Outreach Meeting Minutes

Spring 2009 Minutes

April 17, 2009

Working Group: PR

Brandon

Accomplishments

• A summary of major work completed since last meeting based on last meeting's identified outcomes/issues
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Metrics

• Quantitative and qualitative results from accomplishments and outcomes.
• Potential metrics for unresolved issues.

Outcomes

• A summary of resolutions based on what was accomplished.
• New directions and ideas that result from these resolutions.

Issues

• Difficult and unresolved issues
• Plans for action

Min

Accomplishments

• confirm SWE presentation
• confirm and recruit earth museum presentation

Metrics

• Quantitative and qualitative results from accomplishments and outcomes.
• Potential metrics for unresolved issues.

Outcomes

• A summary of resolutions based on what was accomplished.
• New directions and ideas that result from these resolutions.

Issues

• Difficult and unresolved issues
• Plans for action

Jake

Accomplishments

• A summary of major work completed since last meeting based on last meeting's identified outcomes/issues
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Metrics

• Quantitative and qualitative results from accomplishments and outcomes.
• Potential metrics for unresolved issues.

Outcomes

• A summary of resolutions based on what was accomplished.
• New directions and ideas that result from these resolutions.

Issues

• Difficult and unresolved issues
• Plans for action

Trang

Accomplishments

• Finished the Newsletter text draft.
• Working with Chi-Chi on the template.

Metrics

• Quantitative and qualitative results from accomplishments and outcomes.
• Potential metrics for unresolved issues.

Outcomes

• A summary of resolutions based on what was accomplished.
• New directions and ideas that result from these resolutions.

Issues

• Difficult and unresolved issues
• Plans for action

Chi-Chi

Accomplishments

• Designed flyer advertising AguaClara course.
• Created a newsletter template; will email out to Trang, Nicole, and Monroe by tonight.

Metrics

• N/A

Outcomes

• Translations are late due to miscommunication.

Issues

• Website still has bugs to fix
  • • horizontal scrolling
    • small menu text
    • slow loading time
    • tiling background is not seamless
• Need to make an outline with due dates for the translation of each page to prevent future delays.

Working Group: Fundraising

Joe

Accomplishments

• A summary of major work completed since last meeting based on last meeting's identified outcomes/issues
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Metrics

• Quantitative and qualitative results from accomplishments and outcomes.
• Potential metrics for unresolved issues.

Outcomes

• A summary of resolutions based on what was accomplished.
• New directions and ideas that result from these resolutions.

Issues

• Difficult and unresolved issues
• Plans for action

Narayana

Accomplishments

• Contacted IAF and got contacts of representatives for Honduras and Central America Regions (John Reed and Jill Wheeler)
• Contacted Resource Foundation and spoke to Julia Love about the possibility of including Aguaclara in their fund raising process. Currently working with Joe to put together a Project summary and funding request for funding activities related to Aguaclara Engineers based in Honduras.
• Prepared documents divided into sections (Executive summary, Abstract, Extended Abstract, Letter of Inquiry etc.,) for future grant writing purposes
•  Update part of the five year plan on the Wiki

Metrics

• Contact with Julia at resource foundation might lead to Aguaclara getting including in their fundraising process (Resource Foundation already sponsors APP in Honduras)

Outcomes

• A summary of resolutions based on what was accomplished.
• New directions and ideas that result from these resolutions.

Issues

• I could not update the 5-Year plan timeline because of lack of information. Will talk to Nicole about this during Thursday meeting

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