End of Year Report

May, 2005 – April, 2006

Community Assistance

Our Community Assistance Committee was very active this year. Through their efforts, IFOPE donated 3,100 pesos to cover the medical costs for a little girl from Puertocito who sustained burns over 30% of her body.

Other donations included a wheelchair; an EKG machine given to the Puerto Escondido Centro de Salud; medical supplies to the Red Cross and Centro de Saluds in Tomatal, La Barra and the Indepenencia neighborhood; and backboards to the Red Cross.

In addition, members voted to donate 50,000 pesos from the general fund to match a donation made by the Blues Festival/06 promoters for the construction of a therapy pool at the Special School. Bids have been taken and costs will be monitored.

Library

The Library Committee has had another profitable year. A bazaar held in early December was very successful, netting 7,120 pesos.

Organizing and streamlining the library have been ongoing with re-alphabetizing of the books and a training session in January.

The committee voted to increase rent by 1,000 pesos per month, starting in January.

We look forward to continuing success, as the library is a source of pride for IFOPE as well as a moneymaker.

Emergency Response

This committee had another busy year. There were about 16 emergencies including several medical evacuation situations as well as the sad task of dealing with several deaths. All were handled with sensitivity and competence. On a lighter note, a car donated by an emergency response evacuee was sold for 38,000 pesos.

A cell phone was purchased to handle emergency calls. This should expedite emergency response calls. The number is: 044-954-540-3816.

Public Relations

IFOPE calendars were again printed for sale to members and the local community. We realized a profit of approximately 4,265 pesos with more calendars to sell. The calendars are not only a fundraiser, but also are a useful tool to acquaint many people with IFOPE.

A Directory of Business and Services was compiled and produced. It is free to members and costs 50 pesos for non-members. This is another source of income for IFOPE.

IFOPE now has its own website: www.ifope.com. Check it out! We’ve already had many hits. This should prove to be a big boost in getting out information about IFOPE.

The IFOPE information on tomzap was also updated this year.

Visioning Committee

This ad hoc committee was formed to undertake a structured approach to the review and updating of IFOPE overall directions for future years. Each committee chair was asked to write out a job description along with the purpose of the committee within IFOPE.

The task of this committee was to identify past, present and future visions of IFOPE. The future vision is: Maintain the library, emergency response, community assistance (with better guidelines and more specific method of identifying projects), and public relations (calendars) committees. Have at least two annual social occasions. Start a members buying club. And, provide a welcoming orientation for new members to answer questions about Puerto Escondido and help them locate services and government agencies of importance.

Members invested 100,000 pesos in a 6-month CD, due in December 2005. The interest earned on this CD was approximately 8%.

The Executive Board would like to thank the 106 members of IFOPE for their support and participation throughout this past year. IFOPE has gained considerable recognition in the Puerto Escondido area. Although there was a great deal of reluctance on the part of members to run for Executive offices this spring, we hope that IFOPE will continue as a group to benefit the community at large and our members.

Fund Balances (All figures in pesos)

April, 2005 April, 2006

Fund Balances: General Fund $ 41,580.84 $ 91,515.34

Community Assistance Fund $ 21,267.98 $ 16,571.98

Library Fund $ 33,050.94 $ 40,653.94

Total: $ 95,899.76 $ 148,741.26

Respectfully submitted,

Lola Hall, Co-Chairperson

Michael Gerstenberger, Co-Chairperson

Julie Leggatt, Secretary

Sharon Myers, Treasurer

Presented at the April 8, 2006 general meeting.