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The Minutes of past SFEVA Chapter Meetings!

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SFEVA MINUTES December 3, 2005

We wrapped up SFEVA events for the year, began talking about 2006, and got a look at Danny's new Solectria Force at our Dec. 3 meeting. Eleven people came.

Marc described the surprisingly receptive audience he found when he helped out at the display of the plug-in Prius at the SF International Auto Show.

Greg had just returned from the second annual CalStart 2020 conference on the future of vehicles in California, which he said was overpriced and woefully short of information on EVs. They mainly focused on conventional gas hybrids. He drove to CalStart - in Los Angeles! - in his RAV4-EV on Highway 101, and he described for us how he charged along the way.

Sherry agreed to continue as president and treasurer of the SFEVA, and Marc continues as vice-president of the chapter. Marc will run the meetings for the next few months while Sherry writes a book about plug-in hybrids.

Using the outline below, we started to discuss plans for 2006. The sentiment seemed to be that we need to brainstorm on influencing politicians to take actions that will help get new EVs or plug-in hybrids to market. For example, what do we want SF City to do or say in the coming year, and what do we need to do to make that happen?

The discussion will continue at the next meeting on Sat., Jan. 7, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Marc and Kevin's house, 847 Haight Street just east of Divisadero.

In the meantime, several members volunteered to arrange SFEVA participation in the events below.

SFEVA 2006 - TASKS & EVENTS

TASKS

• Order new SFEVA business cards ($50 for 1,000 from VistaPrint).
• Replenish literature (about $300 for EAA flyers, $100 for our own).
• Renew website domain (in Feb., around $40)
• Take petition copies to politicians with letter/request of some sort?
• Follow up with Hillsborough - did they actually get a Xebra from Zap?
• Monitor SFEVA web site (send Jon changes; fill in blank pages like EV/E-bikes; check to see that car company names/contacts are current, etc.)
• Plan joint events with SF Jeep (sells GEMS) and/or CalCars?

EVENTS

• April 26: Earth Day. College of Marin (Marc & Greg will handle). Table costs $100. University of San Francisco also has event, cost unknown.
• May 13-15: EAA All Chapters Meeting, this year in Chicago. All invited.
• May 13-14: Sustainable World Symposium, St. Mary's Cathedral, SF. 785-1888 or www.swcoalition.org. (need volunteer to contact)
• June 24 & 25: SF GLBT Pride festival. Booth both days: $110 basic fee for non-profit, information only (no sales). If share with GEM, $850. Extra fees to choose site, etc. Payment deadline May 20. (Marc will handle.)
• July 4: Independence Day parade or celebration. Sustainable Novato parade again? (Greg will handle.)
• October 1: Solar Homes and Electric Vehicles Tour. Planning needs to start in April. Need more volunteers on Tour day than we had this year, to help out at registration table and at each home. Need $500-$1000 seed money unless a member is willing to front expenses and be reimbursed later. This year we raised $1,800 after expenses. (Sherry will handle.)
• November 4-5 (estimated): Green Festival. 20% off if pay by May 31. Non-profit booth costs $600. If share with GEM dealer, booth cost depends on location: $680, $840, $1000, $1160, $2200. May ask EAA to contribute to booth fee. See greenfestivals.com. (Marc will talk with GEM dealer about ideas, and then Nic will contact GreenFest.)
• November 18-26: SF International Auto Show, Moscone Center. Cost unknown. (415) 331-4406 or sfautoshow [at] worldnet [dot] att [dot] net. (anyone interested?)

BUDGET

In bank account Nov. 30, 2005:	$ 2,735.23
Tentative 2006 budget (minimum):
Business cards	$ 50.00
Domain renewal	$ 40.00
Literature	$ 400.00
Earth Day booth	$ 100.00
Pride booth	$ 110.00
Solar Tour advance	$ 500.00
Green Festival booth	$ 600.00
Subtotal:	$ 1,800.00

Even more tentative items:

• Grant to promote book? - $500?
• SF auto show??
• Other projects??

Donations always welcome!