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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.


http://www.bac.org.ar/

http://www.tiflolibros.com.ar/

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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)


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.


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


Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica: Projects (V)


Website of the Rotary E-Club of Latinoamérica (I)

http://www.recl.orghttp://www.recl.org


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


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.


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.

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


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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

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