[Scpg] CORRECTION - Domes for Haiti ~ Needs Your Help!

[John Calvert]

/whupps... I'm told some of this info is not current, SO PLEASE DO NOT 
FORWARD.
Check out the website and blog directly for info.

JC/

John Calvert wrote:
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> *[ please forward widely ]*
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> [image]*Domes for Haiti*
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> This is a grassroots effort in New York to bring geodesic domes to 
> Haiti, built using metal conduit and recycled vinyl. The group is 
> fabricating portable geodesic domes made out of recycled and donated 
> materials from NYC's entertainment & construction industries. The 
> geodesic domes are 17' in diameter, 9' tall in the center, and are 
> large enough to house a family of five.
> Open to volunteers: YES
> Contact: Lopi LaRoe, info at domesforhaiti.org 
> <mailto:info at domesforhaiti.org>
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> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need 
> JavaScript enabled to view it website <http://domesforhaiti.org/> | 
> blog <http://domesforhaiti.blogspot.com> | donate 
> <http://www.domesforhaiti.org>
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>     Project Update
>     Tuesday, April 13, 2010
>
> Thanks to all the volunteers who have helped on this project so far: 
> Serra, Larken, Allyse, Dena, Olivia, Will, Janna, Zach, Margaret, Jim, 
> Christopher, Laura, Duncan, Elizabeth, David, Renee, Catie, Brett, 
> Angie, Margie, Joe, John and Ryan. Thank you so very much.
>
> I met with the owner of a large company whose factory is in the 
> Brooklyn Navy Yards. He is a very intelligent older man who supports 
> the green movement to the utmost. He is dedicated to using the most 
> innovative green technology that is available. They are building a 
> huge green house in the navy yard. He supports artistic expression. He 
> is cool. I think he likes my project. He gave his blessing for his Art 
> Director to work with me on creating a prototype cover to see if it's 
> economically feasible to fabricate the domes in his factory with his 
> machines. I went the day before meeting with The Boss to the factory 
> in BK NY and their RF Welder is enormous. They have auto cutting 
> machines and huge printing machines. So now we have exactly what we 
> needed for this project. An experienced builder and designer. Thanks! 
> He will be working up our new pattern this week and we can hopefully 
> get a dry run done on the prototype by monday, so that we can 
> fabricate it, get all the kinks out of it, and then get a quote on 
> what the job costs and start running it.
>
> The frame struts for ten domes will be ready by the 25th of this 
> month. I will be needing alot of help that week, packing stuff up to 
> be shipped. If you have time on the 26th, 27th, 28th that would be a 
> great help. Also, I am going to need a companion to drive the truck 
> back from Miami for me after I bring the stuff down to be shipped.
>
> I am also still looking for a Kreyol speaking film maker to document 
> this journey to Haiti. We will pay your airfare and a small stipend in 
> cash, if we raise enough at the benefits coming up.
>
> So we are making the real prototype. The first one is, in all honesty, 
> kind of a dud. Sorry! I wasted a whole week on this pattern that just 
> didn't work at all. I feel like an idiot. I wish the learning curve 
> were not so steep on this.
>
> It just sets us back in the whole process. I am keeping my sights on 
> May 1st.
>
> In other news, Eric Klein from Can do <http://www.can-do.org/> called 
> me yesterday and we had a great talk. He offered to ship my domes for 
> me from Miami on a cruise ship! But this buys us back some time 
> because shipping the domes from Yonkers was going to take 18 days. 
> From Miami it takes 2 days. So if I rent a truck and drive the stuff 
> to Miami, I can fly from there. That cuts out some time, some of the 
> time that I lost.
>
> Also, funding. We need donations to buy tools to bring with the dome 
> kits to Haiti. If you donate money through paypal, you can know that 
> your money is going to purchase tools to bring to the people who are 
> rebuilding in Haiti. We have been receiving on average about 1 
> donation a week and that is not enough to sustain jack. Please send in 
> a donation today <http://www.domesforhaiti.org>, even 20 bucks helps.
>
> Thanks for reading.
>
> /-- Lopi LaRoe/
> info at domesforhaiti.org <mailto:info at domesforhaiti.org>
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> http://domesforhaiti.blogspot.com
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