[fsf60k] Re: Comedor Escolar Project Status
- From: revspfeil <revspfeil@xxxxxxx>
- To: fsf60k@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:28:19 -0400
Hi Mike,
I am very happy to hear this good news.
Hope you are well,
Susan.
On Sep 28, 2011, at 1:10:37 AM, "michael cipoletti" <ikecip@xxxxxx> wrote:
From: "michael cipoletti" <ikecip@xxxxxx>
Subject: [fsf60k] Re: Comedor Escolar Project Status
Date: September 28, 2011 1:10:37 AM EDT
To: fsf60k@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
this is very exciting and we are excited to be a part of the study.
i hope we have success with this and it will be the catalyst to lead the
comedor project into the future.
michael
Michael Cipoletti
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On Sep 27, 2011, at 10:55 PM, gpardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi friends,
Just wanted to bring you some highlights of the Comedor Escolar Project. A few
months ago Michael Cipoletti interviewed representatives from the Chacraseca
schools in order to get a better feel for the health of the project. I sifted
through the notes and with input from Michael we summarized the data in a
spreadsheet, which was posted on the Transtec blog. A link to the spreadsheet
was posted on freelist. Several important issues were identified after review
of the spreadsheet, but the major issue was that the project was only 30%
sustainable, although historic for a high school project, it does not meet the
orignal intent of 100% sustainability. In addition this puts the children
served at risk due to the world economic slow down. It was decided by FSF60K
and the leadership of SF60K that a professional study would be helpful, to
identify a plan to make the project 100% sustainable and it also would add
credibility when applying for grants. We identified Jerry Arguello as the
agricultural engineer to do the study as we have worked with him before, and he
is responsible and fair. I prepared a scope of services for him to base the
study on. He provided a sample of a similar study he did for a much larger
school system and quoted us $3100 for the study. We have budgeted $3600 to
cover the study, money transfer expenses and possible contingency expenses.
SF60K contributed $1800 towards the study and FSF60K has contributed $500. FNE
and JMU have pledged $500 each so that should cover the cost of the study, but
we have a bit less cushion if any extras come up. I sent 50% of the cost of the
study last week to start the work. The first phase is to collect demographic
data which will help us quantify the need and project the amount of food
required. We are expecting a rough draft in about 3 to 4 weeks. Hopefully the
draft will be complete enough so that we can circulate it for comments. I would
expect the final study and plan to be complete within 8 weeks allowing 1 week
for review and comments if we review only once. The 8 weeks is just a
projection and the study could take less time or more time. Prior to issue of
the study I will post some of the issues and proposed solutions that came from
our previous analysis to help evaluate the study. Thanks for your interest and
support, George Pardo
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