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