The call for meeting...after months over emails...
By Wilson Ang a.k.a ShamU on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at 1:45 AM
With the original team that was formed to take on this project and also with the ECO Youth Champions Mentors, we sound out a meeting. To have things to start rolling and be put into place.------ Forwarded Message
From: Wilson Ang
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:01:08 +0800
To: albert ang , Ryal Wun , chia2 , Joelle Chen , Pauline, Diana Koh
Cc: ECO Youth Chapions Mentor
Conversation: ECO House..Moving on>ACTION!
Subject: ECO House..Moving on>ACTION!
Team,
Managed to catch up with Albert and Chia Chia and attached is something really rough we conceived where we need everyone’s input. We need to move on further into action to actualize this dream. The concept is using existing containers. Those shipping containers.
Plan is to divide them into 3 components:
Marketing/Overall concept Eco-businesss
Hardware-Construction Eco-developer
Software- Program Eco-programmer
Marketing/Overall concept:
Re look at WHY this is to be done. Shall drive the overview concept and direction to head towards. But to pen down the concept and constantly selling it to corporate partners. Looking for sponsors and hooking up with them to work out possible solutions. Will need to work with rest of the team to fine tune what is practical and not. To do the bulk of the paper work. To secure the place. To create a business plan with the support of the rest of the team. This is the main focus of the team. To create concept of how this whole project can self sustain, a business model for it. Constant communication with the team and also research on the feasibility in the corporate partner’s eye.
Eco-developer:
This team will be developer of the ecohouse. You will be the coordinator of the contractors, so called, in the structural construction phase. Once the building plan is drawn up, land secured, construction of the place should begin, ie laying foundation, pillars, supporting structures, etc (depending on the final design of the ecohouse). On top of coordinating, getting the 'hull' of the ecohouse lies with this team also. The last time, it was suggested using cargo container, but we hope more suggestions can come in. Albert- I personally feels that though tough, its appearance is bulky, not novel, don't give a 'green' feel. So I think we should work on more ideas. My personal guideline when I explore possibilities is that it's best if it had been a piece of junk.
The eco-developers will divide yourself into some sub-teams and hold portolios of research on, broadly defining, Water, Energy, Reusable junks, and even Sanitation to study the best (most implementable in urban context, cheapest) way to integrate into the ecohouse. We call each of these sub-teams Green Concepts
Once the structural construction is complete, all the fruits from Green Concepts will go up on the ecohouse. This phase will be done by ourselves as much as possible over a period of weekends, or at a go of two weeks- Youth Expedition Project style.
Software- Program:
This team is the most important. Recall that for the ecohouse to materialise, there must first be a convincing proposal telling people what good the ecohouse is. It doesn't make a difference to Wally sitting inside Long John Silver looking out to an ecohouse. There must be something there that attracts him to go explore. Exploring is not enough, how can we make some changes to his lifestyle. To create the interactivity with the public or targeted audience. Indeed, these are the essential questions to the very being of the ecohouse. This team also motivates the whole team because they will constantly dream up possibilities that makes our work more meaningful by the day! Their programmes will constantly push the Green Concept people to invent new methods for conservation. You will organise programmes as the ecohouse is being constructed to involve as many people as possible, giving all of them some sense of ownership-veru important!. The larger work will begin FOR the launch and after the launch. Everyone will be involved in planning for the launch, but activities to sustain activities in the ecohouse will be the main scope of the eco-programmers!
Next on:
Set date to meet up to firm concept of project.16th September 2PM at the bus. :P
During the meeting, we would be doing the following:
1. Brief on project initiation
2. Icebreaking
3. Group brainstorm for uses of ecohouse
4. Brainstorm of green technologies to integrate
5. Taking up roles
6. AOB
While mingling and getting to know each other more personally, we try to be more focused on task. We can aim to finish by 530pm.
Meanwhile, everyone should think about points 3, 4, 5, so that we do not start with a total blank on 16 Sept. Continue to experiment with green concept and ideas where we can see how we want to implement to this hub.
Think this as the end state:
A hub for all if not most environmental activities. Place where youth can chill out. As they come into this hub, they learn as they leave. They realize that it is all possible to take action now and still have fun. Imagine all the Environmental NGO comes to this place to chill out and taking it as a gathering hub. Foresee youth like yourself bring your friends to this place to chill and you can show them all the various possible way to take action. Infact, you don’t even need to tell them, they can see for themselves. A strong message by itself. A statement. An interactive media. And where possible, once done, people adopting this concept and popping it out all over the country or world. Something that can easily be duplicated to continue spread the words! :)
That’s all for now.
Cheerios!
Wil
P.S: Pls rsvp your attendance on 16 Sept
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