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Nov 1, 2012

To Do

• Contact Steve Burns - parker's contact
• Contact Autocad guys
• http://www.ecosoldesigns.com/renewable-energy-systems/

Oct 31, 2012

• Met with Lenny-Wayne & Marcin on backhoe
• disassembled old rotor for trencher
• trip to tractor supply store
• met with parker and took next steps on accounting system
• met with Jacob Dalton - got updates and prepped him for DPV
• talked with James Thornburgh of Fresno State drafting class
• got an update from Dan McCormick
• got an update from Dalayna of ITT Springfield
• requested meeting with Joshua Bond about universal rotor
• published blog post

Oct 30, 2012

• Blog Post - strategic plan community review
• Autodesk - got confirmation from Paul Cousens that we'll get:

• (2) Inventor Publisher licenses
• (3) Autodesk Product Design Suite 2013 Ultimate Edition licenses
• (5) PLM360
• (3) Vault Pro's

• Jacob - met with him and went over DPV priorities

10/29 Weekly Goals

• Finalize food buying system and make first order
• Accounting System - create accounting system.
• Jacob Dalton - meet with him and prepare for his visit to FeF
• Universal Rotor - meet with Josh about next steps based on his last email.
• Finalize insurance application with colby and submit it
• Consolidate top ten best grant opportunities
• Publish strat. plan blog post for community review.

Oct 25, 2012

• Stove Installation
• Digging with tractor for insulation

Oct 24, 2012

• Stove Fabrication

Oct 23, 2012

• Stove Fabrication

Oct 22, 2012

• Hybrid Structuring Strategy
• Picked up steel from Sweiger and welded stove pipe for HabLab stove
• Made general inverter diagram
• Contacted Dan McCormick
• Sent software request list to Paul Cousens of AutoDesk
• Contacted Stefani of 3rdWard

Oct 21, 2012

• Created Budget Creation Process with Yoonseo
• Cleaned up the workshop for 1.5hrs with Yoonseo
• Cleaned out NE interior HabLab room for recreation (pingpong, music, movies, etc.)

Oct 20, 2012

Saturday Work Day

• Fabricated stove exhaust system with Yoonseo

Oct 19, 2012

Marcin Update

• Met with Lenny-Wayne and Marcin about the Backhoe

Personal Meltdown

• Took personal space - was feeling overwhelmed

Oct 18, 2012

HabLab Stove

• Installation

Guatemala

• Updated Guatemala Log

Oct 17, 2012

HabLab Stove

• Fabrication

Oct 16, 2012

CNC Torch Table

• CNC Torch Table Log - Updated with emails and videos from email chain

Strategic Plan

• Working on draft

LawGives

• Signed up for LawGives based on Karien's recommendation

Oct 15, 2012

Accounting

• Set up online banking at Independent Farmers Bank
• Signed up for e-statements
• Accounting Process
• Accounting Process Map - first draft

Trademark

• Submitted trademark application for 'Open Source Ecology'

Strategic Plan

• Began first draft - review draft - prototype 1.0 in InDesign

Oct 13, 2012

Saturday Work Day'

• Used grinder to open up skylights in HabLab ceiling.
• Installed window frame and cover in bathroom skylight
• Organized back room in HabLab.
• Cleaned HabLab

Oct 12, 2012

Trencher

Oct 11, 2012

Lenny Wayne

• Got a backhoe update
• Showed him the lathe problem statement video and asked him to source parts we need - he said he cut his teeth on a lathe like ours.
• Invited him to come to FeF to help us set it up.
• He sent us a shop drawing of a File:Quick attach - Universal drawing.pdf.

