Meeting Minutes Exercise

Group 6 Activity Report

Minutes

October 20, 2017

12:00pm

BUley Library

Meeting called by	Dylan Gagne
Type of meeting	Progress Report/ Thesis Meeting
Facilitator	Alyssa Weisberger
Note taker	Troy Singleton
Timekeeper	Mike Arroyo
Attendees	Dylan Gagne, Alyssa Weisberger, Troy Singleton, Mike Arroyo

Agenda topics

15 minutes

History/Trends & Medium/Large Organizations

Alyssa weisberger

Discussion	Bad Organization: Chanel; attempted to deforest amazon.
Good Organization: Patagonia. Use amazing resources, paid sustainable community service for employees.
Discussion on the topic of history of sustainability in the United States and the world.
Conclusions	Compared Pros and Cons of organizations, and once again reflected on the history of sustainability initiatives.
Action items		Person responsible	Deadline
Write a two page mini-essay that relates to team thesis.		Alyssa Weisberger	10/23/17
			BULEY LIBRARY

15 minutes

Recommendations to enhance business & Suggestions for classmates to use our topic

dylan gagne

Discussion	Gathered names of all the key employees of Patagonia.
Showed us a video of Patagonia sustainability initiatives.
Patagonia community service to sustainability.
Conclusions	Ways that we, ourselves and our own careers, can emulate Patagonia’s best practices.
Action items		Person responsible	Deadline
Write a two page mini-essay that relates to our team thesis.		Dylan Gagne	10/23/17
			BULEY LIBRARY

15 minutes

Importance to business success & differences/similarities to other countries

mike arroyo

Discussion	Abiding by the environmental law and government regulations.
Business success: Good practice can attract new customers, set them apart from competitors
Differences and Similarities to other countries: decreasing commuting hours & reducing employee carbon footprint.
Conclusions	Recycling reduces costs, avoid using materials that can hurt the environment. Decreasing commuting hours.
Action items		Person responsible	Deadline
Write a two-page mini essay that relates to our team thesis.		Mike Arroyo	10/23/17
			BULEY LIBRARY

15 minutes

Current status & relevant theories for current status

troy singleton

Discussion	Current Status: companies are starting to go eco-friendly because it’s cost efficient, and looks good for their brand.
Current Status: Amount of companies in the US that can gone/ or are in the process of going eco-friendly.
Type of equipment that companies use to make their businesses eco-friendly.
Conclusions	Current Status is very important to analyze when trying to understand sustainability of the world.
Action items		Person responsible	Deadline
Write a two page mini-essay that relates to our team thesis.		Troy Singleton	10/23/17
			BULEY LIBRARY