1. Hi humans
  2. wrap up the map as a group —> moving to a subcommittee
    1. proposed new meeting structure
      1. add’l opportunity to work on your own projects
  3. Re-orienting to phase 2 of research/data collection
    1. how does this feel? feedback on how things have gone so far
  4. Opportunities for volunteer roles - clarify that there would be an additional commitment
    1. Social media / Instagram
      1. what would we be promoting/where are we going as a group?
    2. Mapping -
      1. software - technical debugging
      2. maintenance - testing, adding locations
      3. marketing/launch strategy
        1. idea: crawl!
    3. meeting planning (coordinating snacks)
      1. ready to switch locations?
        1. warehouse - good location, TV/whiteboard
      2. virtual meetings?
        1. idea: downtown library, stateline distillery
    4. events planning
  5. **start brainstorming next phase of research (**quantitative—>qualitative research) - we want to know the biggest challenges Madison faces with waste and how we can help, and we want to have a clear understanding of what questions we want to explore and how we’ll gather the information. research could look like interviews with experts/community members, open to other ideas as well

    1. what are the challenges we know exist in madison? what issues do you personally see, or what gaps are there in existing efforts

      • no cobblers
      • businesses throw away things that other businesses need (batch throws out 4-gallon buckets, green box needs 4-gallon buckets)
      • lack of recycling/package disposal/composting in big apartment buildings
      • what goes to thrift stores that ends up getting thrown away
        • too much stuff, not enough staff
      • wish-cycling, wish-composting (why the university and the city both stopped composting)
      • landfill is about to be full
      • feeling like everything is fucked, we can’t do anything
      • inertia - hard to get people to shift from the way things are
      • so many things to care about - i can’t put this fire out because there are 10 fires over there
      • finding ethical businesses/products that are affordable, convenient
      • general information on hard-to-recycle items
      • easily-accessible and -digestible resources — people are pressed for time and brain power, can’t necessarily sit down and read a scientific paper; lots of contradictory information
      • how big of a problem is contamination in recycling?
      • individualistic culture - people don’t rely on neighbors and instead turn to consumerism
      • protein without plastic/general non-plastic options
      • construction waste - bigger issue than consumers
      • lake pollution - should be known as a gem in our community

    2. what themes exist?

      • breakdown in communication - services provided and people recieving services (pelliterri landfill, other stuff that we want to happen - swaps, etc. // shops can be advertising to consumers)
      • mental blockers - how do we make zero waste joyful, less of a mental load for all involved
      • additional time and effort it takes - doing the sustainable thing is not the norm
      • getting larger groups like construction, energy companies, etc. to be held accountable (by their consumers)

    3. discussion:

      1. what feels the most urgent? actionable?
      2. where could we as a group of volunteers (with many more community members on Facebook) make an impact?
      3. what areas do we need more understanding?
        1. what are the trends in Madison trash - takeout containers - who is contributing? construction waste - who is contributing?

    4. research questions:

      1. what do we need to learn? what types of people do we need to talk to?

    5. what are our next steps and how will we accomplish them:

      1. refining research questions
      2. creating interview guide
      3. creating stakeholder list?

    6. what is something we could produce as an outcome for the community (similar to the mapping project)

general notes: