EWB Boston Professional Chapter

Hello EWB-Boston!

Next Chapter Meeting
Our next EWB-Boston General Chapter Meeting is on Monday, September 29, at 7 pm at the Robbins Library, located at 700 Massachusetts Ave, in Arlington. Free parking is available on the street, and the building is a very short walk from several MBTA bus routes.

Open Positions
Sad news: Richard Graham, our secretary, is taking a job in Pittsburg and will not be returning to the Boston area. We will have nominations for both Vice President and Secretary at the next chapter meeting. Voting will start via email on October 1st. The descriptions for both positions are below:

The duties of the Vice-President shall be to perform the duties assigned to him or her by the President, to provide assistance in the operation and business of the Chapter. The Vice-President shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President.

The duties of the Secretary shall be the preparation of official minutes of all meetings of the Executive Committee and general meetings of the Membership; he or she shall be responsible for internal communication both between the Chapter and membership as well as the Chapter and the National EWB-USA organization, this includes overseeing the content of the website. Additionally, the secretary shall assist in administrative management of all meetings of the Chapter.

Projects
We have several great projects starting up. If you are interested in helping with any of them, please contact the following people:
Hondouras project (drinking water): Bill Kearny, at WKearney@gilbaneco.com
ReVision House project (retaining wall): Conor Nagle, at nagleconor@gmail.com

Eva Sinha is currently looking into starting up a project in India that would bring sustainable energy, clean drinking water, and road improvements to a small village in India. If you are interested in working with her on this project, please contact her at: sinhae@bv.com

In general, if you are interested in working internationally, please take a look at the EWB-USA projects list. If you see a project that you'd like to work on, contact Ravi Bandi at projects@ewbboston.org.

Events
If you have an idea for an event that EWB-Boston can participate in, please let our Events Coordinator, Niki Kallergis, know. You can reach her at events@ewbboston.org.

If you have not already done so, please add yourself to our Google Groups mailing list by clicking here: http://groups.google.com/group/Boston-EWB?hl=en&lnk=srg.

Advanced notice
There will be an EWB Regional Workshop from November 7 – 9, 2008 at University of Maryland, College Park, Washington, DC. Please let me know if you will be attending.

EWB-Boston is volunteering with the Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity on Saturday January 10, 2009. Please let Niki know if you are interested in volunteering (events@ewbboston.org).

Regards,
Bree Carlson
President, EWB-Boston

Hello EWB-Boston!
We still have room for a couple more volunteers at The Greater Boston Food Bank on Wednesday, July 30th, from 5:15pm-8:30 pm. Please email me at president@ewbboston.org if you’d like to help out. We will be providing dinner.

Our next EWB-Boston General Chapter Meeting is on Tuesday, August 5th, at 7 pm at the Boston Society for Architects, at 52 Broad Street in Boston. Parking is available nearby, and the building is a short walk from the orange, red, and blue lines.

If you are interested in working internationally, please take a look at the EWB-USA projects list. If you see a project that you’d like to work on, contact Ravi Bandi at projects@ewbboston.org.

If you have not already done so, please add yourself to our Google Groups mailing list by clicking here: http://groups.google.com/group/Boston-EWB?hl=en&lnk=srg.

Advanced notice:

We are looking for volunteers to run a booth about EWB-Boston for a workshop sponsored by IEEE and EWB-USA on October 18, 2008, in Boston.

There will be an EWB Regional Workshop from November 7 – 9, 2008 at University of Maryland, College Park, Washington, DC

EWB-Boston is volunteering with the Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity on Saturday January 10, 2009. Please let me know if you are interested in volunteering.

I'll send out more information about the workshops and events as soon as it is available.

Regards,
Bree Carlson
President, EWB-Boston

Hello EWB-Boston!

I'm sorry for the late reminder, but our next General Chapter Meeting is tonight, Tuesday, July 1st, 2008, at 7 pm in the Robbins Library in Arlington. We will be in the basement-level Community Room.

Our next EWB-Boston General Chapter Meeting is on Tuesday, August 5th, at 7 pm at the Boston Society for Architects, at 52 Broad Street in Boston. Parking is available nearby, and the building is a short walk from the orange, red, and blue lines.

If you are interested in working internationally, please take a look at the EWB-USA projects list. If you see a project that you’d like to work on, contact Ravi Bandi at projects@ewbboston.org.

If you have not already done so, please add yourself to our Google Groups mailing list by clicking here: http://groups.google.com/group/Boston-EWB?hl=en&lnk=srg.

