Hi everyone and welcome to a new school year!

Whether you are a new student or a returning member, we are excited to work with you! Online classes and clubs can be difficult but we are doing our best to make sure our organization is ready to go. Any student can join regardless of major or experience- our project is interdisciplinary and you’ll learn by doing (with help & guidance of course).

To start, we have some important information and updates:

• We are moving our communication platform to Discord. Previously we have used Google Hangouts for our weekly meetings and Groupme for our updates- now both will be on Discord for ease of use. From our poll last semester, Discord was a preferred platform and it has many useful functions that will be an improvement. The Discord also has channels for casual conversation so that students can meet and talk to each other easily, since we are not able to in person.The link to join is here: https://discord.gg/cg4sKGC
• Please fill out this When2meet with your weekly availability if you plan to come to our General Body Meetings (GBMs) or work sessions! We want to pick a time that works for as many people as possible. Link: https://www.when2meet.com/?9593796-IxZdL
• Involvement fest is coming up and will be on Webex Teams. Our Involvement fest virtual booth will be on September 10th between the hours of 12pm to 2 pm. Come say hello or ask any questions you may have! The link to join is here: https://eurl.io/#iDvBXsrJ9G
• For our water supply system project, we will be focusing on the design phase this semester. We are finalizing which chlorinator & metering system to implement and will be working on the technical design report. We also are establishing an partnership with a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Costa Rica, so if you are interested in international communication and/or speak Spanish we will be doing work in this area as well.

If you have any questions, you can ask at umbc.ewb@gmail.com, involvement fest, in the EWB Discord, or an exec board member. We will have more information in our first GBM as well (date and time TBD but will be sent out soon). Hope to see you there!

-EWB Executive Board