Minutes from February 23rd Meeting

In Attendance: Ashley, Erin, Erich, Amelia, Bryan, Juan, Kathleen, Andrea, Rebecca (let me know if I missed anyone)

Ashley Giesa
Updates to project:

• 501 application approved for irrigation, but not for micro-hydro
  
• spoke with EC regarding funding - they will be coming up with a chapter wide funding program for professionals wishing to travel that will involve some kind of monetary contribution from the professional
• Travel team ordered plane tickets and some accommodations for April assessment trip
• Ashley spoke with Diana Underhill and an EWB project manager and attended a webinar explaining next steps for project
  
• Erin, Kari and Ashley to speak with EWB-USA project Manager on Monday March 2 to discuss pre-assessment paperwork
• Kari and Ashley to meet with Phil Thompson of the SU Nicaragua team on Monday 3/2
  

Erich Ellis
Updates to Water Resource group:

• Had a meeting on Wednesday February 18th (Attendance: Ashley, Erich, Kari, Lolly)
• Discussion of soil sampling-Lolly found some good information pertaining to types of soil sampling and what is needed for each application - need to schedule a day to teach sampling
• Erich putting together materials list
• Lolly to put together a list of tasks for the travel team

Erin Jenkins
Energy Team/Water pumping team update:

• Project role change- to focus on the information needed for getting the water supply for the irrigation system
• Still looking into possibility of coupling the two systems and creating the irrigation system with the possibility of future expansion for micro-hydro
• Next energy meeting scheduled for 2/26/09

Caroline Broadbent
Health Assessment Update

• Caroline reviewed the health assessment that she came up with for the group.
• Many concerns about specific language or questions needing more clarification.
• Juan to translate final draft into Spanish
• Discussed the need for the agronomist to send back the assessment to our team so that we can make sure he understands the questions
• Meeting on Sunday 3/1 to discuss health assessment in full
• Still planning on finalizing health assessment within the next week.

Kathleen Prom

• Discussion about fundraising project at the end of the year
  

Next Meeting March 9, 2009.