Pinoleville Visits Cal:
Three PPN (Pinoleville Pomo Nation) members met with E10 Pomo teams to introduce their areas, circumstances,
and needs.  We were already somewhat familiar with these after our last visit on February 2009. They also advised us on
cultural issues of discussion with PPN members.  E.g., they mentioned that, if we were to talk to PPN elders,
it's disrespectful to look at them directly the whole time.  So, we need look away or not look directly at them
once a while.  Another advice was that elders have priority in speaking, getting food, etc.

Cal visit Pinoleville (User Need Assessment Workshop):
Since the user is the expert in what they need, we wanted to get as much feedback from them as possible through the
workshop. Then, from their feedback, we could determined their needs and go on from there.
We started with questionnaires to break down the barrier between PPN members and UC Berkeley engineers. Another goal
was to make it easier for all of us to talk about our own needs. Some of the questions we asked were,
“What is your favorite technology?” and “Who’s your most inspirational person?” Afterward, we divided into groups: elders,
adults, and youth to brainstorm concepts for the needs they previously identified. We divided according to age groups since each age group may have their own ideas and needs.

The top needs identified were: Privacy, Comfort, Energy, Traditional Building Materials, and Exercise (physical activities). Privacy can be security from outsider, and personal space. Comfort can be better living environment, and better furniture.
Energy can be energy conservation, and energy sustainability. Traditional Building Material can be using natural
plants on a living roof, and use traditional materials such as construction materials. Exercise can be playground,
and human energy generator. So, through the exercise, we hope to identify a focus in each of these large scopes
that best fit their needs.

Concept Generation:
As shown in the pictures, PPN members actively participated in the workshop which is a very good thing.

Finding our Focus:
After getting the needs from the workshop, we need to prioritize them and identify a focus. First, we
reorganized and prioritize them, based on our experience and judgment at the time, for specificity and clarity.
under each top need we identified a more specific meaningful concern.

Here is what we concluded from the top needs:

• Privacy means optimizing space. They want to use their space more wisely. For example, they dislike the low roof in one of their house.
• Comfort means living comfortable. They want their house to fit their living standard. For example, some members hope to have a bed room for each member in the family.
• Energy means Conserving Energy. They want to save money through energy technology. For example, a feasible solar water heater that would save both money and energy.
• Tradition Building Materials means integrating culture. They want their next generations to be more familiar with their own traditions.
• Exercise means interacting. They want to have spiritual ceremony, and space that allow them to have more interaction with their family members.