All,

  A brief update to let ya'll know what we've been up to.  In no particular
order:

1.    Officer elections and registrations - After a slight delay, the club
is being registered with the following officers:

a.    Pres - Brian Becker

b.    Tres - Claudia Wald

c.    Sec - Stephanie Henry

d.    PR - Matt Pellnitz

e.    Workshop Coordinator - Mike Friedlander

2.    We have a workshop available to us out at the Energy Park!  Today,
Mike established his very first digester to produce methane!  His high-tech
design included a 5-gallon bucket w/lid, a whole bunch of air-potato vine
and a bit of the sweet brew from Dr. Wilkie's digester out at the Dairy
Unit.  Stay tuned for results.

3.    More Workshop stuff - Mike also brought back a ~30 gallon kettle
digester from the Dairy Unit.  It has been sitting for a bit so will need to
have most of the hoses, wires, gaskets, etc. replaced.  But the kettle
itself is in beautiful shape.  So, anyone who would like to get involved in
getting this digester up and running, and later, to participate in
experimental runs with various feedstocks, please respond to this message.
We would like to have everyone meet out at the Energy Park in the next week
or so to inventory the workshop, work out access, and get started brewing.!

4.    Our next speaker will likely be the 20th of October.  We will announce
once we have confirmed this.  In the meantime, let's meet at the Energy Park
(See item #3).

5.    Please check out the announcement from the Wetlands Club at the end of
this message and have a great week!



Cheers,

Brian



Brian Becker

Ph.D. Student - Interdisciplinary Ecology

School of Natural Resources and Environment

Rm. 3, Bldg 182, Mowry Rd

PO Box 110831

University of Florida

Gainesville, Fl 32611-0831

Phone: 352-846-3054

Fax: 352-846-2094

Email: [log in to unmask]





-----Original Message-----
From: Bill White [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 2:07 PM

The UF Wetlands Club is kicking off the year with a special week beginning

Monday,

September 12th---it will include a very special guest speaker on Monday,

our first

meeting of the year on Tuesday and an open-mike night on Friday!



1.      MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th  at  4:00 pm, Keene Faculty Center



Guest Speaker:  William Jordan III,  "Getting Beyond Ethics:  A discussion

of the shame-and-performance model of value and value creation"



The Wetlands Club and FOREST will be co-hosting a guest speaker, William

Jordan III, a botanist by training, who coined the term "Restoration

Ecology".  He is the author of Sunflower Forest:  Ecological Restoration and

the New Communion with Nature  and the founder of the New Academy of Nature

and Culture.  The Keene Faculty Center is the old building north of

Newell Hall across the street from the Rec Center and Infirmary.



As a side note, we need 4 to 5 volunteers to come between 3:30 and 3:45 to

help set up chairs and the room in the Keene Faculty Center-please contact

[log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] if you can help.



2.      TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th at 6:15 pm at the Center for Wetlands



First Meeting of the Year



We will be voting for a new Vice-President, picking dates for our canoeing

and camping activities, our service projects, finding a historian for the

year and listening to any new ideas you have. T-shirts will be handed out

for those that have pre-ordered, paid, or will have paid that day.



3.      FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th at 6:00 pm at Tim and Terry's



OPEN MIC NIGHT!!!!!!



Come sing, play an instrument or just listen and have a beer or a lemonade

on Friday. Please tell all your classmates and different departments and

clubs you know to come out on Friday. We want to mix with other clubs, like

AWRA, Soils and Agronomy Club, Geology Club, FRE, FOREST, EES etc. the list

could go on and on.  Please get the word out and contact me if you want to

play or sing, or just show up with your instrument.  Sylvia 2-1804 ext 327

or [log in to unmask]



Hope to see you at all or some of the events.





William R. White

Graduate Student

Department of Environmental Engineering

Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands

Phelps Lab, Museum Rd.

Gainesville, FL 32611

Phone: (352) 392-2424

Fax: (352) 392-3624