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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 info@recl.org or info@rotaryeclublatinoamerica.org

– 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: presidente@recl.org•Secretary: secretario@recl.org•Sergeant-at-Arms: macero@recl.org•Webmaster: webmaster@recl.org

•General information e-mail: info@recl.org

•DiscapNews project e-mail : discapnews@recl.org

•DiscapNews project blog: http://discapnews.wordpress.com

•RAG-TEC project e-mail: presidente@gar-tec.org•RAG-TEC project website: http://www.gar-tec.org