EWB General Meeting 11/13/12

New Positions within the EWB-UNM Group

• Health and Safety Committee Lead - (Filled)
• For every trip we do it is required that we form a Health and Safety Plan (HASP).  This position will be responsible for developing this plan as well as preparing the group for travel.
• Recruitment and Membership Committee Lead - (Filled)
• We are always in need of new members!  This position will assist in building the membership of EWB-UNM.

Please contact us if you are interested in assisting the new leads for these positions.

We have created a EWB-UNM Facebook Page.  

http://www.facebook.com/groups/EWB.UNM/

Please come join this group and add anybody you know who is interested in our project to get updates about project meetings, fundraisers, and anything else that is important but don't be afraid to post anything you want to share!

Fundraising

• 66 Pin-ups Fashion Show, Sub Ballroom 12/8/12 6 PM- 12PM
• Need Help with Promotion, Set-up/Tear-down, Construction of Set Props
• Geek Auctions - 18th or 19th of January (Site TBD)
• Need help with Promotion, Set-up/Tear-down, and Casting
• Brewery nights still in works (Contact Dave/Robert, 505-695-5779, dforster@unm.edu)
• Beer tasting still in works (Contact Kent, 505-377-8321, ksteinhaus@gmail.com)
• Finals Coffee Sales still in works (Contact Chase, 505-934-1615, )
• Kermesse still in works (Contact Jesus 505-3707-9528, jdelrio@unm.edu)

Officer & Ramah Meetings | November 17 2012| 6pm

Officers Meeting 6pm

• Member point system
• To make google doc spreadsheet for sign in sheet, in order to keep track of points
• Matt will work on it
• More flyers printed and ready to go
• Take a clue from AISES and flyer everywhere!
• Flyer cars, every building
• Recruit more members
• Plugs at the end of classes (near the date of meetings)

Ramah Team Meeting 6:30pm

• Assessment Trip
• Tentative Date : Weekend after finals
• Need contacts (in some book...)
• Do EWB 530 report

Officer & Bolivia Meetings | November 8th 2012 | 6pm

Officers Meeting 6pm

• General meeting next Tuesday
• Membership buy-in
• Dues
• Probably will detract more than help
• Point system
• Different points allow you to purchase EWB swag
• General flyers made
• Post everywhere!
• EWB-USA Chapter Fees
• Need to get paid by end of December (or incur late fees)
• Kacey got reimbursed too much
• 50/50 Raffle with excess?
• Straight donation back?
• that is STEALING & should send back to EWB-USA
• General meeting ideas
• Water for people to make a presentation (Dave)

Bolivia Team Meeting 6:30pm

• New mentor!!!!
• AWMA meeting December 4th at 12pm at Golden Corral. EWB to make a talk
• Kent, Dave and Shannon to go
• New tentative travel date July 24th
• Workshop to happen in January before school starts.

Office & Bolivia Meetings | 10/25/2012 | 6:00 - 7:00 PM

Officers Meeting 6:00 - 6:30pm

• Tentative meeting schedule posted through end of year on google calendar
• Report Reviewing
• General meeting ideas
• Talks/Presentations
• Professionals
• Members of EWB professional chapter
• Professors
• Workshops
• Grant writing
• Building...something
• Ramah needs clean water, Red Cross stepped in
• Combining Meetings with ASCE
• Would be very complicated to share fundraising events
• Not all ASCE members would want to go to EWB meetings, not all EWB members would want to go to ASCE meetings.
• Possible exchange of plugs in meetings?

