The Nicaragua Project hasn't met in a couple of weeks due to the university's uber-long Thanksgiving break. It is on the agenda for this Sunday's meeting to discuss allocating money towards temporary relief of the water crisis. Will keep you all posted! :) shari 2009/11/23 George Pardo <pardo123@xxxxxxxxx> > CONFERENCE CALL NOTES, NUEVO AMANECER WATER PROJECT > > DATE - 11-19-09 > > > PRESENT > > Michael Cipoletti, Shari Kornblatt, Bill Ofenloch, George Pardo, Peter > White > > DIRECTION > > We will pursue replacement of the generator in the short run and provide > locally made arsenic filters to each house. The generator can serve as a > redundant system to the long term solution in case a repair needs to be > made. The generator chosen will be come with proper mounting and housing to > preserve it and a maintenance contract will be researched. We will pursue > negotiating with Telica to include us as a partner in a municipal water > project to provide water to Union España, Cortizal and Nuevo Amanecer. We > will try to engage Douglas Gonzalez of Suni Solar to participate in the > Telica project as we have an established relationship with he will have a > chance to bid on the project. > > > ACTION ITEMS > > -Shari Kornblatt will discuss with her JMU group if they would be > interested in funding the short term generator replacement. > > -George Pardo will research the required specifications and if it can be > imported from Home Depot through Miami. He will distribute options to the > committee for evaluation. > > -Mike Cipoletti will verify if there can be deliveries made to Nuevo > Amanercer of propane gas or diesel to run the proposed generator. > > -Mike Cipoletti will approach Telica with questions and requirements on the > "freelist" letter posted on November 12th by George Pardo in an attempt to > help FSF60K partner with the town of Telica to bring water to the above > mentioned villages. > > > George Pardo > -- Arriba la paz www.thenicaraguaproject.org