Javier, the Chief of the Transportation Agency, and I at our first Meeting.
My IBM partner Javier, from Mexico City, and I got picked up from the hotel by our contact from the Transportation Agency. We also met our translator Bartholomeo who stay with us while with the client. We went to the headquarters compound and met the chief of the agency and some of the representatives from the various sub organizations we will work with. The area they would like us to focus on was Traffic Control at the major intersections of the city. They already have a proposal in to the government office at the Province Level (State), but they do not think it will be funded. What they want is the ability to change and control the timing of the lights at 32 intersections from one location. Right now, they have to manually go to each light and change the time, so they only have them set for 3 minutes. This causes huge traffic jams during rush hour. Unfortunately, they do not believe their solution will be budgeted. They also want us to help recommend solutions for assessing their employee's level of training and find out if there are international standards for Bus Stations.
Javier and I are doing to research IBM "Smart City" and have found several papers with other transportation reference information by IBM. The challenge is, can we find a way to give them information or training on how to conduct a Cost Benefit Analysis to strengthen their proposal and persuasion skills - that's one concept we have. Next we are going to take a tour of the city and bus station.
In room Laundry
I did laundry today in my room. I when to the Mega Mart (like a Super Walmart) and got a bucket and clothes pins. I brought detergent and made a clothes line in my room. It worked well. Our chaperones from Australia Business Volunteers (who IBM contracts to support us), are looking into a laundry service. They have also coordinated for us to have a spare bedroom at the hotel converted to a meeting/work room. #ibmcsc
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