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EDITORIAL |
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Welcome to our monthly Newsletter! USGBC Flatwater Chapter selects a Green Schools Advocate The
USGBC Flatwater Chapter is pleased to announce the selection of Steve
Laughlin as our chapter’s Green Schools Advocate.
Mr. Laughlin has had a long-time interest in energy
conservation and environmental stewardship. In 1979, he
designed and illustrated the book “Path to Passive,” by Solar
Energy Associates. Mr. Laughlin was Leo A Daly’s first Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) accredited professional and
conducted the company’s first LEED® training program. Leo A Daly
currently has over 125 LEED® accredited professionals firmwide.
Mr. Laughlin is co-director of Leo A Daly’s Sustainable
Facilities Design and co-director of
Leo A Daly’s K-12 Facilities Design. He currently is working on
the Leo A Daly 2030 initiative task forc Steve's
role will include networking with local school districts to mobilize chapter
efforts to advocate green schools to local school boards and state boards of
education. He will present the case for green schools to decisions makers,
local media, and other stakeholders including PTA programs. He will be
a great resource for our chapter and our community. |
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT |
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Position opening: Communications
Officer The
Flatwater Chapter, of the Duties
and responsibilities: The
responsibility of the communications officer is to oversee the external
communications of the chapter.
Volunteer should be or immediately become a due paying member of the
chapter. Specific
duties include: -
Management of all outgoing email correspondence for the
public list-serve and members distribution list, periodic check of incoming
emails to Flatwater email address -
Dissemination, graphic design and content composition of
monthly newsletter -
Web content creation and management, graphic design of the
Flatwater website, http://chapters.usgbc.org/flatwater -
Attendance at programmed events is encouraged to document
activities and assist in the promotion and development of the chapter -
Participation in a few board meetings offering circle
reports regarding the status of chapter communications The
communications officer plays a vital and valuable role to the members of the
chapter. Term of service for this
position is one year, renewable for additional one-year terms upon request to
the Board of Directors. Leadership
training, mentorship, advancement and access to specialized chapter resources
are benefits of this position.
Communications Officer serves at the discretion of the Board of
Directors. |
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT |
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Click here to volunteer for either event.
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NEWS AND EVENTS |
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