Rogat+-+Memo+-+Field+Sites

Michelle Rogat

Field Sites -
 * Hospitality businesses
 * the Country Club of XXXX and SM Country Club - members, management, employees
 * restaurants - need to check into the Pig Pen restaurant and Bountiful Breads to look into their initiatives and the progress of them
 * see if I can find one the restaurant that only offers the extremely limited menu on the basis that more options aren't necessarily good but creates a choice paralysis which raises your expectations of the outcome and then makes you more miserable in the end....
 * Mohawk Resort - I have a friend that works there, maybe I can find a way to interview the management and owners
 * will have to look into a variety of hospitality businesses known for being high end and luxurious, Saratoga would be a good city to start, and it's close by for access
 * hotels - need to get contact info from Kim, then should look into other luxury hotels and see if there is a trend going on, if they are doing anything for the environment
 * consulting professionals and organizations in environment and sustainbility
 * Audubon International Professional - Joellen Lampman
 * other Audubon professionals that have dealt with other businesses like hotels
 * Jodi from DASNY (dormitory authority), she is also an LEED AP and has other experience, would be great to interview her and get feedback on some things
 * Murphy Consulting Firm - PM
 * businesses that provide daily services to other businesses that are in hospitality
 * food waste hauling company/garbage pick up
 * linen services/company, do have access to Morgan Linen and could possibly talk to them about their current practices
 * food distributors
 * uniform suppliers - the discussion and issues with the country club and how they get their uniforms, the collaboration that is need but isn't taking place because of the organizational structure and the personalities involved
 * what other services do they require on a daily basis
 * grant funding sites to shows places that provide incentive and help to businesses to get things going - NYSERDA
 * businesses alike that have already gone some sort of transition or sustainability projects like other country clubs, golf courses, and restaurants - such as Schuyler Meadows golf course
 * literature on the hospitality industry, on greening businesses and sustainable business strategies, how to specifically green the country club I work at, and on organizational and cultural resistance to sustainability
 * workshops on certain sustainable practices
 * already went to a workshop/round table on organics waste management
 * went to a seminar by the USGBC on the Stone Soup of building the SUNY Oswego Dorms