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Conrad Creative Collaboration Meeting September 28, 2013

James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Hey guys! James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): I'm muted right now but my name is James Wang and I'm on TANHC with Mario. James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Mario said he'll be a few minutes late because of some club function he has at Stanford James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): I'm good! James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Hey Fabian do you want to go over last meeting's notes? James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): ^before Mario gets here? Ashley Liu (to All - Entire Audience): we could go 1-by-1 and offer individual opinions as to which idea is the most viable James Wang (to Organizer(s) Only): Hi Peter! James Wang (to Organizer(s) Only): Hey Fabian do you want to me to review last meeting's notes? Mario Chris (to All - Entire Audience): Hi Everyone! Just thought I'd let you know I joined a few minutes ago, sorry for being late. Ashley Liu (to All - Entire Audience): investors possibly get good PR for investing in non-profit ventures, which could incentivize them Ashley Liu (to All - Entire Audience): hi mario :) Vaishnav Kuruvanka (to All - Entire Audience): did you know the approximate price of the dettering light Vaishnav Kuruvanka (to All - Entire Audience): do you know Ritika Arya (to All - Entire Audience): the well is approx a 1 km walk from the village Ritika Arya (to All - Entire Audience): And for the other villages facing a simmilar problem the distance is much longer Ashley Liu (to All - Entire Audience): rule it out Ritika Arya (to All - Entire Audience): im not sure if the villagers will be allowed to do that Ritika Arya (to All - Entire Audience): it could turn against them, if they are caught meddling with the jungle too much Vaishnav Kuruvanka (to All - Entire Audience): thats a good idea but would that serve our purpose to the fullest extent because it sounds like a temporary idea to me Alex Berwick (to All - Entire Audience): Do you know the current effectiveness of villagers banging sticks on items to cause excessive noise to deter leopards? Ethan Colman (to All - Entire Audience): I have an idea. James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Peter is right. Even investors would like some hard facts and statistics. Vaishnav Kuruvanka (to All - Entire Audience): so with the cistern do we just collect the water or do we pump it? James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): An unrelated question (sorry): Are there any animals that leopards are afraid of. James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Okay thank you Ethan Colman (to All - Entire Audience): The hose solution could technically be viable, because it would eliminate the problem of going to the well at all, unless you need to "fix" it or

something.It would be a 1 time purchase, and would be enviromental friendly. James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Here's a thought: I googled "leopard expert" and came up with this http://cloudedleopard.org/default.aspx?link=resources_expert James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Perhaps we should consider bringing in an animal expert/leopard expert to field our more technical questions? Mario Chris (to All - Entire Audience): maybe we can tap into the engineering knowledge of our teammembers to strive to slightly modify already existing designs of hand pumps (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqp-1Ojcbg0) in order to reduce cost and increase simplicity Mario Chris (to All - Entire Audience): also, during a high school presentation, i heard of engineers without borders conducting a similar piping project in a 3rd world community maybe we could seek mentorship from them, and I could actually ask my high school teacher if he has specific contact info to this particular team Ashley Liu (to All - Entire Audience): i'll do it! Vaishnav Kuruvanka (to All - Entire Audience): i will Vaishnav Kuruvanka (to All - Entire Audience): I WILL Ashley Liu (to All - Entire Audience): jinx Vaishnav Kuruvanka (to All - Entire Audience): I WILL Vaishnav Kuruvanka (to All - Entire Audience): DO IT Ashley Liu (to All - Entire Audience): WAIT you know... James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Hey guys, Tiffany, another consultant from TANHC that just joined me, mentioned this: "Going back to the well and plumbing, if you do it right, you should not need power for it to work. PVC piping with a hand-pump, or a leg pump (i.e. a bicycle pump), or PVC piping above ground. James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): ^so I guess that's in lieu with what Mario just said Ethan Colman (to All - Entire Audience): Hand pump idea - We could have pumps set at certain areas where there could be low pressure, and the pumps would operate automatically, perhaps with solar powered, or powered from the water going through them. Mario Chris (to All - Entire Audience): I would be willing to work on the hose idea - I can contact my engineering teacher and connect Ethan with the contact from Engineers Without Borders Mario Chris (to All - Entire Audience): as part of the bay area, i would focus more on ALD development as well - guys, I'll definitely be able to book some pretty awesome conference rooms at Stanford, so let me send out a group email tonight Rajiv R (to All - Entire Audience): a tap is a faucet Rajiv R (to All - Entire Audience): this is sanjana Ritika Arya (to All - Entire Audience): i have to be at the school in about 20 minutes so i'll take your leave guys James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Tiffany asked: How often does it rain? And what are the current ways of catching it? Mario Chris (to All - Entire Audience): As part of a course that I am taking, I am also gaining experience in the Product Realization Lab at Stanford, so I can definitely tap into that resource (in addition to classy conference rooms) to build our prototypes!

