Sunday, April 18, Kevin Yue, and his company Kleinfelder, will be hosting a Concrete Workshop for all local EWB-USA chapters.  Students and professionals are encouraged to attend!  The workshop will be covering advanced concrete work, such as constructing walls, foundations, and tanks.  The event will be held 10 am – 4 pm at the Kleinfelder office (address provided below).  Anyone interested in attending should contact Kevin Yue, kyue@kleinfelder.com.

The EWB-USA, Chesapeake Professional Partners will be having their March meeting on Monday, March 8 at 7:00 pm.  The meeting will be held in the Civil Conference Room (EGR 1179) at the University of Maryland, College Park.  Details for parking and building location are provided below.

Our agenda is the following:

• Introductions
• Chapter Elections
  • Set date
  • Open nominations
• Fundraising
  • New ideas for this year
  • Orioles Games
  • Update on account
    
• News from EWB-USA National
  • EWB-USA Conference – March 18-21 in Denver, CO – Registration still open
  • Maryland State Rep position  (Please see the position description below)
  • New policies for applications
• Argentina Project Status
• Student Project Updates
• UMCP Brazil Project Presentation – Mentor Opportunity
  
  • Introduction to the new water treatment project for Ilha das Pecas, Brazil

  • Questions
• Bitsat Yohannes – Featured Speaker
  • Bitsat will be giving a presentation about her experiences working for the UN in Liberia

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

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

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.

We are still finalizing the details, but our next meeting will most likely be on March 8 at the University of Maryland, College Park. I will post more definite information as soon as it is available.

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.