"Event Log"
|
Mission Links
Mission 2007 Home Mission 2007 Forum Team 1 Home Team 1 Forum MIT Home |
|
-11/12/03- "Summary of Knowledge (with respect to ANWR and the Definition of an A" (version1) has been posted It is available at this link. Also, the hydrocarbon
value table has been updated (see research). -11/7/03- Friday
Meeting The entire Mission discussed
topics of future organization, including making groups solely to present,
edit, analyze, etc. Team E also unveiled its initial proposal, and is awaiting
criticism on it. Time is running short, and the rate of work verses rate of
time has to increase phenomenally if this is to pull off, which it will, inshallah...
Tempers ran high as we
all 'discussed' (to put it politely) on how to approach the remainder of
our tasks... in the end it was decided to stick with the status quo and to
continue on, with all summaries to be finished by this Monday, or else...
Each M2007 student was thrown into 4 impromptu groups, which were then told to give a presentation regarding the use of different types of roads in the ANWR environment. The UTFs then grilled each team on their answers... and in the end said that their expectations were passed (which is not much in absolute terms of knowledge, info, etc., but is a good morale booster, at least it shows how much our UTFs think we're capable of :| )... On the other hand, it is VERY clear that inorder for any presentation to work it would have to be meticulously planned out. The "Midterm" showed that all it takes to derail a presentation is for one person to speak too much, thus diminishing too much time. That is the true morale of the story...
Groups 9 and 10 presented
their status report today, and Kip yet again dropped more hints about 'speeding
things up...' The group then spent its time discussing the final 'summary/report/publication'
for Team 1... clearly the work is not finished yet by a long shot...
Unfortunately, not much
is different from last week. We decided that we should go ahead with making
the 'summaries' for our individual research, and that we should compile
all this in one cohesive document. The exact details are, however, still
a bit vague at this moment...
Subhankar Banerjee was
there today, sharing his experiences with ANWR and the subsequent political
storm that encompassed it.
Each team gave a brief
"5 minute" update on what they were doing, and how far along they are in
doing it. Please refer to Team 8's minutes for the details: http://web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2007/teams/8/progress_102403minutes.html -10/22/03- Team Meeting We recognized that it
is now crunch time, and that we need to step up our efforts in getting our
part finished so that we can be in a better position to help M2007 overall.
We've reconfirmed our deadlines, and reshuffled some of our tasks (i.e.
Xiangmin is taking on some of the plays that Mariela hasdn't finished yet),
and prepared for our summary report on Friday.
Perspectives IV finished today, regarding the implication of ANWR with different ethnic groups in the region. The teams were divided into 3 groups to facilitate discussion- an approach that does seem to work in terms of increasing participation.
Today we continued the
construction of the team website, as well as had discussions with Teams
e and 8. With Team 8 we found
that they needed some basic information from us, and so we decided to go
ahead and cooperate in that field (especially with respect to "how much
it's worth:" that's what I am currently researching). Team e needs to know
from us "How much is there" and "where it is..." two questions that Andrew
is addressing. Next Friday all teams
will be giving a status update on their progress... good luck to all the
teams in that. -10/15/03- Team Meeting
Thought of the day: "Coordination
is not a delieverable of the class- think of it as a means to an end. The
question that you should be asking yourself is- how far have you gone in
terms of developing an exploration/exploitation strategy?" - Kip (he wrote
that on the board as a *hint*). He adds: "It is later than you think". Response- we realized
that time is running out, and so the Coordinaters set a deadline for the
first week of November as the day that research must be concluded, so that
work on the final product may begin. (For details refer to the coordination site). -10/8/03- Team Meeting The team meet today to
discuss progress. Unfortunately, there has not been much progress, and as
a result it's time to increase the tempo. Officially, we've found
the majority of the sources we need, and it is now a matter of selectively
compiling the information in all the sources. We've set the internal
deadline of October 31st as the day that our book research should be concluded,
so that we can send our results to the other teams, and commence work on
the 'bigger solution.'
The perspectives seem
to be getting better and better as time progresses, partly because each
team is learning from previous experiences. The idea to split the whole group
into smaller groups to better facilite participation was a good one- although
by the end (when all the groups came back together) no one had much to contribute.
-9/26/03- All-Team
Meeting and Coordination Meeting 2 -9/24/03- Team I Meeting Site version 1.000 made Weekly update- - I found some information on my sources. I have decided that the best approach to finding current oil prices would be to use official sources such as "American Petroleum Institute" or OPEC publications (such as their website) that contain the most up-to-date information. - For older trends, predictions, and cost calculations, I will be consulting resources in the Dewey Library (in particular the 'Petroleum Encyclopedia). We also met with Team VIII to discuss how to handle Perspectives II. We figured it out, and hope that this one will be more refined than the previous Perspectives. During the All-Team meeting on Friday, the issue of arranging the Team I website will be discussed at length. Back to top -9/17/03- Coordination Meeting #1 The first coordination meeting was today at 3:45pm at the Terrascope room. The following was decided: 1) The Coordinators will try to meet every week on Friday during team time. This will ensure that all group members have no other commitments, and will better facilitate inter-group communication. 2) The Mission 2007 Forum will be used to handle electronic communications. This reduces the volume of email. 3) A preliminary draft for the web page template has been created. It will be distributed for feed back shortly. Back to top -9/17/03- Team I Meeting Site version -11.000 made Today Team I met at Killian to decide on how to approach its question of 'determining the potential of hydrocarbon resources at ANWR.' We decided that we would divide the research among the group, with each person being responsible to provide sources for next meeting (Wednesday). My part is to research - in depth - the 'economic value' of the hydrocarbon reserves in ANWR. This involves using oil prices from past trends, current values, and projected future rates to determine how much the oil would be worth. It also involves comparing these values to other hydrocarbon sources around the world, in order to better gauge its 'potential.' Back to top -9/16/03- Perspectives I Reflection Site version -11.900 made The first fifteen minutes of Perspectives I was the actual discussion on the topic. The other 55 minutes became a free-for-all on various topics ranging from the validity of oil's use in society to whether the students should bother doing the Mission. It was quite interesting... but it started dragging eventually. Anyway, Team 1 defined its Expectations for an A (click on the link to get to that page). The first Coordinate Meeting will be on Wednesday, 3:45 at the Terrascope room 16-168. I will be representing Team 1 there. Back to top -9/15/03- Weekly update- What I did last week Last week I was mainly involved with my group in defining A-grade objectives for my group. I also spearheaded the 'coordination' proposition by emailing the whole of Mission007, suggesting the idea, and arranging for the first meeting. This week, I intend on getting this template issue resolved among the groups, and at the same time commence on research for my own group. Have a nice time! Back to top - 9/15/03- Site version -12.000 inaugurated Site version -12.000 made HeyYy everyone! This website is obviously not finished. That is due to issues over formatting that the entire team is discussing at the current time. Once a decision is reached in that respect I can go ahead and add appropriate graphics, links, presentations, colors, and so on. For now, this temporary (version -12.000) will have to do. Back to top
|
|
(C)
2003 by Yaser M. Khan (v1), MIT Class of 2003, all rights reserved
and stuff like that, etc.. HeyYy is a registered trademark of Yaser,
and you shouldn't be using that in the first place. The last update
date is found on the bar below the main text. Yaser isn't responsible for
the content of pages that are linked to this one. Other than that, good
luck, have fun!
|
(C) 2003 By Yaser Khan Last updated: Nov. 12, 2003 |