Denver ProfessionalsFebruary Chapter Meeting

Agenda

• Introductions

• Chapter Business

• Status of Projects

• Togo In-Depth Discussion

• EWB-USA Research Project—Kaitlin Litchfield

One Month Away! 2012 Photo Contest

• To qualify, photos must meet the following criteria: • Photo must fall within one of two categories: People or Projects.

The photo must reflect EWB-USA as an organization, the people we work with and/or the work we do.

• Photo must be submitted in jpg format • Photos must be submitted with a caption along with the

photographer’s name (if unknown please provide chapter name)

Chapters can submit multiple entries. Twenty winners will be selected, ten in each category (people or projects).

http://ewb-usa.org/conference/2012/conference

Mountain Region Workshop

Coming Fall 2012 Anyone want to host in Denver? Is anyone interested in Organizing? We must notify Colleen be March 19th

EWB-Colorado Rep?

The purpose of this role is to “better facilitate communication between the national office and chapters and to increase resource-sharing and communication among chapters in the state and region.”

The representative would be able to hold regular conference calls or find an equivalent means to facilitate communication between the chapters in the state. 

The state representative would also call into monthly meetings facilitated by CRM and attended by the state representatives from across the region. 

Interested parties see Mark Donohue before Wedensday, Feb 29th 2012

Online Community Mobilization Training for EWB Live sessions on (Tues/Thur) Feb 28,

Mar 1, 6, & 8th (6-8 pm MST) Registration Deadline February

24rd, 2012 Price $59 for Students (price increases to $79 after Feb 17th)

$89 for Professional* (price increases to $109 after Feb 17th)

www.villageearth.org

Treasurer Update

Current Funds• Chapter -       $53,986.03• Unrestricted - $14,670.37• Ecuador -       $8,614.14• Togo -           $9,936.27• Madagascar -  $20,765.25

Malingua Pamba, Ecuador

Potable & Irrigation Water System

Russ Zick & Rob Zuber

Goals:• Complete 2011 Trip Reports• Complete a potable water

monitoring trip in June. Education, O&M are secondary goals

• Implementation trip tentatively scheduled for October

Budget Needs:$4k — $7k for June trip.

Goals:• Identify top three priority

sites for erosion control work• Planning for October trip• Complete pilot erosion control

trip in October or November

Budget Needs:$10k — $12 for October trip.

Malingua Pamba, Ecuador

Erosion ControlRuss Zick & Rob Zuber

Goals:• 1 month• 6 month• 12 month

Budget Needs:

Agou Avedze, TogoSanitation

Chris Fahlin & John Humphrey

Goals:• 1 month

• Activities related to our upcoming trip, including assisting the travelers as needed, reviewing recommendations for information gathering on assessment trips, developing checklists and work plans

• 3 month• Analyze data collected on the trip• Write trip report• Complete alternatives analysis comparing

groundwater and surface water

• 12 month• Raise funds• Implement a full scale water supply

system• Capacity building

Budget Needs:

Ambalona, Madagascar

WaterScott Allen & Tom Rutkowski