Update Regarding Project RENEW and USAIDBACKGROUND:At the January 2015 Board meeting in Los Angeles, the Board listened to a presentation by Chuck Searcy of the Hoa Binh, Vietnam Chapter 160, and Paul Cox of VFP Chapter 69, San Francisco. The presentation centered on whether VFP should consider entering into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Project RENEW as the fiscal non profit sponsor. Project RENEW, established in 2001, is a cooperative partnership between the government of Quang Tri Province and international NGOs dedicated to restoring the environment and neutralizing the effects of war. VFP's fiscal sponsorship of RENEW would help facilitate RENEW's receipt of donations from individuals, groups, corporations or government entities like USAID. UPDATE:At the Board's June 2016 conference call, the Board decided to revisit the issue of its commitment to RENEW. The Board carefully considered the issues set forth above including: (1) that RENEW was informed that USAID did not have funds available for this year sufficient to meet the needs of victims of Agent Orange; (2) the seeming lack of cooperation from USAID; (3) the board became aware that Chapter 160 was investigating some financial irregularities with the chapter’s finances and until that was resolved Searcy advised Project RENEW to seek another fiscal sponsor if they wanted to continue to seek funding from USAID; (4) because of Chapter 160’s ongoing investigation, the board did not believe it would be able to properly conduct oversight for any project regardless of the source of funding; and (5) the Board did not believe it appropriate for VFP to maintain an ongoing open ended commitment to a project that had little chance of coming to fruition. After discussion, the Board voted: 1101 to no longer act as fiscal sponsor for RENEW in the unlikely event that USAID might in the future issue a grant to RENEW and voted 822 to no longer act as fiscal sponsor for RENEW regardless of the source of funding. The Board hopes this update clarifies the status of the relationship between VFP and Project RENEW. <Full Report> VFP members Celebrate Successful entry into South Korea
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