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July 2003, eClub One
(ECO) opened a new venue for its commitment to Rotary
Service, collaboration with a new organization, Engineers
Without Borders – USA. (EWB) of Boulder, Colorado
Enid Ablowitz, ECO
Director of Development, brought the two organizations
together to explore how small Rotary Clubs could work with
EWB to achieve World Community Service projects difficult if
not impossible to achieve otherwise.
Preliminary discussions
with Bernard Amadei, founder of EWB, by Enid and Ted
Manning, ECO Assistant District Governor, led to a meeting
between EWB officers and ECO officers chaired by Bernie
Zurbriggen, ECO Director of Rotary Service.
Participating in the
meeting was ECO member Gerry Roberts, PDG D5230 –
California.
Gerry’s experience as a
District Governor and writer and manager of WCS Matching
Grants, made him an ideal nominee to lead the collaboration
for ECO.
The result, a Letter of
Agreement reproduced below.
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July 24, 2003
Letter of Agreement
WHEREAS, EWB-USA
and eClub One desire to help disadvantaged communities
improve their quality of life through
implementation of community service projects; and
WHEREAS, eClub One
and EWB-USA desire to work in developing countries and
developing communities; and
WHEREAS, the vision
common to both EWB-USA and eClub One is to implement
environmentally and economically sustainable projects
with the collaboration of the
developing country
or community; and
WHEREAS, eClub One can
provide in-country contacts and financial assistance;
and
WHEREAS, EWB-USA
can provide the technical expertise and management of
the
project through its student and professional partner
chapters.
THEREFORE, in acknowledgement of the
common goals and vision and the
complementary abilities of eClub One
and EWB - USA, both
organizations agree to
begin work on
projects that meet the vision of both organizations.
Such projects may
include, but not be
limited to water, sanitation, energy, education,
computing, and transportation.
Signed
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about Engineers Without Borders and the tremendous
opportunty opening for eClub One and other Rotary Clubs
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