Attendance: Matthew Fancher, Daphne Hulse, Nikkole Duda, Justin Pryor, Patrick Duda, Steve Breitwieser, Shreya Mahajan

Introduction:

• Nikkole: Business Analyst for IT with F&S, keep us on track
• Matt: Web Developer, original Recyclopedia developer on Sitefinity
• Justin: Software Developer with F&S
• Patrick: Application Development with F&S
• Steve: F&S communications contact working with ITS on the new website
• Shreya: F&S zero waste intern, had the Recyclopedia initiative passed down to her from a previous intern

Matt’s two options:

First option (within the existing website):

• On the back end, the new website we can have a standard set of fields (title, description) whatever set of fields we need that we plug the information into
• On the front end, it would be a part of the existing website (fs.illinois.edu/recyclopedia)
• It would be searchable

Second option (microsite):

• Would get a URL (recyclopedia.fs.illinois.edu)
• Have more control over what was on the front page
• Things could interact differently, and as we wanted them to

Discussion:

• Steve thinks content within the F&S website would work well
  
  • The concern is the image sizing, which has come up on other pages
  • Come up with a style (post-produce) to make the photos more uniform
  • How will this integrate to the Waste Management & Recycling and zero waste and other relevant pages?
• Time component, we could do the website stuff sooner and think about a microsite later

Timeline:

• Daphne proposes during fall semester
• Matt suggests September 1 would be a wishlist deadline
  
  • Patrick suggests that the team do an internal review of the deadline and get back to Daphne/Shreya

Sitefinity

• Standard set of fields from Sitefinity, will all need to agree if these are kept or if there are more needed — on Microsoft Teams Nikkole will create a team page for everyone so we can overview the fields and agree
• Steve suggests that we focus on a core amount of items (top 50) first before all of the random abstract stuff
  
  • We would need someone constantly managing it, if we didn’t cap it somewhere
  • Suggest recycling@illinois.edu as a place to ask additional specific questions for things that are not covered

Nikkole will get us set up on Microsoft Teams, so the ITS group can update us on their progress and receive feedback from us when needed.

Thank you,
Daphne

Daphne Hulse (she/her)
Zero Waste Coordinator
Facilities & Services | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
+1 (217) 333-7550 | dlhulse2@illinois.edu

https://fs.illinois.edu/zero-waste
 


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Hi Jen & Morgan,

At the BTAF sustainability network meeting this morning, MSU highlighted the Times Higher Education Impact Ranking, oriented around the 17 UN SDGs. SDG 11, “sustainable cities and communities,” ranks universities by their sustainable impact. MSU ranked #14 in the world. To be included in these rankings the universities must apply. We had not heard of this before and thought that this might be something worth pursuing, perhaps appropriate for Meredith’s successor.

Thank you!
Daphne

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Interesting. I took a brief look – it seems universities can be ranked across any of the 17 SDGs. Rankings are based on research, teaching, and campus and local actions. I can talk this over with Madhu but I don’t see why we would not want to participate in the rankings, aside from the effort required to gather and submit data. From what I could determine, there is no fee to participate.

Thanks,

Jen

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc-H94k4yiw

I think you are all aware of University of Iowa’s use of miscanthus in their utility operations. Short video about this featuring Emily Heaton.

-Elizabeth