EWB-Chesapeake

Sorry for the short notice, but because of the near-record snowfall over the weekend, we are canceling the Feb. general meeting.  We will let everyone know about the March meeting as soon as we can.  Until then, I hope everyone stays safe until the snow is cleared.

This is a reminder that the EWB-USA, CPP chapter will be having their monthly meeting on Monday, February 8 at 7:00 pm.  The meeting will be held at University of Maryland, College Park in the Civil Conference Room (EGR 1179).  Details for parking and building location are provided below.

During the meeting, we will be discussing opportunities to get involved with student projects, the new professional Argentina project, and fundraising ideas.  Bitsat Yohannes, a member of our chapter, will give a presentation on her UN work in Liberia in 2008.  The Argentina project team will have a short meeting following our general chapter meeting to prepare for the February 14 assessment trip application deadline.

Additionally, the EWB-USA, UMCP student chapter will be having their first general body meeting right before our professional meeting.  Please feel free to arrive early and listen to updates on the student chapter’s Peru, Burkina Faso, and Ethiopia projects.  Their meeting will be in EGR 1202 at 5:30 pm.

If you are unable to attend the meeting in College Park, call-in information is below.

Call-in Number: 877-603-8688
ID: 5214150

Thank you and I hope to see everyone next week.

Parking:  Meeting is in Martin Hall # 088 on the campus map. You can see the building location at http://www.parking.umd.edu/themap/.

There are two parking lot options:
1.)  After 4 pm, free parking lot XX beside the EGR building is available.
2.)  There is a Visitor’s Lot on Paint Branch Drive, across from Building #223 (interactive campus map), the Energy Research Facility, which is a short (5-7 minute) walk to Martin Hall. You will get a parking ticket as you drive in.
NOTE:  If you park anywhere else, please make sure to read the signs before you park.

The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) student chapter is hosting their second
annual *Dessert Reception*!  The event will be on *Tuesday, February 2 at
7:00 pm*.  The announcement flyer can be found here.  Please be sure to RSVP to ewb-jhu@jhu.edu by January 25!

We announced this at the last meeting, but just to make sure everyone knows.  Given the general bustle of early January (travels for projects, holidays, students out of town), we decided to cancel the January general body meeting. Our first meeting in 2010 will be on Feb. 8 at the University of Maryland. I will post more details as the date approaches.

Sorry for the very short notice, but hopefully you got the announcement from our email list as well.  We will be having a meeting on Thursday, December 10 at 6:30 pm.  Our meeting will be at the Greene Turtle in Columbia, MD (address below).

Greene Turtle
8872 McGaw Road
Suite C
Columbia, MD 21045

This meeting will be a great time to network with other EWB-USA professionals, learn more about the organization, and get involved!  We will be discussing the current student projects and their professional mentoring needs and the new CPP Argentina program. Hope to see you there!