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!