North American Youth Exchange Network Inc

Programs: The north american youth exchange network, inc. (nayen) (formerly usa-canada youth exchange network) operates to facilitate education, coordination, training and policy development among rotarians and other youth exchange participants from rotary member districts of rotary international inc. (a world wide organization, organized under irc section 501(c)(4) ) in north america in the operation of a youth exchange program that places and accepts high school and college age students from countries throughout the world. Nayen typically has one annual meeting in which the participants include rotarians of the member districts, as well as representatives from rotary youth exchange partners in many other countries. The conference location is rotated annually among cities in the usa, canada and mexico. All of the participants are professional business men and women who work as unpaid volunteers engaged in administering, directing and improving the exchange program for the purpose of promoting international peace, cooperation and understanding among the youth of the world. During the annual conference, presentations are made by rotarians and outside speakers from organizations such as the u. S. Department of state, council on standards for international educational travel (csiet), rotary international, etc. The topics include, but are not limited to, information on child protection and sexual abuse guidelines, selecting host families and counselors, inbound/outbound student orientation, visa and passport regulations and requirements, interviews and selection procedures, summer camps, language preparation and translation, developing cultural sensitivity, administering the required national and international forms and documents, etc. In addition to the annual conference, the nayen board (comprised of the officers and directors from the various geographic rotary zones located in north america) meets via telephone conference quarterly and the entire membership has access to an electronic format via the internet (yeo talk and yeo resources), which offers the opportunity to view and discuss training needs (60%), policy updates (20%) and administrative procedures (20%) on a daily basis. In order to meet its goals nayen's activities include the following:develop and publish best practices for the implementation of youth exchange in the usa, canada and mexicoprovide interactive e-tools for communication and collaborationprovide a north american rotary youth exchange website (formerly usa-canada youth exchange network) for interested youth ( http://nayen. Org/ ); (http://www. Nayenconference. Org/ ) and ( www. Rotaryyouthexchange. Com ) provide a north american rotary youth exchange website for officers, directors and other interested parties (www. Yeoresources. Org)develop mentoring teams to work one-on-one with district yeo's who want to pioneer or grow a programrecognize top performing districtsfacilitate the recruitment of rotex alumni into rotaryprovide national training as requiredfacilitate the launch of new exchange modelspublish a monthly rotary youth exchange e-bulletinbe an advocate to the rotary international board of directors and the rotary international youth exchange committeepublish information on regional field trips for foreign inbound studentscollaborate with regional rotary youth exchange entities throughout the worldpurpose and name1. 1 the north american youth exchange network, inc. (nayen) shall facilitate collaboration among rotary districts and multi-districts in the usa, canada, and mexico to provide the worlds premier youth exchange program. The predecessor organization of nayen was the usa canada youth exchange network (usa/canada). 1. 2 nayen shall provide its members services which support youth exchange. 1. 3 to represent it graphically, the organization shall have a board-approved logo, which shall be used on all official communication. 1. 4 nayen shall conduct educational and charitable activities within the meaning of internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) and texas tax code section 11. 18(c). Provide interactive e-tools for communication and collaborationprovide a north american rotary youth exchange website (formerly usa-canada youth exchange network) for interested youth ( http://nayen. Org/ ); (http://www. Nayenconference. Org/ ) and ( www. Rotaryyouthexchange. Com )