At today's assembly, David updated the team on his meeting with Dr. Lindner. It was determined that staying in Cambodia is the best course of action due to the bureaucratic element of the EWB organization, in addition to the fact that we have already invested time and resources into getting to know the area. At this point, David will have a conversation with Dr. Lindner and Soknay to reestablish our connection with SC and help them to grasp our initiatives. In the future, we agreed that we need to act more quickly with our projects and maintain constant contact with Soknay to ensure that our project does not become overlooked. If it remains difficult to work with SC, we will try working with another NGO in Cambodia. Sagar told the team that he has already been in contact with Glovesco, an NGO working in Cambodia. But whichever direction we chose to go, we must decide quickly- time is of the essence!
In other news:
- The team discussed the presentation that we will be giving at the first EWB general body meeting this Thursday night. Ashley showed us her beautiful bio-latrine powerpoint.
- Sagar started emailing Joshua Knight, etc to schedule the post-assessment trip interview/call.
- Alex brought up the idea of thinking about cheaper, more sustainable materials that we can use in our future designs.
- Sarah alerted us to the presence of the International EWB Cambodia team in the country now.
Next meeting: Tuesday September 13th @ 11:30 am in Marston
