Sustainability advisory board says recruiting focused, committed members is priority

Board members spent the opening portion of the meeting focusing on membership and recruitment, with several participants agreeing the board benefits more from a small number of committed volunteers than a larger, less active roster. Speaker 2 summarized recent outreach efforts and said staff will continue contacting potential members and community partners to fill vacancies.

"We'd like Christina to stay on," Speaker 2 said, reporting that the person in question "felt like maybe we were spending too much time on electrification, and not other things." Members agreed to keep recruiting and to continue outreach ahead of upcoming meetings. The discussion emphasized volunteer capacity and the importance of keeping the board’s core functions achievable without overburdening existing members.