I’m was at Canopy B&B, waiting for ride to airport. Now I’m in line at the airport. I had great time here. I came to visit Andrew Quitmeyer, at Digital Naturalism Laboratories (DINA: https://www.dinacon.org) via invitation from Shannon Dosemagen, long-time Public Lab friend. You can see what Public Lab is about at: https://publiclab.org/ I’d been intrigued by a map and 3-D model of Gamboa that Andy had made from a drone flight. I brought my new Mavic Mini that I had maybe 6 min of flight time with. Andy coached me, and we flew a section of Gamboa Marsh where a music festival had … [Read more...] about Leaving Gamboa, Panama
Giving/Investing
Great start on El Llanito, Nicaragua water supply project
We are here, doing well. Community is going faster than we anticipated. 167 people came to kickoff meeting that CAPS (legally recognized water committee) set agenda for and ran very effectively. We broke ground on the well support building foundation excavation and for the two pressure break tanks. We staked and marked the route for the pipeline. Today over 100 people started at 6 AM excavating for the pipeline. Forms for pressure break tanks were constructed. Here are a few photos. … [Read more...] about Great start on El Llanito, Nicaragua water supply project
Engineers Without Borders San Francisco Professionals SFari event
On October 5, 2018, 80 plus people came to celebrate and make a difference in someone's life by supporting Engineers Without Borders at our our annual year-end gala, SFari! Hayley Farr posted a great set of photos (including one above) at: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AsdKbwUtJTl3hJkfrBua2R8cM4VH2Q All proceeds from the event will go directly to our projects in Haiti, Kenya, Fiji, Honduras, and Nicaragua. We enjoyed a night of music and fun with a DJ and a full cash bar as well as a silent auction and raffle. Volunteer teams were available to talk to people and learn more about the work … [Read more...] about Engineers Without Borders San Francisco Professionals SFari event
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Rotarian Foundation Strategic Retreat
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The Rotarian Foundation of Livermore Board met with Genevieve Getman-Sowa for a strategic retreat. Background: In 1987, the two Rotary Clubs in Livermore established the Rotarian Foundation of Livermore. As a public charity, it provides support to create opportuniees for young people, promote community service, and improve the quality of life for the benefit of all in the Livermore Valley. We’re looking at our go-forward approach. … [Read more...] about Rotarian Foundation Strategic Retreat
Engineers Without Borders – San Francisco Professional chapter annual fundraising gala, SFari 2017
We had a great time at our Engineers Without Borders – San Francisco Professional chapter annual fundraising gala, SFari 2017, at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco on Thursday, October 19th. Our El Llanito Nicaragua project team had a gift basket for the silent auction, a poster, and we showed video and photos about our project to implement a water pumping, storage and distribution system based on an existing well in the community of El Llanito, near the municipality of Santa Lucia, Nicaragua. Our Appropriate Technology Design Team (Research and Development Group) Nicaragua … [Read more...] about Engineers Without Borders – San Francisco Professional chapter annual fundraising gala, SFari 2017