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MARCH
- 10: Town Hall meeting
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FEBRUARY
- 1: OP Submitted!
- 15: Article for Andover Beacon due
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JANUARY
- 5: e-mailed principal Jane Slayton about art project with AEMS kids
- 7: -completed Town Reports 1993-2000
-started the Survey page on Mahara (4hrs)
-found videos explaining key elements of the
waste stream
-wrote purpose of OP
-summarized Survey Results, extracted key
elements
-typed up journal entries on Mahara
-skillflex chart entry
- 8: -completed Survey page on Mahara, 1 hr
-completed A&A summary and base layers
- 12: finished 5 town reports with Jon's help
-started A&A page on Mahara
- 13: more town reports
-worked on A&A page
-worked on Supporting Evidence
- 14: NRRA member meeting
-visited BCEP (Belmont, Chichester, Epsom, Pittsfield)
transfer station
-sketched “Good” and “Ideal” design, presented to Deb
and Reggie at the TS
- 15: finished town reports except this year
-worked on A&A and Supporting Evidence
-formatted Google Docs for better presentation
when embedded
-worked on designs
-created graphs for budget (estimated vs actual
expenditures)
-studied NRRA YTD Activity Report
-finished SWOT analysis on XMind
- 19: Design A and C drafts, sent to NRRA SWAT team
-Pictures of designs, A&A, and survey results uploaded
to Flickr, sent to NRRA SWAT team
- 20: Flickr uploads
-formatting
-Design Manual created, Supporting Evidence page finished
-Pathway Tracking on XMind
- 21: NRRA SWAT visit
-Uploaded to and managed Flickr Album for OP
-Made Warrant Article timeline on XMind
-research on biomass and gasifiers, anaerobic digestion and crushed glass uses
- 22: Swap Shop/ Building surplus designs
-Budget analysis, graphs, using NRRA YTD annual report
-Researched other OPs, finally found the templates from Gaia U and copied boxes into mine
-Added “Cover Page”
- 23: Budget analysis, graphs and spreadsheets on C&D, MSW, and Single Stream
-Swap Shop/ Building surplus designs
- 24: OP writings started
-write-up of Swap Shop
- 25:final designs completed
-research on wood banks, truck scales, dual stream vs single
- 26:finished Swap shop drawing
-scanned and uploaded designs for better quality
- 27: formatted images
-formatting of Analysis, Design, and Supporting Evidence pages
- 28: budgetary analysis and graphing
- 29: formatting
-design page completed
-analysis page completed
-specifications and abstract completed
- 30: formatting
-implementation page completed
-Supporting Evidence completed
- 31: maintenance/monitoring complete
-conclusion complete
-commentaries complete
-annotated bibliography complete
-self-review form completed
-final formatting
-this timeline complete and uploaded.
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DECEMBER
- 1: -finished EPA manual
-finished EPA site selection manual
-e-mailed local cable station to see if they can broadcast
workshop (a&a and design days)
-visited TS to watch hauling of trash compactor
-outlined A&A day using Facilitators Guide to Permaculture
- 2: Reading on how to lead workshop, from "Facilitators' Handbook for
Permaculture"
-Google calendar updated
-Read through budget expenditures, 2006-2013
-read through projected budget for next year (2015)
- 5: base layers for A&A created (with property lines, building outlines, fences, and helpful infrastructure)
- 6: Analysis and Assessment day at Town Hall--Victoria
Mishcon, Deb Brower, Nance Teach
-SWOT analysis and wrote down answers to A&A questions
based on memory--weather too bad to go outside
-Ideas list started
-History of current design and past designs from former
selectwoman Vicky Mishcon
- 9: 1984-1987 Town Meeting Reports typed up
- 11: MoY presentation--Ecological Design in the Built Environment
- 12: Analysis and Assessment base-maps completed
(4 layers) and tax map drawn out
-Gaia Radio Call--PODAPO: Process Skills
-Spoke to Steve Whitman, community planner
- 13: Design Day at Town Hall-- Susan Chase, Victoria
Mishcon, Bob Norander
-Filmed and narrated survey responses for local TV
channel
- 15: 1988-1993 Town Meeting Reports typed up with budgets,
warrant articles, and recycling committee notes
-Presented survey responses to Board of Selectmen
- 16: Visit to Transfer Station in Danbury
-Photos of Andover Transfer Station
-Thank you letter sent out to participants of workshops
-e-mail to principal of Andover Elementary School Jane Slayton:
send out Single Stream note about no Christmas packaging;
to see if there is still a recycling effort at the school;
to see if we can collaborate on an up-cycling project to put
art from the kids at the TS
-Put the survey link on the town website and the Beacon website
- 17: began reading Garbology, by Edward Humes (which, ironically,
I found in a dumpster at a college after school ended)
- 24: created outline of OP
-created Core Report outline on XMind
-transcribed more survey results to Google Form
- 28: Created OP, began formatting
-e-mailed Marilyn at NRRA, set up January 21st SWAT visit
-e-mailed Cimbria Badenhausen for advice
-posted to Gaia U Activity Hub forum, request for information, opinions, etc.
-wrote journal entries
-made list of remaining things "to-do"
-began brainstorming the 3 different design elements
- 30: read Garbology
-created Xmind maps for:
-SWOTs of 3 designs
-Pros and Cons of each design
-Design Action Plans for 3 designs
-Week by week plan for January (4 Xminds in total)
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NOVEMBER
- 19: -NRRA annual conference and monthly member meeting
- 20: -survey to Andover townspeople on Facebook, 38 responses in 3 days
- 21: -flyer created for A&A day and Design day
- 22: -survey and flyer sent by e-mail, resent by recipients to their contacts
-typed up notes, ideas, resources, etc. on TextEdit
- 24: -Beacon (local newspaper) article written and sent
-Advising session with Nicole
-Facebook event for design charrette created
-survey printed to be distributed at Transfer Station,
Jake's, Town Hall....
-survey for NRRA members created, sent to BOS and TA to be reviewed
- 25: -TS attendant survey (approved by BOS and Marj)
sent to Marilyn at NRRA.
-Research on EPA pamphlets for Waste Transfer Stations, etc.. Citizen involvement
- 26: 1/2 interview with Reggie, printed surveys for Andover citizens--distributed to Town Hall (perfect, because it's tax week, loads of people coming in to pay bills) and Transfer Station
- 28: 1/2 of EPA Decision-Makers (350pg) manual, some print offs of relevant information for workshop
- 29:- Xmind Timeline created
-Reading on how to lead workshop, from "Facilitators' Handbook for Permaculture"
-Google calendar updated
- 30: -read more EPA manual
-Read through budget expenditures, 2006-2013
-read through projected budget for next year (2015)