Bolivia Meeting 6:30 - 7:00pm

• 526 Report for Campo Bello
• Still in the works, help needed
• Sunday brunch to work on report. Bring a computer and meet October 28th 12pm at Blackbird Buvette if you would like to help
• Well designs
• Robert to work on it? 
• More Volunteers needed
• Get in Contact with Water Co-op and Pablo Black
• Possibility of shipping drilling device (very expensive?)
• AWMA Meeting November 6th 11:30-12:30 at Golden Corral (Central/Eubank)
• Need as many EWB members as possible to attend
• Work on a presentation to make at meeting. Meet during Sunday brunch to work on presentation
• Need to keep in better contact with contacts in Bolivia this year
• Fundraising idea, every Friday to go to business to ask for sponsorship
• Tomorrow October 26th, meet at La Cumbre Brewery at 3:45pm

General Meeting 10.16.12

Fundraising

 Ideas for theme to link Engineers Without Borders to 66-Pinups Fashion Show; Winter Wonderland

• Creature Comforts
• Make your winter a wonderland
• We don't just build bridges we create winter wonderlands
• Without engineers your winter wouldn't be so wonderful.
• Cold city with a bridge to a lit up city
• We create a fun time in winter time
• When the weather outside is frightfull the warmth inside is delightfull
• winter time designs
• Designing fun time in winterime.

EWB Film Festival

• Contact Kelly for more information about this
• Possible Venue at Centennial Engineering Center
• Possible Date of Event Mid January (start of school)

Next Meeting: 11/13/12

First Thursday Beer Tasting: 11.1.12

• Will be serving beer brewed by Kent Steinhaus
• Invite your friends! 
• Facebook event under Beer Underground or November First Thursday Beer Tasting

Coffee Sales: Chase (Could use Help: Call at 505-934-1615)

•  Come up with flyer
• Get coffee donated from Starbucks/Sattelite
• Contact April Davidson about using Stamm Commons Room

Restaurants/Brewery Donations/Events: Mario and Dave F

• Il Vicino
• Tractor
• Peter Piper Pizza
• La Cumbre
• Others?

New Treasurer Elected: 

Tyler Gillihan tylergillihan@gmail.com (505) 328-1903

Combined Project Meetings | 09/20/12 | 6:00-7:00PM

A meeting held by the project leads, Dave Forster, Henry Escalante, and Kody Garcia to form teams for both the Bolivia project as well as the Ramah project.

Bolivia Project
It will be a busy upcoming year for this project, with report writing and an implementation trip in the summer of 2013.

• Upcoming Year
• Design and Install 3-4 wells per community
• Design and potentially install composting Latrines
• Water filters
• Install more concrete caps'
• Report writing

Next Bolivia project meeting to be held Thursday, September 27 at 6pm in 1st floor CEC.

Ramah Project
The Ramah project has much work to be done still in monitoring the past implemented project. In addition, there is the possibility of several new projects to be done in Ramah, New Mexico.

• Last year
• Solar energy installed in community Hogan
• Future Years
• Monitoring success on previous Solar energy Project
• Continue community training as well as operation and maintenance 
• Future project 

Next Ramah project meeting to be held Thursday, October 4th at 6pm in the first floor CEC.

Other News
The EWB Mountain Region Conference will be held in Boulder Colorado. There is the possibility of scholarships to attend. If you are interested in attending, email Kent at ksteinhaus@gmail.com 

Fundraising Meeting | 09/20/2012 | 5:00 - 6:00 PM

Meeting held by Mario Paz to brainstorm new fundraising ideas as well as develop teams to carry out each fundraiser. If you are interested in joining a team or have ideas or leads on fundraising, contact Mario at romeous@gmail.com.

Goals for this year

• Bolivia Project ~$20,000
• Ramah Project ~$10,000

 Projects we can do now

• Il Vicino fundraising night
• Whole Foods fundraiser

 Project we can do in the future/ongoing ideas

• Golf Tournament
• 50/50 Raffle
• 5K Run
• Electronic Music Festival (Mario has contacts)
• Guys and Girls Auction (Mario has contact at Dirty Bourbon)
• What the Fudge? Apple sales
• Grant Writing
• Professional Chapter donations
• Company Donations

 Brainstorming Session

• Brewery Night
• Dave Forster has contacts at Marble and La Cumbre breweries
• Beer Tasting
• Kent Steinhaus has beer to donate
• Flying Star Fundraiser (similar to Il Vicino night)
• Ice Cream Social (more of a "Friend Raiser" than fundraiser)
• Late night coffee sales for finals week
• Chase has contact at Starbucks
• idea of selling cheaper coffee in EWB mug
• Skate boarding competition
• Sponsored games tournament
• Kermesse
• Corporate Sponsorship
• Candy Sales
• Halloween Party
• Candy Sales
• Possibly linked with Girls/Guys auction idea

