Loc: Sierra View Library
Date: 1/5/00 12:13:29 AM Pacific Standard Time
From: EPowellMac

Board Members in attendance- Marion Barritt, Bob Cooper, Susan Czopek, Kim Swearingen, Ed Powell, Mark Harris
Members and Guests in attendance- Jack Mitchell, Brook Marlowe, Michael Mitton, Glenn Rambach, Diane Baleme

MINUTES of 10/19/99 meeting read. Motion to accept- Kim, seconded by Marion - APPROVED

TREASURER'S REPORT- detailed written report sent by Roger.
$2675 in regular account; $4410 in Morgan Stanley account.
Roger will not be able to continue as Treasurer due to relocation to Santa Cruz.
The Board sends Many Thanks for his help through the years and Best Wishes for his endeavors in Santa Cruz.

SUNRISE TAX STATUS- Bob and Marion presented documents showing our tax exempt status with the IRS and sales tax exempt status with the State of Nevada.

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FORM- Jim Falconer was unable to attend and may present this form at the next regular meeting.

FINAL SOLAR HOME TOUR REPORT- We had about 280 visitors at 12 locations- 9 homes (3 straw bale) and 3 businesses. The largest attendances were at the afternoon assemblies at Patagonia and Constance Alexander's home.
Income ~ $2800 from guide book sales (perhaps printed too many due to visitors coming in 2-3 person groups with 1 book.
Expenses~$1250 $300 contributed to Animal Ark due to their long membership and recent fire damage.

SOLAR SUMMIT- 11/16&17 Fallon NV We plan to have an article about the topics discussed in the forthcoming newsletter in February.

SUNRISE RETREAT- (THIS WEEKEND!!! - Sorry about the late notice.) 1/8/2000 9:30 AM at Betsy's house. Pre-contact with Betsy is very important due to the ~remote location of her house- phone 475-2609 Bring enough lunch to share an item. Bring 3 visionary, yet measurable, goals for 1 yr., 5 yrs. Bring 3 internal goals.

Bob Fulkerson will help guide the discussion.

ELECTRATHON STATUS- Completion of the existing vehicle is somewhat stalled awaiting best bodywork and painting options.

ANOTHER WORKSHOP IS SCHEDULED FOR 2/25/2000 AT WNCC !!! It would be useful to check the WNCC Spring Schedule for info and emphasis and to try to enlist some interested parties/schools.

ASES BOARD MEETING-

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE before 1/30/2000 to Marion

NOMINATIONS for NEW BOARD
Pres- Marion Barritt
VP - Betsy Gledhill, Kim Swearingen, Bob Cooper - as a "troika"
Treas- Jim Falconer
Sec- Ed Powell

NEW BUSINESS-
Susan Czopek discussed a Nevada League of Conservation Voters. She also is the new Director (?) of the Nevada Wilderness Project, with particular emphasis on the Black Rock Desert.

Kim mentioned that Kathy Stille, a representative of the Unitarian Church, had mentioned to her their interest in a specific project for their January tithe. A greenhouse for the China Springs garden was suggested.

Glenn Rambach from Desert Research Institute discussed their advanced energy research and particularly their interest in integrated systems, particularly for remote applications. (An interesting note was his assertion that for greater than 2 days of storage- hydrogen beats batteries.) He discussed DRI's efforts to move a solar/hydrogen/fuel cell system from Edwards AFB, that NASA would like DRI to continue its research. Cost to remove and rebuild the system might be in the $320,000 range but they believe they can find the funding. The system is valued at $5.6-13 million. It is a unique system, and would be quite prestigeous to have at DRI Reno. He also mentioned that the DRI fuel cell vehicle would be at the Jan 6 Los Angeles Auto Show. He mentioned some interest in wind-generated power systems for Mars!

Mark Harris brought a newsletter from ASES highlighting various resources and noting that the newsletter would be unable in the foreseeable future due to funding problems. Ongoing information could probably be found on their website-

http://www.ases.org

NEXT MEETING - will be (quickly) before the retreat Jan. 8th at Betsy's.