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Projects
- GHI update: Eric putting together proposal, funding is pushing ahead
- SARAR: Eric emailed the folks to try to get in touch with them, but they seem to be slow to return the call
- we should just think of what we want to do and type that up for the P3 grant
- Mondialogo Award & India Renewables Team formation
- we have said we would propose the project to students (team from developing country + one from developed country)
- 4 people expressed interest and one of the 4 students is already the point for further communication
- they were asking if it will be a joint venture with ESW? not really, but we can help in informal ways
- Fellowship Program Update
- wanted to meet with Sara Gibbs from SIG this week, but waiting for an email, maybe meet next Tuesday
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Discussion: Membership and T-shirts
- T shirts should arrive ~Nov12th or sooner
- we ordered 40 (there are about 20 of us!)
- what does it mean to be a member?
- paying dues? get a T shirt?
- connect to national chapter? What's the connection?
- $10 to national org, half should come back
- are we all supposed to be on there? -maybe
- what are their benefits?
- first dibs on faculty dinners
- separate email list so they get the heads up first on speakers and workshops
- what if we have more general meetings? let people know of other events or ways to get involved?
- sometimes the same folks come over and over
- would we need to have a requirements, pay or show up for the general meetings?
- maybe being a member should be helping out with the organization of the stuff
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member $10, shirt $12 for members, $15 for non-members
what's the best way to facilitate this?
- we can send a clarification email (newsletter) with benefits
- priority, discounts on shirts, one special activity just for members?
- can attach the form and stuff too
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Upcoming Events
- CEE Thanksgiving Food Drive
- throughout Y2E2, 3 weeks mon 11/3 for
- just an opportunity to help folks out who need food
- goal is 500 lbs, Second Harvest, they have a larger goal of raising $8M
- in the last week, we want a canned food sculpture to give it visibility
- bins in the kitchens (Yellow atrium) , and we'll see how things go
- Amy can help Sara with the effort, and we can send out the word on a sculpture
- Kiva Event
- Whit and Jess still waiting to hear from Kiva (Tamara)
- If we don't hear from them by next week, it will have to wait till next quarter
- Whit can send one more email and give a call first thing next week
- backup plan... social: is there money? YES, the GSC money is in there
- Biodiesel Workshop
- scheduled for next Tuesday 11/11, 6-8pm in Mudd labs + Monday night for run-through
- speaker is Michael Peck and he'll be talking about life-cycle aspects of bio-diesel
- the Jasper Ridge folks will take and use the biodiesel! NICE!
- this can be open to anyone who wants to go (priority to people helping with workshop)
- no confirmation yet to get waste veggie oil
- we should be able to contact directors directly --> grace to forward info to Kathy
- do we have money for food? yeah, we should be fine
- how do we get the equipment? all the glasswear is in there, Grace has list of stuff, they help prepare it
- Grace can send this list to Kathy as well
- need volunteers to run the workshop!!!
- Heather sent around a sign-up sheet
- do we have a replacement blenders?
- how to choose the participants?
- first come first serve response to email
- Grace can put together an email
- Kathy to try to book Mudd auditorium
- Co-Sponsor STAND: Darfur Stoves Project Fundraising
- contacted Yash, everyone interested fasts for a day and then breaks the fast at night
- part of the proceeds go to [| Darfur Stoves]
- folks agree, Jess to help work with Yash to get more details
- they need a little cash for materials
- Co-Sponsor SAID: Food/Agriculture in the Developing world
- head of SAID also hopes we can help, we don't have details yet, but is there general interest?
- it would be nice to get some more details on how we would be involved
- do they mean co-host? if so, we would need folks to be on a committee, who's responsible for what
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Recap SOE Event - October 23
Schmoozing with the Dean
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Finances, We are Rockin!
- SOE, SSFD - applications are done
- Haas Service learning proposal + Greg Deierlein
- The stanford fund partnership (11/4)
- EPA P3 Grant
- Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS Center)
- Stanford Green Fund 11/20
- Mondialogo Award (For GHI? Form team yb December 31)
- ESW SEED program
- for SARAR (culture nights in winter)
- any ideas for what to do?
- what communities?
- they are ultra-distance runners (history and modern games: quelo pelota)
- cultural sensitivity discussions
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Website
- Drupal vs. Joomla --> both CMS systems are cool
- good for long term (Drupal seems like it would best fit our needs)
- in the mean time, Whit will try to put a nicer skin on what we've got now
- meeting on web-stuff next Thursday or Friday morning
- Calendar --> Whit to investigate possibility of incorporating google cal
- Zazazine --> Submit articles to http://www.zazazine.com
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On the Horizon
- Officer
- National ESW and EWB - Berkeley update, students on Campus