Teams Formed

• Sponsorship
• Jesus Del Rio (lead)
• Beer Tasting
• Kent Steinhaus (lead)
• Will see if possible November/December
• Dance (mid November)
• Henry will see if Coaches will be available
• Ice Cream Social (October 3rd)
• Mario Paz (lead)
• Stella Kemper
• Maybe a potluck instead of ice cream?
• Facebook event, find Mario on Facebook.
• Brewery Nights
• Dave Forster (lead)
• Robert Trujillo
• Robert has contacts at Tractor
• Coffee Sales
• Stella Kemper (lead)
• Chase Stearnes

Bolivia Meeting | 5/03/2012 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Cap workshop next Sunday
Kacey needs help planning it

TAC presentation on Thursday May 10th at 5:40 and 6:10 - trying to reserve conference room (Kacey)

Meeting in 2 weeks on the 17th - want to incorporate the filter building into the meeting. Do smaller versions.  May 17th - 6pm

Stella will try to get a date in early June to teach the a filter building workshop - for Albuquerque Old School

Need to hand out flyers for Il Vicino fundraiser
SOE lunch tomorrow
Graduation - May 11th at 7pm

General Meeting | 4/24/2012 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Project Overviews
Ramah project - Morris gave overview
Bolivia project - Kacey gave overview

Officer elections

• President - Matt
• Vice President - Josh
• Secretary - Katy
• Treasurer - Stella

Bolivia Meeting | 4/19/2012 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Officers Meeting Portion 

• Need flyers for general meeting - Mariah
• Plugs in classroom for general meeting - Freddy and Kent
• General meeting will be elections and project summaries 
• Piñata - Wednesday May 2nd - Lucas
• We will spend money for food for general meeting coming up
• Work with new officers over the summer

Now the Bolivia Meeting

• Going over review of 525
• Need a lead on the report and a lead on the presentation 
• What if this project gets put on hold? 
• May not be able to travel until August 
• Use our contacts in Bolivia - at least let them know we are coming - Kelly
• Presentation Prep Team - Josh and Katy
• Travel Team
• Kacey
• Ryan
• Kent
• Josh
• Katy

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Bolivia Meeting | 4/12/2012 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Spanish Software 

• We have $200 dollars set aside for this. How should we spend it? 
• Kent will look into licensing

Fundraising Ideas

• Whole foods - Jeff
• Sunflower - Kelly
• Will companies donate frequent flyer miles instead of money
• Air and Waste management will keep donating if we keep talking to them every month
• Need to talk to the Dean of Colleges - Ryan, Kent, Mark
• Classes on building filters - Albuquerque Old School - Stella 
• Pinata Bash - Week before finals
• Earth Day at Knob Hill April 22 - Stella and Katy
• Fundraising at restaurants
• Flying Star - Kacey
• Satellite - Stella and Josh
• Olo Yogurt - Lucas
• Il Vicino - Lucas
• Bucca de Beppo
• Tractor (Sky) - Kent

Thank yous for the 50/50 - Kent is on it

Travel Team

Take smaller team so that some money will be saved for next semester 

• Kacey
• Ryan
• Kent
• Katy 
• Josh
• Dylan
• David
• Mariah 

CPR class -  didn't get a date set

Build well cover - May 20th? 

Filter building workshop - need to practice making cement ones 

Filter Building - Sunday the May 13th 

Build Filters during the meeting? April 26th? 

