Conference Call #17

Muamba
Nadine
Tania

Sunday, November 23, 2008, 5:00 PM -5:15 PM PST

- No new topics
- $36 from first group purchase for key chains...who will put us over
the top?
-Tania to put out communication of possible new position. LB YAO
Secretary. Propose 1 person to track meeting notes, put out conference
call agenda prior to weekly call, etc. More from Tania
-Tania also had ideas for generating more donors for solar initiative.
Again she will put out to group via email or on another call

Anonymous Commentary:
Unfortunately we are acting real Congolese as a group. Just because
there were more people on the call last week, seems folks think it's
time for a break. The whole EC is watching us. We will have an executive
summit in SD....Comm Chair, Chief of Staff and Chairman over Heineken
and turkey to get ready for end of the year agenda items. If we hope or
wait for a result we can expect to fail. If we plan and execute we will
win. We need to get this through to each person who claims LBYAO....some
rep,some are straight frontin....

Analysis:
Are we going to make history or be history? We must challenge ourselves everyday!

LB Conference Call 11-23-08


Agenda:
 Other electricity options
 See if any more people have shown interest for the group trip in 2010
 LB items
 Direction of the executive committee

I. Electricity options
A. Does anyone know where I can obtain an itemized format of the $10,000 budget for providing electricity for the clinic?

B. There were some other organizations that I found on-line
 EEF (Switzerland)
 Infra-Consult (Germany)
 Medis (Belgium)
 World Bank
 European Investment Bank
 Solar Energy for Africa http://solarenergyforafrica.com/index.html
 Have done a lot in Uganda already
 Based out of Silver Springs, MD

 Solar Light for Africa http://www.solarlightforafrica.org/
 Based out of Norcross, GA
 A non-profit Christian organization whose mission is to transform lives and empower the people of Africa by providing light and energy using the natural power of the sun
 Established in 1997
 Intention to install approximately 1,000 solar units annually
 Helped provide clean water and electrification to Kakuuto hospital, where the AIDS virus was discovered
 Their site states that $1500 provides 1 complete system for a clinic, school, or public facility
 A 501(c) (3) organization

 Jewish Heart for Africa http://www.jhasol.org/
 A 501 (c) (3) organization
 Provided electricity to a clinic in Uganda for $4300
 Most of their clinic projects cost between $4000-$5000
 Their mission is to bring Israeli solar technology to Africa
 They had a great pic of Africa at night; there is barely any light in DRC (truly the DARK Continent)
 Ambassadors attend their events


C. Some interesting facts about electricity in Africa
 The sun can provide up to 12 hours of light each day
 There is an increase in deforestation because of the other energy sources that are used (i.e. sticks for firewood; coal; paper; etc.)

II. Is there anyone else interested in the Back to Africa trip 2010?
A. So far the people who are on board are:
 Tshilumba Kabongo
 Thierry Tubajika
 Muamba Kabongo
 Nadine Kasongo
 Kalonji Kadima
 Marco Nkashama
 Tania Kasongo

B. I would really like to make this a well-organized trip so the earlier I have a ballpark idea of how many people would like to come along; that would be great

C. I have spoken with one of the leaders that planned the service trip I took to NOLA b/c they also take international service trips; this year they went to Ghana. So she can provide me with further information


D. Also, I will dedicate more time to this later but right now I am on Tubman time at work!

E. So far what I know about dates is this:
 If LB is during the first weekend of July then it will be from Friday: July 2nd to Sunday July 4th.
 Maybe since we will all be in the same city we can depart from there?
 The FIFA dates:
 July 4th & 5th  Rest days
 July 6th & 7th  Semi-finals
 July 8th & 9th  Rest days
 July 10th  Quarter final
 July 11th Final match
 I was thinking that we could depart on the 4th or 5th; it would be cheaper on the 5th since it is not a holiday




III. LB items
A. Key chains
 We are $36 away from making the keychain purchase
 If I do not have the full contribution by the end of this month; I will go ahead and purchase the key chains

B. T-shirts
 I am waiting for Ndaya to send me the re-sized format of the Leopard logo
 Ndelo has asked me about it and he is very excited to get started on them!


IV. Direction of LB executive committee
A. New position proposal
 I think that we should have a secretary
 This person will be responsible for sending out the agenda BEFORE the conference call
 This person must also be dedicated to making each conference call so that they may take attendance and send out meeting minutes to everyone the same day or following day

B. How we can be successful in providing electricity to KMHC
 Utilize each other’s skills
 We have a lot of beautiful minds in this group; with diverse skills. We should take advantage of that and use each person in the field where they are strong
 We need to be in close contact with someone who knows a lot about electrical engineering so that we know exactly what we will need to set up a functioning electric system in the clinic
 We also need to have someone who has experience in proposal writing
 This will be beneficial in possibly getting an electric system with little to no cost for us!