The contact from Bolivia finally replied! But all they said was that they sent our questions to other organizations that we should star collaborating with which include Save the Children Canada, USA, and Spain. We will continue to communicate with them to make sure that our project goes smoothly.
Hanna, Danielle, and me went to Jibarra to talk to the event coordinator of the restaurant. He was very willing to help us and was flexible with the dates and other aspects of the event that we planned. The only problem was the price of the food that we are suppose to pay for the dinner. When I spoke with him on the phone the last time he said that the average price for a meal per person was $40.00. So after talking to him for a while, we asked him if we could get a discount for the food. He said he would calculate the benefit dinner costs and get back to us. The restaurant is a very classy place, and would be a great place to have it since we are targeting professionals to come to our dinner this time.
I met with Jimmy the Sunday before the break. He answered some of my questions that dealt with the location of Asanquiri and the water sources around the capacitation center. I will go over the information in better detail at the next meeting.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Week of Thursday, November 8, 2007
A lot has happened this week so I'm going to try to cover everything without making the email too long. But I want to make sure that everyone is caught up with everything.
Benefit Dinner:
I called the restaurant, Jibarra, on Wednesday. The private event coordinator Joel told me that they will let us use the restaurant for our benefit dinner as long as we paid for the food. I asked him how much the food costs per person, and he told me it was around $40.00 per person depending on how many courses they wanted. I asked him if there was any way they can donate a portion of the food. He told me that maybe he can work something out, so I arranged a meeting with him next week to discuss the logistics. If you have any ideas of what I can say to convince them them to donate the food, send it to me so I can use it at next weeks meeting with him.
Research Meeting:
We had our first Research meeting with Dr. Knappe on Thursday at noon. We had a decent amount of people show up despite the time conflict with the hot cocoa fundraiser. We discussed researching the various methods further in smaller groups.
Meeting with Dr. Borden:
He said that we still need more information about the topography and rainfall data in order for him to make a senior design project our of our project. Try to collect as much information as you can so we can gain his support. I'm working on contacting the people in Bolivia via phone, since they still haven't responded to my email.
Meeting with Dr. Arumugam:
Dr. Arumugan also stressed that we need more rainfall data. He mentioned looking up groundwater data as an alternate source of water. He directed us to look for this information at Stream Flow Stations and GRDC (Global Discharge Runoff Center) to find more information on ground and surface water. Thursday's meeting:We had a representative from Water for People come to our meeting who gave us valuable feedback to some of the questions that we had. He provided many contacts and sources of information that we need to look into. I'll send you more information about the new contacts later this week.
Questions for Jimmy:
Jimmy Summey, one of the people from the team that went to Bolivia last semester, will be coming to our meeting next week. If you have any questions about the community in Bolivia or anything other questions about the project that haven't or cannot be answered by anyone but someone that has gone to Bolivia, write them down so we can ask him next week.
Check the google group every week for weekly updates like this (but shorter).
The Sierra Leone Renewable Energy committee will be having their solar cell fundraiser at the brick yard next week. They'll be there all week (except Monday), so help them sell their solar cells whenever you have some time.
Benefit Dinner:
I called the restaurant, Jibarra, on Wednesday. The private event coordinator Joel told me that they will let us use the restaurant for our benefit dinner as long as we paid for the food. I asked him how much the food costs per person, and he told me it was around $40.00 per person depending on how many courses they wanted. I asked him if there was any way they can donate a portion of the food. He told me that maybe he can work something out, so I arranged a meeting with him next week to discuss the logistics. If you have any ideas of what I can say to convince them them to donate the food, send it to me so I can use it at next weeks meeting with him.
Research Meeting:
We had our first Research meeting with Dr. Knappe on Thursday at noon. We had a decent amount of people show up despite the time conflict with the hot cocoa fundraiser. We discussed researching the various methods further in smaller groups.
Meeting with Dr. Borden:
He said that we still need more information about the topography and rainfall data in order for him to make a senior design project our of our project. Try to collect as much information as you can so we can gain his support. I'm working on contacting the people in Bolivia via phone, since they still haven't responded to my email.
Meeting with Dr. Arumugam:
Dr. Arumugan also stressed that we need more rainfall data. He mentioned looking up groundwater data as an alternate source of water. He directed us to look for this information at Stream Flow Stations and GRDC (Global Discharge Runoff Center) to find more information on ground and surface water. Thursday's meeting:We had a representative from Water for People come to our meeting who gave us valuable feedback to some of the questions that we had. He provided many contacts and sources of information that we need to look into. I'll send you more information about the new contacts later this week.
Questions for Jimmy:
Jimmy Summey, one of the people from the team that went to Bolivia last semester, will be coming to our meeting next week. If you have any questions about the community in Bolivia or anything other questions about the project that haven't or cannot be answered by anyone but someone that has gone to Bolivia, write them down so we can ask him next week.
Check the google group every week for weekly updates like this (but shorter).
The Sierra Leone Renewable Energy committee will be having their solar cell fundraiser at the brick yard next week. They'll be there all week (except Monday), so help them sell their solar cells whenever you have some time.
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