Bolivia Meeting | 3/29/2012 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

50/50 Raffle - Make sure to check your numbers on the google doc

525 Status / Assignments - Final Design (pre implementation)

• Monday April 2nd - first draft is due
• April 8th - We will get feedback from Curtis
• Wednesday April 11th with everyone's final edits
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• Calculate chlorine dose/contact time for open pit wells and hand pump wells - Josh
• Verify standards for  E. Coli, Arsenic, and Manganese included -Curtis
• Add more detail regarding the number of projects we intend to implement on this trip - Kelly/Kacey (add summary table)
• Add tables of water quality information for each community - Kelly
• We need to clarify where we will obtain the media and how we will sieve it etc - Kacey
• Need more information on the materials within the filter, specifically grain size and angularity (Point 40) - Ryan
• Definitely add language about hygiene training under education - Kelly
• Need more information regarding the well closure – do we intend to fill it in?  If so, where will the material come from?  How will it be transported? - Kacey
• Add an actual construction schedule -  Ryan (look at HASP)
• update community agreement section with projects proposed/labor hours required - Dylan
• Drawing set: cover sheet with index and site map - Kent
• Add hand pump well site assessment language to section 10 - Josh/Kacey

521 Decision - Assessment for the latrines

Travel Team

Spanish Lessons - Same location
First class is Tuesday at 7 of next week (April 3rd) - Everyone goes to this one
Mondays at 6:30 for beginners
Tuesdays at 6:30 for intermediates

General Meeting | 3/27/2012 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Talk today - "Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ)" - David Conley

Module one: What is Systematic Innovation

• Tradition view is that innovation comes from a gifted few
• This says innovation can be learned
• Altshuller created classical TRIZ

What is TRIZ:

• Systematic approach to problem solving
• Helps break mental inertia by analyzing problems in an abstract form

TRIZ tools - Part 1

• Contradiction Modeling - What in my technological system is limiting my ability to move or grow
• Functional Modeling - What are the functions of the various components in my system? 
• Trends of Evolution - Engineering systems evolve according to objectives

TRIZ Tools - Part 2

• Knowledge and Effects
• Resource Analysis 

ASUNM also came - we talked about our on campus issues

Officer Meeting | 3/19/2012 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

This Wednesday March 21,  Buca di Beppo - 7pm $5 - "Professional Chapter Kickoff Thing"

Presenting Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) April 2nd

Sunny wants to present for ASUNM at next general meeting March 27th

Need to get paid from 5k soon.

We have to pay EWB USA $1,000 dollars for administration fees

Need to sell these tickets!

• Ask Sam's Club if we can stand in front of the store - Lucas

Need an invoice before TAC for CPR and first aid

Want to plan a team building meeting / weekend workshop

• We agree on having it around the first weekend that school is out.
• Going down to construct latrines 
• Another idea from Kelly - have a BBQ with Anthropology students for informal meet and greet with students that have actual been there
• Kelly is going to contact Anthropology group

We should communicate with Dean of each college to donate money for each student traveling.
Several ways to pitch it.

Filter workshop

• Supplies - buckets or trash cans 
• Trash bins might not be ok because it's not food grade plastic
• We should test the water to see if trash bins are affecting the water
• Maybe we can do that testing here
• 1st week of prep work - telling people; checking on availability of rooms; finding the equipment; purchase concrete; making a form for the pour
• Contact Dave for all this concrete business
• Ryan can't do it April 20th and 22nd
• Kacey can't do the first 2 weekends in April
• Tentative only do the plastic filters on March 31st and April 1st and do the concrete later 

Bolivia Meeting | 3/01/2012 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Agenda

• Trip
• If you are planning on going you need to make sure and help with fundraising 
• Golden Pride Lunch with AWMA at 11:30am
• Report 525
• Needs to be done by April to travel in July.
• Really needs to get done on the first shot
• EWB USA project manager might be able to give comments on the report. Kacey will email him.
• Dates
• Black-out Dates
• Mark can't first 2 weeks of July
• Curtis can't 3 week of July 16-20
• School Start Aug 21
• Leave July 16th????????
• Money
• Have about ~$17,800
• Everyone traveling will pay $300
• blah
• 5k
• Bib prep
• 69 people registered 
• Packet assembly 
• Awards
• "Candle Holders" Should be done tomorrow
• Day-of volunteers - 6am @ Hispanic Cultural Center
• Use ballons for markers

General Meeting | 2/28/2012 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Our meeting today centered around a talk named "What they don't teach you in engineering school." 


We went over and talked about the may facets of engineering which aren't covered in our classes.

