Monday January 23rd, 2012 Meeting Minutes  

History of the Project

- Projects that help people change their lives, supported locally, sustainable over the long term

- Steven Foundation, original box cooker design

- Ovens reduce smoke, and reduce wood. Save time and much cheaper

- Our light stand, 20 500W halogen lamps, 1.2 kw- meter

- Help women's group by contributing designs and ideas, fostering requistive understanding, allowing technology to grow 

Last year

• PREFAB, come up with prefabricatable and portable oven (for nicaragua, domincan republic, and peru in high andes), lighter and glassless oven
• PROP ROD, methods for holding lids up for long periods of time
• CONCENTRATION, methods of concentrating light in ovens, work with fresnel lenses
• INSULATION, Constructed testing apparatus and tested a variety of insulations
• INCLINED OVEN, oven for use in ithaca

This Spring

• women excited about portable oven, want a second prototype
• continue work from the spring
• insulation testing, deterioration
• desalinating water