[eekosmembers] eekos members only update - 11 Feb 2007
- From: "Kevin Ison" <kevin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Members email list" <eekosmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:55:34 -0000
eekos members only update - 11 Feb 2007
Hi all,
This is an update for eekos members only.
I will send out an ezine in a week or so to the larger group of interested
persons, but this is close members group.
Getting this email now is Jamie, Don, Ousman (Gambia), Walter and I.
Walter is my brother who has been interested in what we are doing for a while
now and interested in joining as associate to see how things operate. He can
apply to join as full member in a few months (6?). He is interested in going to
Gambia at the end of the year to assist in setting things up.
Jamie has taken off from UK soil to go to Japan to work for a year. Good luck
over there. He will still be in touch via email and skype and says he will
probably be more accessible than he was in UK - technology! He will continue to
work with us on the website and general policy.
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FINANCES
Currently we are catching up with all the financial papers. We are aiming to
have profit and loss and balance sheets for every month since we started. Not
much money going through, but there have been costs and some income (Gambia
installation of solar panels) and we want to get it all right as it looks like
we will be doing more transactions in coming months.
Money is a problem and I will send out the budgets for comments soon as they
are nearly done. Getting money for the Gambian guys is a particular problem at
the moment as my personal cash flow is tight until I re-mortgage our investment
houses in several weeks. I am nearly finished my part of the budget and will
send it off to Ous and the lads to look at (and to this list). I think if we
look to investing around £1500 all up (currently around £500 owing from Gambia
to Jamie and I), then with the orders for bores and a house that Ous says is
happening in Gambia, then that should be all paid off and the guys on good
wages by June or so. Once the budget is agreed on, we can look to securing th
money so that the guys in Gambia know they have 6 months sure wages and can get
on with the work over there.
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eekos Gambia
As mentioned above, we are still trying to get some money to the guys to keep
them going. this will all be on the budget sheets I send out soon. Ousman says
there is much interest in what we are doing and there should be a steady flow
of work once we get business set up legally. Solicitors are proving to be a
problem with the communication not working so well and they always seem to be
very busy. I am going to try another one who responded promptly to my emails
when I was looking for a solicitor.
Once I re-mortgage our houses here in UK and have the 6 month wages secure for
guys in Gambia, I will be looking to invest there to buy land and build a few
houses. This will also give some more work to the guys as well as help pay for
trips over there as I am still trying to pay off the last one!
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eekos UK
I have done some plastering that will go through books for eekos UK.
I am helping a friend put in piping and installation of a solar panel next
week. He will be purchasing solar panel, but it will be the first I get to work
on one, so will be good experience.
I have done a quotation for building works (and possibly underfloor heating
system) for the local school
Small amount - £1200 for first phase, but they have 3 phases, so we may get
more if we win this first one.
I have put the quote in documents section of UK section of members' area
I have been asked to quote on an underfloor installation and ground source
heating system for 3 house barn conversion. The barn is a development project
for the person doing it, so I have to first convince him that putting in eco
things is worthwhile as it costs more initially. Luckily, there has been a
large turn around in consumer desire to have eco houses and two recent polls
indicate home buyers will pay up to £10 000 more for their house if it is
highly rated.
This goes into the next thing we are keen to do over here and that is to train
up as household energy efficiency surveyors. As part of the EU, a survey has to
be done on all houses that are to be sold after June this year, making a huge
market for persons doing the rating. And there looks to be a shortage of
surveyor for the next few years. So I will look into doing the course. It fits
in beautifully with supplying alternative energy installations and is very
lucrative.
I have also been asked to quote on a solar installation to join a wood burning
heater system.
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CONSULTING
I have been in correspondence with a person in the Kerala region of India who
is setting up an ecolodge. He is interested in our experience with natural
swimming pools. The architects he is working with are here -
http://www.inspire-india.com/
This is a bit of a diversion, but interesting and with the land there being
relatively cheap (beach front land £10 000 an acre) and plenty of tourist
trade, it might be an interesting area to set up in the years to come.
All in all, it looks to be a busy year and w are trying to concentrate on
helping the Gambian guys have steady income and also setting up in UK and
bringing more persons on as members.
cheers,
Kevin
Kevin Ison
eekos Limited
The Old Hackfall
Grewelthorpe
HG4 3BW
Company Number - 5504935
www.eekos.com
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