Thursday, July 18, 2013

UNM and NMT Combing Meeting | 7/18/2013 | 6:00-7:00pm

Combined Portion
  •  Power point presentation on EWB-UNM (Focusing primarily on Tsimane project)
    • 2 separate projects
      • Campo Bello
      • Tacaural Del Motto
    • Last Year
      • Tacaural Del Motto
        • Community wants well
        • Took data for potential well sites
        • Signed a contract with the community
      • Campo Bello
        • Community wants wells
        • Capped 3 wells
          • For potential handpumps to be installed 
        • Cleaned 2 additional wells
        • Took data for potential well sites
        • Signed a contract with the community
      • In each community a "water committee" was formed, consisting of 5 different households and at least one woman 
    • Questions:
      • Why isn't there more of a partnership with the UNM / UCSB Anthropology Group
  • File Sharing
    • The group will use google drive. There will be a shared folder between the groups. Please share with officers (need a gmail account)
    • A to-do list shared in google docs (Ethan to take lead)
  • Positions
    • Project lead (s)
    • Communication lead
      • Will be in charge of communication in between communities
    • EWB-USA Requirements lead
      • In charge of making deadlines to EWB-USA
      • This includes all reports
    • Fundraising Lead
    • Education / Materials Lead
    • In charge of coming up with materials and educational materials to give to communities
    • Heath and Safety Lead
      • In charge of coming up with safety plan for all trips
  • Planning to meet with both groups once a month and with UNM only every 2 weeks
  • NMT to come up with project website
  • Still need a faculty lead
  • Fundraising
    • TCR Racing (Tom is our contact)
      • Planning an April Fools day 5k
      • Need to come up with a Cover Letter
      • Contact previous sponsors and make a list of new potential sponsors
      • Divide among both chapters
UNM Portion
  • Faculty Advisor
    • Could be in Geology, Civil Engineering, Chemistry (talk to Dean)
  • Elections (will hold meeting second week of Fall classes)
  • Recruitment (Arianna Romano to take lead aromano@unm.edu)
    • Need to table at Welcome Back Week
    • Talk to Elsa Castillo in Engineering Student Services
  • Scheduling
    • Meetings for entire semester
    • Deadlines
    • Event Dates
  • Facebook
    • Tamas to take charge of the group and adding people!
  • Look into basecamp/evernote for organizing projects
  • A meeting to discuss recruitment and details meeting before school starts (will send out DoodlePoll)
First General Meeting Scheduled for Wednesday, August 28th at 6pm CEC 1016
Katy to bring cookies!!!!