Meeting 02 - Minutes

Thanks to all who came to the meeting on Thursday.

Progress to date:.

• Our Fundraising Table Quiz is set for Tuesday evening at 4 Dame Lane. We expect all of our group members to be there with a team each! Thank you to all of the quiz night sponsors including :
• Castlepalooza Festival for 4 festival tickets to quiz winner and 2 for raffle
• Littlewoods for 8gb Ipod
• Westwoods Fitness for 2 free passes
• Jacquart Champagne for 2 bottles of champagne
• K&M Evans Art Supplies – for a 50eu voucher
• RIAI Bookshop – for 7 books
• P&K Cycles – for Bike Helmets and Lights
• Kings Inn Pub – for wine

• The First Draft of our domed room design is being reviewed by our structural consultants. Michael Ramage and Peter Brunner
• About the House will be filming the construction of our room for a segment on their program
• We will be holding the first building workshop for the group and beginning the setting out of the project on Thursday the 23^rd at 2:00pm. In order to participate in the remainder of the construction process all group members must attend on Thursday. Please inform us if you will be unable to attend.
• Our site has been chosen with the assistance of Michael Murphy of the building lab on the corner of the field between the 4^th year studio and the building lab.
• The required bricks and brick slips have been generously donated by Dermot Kelly of Lagan Bricks

Programme:

• Please consult the programme to the right hand side of the page for regular programme updates as it evolves. Provisionally we have:
• Wednesday 22^nd, the site will be strimmed and 3 members will assist Michael Murphy with a quarry run for sand and gravel
• Thursday 23^rd, first building workshop for the entire group, setting out the site. Mandatory attendance.
• Monday 27^th, Construction teams begin work on foundation excavation. Schedule to be agreed.
• Thursday 30^th, Rebar and foundation pouring.

Actions:

• GROUP – Spread the word about the table quiz!
• GROUP – put up posters and distribute publicity on our sponsors
• GROUP – photograph all aspects of the process as things move forward.
• GROUP – Please email us if you have any construction experience as we need to set up our construction teams.
• Fiona Suzy Ryan Andrew and Colm- Quiz questions and organization
• Elaine - Investigating sources / prices of British Gypsum Casting Plaster and strimming (weed wacking..) the site in preparation for Thursday’s workshop.
• Carthage – will be setting up the time lapse photography and finding a location in the planning offices. First photographs to be taken by Wednesday’s site clearing.
• Anne Nielsen – is our member in charge of documentation and regular photography. To begin taking photos now.
• Alex Doran, David LedWith, Conor McGowan to go on Quarry run with Michael Murphy on Wednesday at Lunch
• Simon Canz – to purchase 3no. builders’ shovels, 2no. buckets, and builders’string for the Thursday workshop
• Philip – (still) Checking on sources of ply to use as the temporary support to the arches on which the dome will bear.
• Dina – (still) looking for a 3m metal pole
• Ryan, Andrew, Colm – Continue to liaise with Michael Ramage and Peter Brunner to work up the design of foundations and buttressing.

Keep up the good work!