Slides from the Clean Air Force of Central Texas Nov. 1, 2023 Executive Committee Meeting and Board of Directors Meeting

1. ONE VISION, ONE GOAL:
CLEAN AIR FOR ALL!
Fall 2023 Board Meeting
Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023

2. EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
AGENDA
10:30 Meeting begins
1. Review of Board of Directors Meeting Agenda Melissa Reynolds, Chair
2. Budget Discussion Adele Noel, Treasurer
3. ED Comments Jim Stephens
4. 2024 Thank You Ads Rick Perkins
5. New Volunteers (Bruce/Marie Miglin, Meg Kaufman) Bill Gibbs
6. New Business (if any) Melissa Reynolds
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3. BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
AGENDA
I. Introductions of EC, Board members, Guests Melissa Reynolds, Chair
II. Recognition of Clean Air Partner & Honorary Partner Melissa Reynolds
Recognition of New Volunteers
Action Item: Vita-Aire acceptance as new Partner
III. New Partner Remarks Nihar Ruia, Vita-Aire
IV. Host Welcome and Partner Update Jim Morris, St. Edwards
V. 2023 Programs and Projects Review Bill Gibbs, Former Exec. Dir.
VI. Air Quality Professionals Forum Update Brett Davis, Tech. Consultant
VII. Treasurer’s Report Adele Noel, Treasurer
VIII. Executive Director Remarks Jim Stephens, Executive Director
IX. Concluding Remarks Melissa Reynolds
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I. Introduction of
Board Members
and Guests
--Melissa Reynolds, Chair

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II. --Recognition of Clean Air Partner
and Honorary Partner
--Recognition of New Volunteers
--Action Item: Vita-Aire
--Melissa Reynolds

6. NEW CLEAN PARTNER
Vita-Aire manufactures engineered
commercial air purification systems to
remove viruses, bacteria, smoke, odor,
toxic and corrosive gasses for server
rooms, clean rooms and other
industrial purposes. Lindsey Ross is
our Partner Board member.

7. NEW HONORARY PARTNER
AirGuardian is a California-based
foundation that is part of the
Anthropocene Institute. It works
nationwide to improve air quality. It is
working with us and UT on the Legos
Air Sensor project.

8. NEW VOLUNTEERS
Bruce and Marie Miglin
(with Nick Kornblith)
Meg Kaufman
(with Bill Gibbs)

9. ACTION ITEM: VITA-AIRE AS A NEW PARTNER

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III. New Partner Remarks
--Nihar Ruia, CEO and Managing Director
Danvita Thermal LLC

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IV. Host Welcome and Remarks
--Jim Morris, Associate Vice President of
University Operations
St. Edward’s University

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V. 2023 Programs and Projects
Review
--Bill Gibbs
Former Executive Director (Retired)

13. ONE VISION, ONE GOAL:
CLEAN AIR FOR ALL!
2023 Clean Air Force Programs and Projects
Bill Gibbs, (Former)Executive Director (Retired)

14. Clean Air Force
Executive Committee

15. Our 41

16. New 2023

17. 2023 Programs
1. Air Quality Professionals Forum Meetings:
Jan.: Emerson Automation, April: TCEQ, Aug.: CAPCOG, Oct.: Alen Corp
2. Board Meetings: Feb.: Travis County, May: AYRO, Nov.: St. Edwards
3. Lightning Day at St. Edwards (April)
4. City of Austin/CAPCOG/CAF Air Quality Week Proclamation (May)
5. TCEQ Environmental Fair and Awards (May)
6. First-ever Joint AWMA/Clean Air Force Meeting (May)
7. First-ever Joint Audubon/Clean Air Force Webinar (June)
8. Meteorologists Luncheon (June)
9. City of Austin Emergency Preparedness Event (Sept.)
10. Legos Air Monitor Build at UT (Nov.)

18. Our Goal: Provide exceptional Air Quality
Professional Development opportunities to our
Partners, and encourage continual progress
toward reduction of polluting emissions
Brett Davis
Technical Consultant

19. Ongoing Projects
1. Clean Air Partner Annual Survey (Spring)
2. Be Air Smart School Sensor Program with Air Central
Texas, Austin FC, AISD and others
3. Thriving Earth Exchange project with Travis County
4. Clean Air Coalition (CAC) and CAC Advisory
Committee (CACAC), part of CAPCOG
5. CAPCOG PM2.5 Monitor Site Selection support
6. City of Austin EPA Grant support
7. Awareness and Outreach
8. Ozone Action Day Alerts

20. Thriving Earth Exchange Project
Matches local
communities with
environmental
experts to solve
problems
Our project: To
determine the
health impact of
Cement Batch
Plants
Phase 1:
Determine wind
patterns/site
selection for
monitors
Phase 2: Monitor
Placement
Phase 3: Evaluate
results & make
recommendations

21. LEGOS AIR
MONITOR
BUILD
This project will help UT students
understand air quality issues and
give them the opportunity to build
a working PM2.5 air monitor using
Legos and electronic components
It is a joint program with
AirGuardian, The University of
Texas Campus Environmental
Center, and the Clean Air Force
Supplies were purchased through
a grant from Air Guardian

22. Awareness
and Outreach
Be Air Smart School
Sensor Program honored
as a 2023 Finalist by TCEQ
at the Environmental
Excellence Awards
City of Austin
Air Quality Week
Proclamation
KXAN Interviews for
Air Quality
Awareness Week and
for first Ozone Action
Day of 2023
Annual Meteorologists Luncheon

23. Be Air Smart Sensor Program
In Partnership with
We have monitors we can place any where in our region (from Waco
to San Antonio), and CAPCOG has additional monitors they can place
anywhere in their counties.
If you want a monitor to place, let us know.
(Can be placed in schools, YMCA’s, Libraries, Partner
Locations, but can’t be placed in individual homes

24. September 20, 2023
Innovation Solutions Award
Cap Metro
Clean Air Hero
Bob Rose,
LCRA
Partner of the Year
City of Austin Office of
Sustainability

25. My plans in
retirement?
It’s a big world,
with a lot of
places to go and a
lot of places to
see!
We leave for
Rome on Nov. 28!

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VI. Air Quality Professionals Forum
(AQPF)Update
--Brett Davis
Technical Consultant

27. Recent and Upcoming AQPF Program Schedule

28. 2024 CAF Partner Survey* Schedule
Date Activity
April 1 (Monday) Distribute Survey via email
April 8 (Monday) Online Meeting to Answer Questions
April 19 (Friday) Deadline for return of completed surveys
* Reminder – Only Yes/No questions required, Quantitative questions only answered if already
calculated for another purpose

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VII. Treasurer’s Report
--Adele Noel

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VIII. Executive Director Remarks
--Jim Stephens

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IX. Concluding Remarks
--Melissa Reynolds

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CLEAN AIR FOR ALL!