• Reference

Director of Development Role Description

• Created chart showing time breakdown - Director of Development

TIG Welder

• Soldered and wired the plug with Yoonseo

Luke Shields

• General check in
• He wants to come for a month from Connecticut - would need gas money
• He is doing a project - due Sunday:

• Database & Invoice
• Editable Invoice

ITT Springfield

• Updated ITT Springfield Log

Trademark

• Called Legalzoom - they're ready to submit our trademark
• Sent trademark application to Colby and Karien for review

Guatemala

• Updated Guatemala Log
• Sent questions to Marcin asking him to reply to Manuel
• Uploaded pictures and CAD

Oct 10, 2012

Defensive Patent License

• Created Defensive Patent License page
• Preliminary research

AutoCAD Inventor

• Set up meeting with Paul Cousens of the Autodesk Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program

JP Bader

• Set up meeting with JP Bader of the Robert & Toni Bader Charitable Foundation
• Sent him OSE - Strategic Plan - Draft Review

Everlast 256

• Began setting up TIG Welder
• We need Argon gas and rods for welding aluminum

Inverter

• Invited Sergio Andermann from Arap to join the inverter team

Org. Dev. Plan

• Sent plan to Dan McCormick

Microfunding

• Met with Jacob Dalton and Brad Lewis
• Microfunding Log
• Goal is to be complete in one month

Backhoe

• Updated design for fabrication from Lenny-Wayne Patterson
• Backhoe Design

Guatemala

• Created Guatemala Log
• Need to upload images and videos they sent plus cad

Trencher

• We don't have a battery charger for the campera so we can't document the process
• Tristan ordered a new charger that will be here Friday

Oct 9, 2012

Inverter

• transferred email history to Inverter Log

FeF Food System

• Asked Shari about dingleberries

CAD Model Transfer Process

• Created CAD Model Transfer Process page and began researching options.
• Parker and David are installing AutoCAD Inventor on the OSE Workstation
• We are testing the compatibility of Sketchup-exported models with Inventor and Solidworks - the primary motivation is the ITT Springfield collaboration that is now a fully developed long-term possibility.

Joe Demko

• Created Joe Demko page
• Requested that Parker send him a thank you letter for filing our 501c3 application for us

Chloe Holderness

• Created Chloe Holderness page
• Requested that Parker send her a thank you letter

Hybrid Organizational Development

• Emailed plan to Larry Satkowiak and Carter MacNamara

Logs

• Cleaned up Logs page

Backlog

• Created Backlog Form for Aaron Log

Autodesk Inventor

• Emailed Paul Cousens of Autodesk - from Marcin's email

Oct 8, 2012

Power Inverter

• Created Inverter Log with Yoonseo
• Emailed all collaborators starting the initial design discussion

Universal Rotor

• Created Universal Rotor Log
• Emailed Joshua Bond (JB) starting the initial design discussion

ITT Springfield

• Created ITT Springfield Log
• Met with Dalayna Williams and discussed a thorough partnership process

FeF Weight Room

• Cleaned out a silo with Tristan and leveled the floor for use as a weight room.
• Sadly, the camera was out of batteries

Accounting

• Created Accounting System Log with Parker
• Reviewed current status of accounting system development and created Accounting System Process Log

Process Map

• Updated Process Map

Oct 6, 2012

Saturday Work Day

• Weatherized the front entrance of the HabLab

Oct 5, 2012

• Sick with the flu

Oct 4, 2012

Board of Directors

• Updated meeting minutes and added category tags to relevant board pages.
• This is preparation for sending out my hybrid structuring document for review.

OSE Hybrid Organization Development Plan

• Plan Rationale & Timetables
• Plan Graphical Overview
• Hybrid Structuring Strategy

Aaron - Project Management Graph

• Aaron - Project Management Graph

Policies

• Created Policies toolbar.
• Organized all policies and applied policies toolbar to all policy pages.

Oct 3, 2012

Air Compressor Hose Couplers Research

• Went to CarQuest and Baker's Hardware with Graham researching couplers for the air compressor hoses.
• We can run galvanized pipe from the air compressor to mount a strong permanent fixture and that allows for water drainage.

David Reed - Sketchup Draftsman

• David has a degree in Mechanical Drafting - using primarily AutoCAD software
• He is available to help us with making Sketchup models periodically
• We worked on the trencher design - see here.

Universal Quick Tach/Bob-tatch

• Researched quick attach standards
• Universal Quick Tach

Backhoe

• Learned to use the backhoe with the LifeTrac - dug a small length of trench.
• Once I get the hang of it, things will speed up.

