Engineers Without Borders

General meeting 9/30/09

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EWB General meeting 9/30/09

Introduction from President – Scott Crook (see attached slideshow)

• Who we are, what we do
• How we operate, travel teams, project groups, fund-raising/public relations
• Projects: El Salvador project completing a few more trips. Kenya fist assesment trip will be this winter.
• Travel selection: application process and selection based on involvement, fund-raising and skills. Travel has also always been payed for.
• We are trying to break out into PR and fund-raising groups to equalize work loads in each meeting this year

Announcments

• Beaver community fair – Oct. 2, contact Adam august (vp@ewb-osu.org)

• Krispy Kreme fund-raiser – Oct. 12, contact Aparna (aparna@ewb-osu.org).

——–- We could really use volunteers/someone to pick up the donuts in Beaverton

• Regional workshop at UC Davis – Oct. 9-11, contact Mikkel Leslie (lesliem@onid.orst.edu)

• El Salvador Banquet – Nov. 6, contact Katie Bruce (bruceka@onid.orst.edu)

• Football parking/Basketball parking – We need volunteers for these fundraisers.

——–- Next game Nov. 14, contact Birdie (soon), spots fill up fast, comes with a free ticket (birdie.ciccarelli@gmail.com)

• Kenya Banquet – Feb. 13, contact Adam August to volunteer

• Habitat for Humanity – Ongoing Saturdays, contact Nick Moses to help (secretary@ewb-osu.org)

• Open positions

——–Membership coordinator

——–Assistant El Salvador Project coordinator

——–El Salvador Priject Secretary

——–Kenya Project Secretary

——–Social Chair

——–Meeting and Workshop Coordinator

——–PR committee

——–Fund-raiser coordinator

Project presentations: El Salvador project (Brad Eagleson and Michelle Adlong) and Kenya project (Aparna Shrivastava)

(see attached slideshows)

Group breakouts

• El Salvador Project – coordinators: Brad Eagleson and Michelle Adlong
• Kenya Project – coordinator: Aparna Shrivastava
• PR and fund-raising: group leader: Mikkel Leslie
• General: Scott Crook (president@ewb-osu.org)

Slideshow: 1st week fall 2009 classes