James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Oh okay I see, yes that answers it. James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Thank you! Rajiv R (to All - Entire Audience): thanks Ritika! Ashley Liu (to All - Entire Audience): thanks :) Jonathan (to All - Entire Audience): Thank you! Ethan Colman (to All - Entire Audience): Thanks. Ethan Colman (to All - Entire Audience): Mario and I have offered to do the hose idea. James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Refer to the website link here if you wish for a starting point :) James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): http://cloudedleopard.org/default.aspx?link=resources_expert James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): ^leopard expert Rajiv R (to All - Entire Audience): I can research things that were done to ward off leopards in the past Vaishnav Kuruvanka (to All - Entire Audience): i will contact the leopard expert Mario Chris (to All - Entire Audience): ashley, vaishnav, and james, why don't you all share email/contact info with each other so you can stay in touch as to contacting leopard experts Ashley Liu (to All - Entire Audience): sure thing Vaishnav Kuruvanka (to All - Entire Audience): k James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Sure, james.wang@tanhc.com Vaishnav Kuruvanka (to All - Entire Audience): lathago@hotmail.com Vaishnav Kuruvanka (to All - Entire Audience): can you please post a link Conrad Foundation (to All - Entire Audience): conradcreativecollaboration.com James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): And I (along with Mario) will take the meeting notes back to TANHC and do a little further review. Mario will get back to you if we have any new observations/suggestions. Conrad Foundation (to All - Entire Audience): excellent, thank you Ashley Liu (Private): </3 come on... James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Can I say one thing! Mario Chris (to All - Entire Audience): i will send out meeting notes by tomorrow James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Haha okay Jonathan (to All - Entire Audience): I can work on the systerns? What is the size of systerns that lasts one week? Conrad Foundation (to All - Entire Audience): 500 liters, Jonathan Jonathan (to All - Entire Audience): alright, thank you! Ethan Colman (to All - Entire Audience): Thats why gofundme, and kickstarter may be a better option. Alex Berwick (to All - Entire Audience): you are welcome. Rajiv R (to All - Entire Audience): sorry guys got to go. was nice discussing ideas with you :) Conrad Foundation (to All - Entire Audience): bye! Ethan Colman (to All - Entire Audience): It may also make it look more populated James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Thank you all, this is great stuff! James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Another meeting sounds great.

Vaishnav Kuruvanka (to All - Entire Audience): thank you, this was a really great meeting Alex Berwick (to All - Entire Audience): I would just like to say regarding the concerns for investors, to which you bring up a good point regarding not being profit-driven, I will note your concerns and questions and contact upper management regarding what the plan is for funding. which I can share details with at our next meeting. Ethan Colman (to All - Entire Audience): Are we having a second meeting tomorrow? Mario Chris (to All - Entire Audience): in addition to meeting notes i will be sending out action items James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Hey Mario, add Alex to those action items James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Hey Ashley we can sitll see your screen! Mario Chris (to All - Entire Audience): in terms of looking into investors for our project? Mario Chris (to All - Entire Audience): ^^ james James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Yes Mario, thanks. Vaishnav Kuruvanka (to All - Entire Audience): im sorry i have to leave, and once again this was really great and i look forward to the next meeting Ethan Colman (to All - Entire Audience): We need to keep bumping the page, Its not worth posting if nobody sees it. James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Mario wanna review the action items outloud one last time? James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): Oh, and one more action item: James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): -Consult a plumber? James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): A plumber might be able to give us some advice on the plumbing/hose/pipe idea. James Wang (to All - Entire Audience): sounds good, see you guys next month! Jonathan (to All - Entire Audience): see ya! and I don't think we should ask Ethan Colman (to All - Entire Audience): Glad everyone had the time to get together.and plan this.