Engineers Without Borders 1 st meeting, Fall /9/2010

Overview (5 min) EWB spiel Know who we are, what we do, why you want to get involved, how you can get involved Introduce officer team (10 min) Grady Hillhouse, VP of Projects Costa Rica Project (video and report) (5 min) Doug Simmons, Project Acuña Leader (7.22 min) Kevin O’Leary- VP of Development What is organizational development Soap Box Derby (15 min) Short Training session: GET A JOB!! (10 min) Updates, Questions (5 min) Sign ups

What is Engineers Without Borders? Student driven service organization- promotes sustainable engineering projects in developing communities. We are active internationally (Mexico, Costa Rica), and locally in the Bryan/College Station area We offer great training, resources, responsibility, leadership opportunities, international travel opportunities (lots of good stuff). EWB IS: – Well Established – Capable – Growing – Improving – Motivated – Strong leadership – Good for your health …The best organization on campus…

EWB-TAMU 2010/2011 Officer Team Project Leads: Doug Simmons, Project Acuña Kate Lowe, Scotty’s House Playground Project Jo Maldonado and Kim Sperry- Children’s Museum of Bryan Costa Rica Leads- take an application! Soap Box Coordinators- take an application! Development Officers Bill Gordon, Fundraising Director Reid Garcia, Training Director Cristina Vadell, Webmaster Amanda Roberts, Internal Communication Ricky Palacios, Publicity Director Tanzia Karim, Treasurer Executive Officers Kevin O’Leary, Vice President of Development Grady Hillhouse, Vice President of Projects Grady Meloy, President

Costa Rica Project Huge Progress! Project almost totally finished! After tiling and painting, we will be able to remotely assist the community in getting the computers hooked up and networked. Photos from Diana Grigoryan

Costa Rica- Looking Ahead There is still a lot to do! Wrapping up loose ends 526 Post Implementation Report Helping community with education for building and computers Preparing for possible future project Photos by Adam Heckmann

Costa Rica- Project Leads The Costa Rica project needs new co-leads! Lots of responsibility Manage the team in wrapping up the computer center project Guide and direct analysis and research for future project possibilities Lots of reward Experience in project management and leadership Fulfillment of helping a communities needs If you’re interested, sign up after the meeting! Photos by Marissa Baldwin

Acuña Project Project Scope Design and construct a portable facility to store supplies for a community help center in Acuña, Mexico Background Assessment trip: January 2010 Alternatives analysis and Preliminary Design: Spring 2010

Spring Acuña Project Next Steps Structural Analysis Constructability Assessment and Prototyping Health and Safety Program / Safety Training Implementation Planning Community Input and Education Goals October 17 th – Submit Pre- Implementation Report January 2011 – Implementation Meetings: Mondays, 7 – 9, CE 217

Local Projects Scotty’s House Project Collaboration with architecture class and the Society of Petroleum Engineers  build a playground for Child Advocacy Center! We finalize design, fabricate, implement! Children’s Museum of Bryan We have our own ‘Engineers Without Borders’ Room! Design cool stuff, build it, install it! Other Local Projects coming up this year: Container clinic, Duck Jam, Still Creek Ranch Training/involvement activities: Replant, Big Event, Habitat for Humanity build day

What is Development? THE FOCUS: Allow EWB-TAMU to do more, and to do everything better Improve and build on the reasons that EWB is the best organization on campus Give our members the best experience possible Build our members skills Innovate Serve Others Enhance the Projects Team We are trying to improve, but we will only succeed if we: Have clearly defined goals and expectations Understand where we have been, and have learned from (and documented) our experiential knowledge (by far one of our most valuable assets) We will be making a plan of how we will go about making EWB-TAMU the best it can be

Who is the Development Team? Treasurer: Tanzia Internal Communication: Amanda Webmaster: Cristina Training: Reid Fundraising: Bill Publicity: Ricky = DREAM

Soap Box Derby: The AGGIE 500 Last semester was a huge success! This semester- 2 ND annual Derby! We need people to join the Soap Box team for planning, organizing and coordination!

Amanda’s Updates! 1. EWB Mentor Program - What is it? Opportunity for upperclassmen to mentor younger students Way to transfer knowledge/tips on college life, engineering classes, EWB, etc Chance to make new friends! Sign-up sheet available Contact Amanda Roberts for more information 2. First social will be next Friday, September 17 th. More details to come… 3. We need t-shirt ideas! Please send them to by next Friday. Winner will receive a prize! 4. Next meeting is on September 23 rd ! (big meetings every two weeks) Speaker: Jim Olsen (he’s really really cool) More in depth into ‘What EWB is’, what projects are at 1 st training meeting More food!

Short Training Session: GET A JOB!! SEPTEMBER 14 TH IS ENGR CAREER FAIR! Things to do before then: Resume- have career center help you (Koldus) 1 page, prove your skills, be honest Mock Interview – sign up at Koldus! Great practice; they will critique you Research- hireaggies.com, company websites, career center website articles, google, etc Present yourself- dress business casual, firm hand shake, eye contact

More Information SEPTEMBER 14 TH -15 th IS ENGR CAREER FAIR! Next Tuesday and Wednesday, 10am-5pm Sec.tamu.edu/corporate/ Careercenter.tamu.edu, Koldus room 209!! Ask us questions! Suggested Companies: Spectra, Bechtel, CDM, Apache, Anadarko, Raytheon, Medtronics (see the flyer!)

SIGN UPS! (at the front) Leadership Opportunities: 1.Costa Rica project lead 2.Soap Box Derby Event Coordinators Team Sign ups: Soap Box Derby Team Costa Rica project team Acuña project team Scotty’s House Playground Project team Children’s Museum of Bryan Project Team Fundraising team Development Opportunities: Student Impact study, why EWB is good for your health Community Impact study, focus on sociology and sustainability Future Planning Task Force, international and local project search

QUESTIONS? We didn’t cover everything in detail, so ask us or see one of the officers for more information! Project Structure = meeting schedule + positional responsibilities Project leads present to VP-Projects Discuss proposed project schedule, challenges, progress, upcoming work, feedback VP Review Group managers present to Project Lead Propose task assignments, collaborate with other group managers Project Lead Review Group members present to whole project team Debrief on new developments, design challenges Group Manager Review

Ewb is the greatest! If you don’t want to wait in line, all the info will be on our website! ewb.tamu.edu if you don’t know what project yet, no big The signup sheets are just so we can you info. You aren’t signing your soul away Why are you still here? It’s past your bedtime!