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Open Tasks

The current list of work that needs to be done right now lives here:

Older links are here for historical purposes:

Members -- MUST KNOW

All members must work
  • You must work 3-4 hours minimum per month.
    • We have many open tasks related to fuel production. Also, see the Task Tracker list for other opportunities to work.
  • Members have to choose at least one committee to join.
  • Members can choose to suspend their membership.
    • Either temporarily or permanently.
    • during suspension, you cannot vote, buy fuel or collect Carma points.
  • Members must follow our safety policy.
  • Members must sign a waiver.
  • Members must respect everyone.
  • Members must complete a statement of involvement.
    • Why you are involved in the coop.
    • What help you would like to provide.
    • Members must log their time in the Carma Tracker Coop reserves the right to amend hours posted.
Important: Logging Hours in Carma Tracker Now Mandatory
  • Log work hours within 15 days of work
    • Beginning November 1st, 2006 work hours have to logged into Carma Tracker within 15 days of work.
    • Log any outstanding hours worked. Do this before November 1st, 2006.
    • Hours not entered by Nov 1st will be gone forever and cannot be redeemed.
Members not working for 4 months will have membership suspended
  • If you fail to log hours for 4 months straight your membership will be suspended.
  • You will have to reapply for membership.
  • You will need to pay a $50 reinstatement fee.

ratified Sept 20, 2006

Log Your Hours

When you perform some task for the coop, such as attending a meeting or performing an errand, such as picking up oil or helping make fuel, you get credit for the hours you worked. Each hour you work at the co-op gets you one point of carma. How much carma do you need to buy biodiesel? Check our Carma Policy page.

Contact Gary Nepple to get a Carma Tracker account.

New Member Information

New Member Welcome Packet

Bylaws

Board of Directors

Board Members

President
Brian Jamison - [brian AT gobiodiesel] <-- PLEASE, members only, Brian is overwhelmed with mail.
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Board member
Cheryl Edmonds
Board Member
Gary Nepple - gary(-at-)ccavn.com

Agenda and Meeting Minutes

General Manager

The position of General Manager is open!

Currently, the co-op is in need of a few dedicated, organized folks to share the responsibilities of an Interim General Management Team. Here are the organizational needs that we have identified as the top priorities of General Management: 

 - coordinates Work Parties and membership meetings
 - collects weekly updates from each committee chair, posting updates online (or via email)
 - communicates between Inreach and the other committee chairs for personnel/equipment needs
 - coordinates general co-op email response
 - coordinates media contacts
 - coordinates budget information dispersal

If you or anyone you know might be interested in taking on some of these responsibilities, or finding out more, please contact Ian at <typicalmail(at)gmail(dot)com> or 503.493.5963

Committees

MixMasters

Greasemasters

  • Desc: Oil Collection
  • Current Lead:
  • Email list: Greasemasters (archive) - Oil collectors and oil collection discussion.

Fundraising / Grants / Events

  • Desc: Sustaining the co-op other than fuel sales
  • Current Leads: Hannah Friedman and Chris Iverson
  • Contact: gobiodiesel.events(-at-)gmail.com

Work Party Coordinator

Processor upgrade

  • Desc: Creative, skilled, and looking towards the future
  • Current Lead: Felix, Pete and a whole bunch of folks on the Mixmaster crew.
  • Site design
  • Contact: Sign up to the Mixmasters mailing list and post your interest/questions.

Co-Products

  • How to use, sell, or safely dispose of the by-products from our biodiesel production.
    • We call them co-products because they have such potential for re-use
  • Currently our co-products are glycerin, parafin, methanol and ethanol.
  • Current Lead(s): This position is open. Contact zimboden(-at-)invisibility.com Zac Imboden for more information.
  • Co-Products Main Page - General Info, Activities, open tasks, meeting minutes, etc

Outreach Services

  • Desc: Handling the world outside the coop.

1. Monitoring and reponding to inquiries for the Outreach G-mail account. 2. Organizing tabling events. 3. Creating and co-ordinating speaker network.

  • Current Lead: Jackie Cashon - Outreach. *Contact outreach(-at-)gobiodiesel.org

New Members

  • Desc: Signing up New Members. How to get involved with the coop
  • Current Lead: Mich Nelson gobiodiesel.newmembers(-at-)gmail.com

Inreach

  • Desc: Party masters… yup, you got it!
  • Current Leads: katykolker(-at-)hotmail.com Katy Kolker and rcshenk(-at-)gmail.com Ryan Schenk

Advocacy

  • Desc: Promote Biodiesel as a fuel source.
  • Current Lead: Committee being formed.
  • Note: Work spent in advocacy does not qualify for carma.

Tech

  • Desc: Miscellaneous geekery
  • Current Lead: none
  • Meta:Todo
  • Email list: WikiDev - GoBiodiesel.org Web site, database and computer talk. Geek speak encouraged!

Safety

  • Description: Provide a forum for committees to bring up safety concerns. The Safety Committee is made up of representatives from each committee as well as permanent members who take action on safety concerns.

Some of the things the safety committee oversees:

  • Safety training for new members who will be working on-site
  • Review of site for safety compliance and improvements. Material safety data sheets (MSDS) accessible in the mixmaster Brew Book appendix: Brew Book 2.0
  • Keeping an eye on Bio the cat to make sure he doesn't get locked in the Conex.
  • Current Lead(s): alrice(-at-)willamette.edu Amanda Rice], kkruse(-at-)ispwest.com Karen Kruse
  • Contact: A lead member or sign-up to our mailing list and send an email
  • Mailing List: safety(-at-)gobiodiesel.lists.org - Sign Up To This List


Email Lists

To subscribe to a list, go to lists.gobiodiesel.org/mailman/listinfo/.

  • PDX-Biodiesel (archive) - This list is for general biodiesel discussion. This list gets about 3-5 messages per day. See graph, or a mirror of this list.)
  • Announce - Low-volume list of only critical announcments and meeting reminders. Members are automatically subscribed to this list.
  • Mixmasters (archive) - Co-op biodiesel brewers and co-op processor discussion.
  • Greasemasters (archive) - Oil collectors and oil collection discussion.
  • Co-Products (archive) - Co-Products Committee discussion and meeting announcements
  • WikiDev - GoBiodiesel.org Web site, database and computer talk. Geek speak encouraged!
  • Distribution - Co-op members, subscribe to this list if you'd like to be alerted to the availability of freshly made co-op fuel.
  • Site Plan - Manages maintenance of our fuel-making site and is involved with capital improvements to layout and equipment, coordinating with the mixmasters.
  • Board - Board of Directors list (board members only).
  • Committee Leads - Email discussion for committee leads to coordinate projects and people (leads only).
  • Safety - Mailing list for all members to use to discuss safety concerns of any kind


Reimbursement Form

  • You can download the reimbursement form here, or pick it up on site.
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