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Meeting Minutes
June S',2012, g:ooam
Bozeman City Hall, Madison Room
Members Attending:
Jay Sinnott, Nick Bentley, Kathy Powell, Kristen Walser, Kathy Powell, Paula
Beswick, Benjamin Bennett
Cyndy Andrus (Commission Liaison), Emily Baker(Energy Corps Member)
Staff Present:
Natalie Meyer(Staff Liaison)
1) Call to Order
2) Changes to the Agenda
a. None
3) Approval of Minutes
4) Motion to approve minutes from May 16`" by Powell; seconded by Bentley.
5) Public Comment
a. Walser gave group information on how climate change was officially incorporated
into the Democratic Party Platform.
b. Andrus gave the group a brief update of information on coal trains that has come
before the city commission. She asked the group how we thought we should be
involved in the issue, to consider whether we should take a position or not. Bentley
let the group know that there are two other local groups working on the coal train
issue: the Bozeman Climate Alliance, and another unnamed group, as well as the
Northern Plains Resource Council. Bentley said that the impact of ghgs from the
exported coal will negate our goals of greenhouse gas action.
6) Ethics Handbook
a. Meyer distributed the "City of Bozeman Ethics Handbook", which she asked working
group members to read. She informed the group that all Advisory Boards are
required to go through an ethics training, as a working group, which is somewhat
less formal than an Advisory Board, we are not required to. However, we should
read this ethics handbook, as a great background in government accountability,
fairness, etc.
7) Logo Selection
a. Review color palettes for two top logos.
i. Group preferred colors in la and 2a.
ii. Beswick commented that very light colors are hard to read in certain applications,
such as website buttons. Bentley agreed. Beswick pointed out that at a distance,
lighter colors are more difficult to see.
iii. General discussion on the relative merits of the two design options.
iv. Group voted on options 1a vs 2a; 4 voted for the city-type logo, and 3 for the
flower-type.
v. Bennett arrived, and gave his opinion on the two logos: identity#1 steps away
from the look of a municipal symbol. #2 is more municipal looking, and is
something you would expect to see on the side of a garbage truck (as came up
earlier in discussion as well)! Logo #1 is a logo that will be city-associative over
time, but doesn't necessarily evoke the city immediately when looking at it.
vi. Bennett remarked that when next to the City of Bozeman logo, #2 looks pretty
similar from a distance.
vii. Color options: group did not find any of the options presented to be perfect,
though many were good. Sinnott thought that Climate Partners could be
highlighted better. We will ask for another round of color combos, and choose
from that.
viii. Vote on logo choice: Unanimous for#1 (flower-type option).
ix. Beswick asked group to clarify exactly what we want from Bunkers.
1. 4-5 new ideas for color, using his artistic judgment.
2. We want the "Climate Partners" to pop more than the "Bozeman".
8) Website RFP Update
a. Meyer showed RFP to group; has been vetted through legal and IT.
b. Question of hosting: in-house, or outside (RFP asks for a recommendation)
i. Benefits to both: the N. 7th board hosts outside the city servers.
c. Revised timeline:
i. Bennett: timeline is tight, but doable.
ii. Designers will have choice to submit proposal in accordance with the timeline, but
could propose changes as well if they feel it is too tight.
iii. Meeting Schedule Adjustment:
Meeting Schedule for June,July and August:
June 20th (regularly scheduled): discuss in-progress website content
July 3rd (moved to Tuesday because of holiday): select design proposal
July 12th (moved up one week,Thursday to accommodate schedules): meet with web
designer
Aug 1St(regularly scheduled meeting)
Aug 15th (regularly scheduled meeting)
iv. Levels of administration: can we have many people able to edit?
1. Bentley said easy to accomplish with WorclPress.
2. Can have many editors, with one person able to approve before publish.
v. Number of design concepts?
1. Not specified; we can keep flexible, as long as there are a few.
vi. Motion to approve the RFP with revised timeline: Beswick, seconded by Bentley.
None opposed.
9) Website Content Update
a. Bentley informed group of progress on transit and energy sections of website.
b. Group decided upon GoogleDoc to compile content, in order to keep tone and
depth somewhat consistent.
c. Beswick volunteered to be the final editor, keeping a coherent voice in the content
over the entire site.
d. Baker will create a GoogleDoc, and send the link to edit to the group.
10) Detailed content updates delayed until the meeting next Wednesday.
11) Meeting Adjourned 10:30am