Engineers Without Borders

General Meeting, October 24

October 24, 2007 at 8:31 pm | In Meeting Minutes | Comments Off

October 24th, 2007, 7:00pm

Kelley 1003

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I. Banquet Update and Thanks

Netted around $3000. Special thanks to Kendra Brown and Brad Eagleson

II. Organic Growers Project

Tenatively this Sunday will be the first day of construction on the project with continuing construction next Sunday.

III. Tentative 2 Travelers to El Salvador

Find applications on the website or in your email. Applications sue in Rogers 222 (Dougs lab) by Monday, October 29th.

IV. Football Parking

7-11am and 11-3pm shifts , contact brad to volunteer. You will get a free ticket to the game.

V. Booth at Homecoming Tent

Still need one more person new to the group to volunteer for this Saturday 11-3pm

VI. Polos

Cost is $20.15 for a polo. Travelers to El Salvador should have one.

VII. Dues

Pay 15$ for dues for entire year.

VIII. Featured Speaker – Peter Nunn from Rotary’s Wasrag and Notrh

From North Tillamook County Rotary club.

Peter graduated as a civil engineer in England in 1968. After working around the world(papa new guinea and Australia) “settled” working with Bechtel (London, abu daub i, Beijing, Indonesia, Maryland, ) working in structural design, oil and gas, environmental cleanup, telecommunications, and railways.

Rotary is an organization with 1.2 million members around the world in 32,000 rotary clubs; the motto is service above self. They fund projects around the world through the local clubs in countries around the world. EWB’s and Rotary’s mission overlap in their goals of helping developing communities. In 1985 rotary adopted eradicating Polio from the world; Polio incidence is down to hundreds of people a year in sudan, afganistan, india and egypt. The next project Rotary is looking to is improved drinking water and sanitation. Another program Rotary has good success with is in the area of Micro-finance.

Water and Sanitation Rotary Action Group – Purpose to facilitation the completion of water and sanitation projects by local sponsors. This involves looking at setting up a project, scoping considerations, budgeting and funding and looking at sustainability. The funding process works through starting with minimal funding from the local clubs (~$100) and through matching processes from the other local clubs, regional rotary and Rotary International (up to ~$15000).

IX. Breakout sessions

Information Technology

Public Relations

Fundraising

 

 

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Minutes prepared by: Kelly Wilson, October 24th, 2007