• Ability to create design reports
• Putting plan sets out to bid
• What do consulting engineers do
• How does an "owner" contract work with an engineer
• The ways an owner can contract the overall project, essentially the workflow 
• Standards are available for a resource - EJCDC, APWA, Army Corps of Engineers Manuals, State/City, ASTM, ASME, etc..
• Cost Estimating - everyone wants to know how much it is going to cost before anything gets done
• Responsibilities during construction 
• Engineers don't do inspections we do observations
• Organization of all sources of information into a single coherent manual for the customer is your responsibility 
• Communication with non-technical people i.e. clients. It's a skill. There is no class in it
• Writing is an important skill
• Ask lots of questions 

Officer Meeting | 2/21/2012 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Travel discussion

• Kacey can't do June
• June is better for cost and for professional mentors
• It is dependent on to many variable so we are tabling it
• Only about ~1/3 of the people going can leave early

Possible Professional Mentors

• Mark can't do it in July
• Possible professors at CSU
• Maybe Kelly? Will EWB let her? 

Ramah

• Owes money for a battery 
• Need to talk to Adam
• ~$300

Treasurer Report

• La Cumbre gave $180
• Tractor $520
• General account ~$5,700
• Need to order printer 
• Need to make thank you material
• Perhaps use shutterfly
• Perhaps Ryan has a friend to frame them
• Do we have a brochure to give
• Daily Lobo putting in ads. Kacey is taking care of it
• Daily Lobo Freddy is putting in for the general meeting
• Budget for office supplies. Kent is going to stock the office. All weather field notebooks and pens
• Spanish lesson material. Kent is doing it 

Raffle

• Engineer's week this week. Special lunch is this friday. Need to staff it
• Date is April 5th at Uptown Bar and Grill

Needs to happen for run

• Ryan get ahold of neighborhood association 
• Need awards 

Bolivia Meeting | 2/16/2012 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Tasks we NEED Help With

5k

• Sponsorships 
• Ask 2 companies by Tuesday - $200 gets you on t-shirt; $100 recognition on all printed materials for the race; $300 gets you on a mile marker; $1,000 gets you a title sponsorship 
• Fliers on cars
• Advertising in Shops
• Awards
• Decided to save money and make our own awards
• Day of
• Packets

Selling Points

• $200 gets logo on 300 shirts
• $100 recognition on all materials for the race
• $300 gets you a mile marker
• $1,000 gets you title sponsorship
• Expecting (up to) 600 people at event
• Title sponsors recognized on website & in future publicity for 2012 trip

50/50

• Sell Tickets - 600 tickets @$10 each 
• Get gift cards

525 report

• Implementing bio sand filters
• Fix the current distribution system
• See if we can repair wells. If not close them up
• Latrine in each community 

Spanish Lessons

• Meet every week and stay for one hour
• Tuesdays 

Bolivia Meeting | 2/2/2012 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

The 524 report is due today!!

Things we're thinking about doing:

1. Biosand filters
2. Distribution System Repairs
3. Well Rehab
4. Latrines

Dividing up the 525 report (pre-implementation report) - it is due Mid March

1. Intro - Kelly
2. Background - Kelly
3. Facility Design - Kacey, Ryan, Mariah, Dylan, CJ, Stella
4. Project Ownership - Curtis
5. Construction Plan - Kent and Katie
6. Sustainability - Ryan and Melissa 
7. Monitoring - Kent and Katie
8. Community Agreement - Kent and Kim
9. Cost Estimate - Kacey and Kim
10. Site Assessment - Kelly and Scott
11. Mentor - Schuler

5k River Run Fundraiser - March 3rd

• Lots of potential
• We need all members to get sponsors!!!
• http://runningguru.com/EventInformation.asp?eID=EWB-UNM&SourceCode=EventsList
• The above website has a lot of information
• We need food for the actual event. If sponsors can donate food it would really help

Asking Air and Waste Management Association (AWME) for money

 Golden Corral - leaving 11:10am from front of Centennial - February 7th

La Cumbre fundraiser is coming up

Workshop was a success - thanks to all that helped