From Robin Morris: 8/10/11

Dear Board Members,

I wanted to provide an update on the Master Planning Schedule and Core team status.

The Core Team met last week with Bill R and John B by phone to finalize the dates of the three workshops and clarify roles and goals.

Monday, August 22/Tuesday August 23: Programming workshop (Monday 8.00am to 4.00pm, Tuesday 8.00am to 1.00pm)

Attendance; Core team + interested board members + Bill + John

Monday, September 19/Tuesday, September 20: Design workshop (Monday 8.00am to 4.00pm, Tuesday 8.00am to 1.00pm)

Attendance: Core team + interested board members + 2 students + 2 faculty + Bill and John

Friday, September 30/Saturday, October 1: 2nd Design workshop/Faculty Meeting (2 days)

Attendance: Core team + interested board members + Bill + John + Joel + experts on Friday 8.00am-4.00pm and

Sat 8.00am to 12.00am, Faculty + staff + board included Saturday PM 1-5.

Jeff sent a great overview to the Core Team last week, Thank you Jeff! We would like to encourage you all to share your thoughts on the directions YM could take especially on the subjects below:

Community – how might YM engage the community – lodging/food/organizations?

Energy – what are the different or shared energy options that should be considered?

Water – Wastewater, ground water, rain water, storm water – what alternative options should be considered?

Food – Should available YM land be used for for food production; YM personnel or community farmers?

Phasing – How do we integrate new initiatives onto the campus and into operations while continuing to build existing initiatives?

If you send your thoughts to Kate and myself we will circulate to the Core Team, Bill, John and Joel.

Our plan is to keep the Board apprised through this process. Let me know if you have any questions.

Robin Morris