Ramah Meeting

Ramah Meeting | 6:00 - 7:45 PM | 11/18/10

Post Assessment Pictures - 6:40 (these will be posted soon)

Trip Debriefing - 6:50

What was said

Talk with Dr Thompson about trombe wall idea

What we did on the trip

Measurements

Tree line and shadow checking

Possibly build a gazebo to mount the panels

Con

More labor

More expensive

More complicated

Need to make sure the structure is safe

Pros

Benefits the community

Elevates the panels

More light

Safer from vandals

What's next

Plan for a new panel positioning and mounting

Entry point for piping

Ceiling

Cored wall

Lots of loose logs!

Good entry point

Need to be sealed!

Fundraising!

Adam's Presentation for Professionals

Gaining access to future engineers and interns

Tax breaks

Charity

Solar Panel Meeting - 6:18

Partnership with WISE and SWE for Schott Solar from Debie

Attending

Adam

Tenn

Debie

Schott is concerned about liability

Negotiate with a consultant to verify our installation of the panels

tomorrow

CST

Consultants - Mike or Eric

SOE Advertising

Sent pictures to Tamara for the next SOE booklet

Hanging Of The Greens (HOTG) - 7:30

December 3rd

Need people to man the table

Need a good position to set up the table

Need

Washing station

extension cords

Power strips

Towels

Buckets

Bins

Card machine?

Crock pots/ chafing dishes

and more!

Morning

Doughnuts

Hot chocolate

Spiced cider

Afternoon and on

Sandwiches

Soups

Hot drinks

Pinata Bash/ professorial/ TA smack-down - 7:40

When: Finals week sometime

Talk to professors to make pinatas of their likeness or

Ask professors to donate pinatas/ money for pinatas

Charge per hit?

Sell food/ beverages?

Bolivia Meeting Update

Sorry this is so late!

Bolivia Meeting | 6:35 - 7:20 PM| 11/8/10

Revised Schedule (I will track down the google doc and link it as soon as I can!)

2nd assessment trip

May 2011

2 weeks

Possibly an extra week for sightseeing

Follow up data collection

Try to get the communities more involved

Form water boards

Try to raise awareness and see how committed they are to our cause

Present the PER/ alternatives analysis to the community

Small scale implementation

test different methods

PER

finished early next semester

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

Updates

NMSPE Luncheon

Need to send them a letter for donations

Talk to Dean Fledderman about helping us with Charter Fees!

Fundraising - 6:50

Mario's ! - Monday November 15th

15% of bill is donated to our organization

Tell EVERYONE!!!

Good for call-in/carryout

All day event

How to advertise for this more effectively!?

Soup Sale - hanging of the greens

Getting permissions

Food permit

Where?!

BSL

Faculty Club

Dr Stone follow up

Aquinas Newman Center

Church Parking lot?

2nd assessment trip

Estimated Cost: $6,000 - $10,000

Mixology Contest

In consideration: O'Neil's instead of a Hotel Banquet Hall

Very High Cost … need ideas to cut costs!

Luncheons!

AWWA

ASCE

ASME

SAME

AWRA

AEE

Technical / Organizational

THLHP MOU

December 2011?

GPS data

Water quality data

Streamflow data

Meteorological data

Land ownership

What other organizations are working in this area?

Are there water rights/laws that need to be considered?

Marketing!!!

Daily Lobo

Email them about our group

January Workshop Hosted by us - 6:48

Date: 1/22/2011

Location

SUB?

Any other ideas?

Guest Speakers

Water For People

UNM Faculty

Peace Corp Volunteer

Hands on Projects

Building a sand filter

Testing the filter

Food

Party

Mandatory for members who want to travel

Break up into Groups

Group leads please post updates about your group findings

Comment to this blog or send me the typed notes and I will post it (lfranci4@unm.edu)

Ramah Project Update

Before the update, I would like to take a second to mention that the School of Engineering (SOE) Open House, an outreach event for high school students, will be this Saturday, November 6th, from 1:00pm -3:00pm in the Centennial Engineering Building. If you would like to participate let me know (lfranci4@unm.edu)!! I will have a bowl of candy and flyers, stop by and say hi!