Oct 2, 2012

Hybrid Structuring Strategy Diagram

• Made graphical representation of relevant elements.
• My next step is to write a two-page narrative summary of the plan and then solicit plan review.
• Planning review strategy is listed here.

Remote Machine Designer Project Management - Lenny-Wayne Patterson

• Met with him and Marcin
• Design review document - made changes for ease of fabrication
• Worked with Aidan and Marcin to get a student license of VariCAD for Lenny-Wayne.
• Started blog post draft with Lenny-Wayne on the design of the next backhoe.

Income & Expenditures

• Updated Parker on the status of our bookkeeping and advised next steps in the process.
• Parker is handling the next steps.

Shumaker Family Foundation

• Wrote Shumaker Family Foundation - October Grant Report and sent it to Judy - ED of Shumaker.

For-Profit Business Research

• Did cursory research of for-profit strategy at the U.S. Small Business Administration website.

Trencher

• Researched viability of Quick Attach Wheels design for use with the trencher as a universal rotor.

Dan McCormick

• I had a great meeting with Dan McCormick. He said the door is still open with Nicholas Sparks and reaffirmed his enthusiasm for our work. He agreed to review my work on the org. dev. strategy.
• He would like to come out to FeF in the next month after his upcomming trip to Des Moines.

Guatemala Pilot

• OSE - Guatemala - Pilot Project - Logic Model
• If we can get this pilot project documented and funded - we can conduct a thorough programs evaluation and prove our theory of change, which will lead to millions of dollars in funding.
• I requested a plan update for Quetsol from Manuel Aguilar given his new relationship with Andres Botran.

Food Buying System

• I met with Shari and she updated me on the rest of the work that needs to be finished.
• She is talking with Fair Share Farms on getting signed up for their bulk buying system.
• Food Purchase Breakdown
• She wrote a recruiting script with Tristan for a cook recruiting video - she is trying to locate the document.

10/01/12

Remote Management of Machine Designer - Lenny-Wayne Patterson

• Work Document
• CNC Torch Table Work Breakdown Structure
• Lenny Wayne Log
• Backhoe Google Drawing

Remote Management of Machine Designer - Tim Boyd

• Work Document
• Tim Boyd Log

Accounting

• Downloaded UWCU transaction history
• Downloaded Sesloc transaction history from 06/01/12 to present (all that is available for download)
• 2012 Transaction History
• OSE Financial Transparency 2012 - transfered transactions I could understand

• To Do: see if checks are scanned and viewable online, check with Marcin on items I don't recognize

CNC Torch Table

• Checked with Yoonseo on the status of the torch table:

I've got torch table electronics handled. It will be very similar to the system used for the CNC Circuit Mill V2. Just a matter of making a large case, large screw terminals, then mounting and wiring the new stepper drivers (from Darren) with the Arduino Uno R3. Darren has a friend updating the gcode interpreter code. The mechanical side of the torch table is relatively easy and near completion. Marcin was on this last we discussed. Best, Yoonseo

09/30/12

• Hybrid Structuring Strategy - Request for Hybrid Structuring Strategy from Marcin
• Strategic Plan: transfered wiki doc to google doc.
• Trencher: cut teeth off and took video for final video/blog post
• Dan McCormick: set up meeting for Tuesday, October 2
• Food Buying System: set up meeting with Shari for Tuesday, October 2. Write down agenda to make meeting effective and to shorten it from 1 hour to 15 minutes.
• Induction Furnace: set up meeting with Tim Boyd for Monday, October 1. Write down agenda for review.
• Backhoe: requested meeting for this week regarding finalization of design according to OSE Specs. span style="color:red"> Do you know what chnanges need to be made to make it more OSE Spec?
• Email System: installed ActiveInbox

• Reference

• Accounting:

• 990 Decoder: automatically generates financial reports using IRS 990 format
• Financial Controls: began making granular list of steps for strategy & integrated into OSE - Accounting - Work Breakdown Structure
• OSE - Accounting - Work Breakdown Structure: began diagraming components of accounting system - boxes are linked to granular steps.
• Financial Controls Research

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