This brief meeting was held before the showing of "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil"

• CET (Center for Ecological Technology) is hosting a meeting in Hadley at 11 a.m. on Nov. 8 that involves information about funding for town energy projects.
• The regional energy meetings sponsored by NESEA do not appear to be going on currently. Pat will try to find out if anything is happening there.

Fall and future movies
There were 17 people at the showing of "Kilowatt Ours" in North Orange on Sept. 20. We had a good discussion afterward. Pat proposed a couple of possible future films: "Escape from Suburbia" (a follow-up to "The End of Suburbia," which we showed in 2005) and "Lovejoy's Nuclear War."

Energy expo
Pat and Cathy met with the North Quabbin Chamber of Commerce and we have set a date for the combined North Quabbin Home Show and Energy Expo: March 29 and 30, 2008. The plan is to have a long day on Saturday and a shorter one on Sunday (perhaps 10 to 6 on Saturday and noon to 4 on Sunday). The Energy Expo segment will be held in the Athol High School cafeteria, with the main Home Show in the gym and hallway. Booths will cost $99 for the whole weekend. There is a planning meeting on Thursday, Oct. 11 at 2 p.m. at the Chamber office (512 Main Street in Athol). Cathy will contact Tom Rich to get the word out to the Energy Expo vendors about the date and cost. We need to start talking to NQE people who have expressed interest in working on this project, and begin our own planning meetings as well as coordinating with the Chamber. We talked about the possibilities for programming and education. The NQE booth could be the site for this, or we may try to get access to a classroom space for part of the time. Cathy will work on this.

MREC building projects
We have obtained a copy of the MREC electric bill (although there was some confusion about interpreting it!) and Brian Nugent has contacted National Grid about setting up an audit at a date to be determined.

Other business
In the discussion following the film (which 14 people attended), the possibility was raised of showing "The Power of Community" on AOTV. Cathy will investigate the copyright issues on this.

Next meeting
Thursday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m. at the Millers River Environmental Center.

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