**Public Outreach Committee**

**Meeting Minutes**

**Thursday, September 25, 2007, 5:00 p.m.**

**DOE Information Center**

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| **[Members                 | **[Others Present]{.underline}**        |
| Present]{.underline}**     |                                         |
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| Ben Adams                  | David Branch, ORSSAB                    |
|                            |                                         |
| Bill Bass                  | Pete Osborne, ORSSAB support office     |
|                            |                                         |
| Mike Haygood               | # Absent                                |
|                            |                                         |
| Steve Stow                 | Norman Mulvenon                         |
|                            |                                         |
| Kevin Westervelt           | Jan Teague                              |
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**[Discussion]{.underline}**

[FY 2008 Officers]{.underline} - Mr. Stow said he thought the leadership
of ORSSAB committees should rotate among members annually, so he asked
for someone else to assume the chairmanship of the Public Outreach
Committee this year. Mr. Westervelt volunteered to serve as vice chair,
but none of the other members felt qualified or had the time to serve as
chair. Several members noted that Jan Teague seemed very interested in
the committee's work, and she was elected chair in absentia.

[Presentations]{.underline} - The committee reviewed the 6-Month
Planning Calendar (Attachment 1). Mr. Osborne reported that he has been
unable to set up presentations to the Anderson County and Oak Ridge
Chambers of Commerce despite repeated calls and emails. Nita Ganguly at
Oak Ridge High School has asked that a presentation to her classes be
postponed until spring.

Mr. Stow said he had similarly been unable to schedule the Knoxville and
Knox County mayors.

Mr. Haygood said he is still working with the Oak Ridge Board of
Education to schedule a presentation. Nita Ganguly has agreed to attend
the presentation when it is arranged. Mr. Haygood also said that he has
not heard anything more from WBIR about having someone from ORSSAB
appear on "Live at 5."

Mr. Adams said that there are many other venues for the board's message,
including Rotary Clubs, the League of Women Voters, and county
governments. The Clinton Rotary Club and the Loudon County Planning
Commission or Chamber of Commerce should be high priorities. Mr. Bass
volunteered to talk to the Loudon County Chamber since he has contact
with them. Mr. Osborne suggested he talk with Sondra Sarten, who has
been in contact with the Loudon County mayor recently regarding the
Stewardship Education Resource Kit. Mr. Osborne was asked to contact the
Clinton Rotary Club.

Mr. Bass asked about the presentation that Norman Mulvenon offered to
review with Jan Teague. Mr. Osborne explained that it was developed over
the course of several years and that a spin-off version had been created
for high school audiences. He offered to send both versions to Mr. Bass
and Mr. Branch.

Mr. Osborne mentioned that the committee had not staffed the annual
membership drive for WKOP-TV in Knoxville since 2005. Mr. Stow said he
would ask about interest in the event at the next board meeting. He and
Mr. Bass said they would volunteer to participate, depending on the
date.

Mr. Branch suggested that a notice be placed in the broadcast video of
the monthly board meeting that the Public Outreach Committee is
available to make presentations at other groups' meetings. Mr.
Westervelt suggested that a notice be send to newspapers as well. Mr.
Osborne suggested that it be added to the monthly ad the board runs in
the *Oak Ridger* and the *Oak Ridge Observer*. He offered to pursue
these suggestions.

[High School Presentations]{.underline} - The committee discussed an
action item from the Executive Committee regarding presentations to high
schools. At its August meeting, the Executive Committee reviewed the
list of schools from which FY 2009 student representatives will be
selected. The committee elected to have the Public Outreach Committee
focus presentations on those schools (Harriman*,* Lenoir City*,*
Powell*,* Clinton, and Roane County) that have not supplied a student or
have not supplied one in some time.

Mr. Westervelt wondered which schools had supplied a student the longest
time ago. Mr. Osborne said it was Clinton and Roane County. Following
discussion, the committee elected to give presentations to Roane County
and Lenoir City. (Lenoir City was later dropped, as it turned out to be
over the 15-mile limit established by the Executive Committee for
schools from which student representatives can be selected.)

[Conference Presentation]{.underline} - Mr. Adams reported that he will
be attending the RCRA Corrective Action Project Long-Term Stewardship
Summit in Cumberland Gap, Maryland, November 5--6. He asked if there
were materials he should take or presentations he should pursue making
while there. Mr. Osborne said there were several items related to the
Stewardship Education Resource Kit that could apply, such as the kit
itself, brochures, and two posters. Mr. Adams said he would investigate
what opportunities he had for materials or presentations and get back to
Mr. Osborne on his needs.

[Museum Poster]{.underline} - Mr. Osborne presented a revised
Environmental Management Program poster, which will replace the outdated
poster in the ORSSAB exhibit at the American Museum of Science and
Energy. He was asked to send the poster out by email so members could
read through the text.

**[Action Items]{.underline}**

*Complete*

1\. Staff will send out the revised Environmental Management Program
poster. ***Emailed 9/26***

*Open*

1\. Mr. Bass will talk to the Loudon County Chamber about a
presentation.

2\. Staff will contact the Clinton Rotary Club about a presentation.

3\. Staff will send the ORSSAB public outreach presentations to Mr. Bass
and Mr. Branch.

4\. Mr. Stow will ask at the next board meeting about interest in
staffing the annual membership drive for WKOP-TV.

5\. Staff will find out the dates for the next annual membership drive
for WKOP TV.

6\. Staff will pursue Mr. Branch's and Mr. Westervelt's suggestions
regarding notices about the Public Outreach Committee availability to
make presentations at other groups' meetings.

7\. Staff will make arrangements for a presentation to Roane County High
School.

8\. Mr. Adams will investigate opportunities for materials or
presentations at the RCRA Corrective Action Project Long-Term
Stewardship Summit and get back to Mr. Osborne on his needs.

9\. Ms. Teague will let committee members know when she and Mr. Mulvenon
have set and date and time for the demonstration of the ORSSAB outreach
presentation. Staff will pursue taping it. *Carryover item*

The meeting adjourned at 5:55 p.m.

**[Next Meeting]{.underline}**

Tuesday, October 23, 5:00 p.m., DOE Information Center

Attachments (1). Available upon request from the ORSSAB support office.

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