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    Meeting 1

    From: Brenden
    To: Mahlek, Taj, Matt, Collin, Breden, Colin
    Subject: Team meeting- Friday, October 26, 2018
    Present: Brenden, Collin B, Taj, Matt

    To Do:

    1. Finish the Team Charter
    2. Research and Draft Proposal
    3. Bring Ideas to Next Meeting

    Decisions:

    1. Brainstorm about project goals
      • -> Decided to remain our focus on the waste stream of the Dining Hall
      • -> Started creating the task schedule due 10/5/2018
    2. Identified Major Task
      • -> Mapped out meetings and major due dates
      • -> Started to divide tasks

    Next Meeting: Tuesday, October 28th, 4:00pm

    1. Finish Progress Report Draft
    2. Create a questionaire for interviews
    3. Schedule and interview
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    Meeting 2

    From: Brenden
    To: Mahlek, Taj, Matt, Collin, Breden, Colin
    Subject: Team Meeting- Sunday, October 28, 2018
    Present: Brenden, Mahlek, Colin, Taj

    To Do:

    1. Finish Progress Report Draft
    2. -> Fill in the blanks/ add new info
    3. Create a questionaire for interviews
    4. Schedule and interview
    5. -> Management Positions/Student Workers

    Decisions:

    1. Researched Progress reports to understand format
    2. Create and outline of the Progress Report Draft
    3. Talk to Dr.Matteson about CDH/ACES contacts
      • -> Ask questions about what they already know about waste streams
      • -> Determine quantities in order to move forward to creating and proposing a solution

    Next Meeting: Tuesday, October 30th, 4:00pm

    1. Bring Questionaire Questions
    2. Revise Progress Report
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    Meeting 3

    From: Brenden
    To: Mahlek, Taj, Matt, Collin, Breden, Colin
    Subject: Team Meeting- Tuesday, October 30, 2018
    Present: Brenden, Mahlek, Colin, Taj

    To Do:

    1. Finish Questionaire
    2. -> Start low level employee questionaire
    3. -> Print Out
    4. Contact Aces
    5. -> Schedule Interviews/Meetings
    6. Take Pictures

    Decisions:

    1. Finished Progress Reports
    2. Researched Progess Reports
    3. Finished Project Outline
    4. Discussed Ways to get pictures
    5. -> Food
    6. -> Dumpsters
    7. -> Trashcans

    Next Meeting: Tuesday, Novermber 2nd, 9:00am

    1. Bring Questionaire Questions
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    Meeting 4

    From: Brenden
    To: Mahlek, Taj, Matt, Collin, Breden, Colin
    Subject: Team Meeting-Friday, November 2nd, 2018
    Present: Brenden, Mahlek, Colin, Taj, Collin

    To Do:

    1. Update Progress Report
    2. -> Use blackboard comments to help
    3. Revise/Add to questionaire
    4. Schedule and interview
    5. -> Management Positions/Student Workers

    Decisions:

    1. Started to compile the Questionnaire
    2. Worked on the Technical Report Outline
    3. Discussed ways to reduce waste
    4. -> Little poster cards making students aware of food waste
    5. Researched ACES Employees to contact
    6. -> Discussed possibilities regarding cooks, washers, cleaners, servers,
      and management
    7. Had a discussion about the Discussion Board comments
    8. -> Decided to revise the format
    9. -> Decided to revise the introduction
    10. -> Adjust Goals
    11. -> Add to research section

    Next Meeting: Tuesday, Novermber 30th, 4:00pm

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    Meeting 5

    From: Brenden
    To: Mahlek, Taj, Matt, Collin, Breden, Colin
    Subject: Team Meeting-Tuesday, November 30th, 2018
    Present: Brenden, Mahlek, Colin, Taj, Collin

    To Do:

    1. Email Aces Employess
    2. Revise Technical Draft
    3. Revise Website

    Decisions:

    1. Discussed possible additions to the introduction
    2. -> Possibly include reference to the scale of our dining hall and campus
    3. Discussed the design of the website
    4. -> Consistency, easy to use, easy to read
    5. -> Proposed ideas to make our findings seem more legitimate
    6.     o Relation to safe environment practices through color, font and header

    Next Meeting: Tuesday, December 4th, 4:00pm

    1. Bring Questionaire Questions
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    Meeting 6

    From: Brenden
    To: Mahlek, Taj, Matt, Collin, Breden, Colin
    Subject: Team Meeting-Tuesday, November 30th, 2018
    Present: Brenden, Mahlek, Colin, Taj, Collin

    To Do:

    1. Implement new data into technical report
    2. continue revising technical report
    3. Revise Website
    4. -> Implement new material into website

    Decisions:

    1. Discussion about the response back from ACES employees
    2. -> Dissection of Aces
    3.     o Ordering Process
    4.     o Waste seperation/managment
    5.     o Scale of waste
    6. Structure planning for new data implementation into technical report
    7. -> Start with ACES system for ordering supplies/ ingredients
    8.     o Estimation systems
    9.     o Already established systems in order to minimize expense
           while purchasing what is needed based on estimation process
    10.     o Post cost system
    11. Move into ACES waste management system
    12. -> Seperation Process
    13.     o Paper
    14.     o Landfill
    15.     o Recyclables
    16. -> Minimization Process
    17.     o Leftovers
    18.     o Take-out
    19.     o Recyclables
    20.     o Utility
    21. -> Seperation Process
    22.     o Compost
    23.     o Garbage Disposals
    24.     o Student Encouragement

    Next Meeting: Tuesday, December 5th, 4:00pm