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Alec - ale216@lehigh.edu
Aly - ajl216@lehigh.edu
Ben - bmc217@lehigh.edu
Tori - vaw212@lehigh.edu

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Day 29

Wednesday had the same daily deliverables as the previous days of the week. I arrived to see one thousand feet of UTP Cat 5 outdoor cable sitting on the table, knowing that I will be the sole person working with it. Yay, gifts for me. Accompanying the Cat5 were an abundance of waterproof temperature sensors. We resorted to purchasing them because it will be better in the long run, despite all of our attempts at waterproofing. At least we tried. We had to know that ones we built weren't going to be more efficient than ones we bought.

I spent most of the day messing around with the website we are building. Much excitement about that. It's taking longer than expected, but no worries. It's going to have a cool video on us that I made, a link to our blog, some bios on the team, and information on what we're doing, as well as contact information. There will be a place where you can set up emails to send,which come directly to me so send me an email to say hi. We are hoping to include the final draft of our written report on there for you all to see too. A full write up of how we created SUSAN will eventually be included as well, once it's actually written. We bought our domain name from Go Daddy and are using they're hosting and website building templates as well. Seems to be fine. It cost $72 for a year. We are starting to feel official.

At 11am, we had a meeting with Kaley Krick. She is a representative for Ignite LU, which is an outreach program to alumni for funds to help projects such as ours. She explained to us that some groups have received $0.00 and some are up to $17,000. It all depends on how much effort you put into it, and that no money is guaranteed. She suggested we reach out to family and friends first for donations, to help build us a foundation. Once we establish a donation account, we will be accepting all donations from generous people such as our blog followers. Funds will go to products pertinent to our project, such as a pickup truck, pieces of SUSAN's technology, Solar Panels, tarps for our compost pile, a wheelbarrow, and such the like. More donation information will be available once the site is running, and once we get accepted by Ignite LU. They do not accept all projects, and are very exclusive about which ones they do pick. They want projects that will have a positive influence on the Lehigh Community, which she expressed that our's would have. All we can do is fill out the application and wait. So, more info to  come on this matter.

I spent the rest of the day proof-reading the Final Draft of our report. Have to make sure it's as professional as possible so we are taken seriously. Nothing says treat us like children more than a grammatically incorrect paper. No comma will be spared.

Today is a day of SUSAN. I will be soldering away like a slave all day. They are airing the USA vs. Germany World Cup game today at the Mountaintop @ noon. How lucky are we. GO America. Ben will be working on the online application for Ignite LU, and Alec is driving Tori to the doctor because she got something stuck in her eye. Becca will be acting as a guest visitor and secretary today. woop.

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