November 2023 Meeting + Notes (Sat Nov 4 @ 10:30AM)

Meeting: Saturday 4th November 2023 @ 10:30am

Join Zoom Meeting:
https://umn.zoom.us/j/96781099946?pwd=Z2dLL1BpOE1IVEQzSVlNM2xGME1kZz09

Agenda:

  • Community Check In
  • Resilient Lawns Library Report
    • Everyone who chose a topic to research for the library can go around and share some of their learnings
  • Planning future meetings with Park Board and others
  • Calendar Updates

Notes:

  • Community Check In

    • @syd is thinking about how she is excited for WINTER!
    • @cberthiaume is thinking about how the tasks & work plans for their position will sort themselves out as time goes on
    • @mgm is thinking about resilient lawn biodiversity as a whole, not just relating to mowing habits!
    • @wenkaiguan is thinking about how data centers can be made more efficient
    • @vern is thinking about how MAES students raked his yard!
    • Dan is thinking about how often feelings override thinking and how that seems to be the case regarding the genocide in Gaza
    • @Cait_C is thinking about whether or not she should do any planting this weekend
    • @susan_gilbert is thinking about how the kitchen is an apple pressing mess!
  • Resilient Lawns Library Report

    • Folks went around and shared a summary and some highlights from their individual research for the RLL. You can check out the detailed research on the RLL post!
  • Homework

    1. Read others Resilient Lawn Library Research
    2. Represent WCMNCN at Morris Model Resiliency Events
    3. Lawn chat with non-WCMNCN folks (neighbor, friend, etc.)
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Hi guys, nice to meet you all! My research vision is to develop more sustainable computing systems by reducing carbon emissions. My current research can help reduce the carbon emissions for a small set of servers in the Morris Computer Science program; the campus IT department has its own datacenter, which I would like to eventually work with for reducing carbon emissions; the University of Minnesota Systems have multiple datacenters, and my long-term goal is to possibly work with the system campus to make our datacenters more sustainable.
I look forward to meeting you all in December!

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