Campus Transportation Project Outline

Priorities/Project Timeline
1. Devise mission statement
2. Develop list of project objectives
3. Finalize questions for campus transportation poll
-Distribute, collect, and analyze data for Feasibility Report
4. Summary of LWV forum on Bio-diesel
-Present or make available to community
5. Bio-diesel Feasibility Report
6. Transportation Report
-Define Northland’s footprint in terms of energy/fuel for transportation
-Assess opportunities for conservation
7. Discuss/research conservation possibilities
8. Set goals/commitments for energy/fuel conservation at Northland
9. Form club/organization
10. Write formal report/proposal
11. Present report/proposal to administration and campus
12. Execute proposal on campus
-Community education
Bio-diesel Feasibility Report
1. Business plan
-Cost/benefit analysis
2. Investigate sources of oil
3. Meet with maintenance
-Van fleet, maintenance vehicles, lawn mowers, etc
-Possible space
4. Assess need
5. Technology
6. Research funding possibilities
7. Future
-How much produced?
-End price?
-For whom?
-Work study?
Questions for LWV Forum Summary
1. Clarify what GMO’s are
2. Efficiency of process vs. economics of selling
3. Input/output ratio for bio-diesel vs. oil
4. Why Artisam is choosing Chequamegon Bay area
5. Eco-industrial concept
6. Alternative sources of biomass
7. Differences between bio-diesel and ethanol production
8. Creating infrastructure
9. Impact on average citizen
10. Economic advantage to farmers
11. Co-operative possibilities
12. Distribution plans
13. Warranty issues