thanks for the article george. talk soon mc On Mar 1, 2012, at 7:37 AM, gpardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hola Amigos, > > I can not make the meeting tonight, as I have too many things on my plate, > but I will give a quick update on the Comedor Escolar study. It is almost > ready. Last night Jerry (agricultural engineer in Nicaragua) and I were > crunching numbers via Skype to plan for 100% sustainability in 4 years, > barring a natural disaster. We came very close and Jerry will make > adjustments to the plan for 100% sustainability by the 4th year and resubmit > by this Saturday. We will then have the study/proposal translated into > English, which will probably be ready by the beginning of April. > Concurrently we should research possible donors and develop an implementation > plan. Pepsi has already been identified as a good good match for funds, but > contact has not yet been made. > > On another note, following is a link regarding water and electric in Guinea > in western Africa http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106919 , copy and paste > into your browser. The article highlights their problems on these 2 issues > as a country and thoughts on a path to rectify the situation. I thought it > was interesting as we are addressing similar issues in Nicaragua, but on a > much smaller scale. > > Best to all, > George > > Sent from my HTC Status™ on AT&T > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Peter White" <pedro831@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <fsf60k@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [fsf60k] Meeting this Thurs. eve. > Date: Mon, Feb 27, 2012 4:51 pm > > > ***This is a message from a member of Friends of Students for 60,000*** > > Hi To All, > > This is the usual reminder that our regular monthly meeting will be held > this coming Thurs. evening, 7:30 p.m. at Npt. HS, room H 109. There is much > good news, including the success of our first newsletter, a new grant in the > mail (this week), and a generous donation, among other things. The books for > 2011 should be completed by Thurs. Our web site needs updating. Lots to talk > about, lots to do. Email if you have items for agenda. Please come. > > Pete And Kate > > > > > *** > You can unsubscribe from this list by sending an email to > fsf60k-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. > An archive of messages is available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/fsf60k. > FAQ'are available at //www.freelists.org/help/faq.html*** Michael Cipoletti FriendsNE ikecip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 857-205-0236 Boston 505-89245142 Claro 505-83910685 Movistar ikecip Skype www.friendsne.org