Notes from the meeting on January 15th

By: Abigail Morrow

Goals & expectations

  • Respond to communications within 24
  • Assignments due by midnight of the day before its due

What is important to you?

  • Isaiah
    • Not a fan of research
    • Good at written and oral presentations
    • Not a visual person
    • Follow a schedule
    • struggle manage others/large tasks
    • Wants everyone to be responsible
  • Abigail
    • Likes research
    • Fine with all methods of presentation
    • Follow a schedule
    • Good at Scheduling and assignments
  • Hannah
    • Likes research
    • Hates oral presentation
    • Excel at visual communications
    • Will follow a schedule 

Social Activity?

  • Possible but we don’t think it’s necessary at this stage

Preconceptions and preliminary ideas

  • Isaiah sent article in email chain
    • Grand challenges website
  • Where do we want to go with this
    • Solar processing
    • How to build solar
    • Applications
    • Marketing?
    • Batteries (storage)
  • Abigail 2 week class background
  • Hannah not everyone wants solar energy
    • Competing markets
  • Like embedded water-> is solar really better for the environment
  • Energy usage how do you deal with changing demands in energy levels
  • Birds dying because of solar panels

Collaboration:

  • How
    • GROUPME, emails, google docs
  • When
    • No meeting Friday nights or Saturdays (I)
    • No meeting Sundays (A)
  • Where
    • Residence hall lounges and study halls
      • Maple or Randal
    • Depends on the day with or without class
      • If after class in CK or MZ

Project management plan & Schedule

  • Isaiah most available
    • Monday Wednesday nights
    • Mornings (though not morning person)
  • Hannah most available
    • Evenings but probably
  • Abigail
    • Not Fridays
    • Thursday mornings
  • Full availabilities to be posted in Google folder
  • Next Meeting
    • Tuesday 1/22
    • Right after class Marquez

TO Do by next meeting

  • Abigail
    • Google folder
    • Send class schedule to google folder
    • Preliminary research
    • Set up blog
    • Post blog post 1
  • Isaiah
    • Send class schedule to google folder
    • Preliminary research
  • Hannah
    • Send class schedule to google folder
    • Preliminary research