Hi Gabriella,

    That's alright I definitely understand.  At our meeting we  
discussed the international conference.  If you want to go, please  
register online at www.ewb-usa.org.  Its $85 and we will need to pay  
for it ourselves upfront and then we will be reimbursed.  You will  
have to miss class all day thursday and friday.  The conference begins  
early Thursday morning so we will have to leave for UMASS on wednesday  
night.  Let me know if you register, you need to do it before March  
1st or else there is an additional $50 charge that will not be covered  
by our budget.
   We are going to hand out bags of coffee at our next meeting to sell  
on our own for $8 and receive total profits.  We will also be workign  
with feel good to sell grilled cheese and bagel breakfast sandwiches.
We will have one or two guest speakers at our next meeting to discuss  
soils and water technologies. (prof. hayden & mandar)
  see ya next week!

Jacquie

Quoting Alba Gabriela Garay Romero <[log in to unmask]>:

> Hi Margaret!!!
>
> Thanks in advance for your collaboration...i am curious about sth..why
> they call it the Sister City of Burlington?
>
> By the way...what happened yesterday in the meeting? i haven't read
> news about it.
>
> Gabriela
>
>
> Quoting Margaret McMorrow <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> I've been out of the office most of today, but I did speak to one of my
>> colleagues who knows the Peace Corps Country Director for Nicaragua and
>> will set you up with a meeting when you visit.  I will also ask that
>> they alert the Assistant Director for Water and Sanitation.
>>
>> Again, the idea behind this is just to get a sense of what's going on
>> water-wise in Nicaragua, and make some contacts that could be
>> indispensable when you go down for the project in the summer.  They can
>> also help with stakeholder consultation and technology appropriateness
>> questions.
>>
>> Will you have a chance to visit Burlington's Nicaragua sister city,
>> Puerto Cabezas, while you're there?  Is this a connection to make here
>> in Vermont?
>>
>> I'll send along some links of resources tomorrow for planning and design
>> of water systems.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Margaret
>>
>>
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