Mark your calendars: EWB-Boston will be volunteering at The Greater Boston Food Bank on Wednesday, July 30th, from 5:15pm-8:30 pm. We’re looking for volunteers, so please email me at president@ewbboston.org if you’d like to help out. We will be providing dinner.

Also: there will be an EWB Regional workshop from November 7 - 9 at University of Maryland, College Park, Washington, DC. I'll send out more information about the workshop as soon as it is available.

Regards,
Bree Carlson
President, EWB-Boston

Hello EWB-Boston!

First, thanks for the great meeting on May 29th. It was exciting to see the energy that all of you brought to the meeting. I'm looking forward to seeing what we will accomplish in the next couple of months.

I hope to see you on June 16th, 2008 at 7 pm in the Robbins Library in Arlington for an EWB-Boston sponsored talk. The title is "A MA Engineer's Reflections on 2.5 Years of Disaster Relief and Reconstruction Following a 9.1M Earthquake and Ensuing Tsunami," by David Murphy of Tighe & Bond. The synopsis is at the end of this email.

Please note: our next General Chapter Meeting is Tuesday, July 1st, 2008, at 7 pm in the Robbins Library in Arlington.

If you are interested in working internationally, please take a look at the EWB-USA projects list (http://www.ewb-usa.org/OpenProjects.php). If you see a project that you'd like to work on, contact Ravi Bandi at projects@ewbboston.org.

Mark your calendars: EWB-Boston will be volunteering at The Greater Boston Food Bank on Wednesday, July 30th, from 5:15pm-8:30 pm. We're looking for volunteers, so please email me at president@ewbboston.org if you'd like to help out. We will provide dinner.

Please join me in welcoming our new Events Coordinator, Niki Kallergis. Niki will be working to organize local events for EWB-Boston members. If you have suggestions for events, please email her at events@ewbboston.org.

If you want to join the EWB-Boston mailing list, please add yourself to our google group: http://groups.google.com/group/Boston-EWB. Also, please create an account for yourself on our website: http://www.ewbboston.org/members/.

Regards,
Bree Carlson
President, EWB-Boston

Brief Synopsis

On December 26, 2004, a 9.1M earthquake struck off the coast of Banda Aceh Indonesia, a city slightly smaller than Boston in population. A giant wall of water (not a wave as many believe) ranging in height from 30 to 90 feet and several miles deep roared into the City of Banda Aceh, over 2.5 miles inland, destroying nearly every home in its path, school, bridge, road, and utility in its path. .
In the days following the Tsunami, the world's attention was riveted on the horrendous death toll. David Murphy uprooted his family, left the environmental engineering firm he was running and took his family to assist in the emergency response and reconstruction efforts. David will provide an overview of the public health issues and engineering challenges of addressing the world's largest known natural disaster. David and his family were featured on an NBC Christmas special broadcast nationwide (see http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10644084/). They also created a web site www.bulaifamilyinaceh.com. Today David is a senior project manager with Tighe and Bond, working out of their Worcester Office.

Hello EWB-Boston!

Just a reminder- we will be holding our next chapter meeting this Thursday, May 29th, at 7 pm at the BSA Building at 52 Broad Street, in Boston. We’d love to see you there.

I also hope to see you on June 16th, 2008 at 7 pm in the Robbins Library in Arlington for an EWB-Boston sponsored talk. The title is "A MA Engineer's Reflections on 2.5 Years of Disaster Relief and Reconstruction Following a 9.1M Earthquake and Ensuing Tsunami," by David Murphy of Tighe & Bond. The synopsis is at the end of this email.

Mark your calendars: EWB-Boston will be volunteering at The Greater Boston Food Bank on Wednesday, July 30th, from 5:15pm-8:30 pm. We’re looking for volunteers, so please email me at president@ewbboston.org if you’d like to help out.

Regards,
Bree Carlson
President, EWB-Boston

Brief Synopsis
On December 26, 2004, a 9.1M earthquake struck off the coast of Banda Aceh Indonesia, a city slightly smaller than Boston in population. A giant wall of water (not a wave as many believe) ranging in height from 30 to 90 feet and several miles deep roared into the City of Banda Aceh, over 2.5 miles inland, destroying nearly every home in its path, school, bridge, road, and utility in its path. .

In the days following the Tsunami, the world's attention was riveted on the horrendous death toll. David Murphy uprooted his family, left the environmental engineering firm he was running and took his family to assist in the emergency response and reconstruction efforts. David will provide an overview of the public health issues and engineering challenges of addressing the world's largest known natural disaster. David and his family were featured on an NBC Christmas special broadcast nationwide (see http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10644084/). They also created a web site www.bulaifamilyinaceh.com. Today David is a senior project manager with Tighe and Bond, working out of their Worcester Office.