Bolivia Meeting
Official project status
Try to convince EWB to accept the new project under the professional chapter
Attach the project to the EWB UNM project
Any assessment/implementation will be under UNM instead of the professional chapter
Assessment trip limited to 7 maximum
Limits traveling members to students vs professionals
Should the project be instated under the professional or student chapter
Lots more work
Need to make officers to control and organize the project
More fundraising
How will the project help
More research needs to be done to prioritize the project specifications
Need to know:
What do they want
What do they need
What can we do
How do we deal with the politics of the area
Traveling plans
How many students and professionals can travel
General Meeting - 7:40
Introductions
Treasury/ fundraising report
Membership report
17 paid members
Some technical difficulties for people paying dues from a third party organization
Meeting schedules - 8:00
3rd Wednesday of every month
3/16, 4/20, 5/18, 6/15, 7/20
Start 6:30- 7:00 pm end around 8:00 pm
With snacks
1-2 hour meeting
1 hour general
1 hour project meetings
Bolivia meetings - biweekly
2/23 and on
Ramah Meetings
will be announced as needed
Ramah - 8:05
Stock wells/private wells hydrochemistry project
Log and test new locations for new wells
Solar project
Gordon's project
Oso Vista Ranch Project
Solar power for educationalpurposes
Need fundraising for system
Pine hill school
Demo system
Hoogan lights
New set of batteries for the system
Need system specs
Amp hours
Load
Watts
Need fundraising
Solar Powered Water Treatment
Education Project
Organized through Sandia
8th grade class
March 9th
Chemistry of groundwater
March 24
Surface water & well sampling field trip
April 4
Biology of drinking water
Water treatment plant field trip
April 28
Science fair
May 4
Well sampling field trip
Need:
Volunteers to help out
Need background checks
To consider air quality demonstrations
Suggested by tribal EPA member
Greenhouse/water harvesting system
Have frames for 3 greenhouses 100x30ft
Need water harvesting system for greenhouse
What kind of plants can be grown in the greenhouse
How much water can rain catchment provide for how many plants
To use solar panels or not
Much more expensive
How to design a stable system
Irrigation system
Design a pipe and pump system
Need to fundraise for this project
Water distribution project
To distribute water for the community
Sewage lagoon
Needs to be expanded
New system needs to be design
Pine hill school well #2
High arsenic + radium
Need to figure out how to fix these wells for the school given the available resources
Nepal
Considering working with a different village
Sabhung (spelling?)
Previous village
Community contribution may not be working
Continuation of working with this community is under consideration
Assessment Trip
Fall or early spring
Project meetings to be announced pending more information
Politics
Still may be unsafe for travel
Treasury Report - 8:20
Volunteer Positions - 8:25
Fundraising co-chair
Justin
Meeting coordinator
Health and safety officer
Vance
Education coordinator
Membership co-chair
Regional conference chair
Would like someone to organize hosting a regional conference
Oct/Nov 2011
Host event in Albuquerque
Website Update - 8:30
Administrator and project manager accounts have been made
Accounts give access to members to contribute to the website of their own accord
Website will be much more up to date with current events
Please keep an eye on the website for more information on projects and upcoming meetings!
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