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money issues
Max made a special request for money issues just for tonight
class
we need a money estimate for the class in order to get fees from Stanford.
specific lists might be good, a background on the class would be good as well
are there previous T stanford fund budgets? YES, Grace can send to Max
receipts
Max can collect receipts from anyone who has them (Whit and Grace both have them)
SAID Conference Update
we are set for sure! Springtime in general (we can set a date) their conference director is on top of things
- the new guy is much better then the old one
- There will be some help from the GSB international development club
can we give honorariums for speakers?
- yes
Total Budget?
- $1,500
- we can get more money (we need to cover air and housing)
- SAID can offer $2k for the conf. but it's not enough
- Woods Institute may help
- There can be other sources too
Typical conference
- academic council in the morning
- lunch
- industry discussions
Brainstorming on ideas
- Water is the general theme for the whole thing
- SAID is looking at the monetizing of water and issues surrounding that
- technical aspects could be managed by us
- timing
- early spring?
Event Ideas
- movies
- thirst - about big water and planning
- other films
- demonstrations
- displays of how much of a difference we can make
- low flow toilets etc.
- improvements at Stanford or Palo Alto
- panel discussions
- groups of experts discussing specific issues
- mixers
- low key ways for people to meet each other and hand out business cards
- art exhibition
possible speakers
- public utilities
- stanford
- stokholm prize winners?
- Durham? Leckie? Freiberg? Schoolnik? Madson?
- water experts
- maybe we need a good moderator
Aspects of Stanford
- Med School
- GSB folks
- Law School
- Engineering (us!)
who do we want involved?
- students
- faculty
- local residents
- people from Cornell?
topics
- standards
- business opportunities
- government involvement
- technical challenges
- conservation
- developmental applications
- "what are the biggest challenges in the next xx years?" as panel discussion
- success stories and challenges
space on campus... what have we got experience with?
- eco-san, other projects, connections to NGOs?
what can we bring?
- technical feasibility
SAID will come from a policy angle
- how can we compliment what they will bring
TO DO --> each of us to submit ~3 ideas for 'taglines' or 'themes' to Eric
- touch base with Sophie to capture some of her lessons learned
Haiti
Andrew has her contact info about the movie?
General Meeting
Grace to bring laptop, and send out agenda?
- each of us has our own speaking points
- come tomorrow ~6:40 to Art 4, where?
Dinner Discussion with Jenna Davis?
We can give Heather tentative dates, next Thursday or later
- room on campus somewhere (Eric can book Haas center room)
- get food delivered etc. -- Grace can look into it
- Heather will confirm
- first 20 people to mail in might be better (Heather to manage)
- Heather to put together quick email invitation
Class Update
Heather Eric spoke with Jenna Davis about hand sanitation in Tanzania
- measurement of bacteria on people's hands
- she needs accurate ways to collect data in the field
Amy Pickering working on hand sanitizer, and various ways for testing
- one potential method being developed
- Eric may have interest in testing out this method to see how good it is
- what do numbers mean, how might the test be improved
- gauging the test for its effectiveness
question is a lab space, might be hard to find lab space
- lab is moving and things are up in the air
- we may need to buy stuff ourselves, but this might be prohibitively expensive
this class might be more of a research project than a design project
- depends on perspective you might take
- how to measure it in field
- best way to measure it on a hand (may be Jenna's interest)
- from Jenna's perspective, connection with the local institutions is the goal
what is the equipment?
- ziplock back, vacuum filter down to less than 1 mL, may need auger and plates
- constant temperature room may be the only part actually needed
EWB Connection
talked to Heather part of appropriate product design, and to David, former president involved in Tanzania
- David was excite to see where collaboration might go
- specifics TBD
