Of Road Trips and E-mails

Friday saw the group spending all day in the library. The big event of the day was probably getting the sponsorship pack sent off to about 260 local architects. 
The brochure was nearly ready Friday morning but we made some tweaks to it - aligning the text etc. The brochure was finally ready after lunch so we tried to send it. They bounced. All 260 e-mails. This called for drastic action so three of us took it in turns to send e-mails individually from the account. That didn't work either. In the end, Jamie was able to send the e-mails via his university account, with minimum bounce back. We are now awaiting replies . . .

Trying - and failing - to send the e-mails

Tomorrow, some of the group are going on a road trip to pick up our tubes. We are hoping that they will be back by around 3pm so we can make a start on the waterproofing. Two of the group were going to look at different coatings over the weekend and have a go at testing them. They were researching on Friday. 

With regards to the framework, we had an e-mail confirming that the costs of the workshop would be covered by the school so that is one less cost to worry about.

There have been a couple of minor changes to the structure. This is just to make it more sturdy and involve using off-cuts to create cross-bracing within the pavilion. This is being looked into by Joe with Oli's team also helping to source the plywood and the materials needed to put it all together. They also worked out how many CNC hours we will need to cut out the frame: about 2 hours a sheet and we have 13 sheets. Not only that but it will be a fight to the death to get to it as there are 4 other groups who also need to use it. 

We are meeting at the library again today so I will update you on all the goings on later!