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EWB: Central Houston Chapter Meeting
May 2013
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Agenda 7:00 – 7:05 Meet and Greet 7:05 – 7:10 Welcome New Board Members 7:10 – 7:25 EWB Bracelets Fundraiser – Nancy Kralik 7:25 – 7:35 Global Innovations Forum Learnings –
Terry Applegate, Raphael Rogman 7:35 – 7:50 Fundraising Team – Terry Applegate, Andrew Gabris
7:50 – 8:00 Upcoming Events and Miscellany – Terry Applegate 8:00 – 8:30 Breakout Sessions
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EWB Bracelets Fundraiser
• Nancy Kralik
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Fluor’s EWB Bracelets Fundraiser
o Sold bracelets at lunch time for 2 weeks (in late August) as EWB fundraiser; also highlighted “night at museum” fundraiser in late
September o Wearing bracelet on on-Fridays or Thursdays before off-Fridays
allowed jeans wear for the following month (4x) o $10 per bracelet
o Project of Fluor’s GROW (Growing Representation and Opportunity for Women) organization for EWB funds related to El Salvador
program – volunteers to sell bracelets came from GROW; 2 people per shift; 2 shifts @ lunch time; 4 days / week
o Purchased bracelets from Wristbands With A Message; many vendors available – cost was $245 - 500 @ 49¢ each, including artwork.
Vendor donated another 500.
o Had posters relating to El Salvador program and Night at Museum
o Netted $4,250
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Fluor’s EWB Bracelets Fundraiser
o Make cause known o Have some sort of “pay off”
o Use volunteers – tie to another organization in the office? o Time fundraiser close to the activity being funded
o Have “Sales” materials & advertising
o Lots of vendor choices
o Decide on bracelet message, color
Global Innovations Forum
• EWB Sponsored Forum – April 6th
• Presentations by: • Regis University • Bridges to Prosperity • IEEE – CSI • Greater Austin EWB Chapter
• Comments by EWB and iDE founders on each presentation
• Presentations available on-line at EWB – USA website
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IEEE Solar Trailer and Kit
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GIF Reflections
• Regis University professor had good insights on “social infrastructure”
• B2P does “knowledge transfer” to local community
• IEEE owner/operators in communities to profit • Austin chapter used text messaging for technical data gathering
• iDE founder very focused on project economics • EWB founder more focused on traditional “development”
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Fundraising Team
• General Vision – be chapter funding source • Program to keep the “programs” going
• one chapter fundraiser annually • general grant writing • facilitating matching grants • funding sources relations
• Andrew Gabris is Team Lead
q New website development continues
q Internal QA/QM process completed
q Fully staffed Board with a transition
q Moving beyond SWOT to Continuous Improvement
q Looking to fill some special assignments v 5 sub-team leads on Raingarden Project v Historian v Apple Polisher v Philippines and Central / South America PIT champions
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Miscellany
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Coming Events No chapter meeting in June June 3 (Mon) Board Meeting (conference call only) July 1 (Mon) Board Meeting (conference call only) July 10 (Wed) Chapter Meeting August 5 (Mon) Board Meeting (face to face) August 14 (Wed) Social in lieu of August chapter meeting
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Breakout Sessions
• New Members
• El Salvador, Technology, Fundraising, Raingarden
• Incubators: Ethiopia, India, South Africa • Other teams
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Our Vision Our vision is a world in which the communities we serve have the capacity to sustainably meet their basic human needs, and that our members have enriched global perspectives through the innovative professional educational opportunities that the EWB-USA program provides. Our Mission EWB-USA supports community-driven development programs worldwide by collaborating with local partners to design and implement sustainable engineering projects, while creating transformative experiences and responsible leaders.
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