1. Minutes from Meeting on 17/05/2010

2. Guest Speaker: Andrew Lang will give a presentation on

‘Renewable Energy in the Otways - Lessons from Scandinavia, North America and China’

More details at  link above.  Thanks to Llewellyn for the offer of accommodation for Andrew.

3. Wind Power for the Otways? Allen Hokin and Matt A  met on 25/05/2010 to identify the first steps towards a community wind farm servicing Apollo Bay.  Others are welcome to join the working group (pair?). Next meeting will be posted in advance.

4. $50,000 funding available “designed to promote and support local actions to tackle climate change”.  Thanks to Luke Hynes and Rob Wertheimer for passing on the info.  This is an ideal program for ORCA to access.  what we need is:

a. a person/people with some time and energy to write (or help with) the application.

b. a project that meets the criteria

Further infomation can be found at at the link above or a .pdf version here.

5. Tip Shop Letter to Colac Otway Shire. Thanks to Llewellyn for drafting a letter on behalf of members

6. Feedback welcome – to either this site or via email.

Cheers and hope everyone is well

Matt A