Thursday, March 13th

"You might as well be an optimist - there's no point in being anything else.”

Churchill

What’s up?

- PATA Laos update (incorporation, number of potential members)-Review of the committees-> What are you going to do?- Election of the temporary Executive Committee

Green Committee

Alexandre Tsuk - KCDSerge Doussantousse - SercasiaHolly Zimmerman - StrayAline van der Meulen – Bicycle

Example of Stray - Stray Asia and PATA Laos - Plastic Bag Recycling Project

Problem IdentifiedLaos has a major problem with plastic bags and bottles being thrown onto the ground, and often ultimately ending up in the rivers. Recycling is available, but it is on a small scale, and only available in major centres such as Vientiane.Stray is proposing to be the official transport provider to bring plastic from rural Laos, for recycling in Vientiane.

An excellent video which summarizes the fact and figures can be watched here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWrxkdh3p7k&feature=player_embedded

To raise funds and awareness, we propose to have re-usable bags made, at a cost of 20,000 LAK each, and sold to Stray customers for 25,000 LAK. The 5,000 LAK will be collected by Stray, and used to develop the project further, and cover admin and marketing costs in promoting the project.

BYOB – Bring Your Own Bag

BYOB – Bring Your Own Bottle

Collect plastic bags

Spreading Green Practices –Promoting Green Properties

Colonial Heritage in Laos

PATA Working Group

IDEA!?

Luc Citrinot - a Bangkok based Journalist

www.colonialheritage.asia – interactive maps

Colonial architecture in 10 ASEAN capitals

Vientiane, Luang Prabang, Pakse, Savannakhet

WHY WE? WHY PATA?

Rick – Lao based architect worked for Vat Phou

Philipp – Manager of Mandala Boutique Hotel, a Villa from the 60‘s

PATA – to have strong background for promotion

BENEFITS FOR VIENTIANE / LAOS

Creating another POI for tourists

Database of colonial buildings

Self-discovering or guided tour – installing signs at buildings

Preserving architecture?

NEXT STEPS

Listing buildings, creating database

Gathering information about buildings

Choosing way of presentation

Help is highly welcomed!

Marketing Committee

Kirsten Focken

Press Committee

Bernie RosenbloomJae Oh