Last meeting’s minutes for reference

7pm at the ‘Carpe Diem’ - Ideas - Peterborough, the Ashburnham meeting FB event

Agenda

  • today’s chair will be improvised, fine person…, likes red wine

Opening Items

  • opening statements to frame the meeting
  • round of introductions
    • adding ideas to the agenda
  • review chair duties
    • pick next chair

New Ideas

  • Want to share this gem: An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments

  • Opening historical chatter about
    • Irish immigrants to Peterborough
      • sheep farm up the road where Nichols Oval is now
    • early hydro power
  • The benefits of going underground
    • greenhouses - thermal sink, old windows
    • concerns about soil condition next to old buildings
  • Shared Solar and Wind
    • again mention of the big California installation as compared to now much cheaper photovoltaic
    • wind - traditional propeller generators versus vertical designs
    • Europe power infrastructure - ahead of North America
    • SuperFreakanomics - aerosols
  • Erring - The Mount
    • housing / not-for-profits
    • community gardens
      • the challenge is keeping the gardeners engaged for the whole season
      • this is the year, in part because of the California drought
  • Alice’s Restaurant
    • heard it on CBC Saturday evening - 23 minutes
    • OMG! Annie was an extra in the Alice’s Restaurant film!!

Ideas being carried forward

Next Chair