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67755 Rotary E-Club of 67755 Rotary E-Club of LatiLatinoaméricanoamérica
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Rotary E-Club of LatinoaméricaRotary E-Club of Latinoamérica
99 th Rotary International Convention, Los Angeles California USA
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• Club #67755, D4200, founded in 2005
• One of the 14 Rotary e-Clubs currently existing, as part of a RI Pilot Project.
• Currently 20 members.
• Members from Argentina, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Germany, Mexico, Samoa, Spain, United States.
• E-Clubs are introduced in the “Manual of Procedure 2004” and “The ABCs of Rotary”
The Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica (I)
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• E-Club meetings are held through the Internet.
• The Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica uses Microsoft MSN Messenger.
• Daily contact between members through e-mail.
• Frequent meetings between members in person, taking advantage of travel, Rotary International Events, etc.
The Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica (II)
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• Principal objectives of Rotary e-Clubs:
– Attract younger leaders
– Allow participation of Rotarians with special needs, among which:
• Business compromises and travel.
• Health problems
• Geographical isolation
The Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica (III)
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The Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica (IV)
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Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica: Projects (I)
Lectura Para Ciegos (LPC): Broadcasting information about blindness through different means:
– Braille books, traditional audio support (tapes, CD, etc.) and compressed audio (mp3, etc.), theatre and conferences
– Books and educational material (theses, abstracts, etc.) in a format readable by screen reader software tools.
– Associated entities: Biblioteca Argentina para Ciegos (http://www.bac.org.ar) and Tiflolibros (http://www.tiflolibros.com.ar)
– Cyber-libraries for the blind, with access to more than 20,000 books.
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DiscapNews (I)
• Podcast about disability created by Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica (RECL).
• Provides access to information relevant to the disabled via Internet. Currently in Spanish.
• Information is concentrated in a single place: no need to perform searches
• Information arrives to the user depending on his / her interests.
Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica: Projects (II)
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DiscapNews (II)
• Access is free
• Needed hardware is not expensive
• Accessible through free software tools (e.g. iTunes)
• Multiple and cheap copies in different formats and media
• Portable MP3 player is economical.
• Associated Blog, containing audio material and news:
Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica: Projects (III)
http://discapnews.wordpress.comhttp://discapnews.wordpress.com
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• RAG-TEC: Rotarian Action Group for Technology-Based Education. In preparation.
• RAG Environment: Rotarian Action Group in preparation.
• Living Water: water quality improvement (in preparation).
• Rotaract E-Club of Latinoamérica in preparation.
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Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica: Projects (IV)
http://www.gar-tec.orghttp://www.gar-tec.org
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• Fighting Malaria in Gabon (Africa). Recently concluded.
• Delivery of 28.000 books about disaster prevention in several schools of Argentina
• Delivery of books in the schools of Savaii island.
• Donation of laboratory material to a school in Argentina
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Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica: Projects (V)
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Website of the Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica (I)
http://www.recl.orghttp://www.recl.org
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Website of the Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica (II)
SECTIONS
•Constitutive Chart•D4200 Conference•Letter from District Governor•Make-up•Newsletter•News•LPC Project•DiscapNews Project
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Website of the Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica (III)
• Attendance make-up (I):
– Click on
– Step 1: Download and fill-in the make-up request form.
– Step 2:
• Visit website of the Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica at least during 30 minutes.
• Read the News section “Noticias” and leave at least one comment of 100 - 300 words.
• Sign your comment with your name and surname, the name and number of your Rotary Club, and the corresponding district.
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Website of the Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica (IV)
– Step 3: Send the make-up form by e-mail to [email protected] or [email protected]
– Step 4: You can make a donation via PayPal (secure payment platform). It will be invested in the projects and programs of the Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica.
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CONTACT USCONTACT US
•E-mail for direct contact with e-Club Officers:
•President: [email protected]•Secretary: [email protected]•Sergeant-at-Arms: [email protected]•Webmaster: [email protected]
•General information e-mail: [email protected]
•DiscapNews project e-mail : [email protected]
•DiscapNews project blog: http://discapnews.wordpress.com
•RAG-TEC project e-mail: [email protected]•RAG-TEC project website: http://www.gar-tec.org