-Father Paul to contact Green Church Organization regarding them forwarding information to Bryan as the contact person
-Chris to look into implementation of online parish survey through Survey Monkey to engage parishioners in committee initiatives and also work on the parish website.
2. Implementation of pre-authorized donations:
Current use of pre-authorized donations-60
-committee to request more parishioners to consider pre-authorized donations to reduce parish costs
-Father to introduce concept of paperless bulletins and encourage more pre-authorized donations
3. Composter
-Father to look into a composting unit (approx $700) for kitchen food waste
4.Fan Use
-Neil to look into use of existing ceiling fans in the church to be used to assist with heating and cooling
-possible coordination of air conditioner and use of fans
5. Meeting Rooms
-suggestion to inform groups booking rooms to match them to size of function to reduce heat and electricity costs
6. Priority Setting Discussion
-means of communication with parishioners to be determined- bulletin, website,pulpit
-goals of this committee- have website updated, verify number of users, determine level of engagement, go to parishioners for input
-Bryan to draft set of priorities to focus on
-suggestion from Rose Marie regarding information to be included monthly on parish website from a Sustainable Development Goal publication
7. Quick Hits
-introduction of committee goals to parishioners
-Father to introduce how to use website
-bulletin-helpful hints of the three R's-reduce reuse recycle