Campus Concept Committee Meeting

December 7, 2007

Room 134 Campus Center

Attendees:  Nancy Bellow, Susan Camp, Tim Farnsworth, Tim Braun, John Huonker, Rameen Mohammadi, David Hill, Casey Raymond, Jerry DeSantis, Andy Westfall, Fritz Messere, Matt Spindler, Mike Flaherty

Discussion continued on draft vision and mission statements:

Vision:

We are engaged in and committed to meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own needs.

This was adapted from the United Nations Brundtland Commission Report.

Mission:

We are committed to leadership in making SUNY Oswego an educational community dedicated to ecological, social and economic sustainability and being a model for the region and beyond.  We will accomplish this by:

●  Making climate neutrality and sustainability an integral part of the curriculum and other educational experiences for the campus.  [Nancy was going to work on wording for “other educational experiences” from the Sesquicentennial Plan]

●  Measure, evaluate and communicate our environmental impact.

●  Developing and offering community programs that will increase the communities awareness of sustainability options.

●  Research, develop and implement strategies to improve our sustainability.

●  Engage other institutions and organizations in this initiative.

The above was agreed to as a draft.  The question remained as to whether we needed a name for this initiative.

Susan Camp agreed to poll the members of the committee for a convenient meeting for the spring semester.