Outreach Meeting Minutes

Spring 2009 Minutes

03 / 13 / 09

Working Group: PR

Chi-Chi

Brandon

This Week:

-Contacted multiple organizations to do press release for Cuatro Communidades
1. Partners in Health-put AguaClara video on their website
2. Bully Pulpit- writing "featured organization" article about AguaClara in next issue.
3. Cornell Daily Sun-writing article about us for Thursday or Friday
Other contacts that are pending responses: NYTimes, Washington Post, CNN, Campus Weekly, Ithaca Journal, Triple Helix, Oxfam America, Voices Magazine, Cornell Progressive, Freedom From Hunger, Doctors Without Boarders, International Committee of the Red Cross, WHO, PAHO,and the Cornell Health International's Salubrion.

-Worked with Min to run test of the demo plant on Saturday.
-Compiled mailing lists for pamphlets and fliers to be sent out in the next few weeks
-Helped set up the Rockland Alumni Event
-Set up a large audience presentation for the Museum of Earth exhibit in April
-Talked to members of board of trustees about AguaClara funding
-Met with treasurer of Cornell Health International about collaboration of future events and possible presentations for AguaClara

Min

Joe

Jacob

Trang

Last week:

• Emailed Sara Long for more information about CARE organization on campus (waiting for reply)

• Sent out invitation to alumni and members to join the AguaClara Google group

• Studied more about Oxfam, USAid, Action Aid, CARE (so far only CARE seems to fit our need)

• Sent out greeting emails to students who are interested in joining AguaClara

This week:

• Make a draft of the Newsletter, find events and updates on the website to put in the letter.

• Write a paragraph about the Newsletter for mid-term report

Scott

Working Group: Funding

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