August 27th Meeting Agenda

August 27th, 7pm, Fremont Neighborhood Service Center ( http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/nsc/fremont.htm )

Ashley - News and Information regarding project, new "working meeting" schedule, timeline, travel dates

Caroline - Health Assessment review - what we should be aware of and how we can help (Juan - may want to start researching some of the education materials needed for this after our discussion)

Erin - pump alternatives - news and background about pump

Erich/Lolly - Irrigation Alternatives

Kari - Rain Catchment/filtration alternatives - will we be able to do both?

Looking forward to seeing you all! Things are starting to get exciting with design!

Ashley

August 19th Meeting Minutes

Erin - The pump that Agros has set aside for the El Eden community will not work with the flow conditions in the late dry season. Erin will be looking at the ideal pump possibilities from the same company since we know that the Es Casan store in Matagalpa/Managua carries that line. Ashley and Erin to have phone conversation with Mario and Laurie sometime in first week of September to make recommendations and talk about the reasons the system will not work with the current pump.

Lolly/Erin/Kari/Erich - Finishing up Alternatives Analysis reports. All will have reports to Ashley by Friday August 28th at the latest (earlier would be preferred if possible). Ashley to compile analysis reports and have them to Sustainability committee by their next meeting (usually first Monday of the month which should be the 14th with the holiday).

Kari - Going to be in charge of making decision about whether we do both the filtration and the rain catchment design for one house or just the filtration.

Ashley - Has a call in with Peter Waugh with EWB-USA who is our project manager for the project. Wants to ask questions about USA's expectations on reports, timelines, and whether rain catchment/filtration needs to be new "project." Will report when I speak with him.

Now that we have more information from the pump manufacturer, we should be able to move along with the design! Keep up the good work!

Ashley

Meeting Minutes, Meeting Announcements

Meeting Minutes July 28th Team Meeting

Paul - Checked out the bridges to prosperity site and other resources. Only kinds of bridges ever done in the third world are suspended bridges. Paul thinks it is reasonable for us to do this project ourselves - will likely be an end of 2010, early 2011 project

Lolly/Erich/Kari/Erin - working on alternatives analysis - will reconvene at next meeting to talk about alternatives and which is most feasible.

Ashley - met with Laurie.
-Found out we don't need to send someone in October
-Discussed possible ways to work with surrounding community (Laurie said that
Agros has worked with the community in the past as well doing reforestation and
a project at the nearby school)
-Discussed options for project financing between ourselves and Agros
-talked about travel time being either early February or early March
-scheduled conference call with Laurie/Me/Mario (Agros Nica) on August 11th


Meeting Announcements

We will be having a working meeting on Wednesday August 19th, place TBA. This meeting will involve discussing and deciding on the alternatives analysis as well as any questions regarding the prelim report material.

The next meeting after that will be Thursday August 27th. We will be discussing the health assessment, the choices of the alternatives analysis, and next steps for the project.

Thanks,

Ashley

Meeting Reminder for Wednesday July 29

Hey all,

Just a reminder that we will still be meeting on Wednesday July 29 at the Fremont Neighborhood Service Center. Here is the informational link again: http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/nsc/fremont.htm

Agenda is still the same as below.

We will be deciding on the design for these three projects as well as deciding on whether or not to do the bridge project ourselves or to pass it on to another NGO. It would be great to see all of you there!

Ashley

NEXT MEETING WEDNESDAY JULY 29

Our next meeting will be held on July 29 at 7pm at the Fremont Neighborhood Service Center. I will provide directions again for the meeting place when it gets closer to the date.

Tentative agenda is as follows:

Health Assessment Overview - Caroline, travel team (25 min)
Pumping Alternatives Analysis - Erin and team (20 min)
Irrigation Alternatives Analysis - Erich and Lolly and team (20 min)
Water Resources Alternatives Analysis - Kari and team (20 min)
Bridge Feasibility study - Paul (15 min)
Finances/fundraising - Ashley (10 min)

Those times of course are adjustable if you don't need that much time. Let me know where I can help those of you who are working on the alternatives analysis. Also - if you are interested in helping on one of the teams and don't have the contact of the team lead, let me know and I will hook you up with the proper email information.

Things are really starting to ramp up so please try to take part in one of the sub-projects!

Thanks,

Ashley

Meeting Place confirmed

We are good to go to meet at the Fremont Neighborhood Service Center. Street parking is pretty much all that will be available.

http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/nsc/fremont.htm

Here is the website that also has a map. See you all at 7pm on Wednesday!

Thanks,

Ashley

Meeting Agenda for June 24th

Hello all,

We will tentatively be meeting at the Fremont Neighborhood Service Center (908 N. 34th Seattle, WA 98103) at 7pm. I have not received full confirmation from the center. If the place changes, I will let you know asap.

We are going to be doing a little team maintenance as well as launching our project design sequences for this meeting. There is much to do and plenty of work to go around. Please come having read the post assessment report and with an idea of how you wish to contribute to the project!

Here is the agenda:

Project team roles and definitions
Fulfilling new project roles
Timeline for design process
Research topics and assignments
Expected progress for next month's meeting

Thanks and I hope to see you all there!

Ashley