Rogat+-+Memo+-+Schedule+of+Activities

Michelle Rogat

Schedule of Activities


 * remember to transcribe and analyse all interviews for anything to follow up on, any further questions or new leads, break down all the info, and send a thank you card afterwards!

__**October**__
 * read more literature and do annotations
 * read into case studies of restaurants becoming a sustainable business, especially focusing on food waste and composting and the hurdles of training staff
 * catch up on memos
 * Send out introductory letters to interviewees and set up dates for interviews
 * October 21 - reminded the House Committee and asked to set a date to meet and explain everything
 * October 22 - emailed professional at Audubon requesting if I can interview them
 * October 23 - met owner of a food waste hauling serivce and emailed them to set up an interview
 * ???? - contact PM and ask him about setting up an interview and discussing the food waste collection in the area that he had mentioned
 * __**Wednesday, October 23, 2013**__ - attend organics composting workshop in Greenwich from 9am-1pm - learn about composting wastes from yard trimmings to food scraps, doing it onsite or local drop off options, see how this can be applied to the country club
 * __ **Saturday, October 26, 2013** __ - tabling the compost booth at the Troy Waterfront Farmers Market from 10:30am-12:30pm- go to Troy Farmer's Market to go to the composting booth and either volunteer for an hour or go and ask them which restaurants or businesses seem to be participating the most, then look into those restaurants from there and pick one that would be a good example to focus on
 * **__Tuesday, October 29th at 3:30pm__** - Interview with Audubon professional, transcribe interview afterwards, take note on everything needed for the House Committee meeting
 * __**Wednesday, October 30th**__ - print out all the materials for the meeting with the House Committee, show manager first about how I plan to present it all and ask for advice


 * __November__**
 * __**Tuesday, November 5, 4pm -**__ Explanatory Meeting with the House Committee - Meetings with the House Committee
 * __**Tuesday, November 12**__ - got an email from house committee member for approval of research at the Country Club
 * __**Wednesday, November 13, 2pm**__ - Interview with food waste hauling company
 * __**Tuesday, November 19, 2013**__ - Green Drinks 5:30pm at Creo Restaurant at Stuyvesant Plaza - go to talk to people in "green" professions and see if there is any business or professional that would like to talk with me about my thesis and possibly provide advice or an interview on a project they experienced and the issues that were involved

__** WAITING FOR AN AGREED UPON DATE **__
 * conduct "in-house" preliminary audit of club's practices and GC
 * find env concerns and opportunities and their options for solutions
 * research on the costs involved and price of solutions
 * Interview Grounds Super / Tour facility and management practices of golf course
 * Interview Golf Pro
 * Interview select members - Pete and Jimmy (very different perspectives),
 * Interview P.M. - look into his suggestions for further interviews with professional consultants
 * 2nd meeting with house committee - results and where to go from there
 * interviews with more select members based on info gained about the club's GC