ESLP Vision and Action Plan

Spring 2010

Kelly (Luna) Suniga

Personal Quote: "Just take a deep breath!"

I. Personal Vision

    My vision is for the people of the world to open their perspectives to earth-based ones so that we can return to being in tune with the planet we call home. As this happens more humanity will be able to take action towards being a part of the earth's cycles versus going against it or being blind of being a part of it.

II. Personal Mission

    My mission is to take my weaknesses from Fall 2009 and turn them into strengths during this quarter as I work with other ESLP organizers, the UCSC community and speakers for the lecture series. I plan to be a strong representative of ESLP and it's mission in my day to day life by educating others about our organization so that it can continue and grow. I will also add to the infrastructure of the organization as I have my own experiences.

III. Mission Statement of ESLP

    Education for Sustainable Living Program: The Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP) is a student-initiated, collaborative interdisciplinary effort to realize sustainable community throughout the University of California. Students participate in a weekly speaker series and form Action Research Teams (ARTs) in partnership with guest lecturers, faculty, administration, and community members to implement tangible change. Such experiential learning inspires participants to internalize the concept of sustainability, and carry it in practice beyond academia into greater society. 

IV. Primary Responsibilities

    *As Heart Sphere Co-Chair I will oversee the actions taking place within my sphere with respect to all organizers, as well as within the CORE group.

    * I will be helping create our CORE meeting agenda and facilitating heart sphere meetings via an agenda.

    * I will be overseeing the ESLP budget as co-chair.

    * I will be taking note of organizational aspects of Heart Sphere and ESLP in general to assist the organization.

    * Main point person for speaker series and my assigned speakers

    * Mentor new organizers/interns

V. Goals/Desired Outcomes

    -Personal/Process GOALS:

        * Be prepared for all meetings with updates and inquiries about immediate issues

        * Make specific times throughout the week to handle ESLP work so that I don't wait until the end of the week.

        * Get good sleep and exercise by going to one yoga or dance class a week.

        * Balance my school and ESLP workloads (follow a good time management scheme).

        * Attend all meetings unless something urgent arises, and if so, let all organizers know.

        * Check out the website every week and tell others about ESLP!

        * I will be in constant communication with other co-chairs, staff and the CORE group.

    -Content GOALS

        ~Heart Sphere/Co-Chair:

                * Remind speakers about dinner, parking, directions, any relevant class info.

                * Delegate tasks between me, Heart Sphere, Tyler and Joyce.

                * Contact speakers at least one week early about 204 forms!

                * Organize Heart Sphere meeting agenda and facilitate with other Heart members.

                * Attend all meetings and help with CORE agenda creation.

                * Occasionally attend General Gatherings to connect and support the greater cause on campus.

                * Support and communicate with other spheres throughout the quarter, especially with overlapping tasks.

                * Be prepared as an MC and meet with Jill about the lecture.

                * Help outreach the lecture series to the campus and community

                *Assist with monday night dinners (location, food, helpers). Create a google doc.

                * Guide Spring Retreat cooks with shopping tips and tools.

        ~Budget:

                * Check in weekly with fellow heart sphere organizers about budget updates.

                * Check in weekly with CORE organizers about budget updates and collect receipts.

                * Oversee fiscal report from David Jones to make sure it matches our records and place annual projected budget on the website.

                *Helping with Budget Report to CSC on May 7th!!

                * Make sure we are in our budget for the speaker series.

                * Help interns better understand our budget operations.

~ESLP personnel tracking representative:

                * I will be keeping track of each organizer and their paperwork throughout the quarter by reminding everyone with deadlines.

                * I will be in communication with staff about our files.

VI. Meetings and Anticipated Time Commitments:

   -Co-chair meetings: 2 hours/wk

    -CORE meetings: 2 hours/wk

    - Heart Sphere meetings: 2hours/wk

    - weekly tasks: 6 hours/wk (between meeting preparation, emails, logistics, etc.)

    - more hours anticipated for speakers I'm assigned