Engineers Without Borders

General Meeting 4/29/09

April 30, 2009 at 5:20 pm | In Meeting Minutes | Comments Off

Announcements:

1. Officers for 09-10:

• President: Scott Crook
• Vice President: Adam August
• Treasurer: Lyndsey Croghan
• Secretary: Nick Moses

2. Krispy Kreme fundraiser is tomorrow.

• We need volunteers from 9-2.
• $1/donut, $10/dozen.
• We have a tent and table.
• Michelle and Jessica will help make a sign tonight.
• We will set up on Monroe in the University Christian Center parking lot.
• We have 25 dozen donuts

3. Basketball tournament fundraiser for the Kenya project: is in the works

4. El Salvador update

• We are currently planning for future trips as funds are low.
• We have been working on possible tank designs and hydraulics for the pipeline, as well as the next TAC report.

5. Kenya update

• They are working on ideas for fundraising only right now.
• These include a middle school curriculum project, basketball tournament, and Greek system donation.

General meeting changes:

• No Pizza at tonights meeting in the interest of our budget. We will have something else to replace it in upcoming meetings.
• We will start combining meetings. Project teams will meet with the general group then break off to work on their own projects after a short general meeting. We will have fewer presentations.

Tonight:

Speaker: Gary from H2O for life.

• They go to Guatemala every winter to drill wells.
• He sees an opportunity for EWB to help with engineering or use their equipment in Guatemala.
• They have used merry go round pumps to draw up water. We might be able to find a better pump.
• People also still want water closer to their houses.
• The have been drilling for five years and working in Guatemala for 12 years total.
• Wells have been drilled in 5 villages this year. They need better way to get water out of deep holes.
• Medical bills down 70% this year with well water in an orphanage.
• The also build concrete water reservoirs. The forms are still there for anyone to use.
• They also have housing and trucks available for us to use.
• Since a well was put in in one community a year ago there have been no infant deaths
• However, there is no sewer system in most of these places.
• There are 260 villages within 30km of their base of operations, so there is plenty of work
• Most of their money comes from fundraising, donations, and other entities that want to help (churches, etc)
• Their website is H2oforlife.org