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1. Approve notes for October 2020

• http://bit.ly/aiseslcwr_2020_notes

2. Treasurer's Report

• Summary report as of 10/31/20:

• AISES Savings: $152.57

• Dick French Scholarship Fund: $1,343.28

• Dick French Scholarship CD: $10,420.35 (as of 9/30/20)

3. PSU Student Chapter Activities

4. OMSI Update

• Open question for everyone: how can OMSI work differently to support the native community?

5. National Congress of American Indians - Annual Convention and Marketplace

• November 8 - 13, 2020 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, OR

• Herb Fricke suggested STEM event sponsorship from Chapter

  • Ideas?

• Update from those attending

Old items

6. Dick French Scholarship

• Application went well

7. Retreat - Strategic Plan

• Any open items February 9th, 2020

8. NATURE (NSF Engineering Research Center for Native American and Tribal Understanding to Reinvent Engineering )

Vision and Goals of the ERC

NATURE ERC is motivated by the widening gap between the societal advancements in fundamental knowledge in engineering disciplines and the realities faced by Native and Tribal communities in benefiting from basic environmental and infrastructure services. The vision of the ERC NATURE is to reimagine technical innovation through integration of culturally and socially informed engineering solutions inspired by indigenous knowledge. Advances under the NATURE ERC will accelerate development and adoption of appropriate technology and indigenous workforce development, creating resilient shelter, water, sanitation, information technology, and energy solutions to positively transform the quality of life and meet the Sustainable Development Goals in Native American communities.

Our goal is to develop fundamental knowledge that will benefit the resiliency and sustainability of vulnerable communities through the infusion of local and indigenous practice into research-generated solutions to seemingly intractable problems. Our focus will be on new technology development and technology integration processes for indigenous communities that are chronically underserved. We believe that systemic racism in engineering has not been addressed and has limited accessibility to and diversity in engineering practice.

9. Pow wows and table events

• All postponed

10. Covid-19 donation with Puget Sound Chapter

• https://www.gofundme.com/f/pacific-nw-donations-for-navajo-elders

• Update on recent trip

• Navajo Nation has a direct donation link

11. Videos

• Progress will be made over Thanksgiving break

• Check out links Don sent about videos from NAYA, Wisdom of the Elders, and Native Perspectives.

  • • https://nayapdx.org/celebrate-mna/

    • https://vimeo.com/wisdomoftheelders/videos/page:12/sort:date/format:detail

    • http://www.nativeperspectives.net/