The Sandpoint Sustainability Committee reviewed a draft communications plan on Nov. 13 intended to guide internal and external outreach while the committee develops a formal sustainability plan.

Mary Wilkos presented the draft as an outline that captures how the committee will communicate with the mayor, city council, staff, outside organizations and residents and proposed a timetable toward a draft plan in 2026. She asked committee members to send suggested edits individually so she can consolidate changes and return a revised draft at the next meeting.

Diana Duke proposed structured community interviews — including council members and the local utility Avista — and recommended a uniform question template so results can be compared and summarized. Members discussed practical steps for conducting interviews, whether they should be in‑person or remote, and how to present findings in a regular public outlet (for example, a sustainability committee column in a local reader).

Committee members agreed to pair offline to combine ideas and to create a small set of standard interview questions and an interviewee contact list as supporting materials for Mary’s next draft. The committee also discussed the open‑meeting constraints on joint document editing and confirmed that members should submit edits to the chair or Mary to avoid creating an inadvertent meeting.