NBEAA Newsletter April 5, 2007 NEXT MEETING ------------ Saturday, April 14th, 2007, 10 AM - noon Copperfield's Books, 2316 Montgomery Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95405 Sherry Boschert, author, "Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars that will Recharge America" Plug-in hybrid vehicles that can get 100 mpg will save drivers money, reduce pollution, and increase national security. People from both ends of the political spectrum are pushing for plug-in hybrids. How can you get one? Get the details from a talk by Sherry Boschert, author of Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars that Will Recharge America (New Society Publishers). The talk will be followed by book-signings. Plug-in vehicles will be on display for viewing in the parking lot. See www.sherryboschert.com for more details. If you would like to show your EV at this event, RSVP to Chris Jones, chris_b_jones@prodigy.net, (707)577-2391, by Wednesday April 11th, so they can reserve parking enough parking spots for us in front of the store. FUTURE MEETINGS --------------- Saturday, May 19, 10 AM, downtown Santa Rosa: Rose Parade. Respond to Chris if you'd like to enter your vehicle in the parade. We have 2 confirmed but can have up to 4 vehicles. Monday, May 21, 6 - 9 PM, FREE FOOD SERVED 6-7 PM, Santa Rosa Junior College: Mark Armstrong, SRJC Automotive Technology Professor, "Getting Up Off The Couch 101", SRJC Alternative Fuel Vehicle Conversion Program. Saturday, June 9, 10 AM - noon, Thunderstruck Motors, Santa Rosa: Brian Hall, Main Fuse, Thunderstruck Motors, Product Overview. Saturday, June 30, Sonoma Mountain Village, Rohnert Park: EV Show-and-Tell at the American Lung Association 30th Annual Breathe Easy Ride. Saturday, September 29, Spring Lake Regional Park, Santa Rosa: EV Show-and-Tell at the American Lung Association 29th Annual Asthma Walk. More events are in the works. See http://www.nbeaa.org/new_jan_07/meetings.htm for more details and updates. ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------- National Day of Climate Action, also on April 14: Clearlake rally, 10-12: http://redwood.sierraclub.org/lake/. Fairfax march, 12-2: http://www.sustainablefairfax.com/. 3rd CSU Stanislaus C2EC2T Electric Vehicle Conversion Class 4/13-15, 20-22, 27-29 & 5/4, 8AM - 3PM, Turlock, CA $300 for all 10 sessions, or $35 per individual session Instructor: Mike Parker, (209)988-2487, evclass@yahoo.com Help protect our climate: submit Recommended Actions for the Sonoma County Community Climate Action Plan: http://www.climateprotectioncampaign.org/news/documents/RecommendedActionWorksheet.doc. Reply to Chris if you want to contribute to a combined NBEAA response, hopefully leading to a great idea they can't refuse. Due April 30. Build-It Green Tour, May 20, 10-5, http://www.builditgreen.org/tours/. Would you like to work together to purchase lead acid EV batteries? A few of us are in the market for some and might be better off if we help each other research alternatives, summarize choices and their attributes and tradeoffs. If you have advice to give, are looking for advice, or are interested in a group buy, reply to Chris. If you have any announcements you'd like to post in the next newsletter, please submit it to Chris before the end of this month. If you have anything to announce that's hot and can't wait, call Chris to discuss sending out a special email as was done for the Climate Protection Campaign public meeting.