification amongst PPG members and Committee
Members
RESOLUTION SUMMARY
*See Supporting Materials below for more information.
SUPPORTING MATERIALS
RES. #PPG5 /14 MINUTES OF MEETING
To approve the previous meeting minutes.
THAT the Minutes of Meeting #2/14, held on October 7, 2014, be approved.
CARRIED
For Discussion RECRUITMENT
Determine Committee's 2015 membership recruitment strategies.
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RES. NUMBER
TOPIC
MOTION
MOVED
SECON DED
STATUS
3/14
#PPG 5 /14
MINUTES OF MEETING
THAT the Minutes of Meeting #2/14, held on Oct.
Bra d fhittick
Neil ac cur
CARRIED
],2014 bea roved.
b Consensus
3/14
#PPG 6 /14
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
THAT the following Executive Management
Mike Brandt
Jahn Coyne
CARRIED
MEETING SCHEDULE
Committee meeting schedule be approved:
by Consensus
Meeting#1 /15 Feb9,2015 15:00 -16:30
Meeting #2/15 Apr 9,201515:00 -16:30
Meeting 113/15 July 9,201515X10- 16:30(phone)
Meeting U/15 Sep 24, 2015 15:00 — LEM
Meeting #5/15 Dec 9,201515:00 -16:30
*See Supporting Materials below for more information.
SUPPORTING MATERIALS
RES. #PPG5 /14 MINUTES OF MEETING
To approve the previous meeting minutes.
THAT the Minutes of Meeting #2/14, held on October 7, 2014, be approved.
CARRIED
For Discussion RECRUITMENT
Determine Committee's 2015 membership recruitment strategies.
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PARTNERS IN PROJECT GREEN EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE I MEETING MINUTES
In order to help expand the Pearson Eco- Business Zone community, it was decided that
Committee Members would personally help recruit or facilitate the recruitment of new
prospective Partners in Project Green members
To this end, a segmented list of prospective members was created and a number of
resources (e.g. Linkedin instructions, sample letters and emails) were provided to assist
Committee Members in their efforts.
After consideration from the Committee, two (2) strategic paths were identified and the
following tactics were suggested:
Strategic Recruitment (C -Suite Executives, funding partners, etc.)
• Leverage relationship with mayors.
• Organize mayors and chairs sustainability panel (PPG and /or board of trade
event).
• Leverage Ontario Environment & Industry Association (ONEIA) event - Alex Gill
and Bryan Denney.
• Set up strategic recruitment task force.
Regular Recruitment
• Leverage Executive Management Committee contacts.
• Committee Members to include PPG involvement in their personal Linkedin
profiles.
• Committee Members to bring PPG summary slides to appropriate speaking
opportunities Make use of gamification amongst PPG members and Committee
Members.
• PPG staff to provide secretariat support.
For Information PERFORMANCE COMMITTEE UPDATES
Present Performance Committee and Service Centre progress and
discuss challenges
With three (3) successful collective projects underway, the Service Centre feasibility
launch and significant achievements in all programs, progress presented by
Performance Committee and Service Centre Chairs was well received.
See attached Item3_ Performance _Committee_Report.pdf for more information.
Highlights
• Partners in Project Green hosted 1,092 participants at its 2014 events.
• Energy Leaders Consortium members found $1.5 million in new annual energy
savings.
• Twenty two (22) material exchanges completed in 2014 compared to three (3) in
2013.
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PARTNERS IN PROJECT GREEN EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE I MEETING MINUTES
• Stormwater collective infrastructure project set to offset 3.2 million liters of water
annually at Calstone Inc. near Highland Creek is 90% complete.
• Consultant Ideovation selected to assess the feasibility of Partners in Project
Green's new Service Centre model.
For Information FINANCIAL REPORT
Receive year -to -date 2014 financial report for information
Because of time constraints, this topic was postponed to 2015.
RES. #PPG6 /14 2015 EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SCHEDULE
THAT the following Executive Management Committee schedule be
approved:
The following 2015 Executive Management Committee schedule was approved with
amendments and the understanding that the schedule could be revisited at a later date.
Meeting #1/15
Feb.
9, 2015
15:00 — 16:30
Meeting #2/15
Apr.
9, 2015
15:00 — 16:30
Meeting #3/15
July
9, 2015
15:00 — 16:30 (phone)
Meeting #4/15
Sep.
24, 2015 15:00 — 16:30
Meeting #5/15
Dec.
9, 2015
15:00 — 16:30
TERMINATION
ON MOTION, the meeting terminated at 5:42 p.m., on December 10, 2014.
John Coyne
Interim Chair
NEXT MEETING
Feb. 9, 2015, Bentall Kennedy
CARRIED
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