Ramah Project Meeting | 11-4-10 |6:05 - 6:48PM

1. Assessment Trip
• RSVP Date: 11/6/10
• Travel Date: 11/13/10
• Travelers:
• Dr. Thompson
• Adam
• Morris
• Nick
• Andy
• Laura
• Meet at UNM at 7:00AM
• Meet Mae-Lee at 10:00 AM
• Supplies
• Tape measures
• Clinometer
• Shovel(s)
• Camera!
• What to bring for the community
• PER (Preliminary Engineering Report)
• Sketches and diagrams
• To illustrate and present the design
• Objectives
• Present PER and Design to the Community
• Determine system Component placement
• Measurements

Also, it is optional to stay over night at the location on the Ramah Reservation, please let us know beforehand and we will let you know what you need to bring.

A quick reminder about traveling with EWB: If you are interested in going on the assessment trip you have to be a paid member to be allowed to accompany us, so please contact Kacey Cubine with any questions about member dues ($20.00).

Current Events

So, we the EWB officers, are working tirelessly to get this group up and running so that we can get some work done and make a difference in our projects! I, our group secretary, would like to get everyone caught up and up to speed with the groups workings for everyone that has been unable to make it to our evening meetings!

Here are a few general meeting times:
Ramah: every Thursday at 6:00 PM
Bolivia: every other Monday at 6:30 PM
General: every first Tuesday of the month at 6:00PM or 6:30PM depending on availability

All meetings are held in one of the Classrooms on the first floor of the Centennial Engineering Building.Please look for our blue laminated posters on the bulletin boards and occasional flyers for any updates!

Here are the meeting notes from the General Meeting last night (Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010:

General Meeting #3 | 11-2-2010 | 6:30 - 7:10 PM

• Project Updates
• Ramah - 6:35pm
• Project meetings: every Thursday, 6:00 PM
• Design overview
• Fundraising!!
• Assessment trip
• Measurements/ dimensions
• Educational:
• Operation Manuals & community education
• Solar energy
• Kids: activities and education
• Tentative install date: next spring
• Bolivia - 6:43pm
• Project meeting every other Monday at 6:30 PM
• Next meeting Monday, November 8th
• Project Overview
• What villages we will be working with
• Water treatment & filtration
• Very strict and extensive regulations to follow for reporting and implementation
• Next trip (small scale implementation): next summer
• Fundraising Events - 6:46pm
• Possible Restaurant Sponsorship (we need volunteers to contact these businesses to set up these events)
• Details: once the event is in place we choose a date and for that day and for every person who visits this restaurant and mentions our group, the restaurant will donate a portion of the cost of their order to our organization
• Mario's Pizza
• Dion's
• Ilviccino
• Fudruckers
• Chilis
• Outback gift certificates - from Adam Roukema
• Hanging of the greens soup sale
• Maybe get restaurants to donate a pot of soup
• Where should we set up a table
• What kind of permission do we need to sell food on campus
• Are we allowed to sell food at this event at all
• Can we get volunteers to work at the table
• Mixology contest - Kelly Isaacson's Project
• Engineering firm/ local business participation
• How it works:
• Each team submits a cocktail
• Each attendee get to try the cocktails and votes on them
• The winning teams get amazing prizes that have yet to be determined
• Each company enters a cocktail at an entrance fee
• Cover charges for attendees
• Radio endorsement
• KUNM?
• T-shirts
• Need to be designed
• If you have any more fundraising ideas?! Contact any EWB officer with your ideas for fundraising
• Member Dues: $20.00
• Per year
• please contact our Treasurer: Kacey Cubine for Payment (kcubine@unm.edu)
• Our UNM Charter fee is due next month!
• Benefits
• Access to the EWB website
• You may not travel anywhere unless you pay your dues!