Hi Christa, Always glad to gab!
Best, Dean On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 2:05 PM, CHRISTA ROTH <[email protected] > wrote: > Peter, good idea. My offer stands to have Stoves101 on the Friday > afternoon before the official program, like last year, but for the real > first-timers maybe even extend it to 3 hours and start at 2 PM, or even > earlier if some people want to be there earlier. Thanks to your suggestion > some time back, it has become a real training course that I now do as well > for new staff from GIZ or other organizations, especially before they go > into the field. But I have also been doing this even with illiterate stove > producers in Burundi, Congo and Malawi in the last year. It is very > gratifying to see people understanding the basics without having had a > physics class in their life. > Last year we had Dean and Dale joining in. Are you ready again? or anybody > else? > see you then. > christa > > > Am 27.11.2013 um 20:56 schrieb Peter Keller <[email protected]>: > > Hi All, > > I've been the one to push for a Stoves 101 course for the last couple of > years. It's been pretty well attended. But then, there wasn't much else to > do. :-) Anyway, I think it should be a permanent session so that our > first-timers don't get left behind. There's a story behind that that has > led me to an ongoing friendship with a man in Kenya who had attended the > PCIA Conference in Peru and had no idea he was making a bad stove because > no one talked about the basics. Things are better now. > > Peter Keller > Executive Director, Aid Africa > 818-249-2398 - Home > 818-389-6778 - Cell > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Anderson <[email protected]> > To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves <[email protected]>; > ETHOS - Listserve <[email protected]>; Doc Anderson < > [email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Nov 27, 2013 11:06 am > Subject: [Ethos] Topics at ETHOS 2014 > > Dear Stovers, > > The ETHOS 2014 meeting will cover the topics that we want, and Mark has > asked for additional suggestions. > > The original 5 topics that are proposed are: > > - Update on the Global Alliance and their activities > - Standardizing Reporting on IWA Indicators > - Stove Performance Inventory, Sharing Public Data, and Establishing > Common Data Formats > - Update on ISO Process > - Updates on Protocol Developments > > > In my opinion, the 5 proposed discussion topics are fine, but are too > restricted to the agenda of the GACC. > > Please add ones on: > Stove technology and design (NEW, not a rehash of what exists) > *Proven* dissemination and acceptance of stoves: results from the > field (This is NOT "The story of my NGO or project.") > > And some panels and maybe some "short reports sessions" (4 minutes > maximum per speaker) that have a common theme and then PLUS open > discussion/debate that gets to the real issues. > > For SOME attendees, the topic of "Charcoal producing stoves and related > biochar issues" is of major interest and will draw in some additional > participants. But this is NOT a biochar conference with reports on impact > on soils and plants. > > Recommendation: Attend if you can!!!!!! I have attended every ETHOS > since 2004, and the content and importance is getting stronger and > stronger. 48 intensive hours. And opportunities for side meetings with > like-minded people from around the world are extremely beneficial. > Registration info and link is below in Mark's message. > > And there could be some possibilities for some PRE conference and/or POST > conference meetings and workshops, but none are announced yet that I know. > > Paul > > Doc / Dr TLUD / Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD > Email: [email protected] > Skype: paultlud Phone: +1-309-452-7072 > Website: www.drtlud.com > > On 11/27/2013 10:46 AM, Bryden, Kenneth [M E] wrote: > > All, > > The ETHOS registration web site is live. Please register for ETHOS 2014 > at http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/ethos/conference.php. > > Best regards > Mark > > It's that time of year again! We're starting to get the activities > together together for the ETHOS conference. The conference will be January > 24 - 26, 2014 in Seattle. Proposed discussion topics include > > - Update on the Global Alliance and their activities > - Standardizing Reporting on IWA Indicators > - Stove Performance Inventory, Sharing Public Data, and Establishing > Common Data Formats > - Update on ISO Process > - Updates on Protocol Developments > > Let us know what else you would like to talk about. A lot is happening > and I'm sure it will be as exciting as ever. I'd appreciate having your > ideas on topics and panels by December 15. > > Abstracts for papers and talks are due January 1. > > Please send your ideas directly to Dean and I. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Stoves mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web > pagehttp://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web > site:http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Ethos mailing > [email protected]http://cannon-mail.vrac.iastate.edu/mailman/listinfo/ethos > > _______________________________________________ > Ethos mailing list > [email protected] > http://cannon-mail.vrac.iastate.edu/mailman/listinfo/ethos > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ethos mailing list > [email protected] > http://cannon-mail.vrac.iastate.edu/mailman/listinfo/ethos > >
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