http://groups.engr.orst.edu/ewb Oregon State University Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:58:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Attended: Adam, Justin, Daniel, Aparna, Birdie, Courtney, Josh, Scott, Andy, Kendra Saturday meeting with professionals  * First time meeting mentors in person  * Went over what we want with assessment trip what goals we want  * Andy seemed to be a better fit with the assessment trip   o Waiting to talk advisory board about TAC to ... http://groups.engr.orst.edu/ewb/kenya_project_meeting_6-30-09 First meeting with mentors at Garden Home Shari's in Portland Attended: Aparna, Courtney, Mikkel, Justin, Adam, Birdie, Gordon, Andy Alternatives: o Steven Hodges; last on list for alternatives o Scott; alternative for Aparna o Courtney; first on list for alternatives International EWB conference; Justin and Aparna attended o Assessment trip + About community driven projects + We will do what ... http://groups.engr.orst.edu/ewb/kenya_meeting_minutes_6-27-09 Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Attended: Daniel, Courtney, Aparna, Adam, Justin, Mikkel, Birdie * Send out info sheet for EWB Kenya donations (Aparna) * Set up GPS/GIS training o Dr. Boston, Mike Wein: will do training and check out GPS emailed but not responded yet * Banquet: o Courtney + PSU ballroom # externally $1000, $175 per hour, $100 set ... http://groups.engr.orst.edu/ewb/kenya_project_meeting_minutes_6-23 Attended: - Aparna - Adam - Courtney - Justin - Mikkel Meeting times: - Professional Saturday, June 27th, 2009, next meeting o Assessment with group o Meet and greet o What trip will entail o Gordan will be there - Next meeting Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 o 6:30 pm o Valley library, meet at entrance Fundraising - Parents and friends (everyone) o Calling o Following up with conversation ... http://groups.engr.orst.edu/ewb/kenya_meeting_notes_6-14-09 [caption id="attachment_490" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Donation from Linus Pauling"][/caption] Students from Linus Pauling Middle School in Corvallis recently donated $546.61 to EWB!  They raised the money by holding Penny Wars and presented us with a check and let us tell their students about our projects.   Thank you Linus Pauling!! http://groups.engr.orst.edu/ewb/middle_schoolers_donate_to_ewb The Kenya Project Page and Donations Page have been updated.  A tentative Fall meeting schedule was also posted. http://groups.engr.orst.edu/ewb/webpage_updates Kenya project We will need to plan for several possible solutions to getting water on the assessment trip. We might decide we should drill a well, pump from the river, etc. There will be some summer meetings Right now the trip will likely be 3 students and a professional The chapter has $5360 (-the ... http://groups.engr.orst.edu/ewb/board_meeting_6309 EWB Kenya Meeting Thursday, June 04, 2009 Application Status · 6-8 turned in · No professionals yet -2 professionals in Vancouver were interested -2 professionals from HP? -Send word out about needing professionals · New deadline = Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 Travel Selection done by next Friday Board meeting last night · Purchase tickets soon as possible o But TAC approval and ... http://groups.engr.orst.edu/ewb/kenya_meeting_60409 The Kenya team is gearing up to complete its first assessment trip to Lela (Migori district of Kenya).  Selected travelers will make the roughly two-week trip around the end of August / beginning of September.  Fill out an application (below) if you haven't already! The application deadline has been extended to ... http://groups.engr.orst.edu/ewb/travel_to_kenya Brad and Michelle will be the new co-coordinators next year. They are collecting phone numbers to contact people who might be around to help this summer They are also asking for interest in leadership roles for next year. There will be informal meetings this summer about every other week. The first summer meeting ... http://groups.engr.orst.edu/ewb/el_salvador_meeting_60109