Week 1: January 16-20
Jan 20th, 2012 by Calvin
Our CSL project team consists of Andre Dratwa, Michael Elder, Lindsay Jennings, Ava Li, Calvin Lui, and Linus Yau, all second-year Civil Engineering students. Although some of us already know each other from before, Monday was the first day we officially met together as a group. During this session, team roles were assigned, and are as follows:
- Andre – Leader
- Linus – Client Liaison
- Michael – Mentor Liaison
- Lindsay – Note taker
- Calvin – Blogger
- Ava – Documents and Files Keeper
In this time, we were also introduced to our mentor, Roein Manafi. Roein is a third-year Mechanical Engineering student, and his experiences while working on a CSL project this past summer will be invaluable to our group’s success.
Our client is Better Environmentally Sound Transportation (BEST), a non-profit organization that was founded in 1991. Their focus is on promoting sustainable transportation in the Greater Vancouver Area. One of their projects at the moment is the Seniors Transportation, Access, and Resources (STAR) initiative. The purpose of this venture is to “assist urban, rural, and remote agencies in helping seniors to age in place” (STAR Canada, 2011). One of the ways they are doing this is by providing transportation services for the elderly. However, this part of the program is still in its infancy.
Our project team has been given the task of gathering and analyzing some data for three seniors’ agencies involved in STAR in the North Vancouver area. Our findings will be submitted to BEST in the form of a report and also a presentation at one of their board meetings. The expected completion date of this project is late February.
On Tuesday, we visited the BEST office, to meet with Marty Frost, the representative from the organization we will be in contact with. A picture of the office building is shown below. During this meeting, some of the details of the project were discussed. Most importantly, we were informed that we will need to visit each to the three agencies in North Vancouver sometime in the next few weeks, in order to collect data. Our main task this week will be to get in contact with these agencies.
Great start to the project! I’m looking forward to reading more a the weeks unfold.
Now that you have met Marty, please invite him into the blog.
Regards,
Susan Nesbit
Hello All.
Great to read your first entry!
I’m looking forward to following your progress over the next couple months.
Good luck,
Alaya
(CSL Coordinator, Applied Science)
Thank you for giving me access to the blog. I will really enjoy hearing of your experiences working with the organizations to which I referred you. We have found them really receptive and eager to help, I hope your experience will be similar. Also, thanks for the initial posts to the blog. Good reporting!
Marty