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Dear REBN Rockies Chapter Members,
We're writing to you today with news of exciting developments at REBN. As you may know, REBN was started to foster business development and growth in the clean energy sector. Since its inception as an informal networking group in San Francisco, REBN has quickly grown to include 17 chapters across the U.S. with several more in development (including Toronto!). We now have over 10,000 names on our chapter listservs and over 26,000 members on LinkedIn.
In order to support the rapid growth of the organization and to maximize its impact on the development of the sector, REBN has been looking for a partner organization to bring our network to the next level. It is with great pride that we now announce that we have decided to join forces with the Clean Economy Network (CEN). CEN's goals are virtually identical to REBN's and the organization is well-run and gaining significant traction. It is important to note that the kind of educational and networking events offered by REBN will continue to be offered by CEN and that joining the organization will remain free. In fact, all of you are already members, just by virtue of being a member of this Chapter.
Benefits of being part of CEN include:
- A vastly improved website at www.cleaneconomynetwork.org, offering chapter pages, event listings, and resources. You can even update your profile.
- Access to a wider range of activities for those who choose to seek them out, including advocacy for legislation that supports the growth of our businesses and sector
- Improved access to speakers for our Chapter events
- Smoother and easier Chapter communications
The Clean Economy Network is comprised of 3 parts:
The Clean Economy Network Inc.(CENI), a 501(c)4 non-profit advocacy arm
The Clean Economy Network Foundation (CENF), a 501(c)3 non-profit educational and networking arm (formerly REBN) and
a PAC (currently in formation)
Please note that you may join CENF, CENI or both. Joining will simply mean that you will receive communications from the part of the organization that you select.
CEN's Guiding Principles, which we firmly support, are spelled out on the CENI website (www.cleaneconomy.net):
The Clean Economy Network (CEN) believes that economic growth, quality jobs, international competitiveness, environmental sustainability, and energy independence are not mutually exclusive, but rather are all vital elements of a healthy, dynamic economy. CEN works to advance policies that will promote a rapid transition to a cleaner economy and incent technologies and business models that create robust markets, create jobs, increase energy independence and promotes environmental stewardship. In order to achieve these ends, CEN will engage in policy discussions to:
Create the foundations for a market-based, clean economy.
Encourage programs and incentives that foster the development, commercialization, and rapid adoption of new technologies and business practices.
Advocate for policies that are rooted in competition and encourage innovation.
Facilitate increased transparency and cooperation within and among the government, non-profit and private sectors.
CENF's mission statement is as follows:
The Foundation educates and engages individuals interested in playing an active role in building the clean economy and sharing their knowledge about the clean economy with others. Through outreach activities, programs, and events the Foundation works to identify, analyze and broadly disseminate business, technology and public policy best practices and innovative ideas that can support the future growth and development of clean economy sector as a whole.
For the time being, we will continue to use both the REBN logo and the CENF logo so that it's clear that we are the same organization. Over the next few months, the REBN logo will be phased out and the organization will be called the Clean Economy Network Foundation going forward. We encourage you to visit the Clean Economy Network Foundation website now at www.cleaneconomynetwork.org to see what's happening in chapters all over the country, to complete your user profile, and to let us know what kind of information you'd like to receive from us in the future. Our chapter homepage can be found at http://rockies.cleaneconomynetwork.org/
We look forward to seeing you at our next networking event on January 27th.
Best,
Alison Wise
David Mayer
Ilan Caplan
Trent Yang
