Attendance
- Students
- Greg Menzy, Anna Bauer, and Tony MIller
- Dining
- Harry Ashendorf, Richard Anderson, Anthony, Gail, Victor, and two others
- Faculty
- Lenny Miran
Next Meeting: March 4, 2009
Topics include: sustainability (e.g. water, and especially Slope Day water, NACUF surveys, Kizen)
Today’s Business:
- Slope Day water:
- Maine’s has submitted a proposal that includes biodegradable bottles. Viability and pricing to come.
- Water in cartons from Cornell Dairy: some issues, so it’s not going to happen this year due to various regulations. Possibility of water from Dairy in the future or other source.
- No possibility of reducing water
- Possibility of Student Assembly chipping in for the water
- Water is not an option to cut out of Slope Day
- Samples of Green Bottle Spring Water, but they are expensive (Sourced from Cargill)
- Other Slope Day dining topics:
- Dining was at a loss at last year’s Slope Day
- Could get by with a smaller tent (even though Dining didn’t pay for it)
- Concerned that “dumming down” the food would have people stop purchasing it
- Better line of food with higher margins has lead to a smaller loss for Dining
- Menu mix is about $1 to $4
- Food stops serving at 6 pm
- 2 acts instead of three this year
- Discussion of prices of beer
- Greg suggested that the SA Communications Committee assist with marketing of Dining at Slope Day
- Candidate soliciting in dining halls
- In the past there has been excess flyers left in dining halls
- Tony proposes consequences for candidates whose materials are left as waste at the end of the meal period
- On West, house deans must approve the campaigning
- North Campus, and Trillium campaigning must talk to Richard and Victor
- Online Ordering
- C-board has presented an updated program with less problems and the business office is much more optimistic. If this doesn’t pan through, then interaction with C-board will be terminated.
- Gail will contact Greg by the end of the week to give a progress report
- Online Menus
- Menus are very close to being online
- Nutrition may not be happening due to issues with accuracy, portioning, personal concerns, etc. E.g. Harvard had issues and had to pull it off line.
- Contact Michelle if you would like details about your eating
- Michelle Wilbur has now arrived to the meeting
- Commissary items are being rechecked for accuracy
- Identifying Healthy Items
- Michelle says that it’s hard to identify what would qualify
- At Risley, a minimum of one entr�e is considered an “Eating Well at Cornell” dish.
- Criteria is set and includes: trans fat free, 100% whole grain, no additives, only fresh ingredients, lower in fat, sugar, and salt
- Flora Rose house will be trialing having an entr�e at each dinner — week of March 23–30
- Will be adding to internal recipe database so the meals can be expanded to all dining halls
- Eating Well at Cornell timeline for an entr�e at each all you care to eat facilities every dinner: goal of Fall 2009
- Whole grain and noodle bar at Keeton on Tuesdays
- Possibility of student competition for student groups to market for Cornell Dining
- Campus Pub
- Needs to be a student initiated endeavor
- First do trials possibility at Stone Palace in Ivy Room
- Banning Water
- Last semester Cornell Dining sold over 250,000 bottles of water
- Since people keep buying it, Dining will sell it