RE: Getting Rotary support - giving support to Rotary

It's funny you should ask, as I was bored for a while at a lime last night
and started to think about this rotary business and the CIS.........I cannot
join the rotary at this time as I have academic commitments this year plus
my immobility but if we have representation then my ideas can still be put
forward.

I was looking through the booklet/handout that we got on Saturday and I saw
they have a project called the Can-o-Man where every week a rotary member
would bring a can to meetings and at the end of the month they have a good
quantity of cans to donate to the needy.  

I want to propose a similar and also significantly larger project where the
rotary mobilise companies to sponsor a computer lab at community centres in
the rural areas.  The lab would receive technical support from the
CIS/TTLUG.  I know BP is doing something like this in Mayaro.  Also some
companies give funding to organisations wanting to develop community
projects in the rural areas.  It might also be easier with the politics.

The company would have to sponsor:

1. Computers or cost to transport donated computers.
2. ADSL connection.  Maybe we can negotiate with TSTT to allow residential
rates?

Sponsors get their logo displayed in the community centre, on the CIS
website and in a newspaper spread.  The CIS would provide training to
community centre staff.

Also, something we need to investigate, and the rotary might have
information on this, is the tax benefits companies get here when they
contribute to charities, community development projects etc, so when we go
to ask for funds we can remind them of these benefits.

Okay so that's as much as I have so far.  It's still in the concept stages
and very ambitious I think so maybe you guys could jump in now and help
massage and flesh out the details.  

Allan.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of Ross Gardler
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 9:46 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [cis] Getting Rotary support - giving support to Rotary
> 
> 
> I have met with Rotary twice in the last four days. Allan was 
> present at 
> one of those two meetings. I will be attending their weekly 
> meeting next 
> week (and most likely weekly from here on in as I no longer have 
> conflicting commitments).
> 
> On Tuesday I have been asked to make another pitch for CIS to recieve 
> support from Rotary, as well as to consider offering support 
> to Rotary 
> on two of their projects (not sure what they are yet, they 
> will give me 
> information on Tuesday).
> 
> Originaly this group was very active with people donating 
> time to come 
> and build the lab. Then something happend. No-one made contacts with 
> their local schools as had been promised, no-one proposed any 
> community 
> centres to assist, nothing! Allan has recently been stirring 
> us up again 
> and now Rotary are coming back into the fold.
> 
> What can I tell Rotary on Tuesday? Do we have anyone here still 
> committed to assisting us (or requesting assistance?). How can Rotary 
> help you? How can CIS help you?
> 
> Ross
> 
>