Holding off until Spring Quarter

Despite it being dead week, there was still a group of EWBers who attended this week's meeting. We did a lot of discussion during the meeting. Henry, who attended last week's conference call with an EWBUSA representative, informed us of the advice that Tiffany (the representative) gave us. One of the tasks we need to accomplish is to put together a construction and maintenance manual of the schoolhouse for the people in the community. This will be a somewhat difficult task since we will need to put a lot of effort into writing it, including helpful pictures, and translating it into Spanish. We were also advised to practice nailing, mixing concrete, and other building techniques before we leave. However, we all agreed that with finals right around the corner, it would be best to hold off on working on the manuals and holding building workshops until next quarter. Surely spring quarter will be a busy time for Project S.E.D.!

On track to getting ready to travel

On Tuesday's meeting, we discussed briefly about our trip to Nicaragua. The original plan was to go in June after finals week but the weather might be more suitable for building if we went in September. Nothing is set in stone but if the funds are raised, we can expect to be traveling in the summer to start construction of the foundation!
Today, there was a conference call with a representative from EWB-USA. According to Oren, our project lead, the conference call went great and we received positive feedback and helpful tips. Once we complete our implementation forms and decide the traveling details, we will be able to see our long hours of preparation bear fruit when we begin construction of the schoolhouse.