Taigüey Foundation

Constituent Assembly of the Community Ecotourism Network Enriquillo (REDEC)

December 15, 2007

MINUTES MEETING HELD ON CONSTITUTION DAY REDEC 5 DECEMBER OF 2007 IN BARAHONA (prepared by Yesenia Saud)

Introduction: In the framework of the constitution and formation of the Community Ecotourism Network Enriquillo (REDEC) presents the minutes of the meeting held on December 5, 2007 in the province of Barahona in the halls of the Araucaria Project.

(This document is also available in pdf: Minutes of the Constituent Assembly REDEC 12/05/07)

During this meeting we were visited by entities such as ODTS of the Cibao region to make contributions and becoming known to the members of the Enriquillo region projects, technical assistance for the tourism project of the AECI Emparanza Carolina, a representative of PMR2 , FIPA / USAID Josephine Espaillat, NGO Partnerships Nidia de los Santos, the project Araucaria XXI Rosario Put Enriquillo (director) with the team of Araucaria as well as most of the members of the REDEC.

The beginning of the assembly made a plenary presentation at both the members and what the REDEC itself, we read the statutes to the constitution of the Community Ecotourism Network Enriquillo In addition to presenting the 5 projects to be executed for a period of five years.

It is worth mentioning that the ideas and thoughts expressed in this document are the result of the opinion of the representatives of the entities that comprise the Community Ecotourism Network Enriquillo (REDEC) and have participated in the discussion process by providing the necessary elements for development and conclusion of the statutes.

Methodology used for the Assembly:

It held a special meeting where the methodological tools allowed the homogenization of concepts that facilitated the analysis of the information.

The statutes were presented to the assembly with prior review of the assistance which was read out in plenary, sanctioned and approved. The document should be amended so some resolutions, but not substance to proceed with the incorporation of REDEC.

This document was worked in plenary (pun intended) with the participation of all members who were there while everyone in the region failing Enriquillo.

We proceeded to the election of officers which represent the REDEC for a period of two consecutive years.

They released the 5 projects identified for implementation in the next 5 years REDEC ongoing

Dynamics for the Assembly:

The Assembly lasted 6 hours distributed as follows:

Welcome, introduction of participants saying their names dThe Assembly, organization to which they belonged and the beneficiary communities.

In a second time for the information of the visitors was made known the network consulted by a technical team composed of Yacine Khelladi, Yesenia Saud and David Given. It is intended that the new policy even work online (virtually) as many times as necessary to remain the responsibility of members to check their e and if any member did not say anything in 4 days will be assumed that since seen, good and valid .

Of the statutes

During the reading of the statutes were achieved some discussion, consensus and approvals which are reflected in the following lines:

Chapter I (The Name, Address, Nature, Time, Vision and Mission)

Chapter II (From The Millennium)

While reading these chapters all agreed.

Chapter III:

It was agreed that in this chapter will place the end of "REDEC" instead of the "RED" because in some cases can be confusing as well as move some sections (this is more so).

Chapter IV:

Consensus is reached in this chapter is taken is not the same loss of membership that the "Waiver of a social entity" and intends to change this paragraph only, the term "retirement" of a member institution by the the "waiver" of a social entity, so this will not cause confusion.

Chapter V and Chapter VI:

Provides that the board shall consist of a president, a secretary / a, treasurer / a and three members in addition to being managed by a director / executive to / a.

In this same chapter is set to pose an article that talks about the resignation of a member of the board.

Chapter VII to Chapter XI:

These chapters were concensuados in full, only to be given was discussed best format to chapters, articles, and paragraphs in addition to providing legal format.

Voting

During the assembly election process received advice and guidance for the vote, the regulatory provisions and make suggestions, complaints or comments relating to how elections would proceed.

Was developed as follows:

1) You give the voters of the initiative (an initiative) a blank paper.

2) proceeded to write the names of three initiatives delivered consecutively in the paper above.

3) He was placed in a hidden in a container

4) Two of the partners proceeded to count the votes one by one by checking the number of voting initiatives, confirming that this was correct. While the second volunteer was sitting on the computer confirming and recording the votes taken in plenary by each initiative.

5) While the votes are counted on the screen ticked was confirmed from the results of the elections.

The election results were as follows:

Projects identified for the next 5 years REDEC

1 - Development of a quality and sustainable capacity building for community-based ecotourism

2 - Offer of ecotourism (individual and collective) promoted and marketed

3 - Public policies and infrastructure

4 - Sustainability and quality of offers

5 - Structuring and institutionalization of the network

Evaluation of Assembly

At the end of the Assembly of the network, an evaluation of all the issues discussed during the conduct of the Assembly.

Methods: participants were given a sheet to perform the evaluation, the points assessed and given an average time to complete the applications 15mtos following about:

Content

Methodology

Logistics

Facilitation

Group Participation

Outside Activities

Expectations

Was left to Assembly

Missing in the Assembly

Comments

Saying if these were very bad, bad, fair, good, very good or excellent by placing an X in the box corresponding to each point.

This being done in this way 99% of respondents said that the Assembly was very good and had met their expectations.

Participants

CC: Attachments (2)

1. Statutes read in the assembly

REDEC Statutes (pre-final)

2. Incorporation

Constitutive Act of the Assembly of 07/12/05 REDEC

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