Month: June 2011

Held an online meeting with the group.

Summary of points:

–          Deadline for first garden: July 22^nd – approximately 4 weeks

–          Sensory equipment from the catalogue should arrive in roughly 6-8 weeks: total about $1500

–          Wall stickers: purchasing an additional $150 – bringing total to $300 (thus $600 spending dollars)

–          Walkthrough meeting with care home staff: June 28^th (Tuesday) morning – need confirmation

• Briefing primary care staff, administration, & maintenance (community members
• What the project is about, how we will start setting up, some idea of how it will look in the end
• input of what things need to be changed

–          Care home open house: mid-August

• Complete as least 2 corners

–          Group meeting at care home: this Saturday at 10am (6/25/2011)

• Preparation & rehearsal for meeting next week
• Purchase additional material/equipment for each corner

Met with Fiona today after my neurodevnet conference in downtown.

Summary of points:

• Need to set a walk-through date with care home staff: Suggested times Tuesday 28 Mornings, Wednesdays 29 Afternoons, Thursday 30 mornings
• a rough outline of the equipment we will be purchasing from the catalogues: total so far will come to ~$1500
• Deadlines set: July 22nd – Must have one sensory corner done (before Fiona goes on vacation); August 19th? SUCCESS care home open house: try to get as much done as possible
• Online meeting set for tomorrow at 9pm over skype (6/22/2011)

Things are going behind schedule but there should still be sufficient time to complete the project. We are entering late June so the next few weeks should be pretty busy in terms of getting things done.