Getting Involved Julie Jones & Chris Lombardo South Central Region Conference 2013

My EWB Timeline University of Maryland: 2004 – 2005 – Patadel, Ecuador

University of Texas: 2005 – 2009 – Jaboncillos Chicos, Mexico – San Miguel, Mexico

Greater Austin: 2009 – 2012 – Sieykin, Panama – Ancash, Peru

Harvard University: 2012 - ? – Pinalito, DR

National Relationships South Central Region

My EWB Timeline University of Arkansas: 2005 – 2007 – Amazonian Villages

Northwest Arkansas Professional: 2006 – 2008 North Texas Professional: 2008 – ? – Las Malvinas, Mexico – Panimaic, Guatemala

National Relationships South Central Region

South Central Region • 4 States • 23 Chapters

Oklahoma State Univ ersity

Texas Tech University

University of Tu Oklahoma lsa East Professiona l

SMU North Texa s Profession al

Greater Au

UT San An to Alamo Prof nio essional

Louisana Tech University

Texas A&M , College St ation stin

University of Houston Rice Univer sity Texas A&M Central Hous Galveston ton Professio na South Hous ton Professio l nal Southern Br azoria County P r ofess ional

LSU Baton Roug e Professiona l Lamar University

UNO Tulane New Orlean s Professiona l

South Central Region • Advocate for members and chapters • Organize educational events – Regional conferences – State events

• Provide input on organizational policy & structure • Provide mentor/chapter matching • Chapter resources

South Central Region • • • • •

President Vice President Treasurer Secretary State Reps – Texas: North, Central, South – Louisiana – Oklahoma – Arkansas

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Webmaster Social media Mentor coordinator State rep coordinator Conference chair(s) – Host chapter(s)

Region Election • Candidates will be announced next week! – Pres, VP, Tres, Secretary

• One vote per chapter • Term starts Jan 1 for one year • State Reps, Webmaster, Social Media, Mentors, etc. are appointed

National Committees • • • • • • • • • •

Board of Directors Council of Regional Presidents Faculty Leadership Committee Governance Health & Safety Technical Advisory State Rep Domestic Projects Service Corps Conference Planning

Standing Content Committees • Energy – PV Presentation – Electrical & Energy mentorship – TAC Guidelines

• Structures • Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene

Technical Papers • Informational white papers for use by chapters & other development groups • A few calls for papers per year • Editors – Jon Fripp – N. Texas Prof – Chris Lombardo – Harvard SEAS – Josh Knight – EWB-USA

• First round of papers – 4 will be published in Spring 2014 – Electrical Infrastructure Troubleshooting – Fecal Coliform Testing – Concrete Construction Field Techniques – Community Mapping

Tentative Educational Programming • Spring 2014 – Local events organized by regions/states/cities

• Fall 2014 – EWB-USA & ASCE International Conference – 2 multi-region conferences, topically oriented

• Spring 2015 – Local events organized by regions/states/cities

• Fall 2015 – 7 regional conferences

• Spring 2016 – Local events organized by regions/states/cities

• Fall 2016 – International conference in Denver

Questions?