Food!

1. Food!

2. Engineers Without Borders Training Meeting: ‘Costa Rica & The Project Process’ October 7, 2010 7:00pm CE 110

3. Meeting Agenda: • If you missed them… (3 min) • Recent Developments: (7 min) • Replant leader needed • Scholarship opportunity • Job opportunity • Click-the-link-to-raise money thinger • Development Blurbs: (10 min) • Bill Gordon- Fundraising • Cristina Vadell- Website • Antonio and Matai- Soap Box Derby!! • Costa Rica projectthinger training deal (912 min) • Amanda’s Updates (0.3 min)

4. If you missed them… • Last meeting- Speaker, Jim Olson • Fantastic speech about leadership, serving our country, the Central Intelligence Agency, some cool missions • Very very cool • Training Day- • Safety training • Built the conference table • Learned to weld • Fogged out the mosquitos

5. Scholarship!! • CH2M HILL has recently launched a scholarship/ internship program especially for EWB-USA members.    Highlights of the program include: • 10 scholarships awarded to EWB-USA student members • $5,000 scholarship for academic or project support (awarded fall 2010) • Opportunity for a paid 10-week summer 2011 internship • Deadline for applications is October 29 with recipients notified in early December • Visit www.ch2mhill.jobs/ewb to learn more and access the application. • Eligibility • Enrolled in a four-year accredited engineering program and continuing in the upcoming academic semester. • Active, registered member of Engineers Without Borders-USA through your university chapter. • Minimum GPA of 3.0.  

6. Job Opportunity! • Want to be a counselor this summer? Help out A&M, future engineers and have a blast! • The Explore Engineering Summer Camps Camp Counselor Application (long name) is now open! • A 4-day summer programs to get high school students some know-how in engineering! • Paid! • Awesome opportunity! Lots of fun! • Interested? See Grady Meloy for more info (he will give you/show you/maybe not give you a handout)

7. Click-the-link thinger! • Fundraising survey • All you have to do is put in you information (name, email, etc), and select EWB as your favorite organization.  It's just too easy...and if we win, EWB gets $1000!  • check the latest listserv email!! • http://www.burnsmcd.com/portal/page/portal/Internet/Careers/2_College%20Recruiting/1_Campus%20Visits/YouDecideWeProvide

8. Leadership Opportunity:Aggie Replant Lead • Coordinate EWB-TAMU’s participation in Replant • Serve as group leader during replant • Coordinate member sign up, registration, and communication • Good introduction into leadership • Interested? Email vpprojects.ewbtamu@gmail.com

9. Fundraising! • dRaise the fun!

10. Update from Amanda! • 1. Bowling this Saturday at 7pm at Grand Station Entertainment.  Sign-up sheet is online.  Bring $7. • 2. We will pull tickets together for the Tech Football Game Saturday October 30th.  Just so people know in advance. • 3. Let me know if you are interested in doing Ultimate Frisbee again...I want to lol. • 4. All those in the Mentor Program: Lunch next Tuesday at Chipotle on University at 12:30pm.

11. The Aggie 500!

12. It’s time to train choochoo

13. Why do we do projects? • Engineers Without Borders – USA supports community-driven development programs worldwide through the design and implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while fostering responsible leadership. • In English – to help develop communities in need and at the same time make some leaders. • In Spanish – Por los niños.

14. Community

15. The Real Reason we do projects

16. The Project Process • 521 – Pre-Assessment Report • 522 – Post-Assessment Report • 523 – Alternatives Analysis • 524 – Preliminary Design Report • 525 – Pre-Implementation Report • 526 – Post-Implementation Report

17. Other necessary things • Constant communication with the community!!! • Memorandum of Understanding • Documents with the foreign government • Travel Waivers • Travel Insurance • Site Assessment Checklist • Travel logistics (flights, room & board, etc.) • Etc. etc.

18. 521 – Pre-Assessment Report • Due roughly 2 months before Assessment trip. • Have to make sure enough time is allotted to complete everything. • Must have a site-specific Health and Safety Plan. • Plan of action, what tests are going to be performed, etc.

21. 522 – Post-Assessment Report • Due within 30 days from the return of your trip. • What you did, what were the results, what data and info did you obtain, materials list, etc.

23. 523 – Alternatives Analysis • Due with 522, 523, or anytime in between. • Why one solution was chosen over another. • Pretty important stuff.

25. 524 – Preliminary Design Report • Due date varies with each EWB-USA personnel. • Roughly 30% of design of project. • Don’t want to waste time on nitty-gritty design work if the concept/basic idea isn’t even practical.

26. 525 – Pre-Implementation Report • Due roughly 3 months before travel. • The MOST IMPORTANT part of the project. • Someone should be able to read this document and complete the project. • Everything you can think of – timelines, materials, designs, legal stuff, travel arrangements, emergency contact page, etc., etc. etc. etc. etc. • Required teleconferencing presentation. • A 50 million page document. • Etc.!

29. 526 – Post-Implementation Report • Due within 60 days of the return from trip. • Present what happened on the implementation trip. • Can propose future ideas. • What went wrong, where to improve, etc. • Pictures • And more!

30. Education • Also vitally important, if they don’t know how to use it, they won’t. Plain and simple. • Manual in spanish. • Troubleshooting, how to expand, etc.