Noticias de Nicaragua

Well, it's been too long, now it's time for me to write something on this page, just to make sure people don't believe i have nothing to talk about. Actually, that's the opposite, i've been so busy these days that i didn't find time to write. I'll thus try to make a summary of the facts of the week, and try to forget the least i can. So where do i start from ?First, about Netsuite, we had all the metings planed, and knowledge went from those who know how to do it to those who know what to do with it. Now with a bit of data in the system, we're going to be able to start doig interesting things. While i'm on the IT topic, we also talked about the creation of a database to handle the surveys in the communities, about the members, their gear and how they use it, but there is still some shadow areas on it, and that's why we called an expert, who works for Oracle i think.
And now, some general news about the actuality of bE in Bluefields. Thursday, the Inatec staff went to the casa bE to attend a presentation of the CERCA project : a building which would be cosntructed inside the school, representing the spirit of bE, energy autonomy, rain water filtration, and among others a bunch of hotel rooms, big dinig rooms, art galery. The aim is to promote Bluefields as the small scale capital of the energy, and to develop an ecotourism. That was also a chance to show them the brand new operator manual which will be dealt in the communities.
Then arrived the film crew : Xavier, David and Quentin, three french guys who're coming to shoot a documentary on the bE action, and now they're following us in all our adventures.
Busy ady Saturday since we started early in the morning with Bluefields cemetery where Colette made a speech as a tribute to Miss Nora, the woman who worked with her on her Rama language project, passed away in 2002. By the way there is an awesome view of the Inatec turbines from the cemetery. Then gathering at the Inatec for the ceremony ending the week of training of the operators i told you about, and where they got their diploma. Afterward ,each of them has been interviewed by the film crew.
To end the day, a little party was necessary, but not to long, because the day after we woke up at 7am to go to Rama Cay, a trip organized by Colette to offer another tribute to Miss Nora, by doing two presentations, one in the school in the morning, and another one in the church in the afternoon. A chance for me to re-discover this little island where people are piling up on each other, and to get back completely soggy after the trip in panga, by foot because the cabs are still on strike here, and the strikers are slashing the tires of those who would rather work.
This is gently leading us until today, when i stayed in front of my pc all the day, to change a little bit. That's already the end on this trip, and the day after tomorrow, we're going to Managua to get back to San Francisco. It's crazy how fast passed these eleven days, but that's not like i fi were going back home :)