Meeting Notes - 4/2

Sorry it took me so long to post these...

Seattle Conference
Café Solar

• help coffee-producing countries in Central America produce coffee more sustainably and affordably
• Café Solar sells the coffee these countries produce and uses the money to further assist the people

need to economically develop communities in need, so that they can provide themselves with the capacity to get out of poverty

• view them as customers rather than charity cases – focus on creating wealth as opposed to eradicating poverty

Social
May 3rd – Brazil Night

• need to do more fundraising
  
• currently only have 10-12 items
• Dr. Ergas donated Kayak Trip for Two with Gourmet Lunch
• Caitlin working on invitations for professors
• Julie working with Western Mass Professional Chapter
• Johnny going to see barn on Saturday and will send estimate of numbers of round and long tables to Luzia
• Luzia contacted a table/chair rental place who offered to donate the tables/chairs for free, but we have to provide transportation
• We’re going to Northampton this Saturday to do more fundraising. We will be meeting in Perrell at 1:00. All are encouraged to come.
• Johnny and Amanda will be working on the video, which will be presented at the event.
• Dave and Tom are working on contacting food places.

Things left to do:

• set up teams (tiki torches, tables/chairs, items)
  
• group to go get the food right before the event
• donation baskets/posters (for small items)
• non-alcoholic drinks
• MANY other things

Technical
Implementation Report due April 20
Plans for trip:

• implementation of two new springboxes
• water testing
• education component (pamphlet)
• new health assessment (re-evaluate the community’s needs)

Economic aspect

• possibility of helping community to sell their brazil nuts in order to make a profit (along the lines of wealth promotion rather than pure charity)