PN North - Introduction (17 Jan 2008)

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Engineers Without Borders UK  - Professional Network: North Region

Welcome to the North!

Hello,

My name is Paul Cosgrove and I am the EWB-UK Regional Professional Network Co-ordinator for the North region.  I have been involved with EWB-UK and the Sheffield branch since 2005 and I currently live and work in Sheffield.

So why am I writing to you…?
Well, at a UK-wide Level, Robert Malies acts as the National Professional Network Co-ordinator.  Hopefully you have received several emails from Robert over the past months, keeping you up to date with EWB-UK PN activities and opportunities. 

In addition, to manage growth of the Professional Network (PN) at a local level, each of the 16 EWB-UK University Branches have been grouped into five regions and a regional PN co-ordinators appointed to each one.    ‘The North’ is one of these five regions and currently consists of Sheffield, Manchester and Durham EWB-UK branches.  And that’s where I come in as a volunteer regional PN co-ordinator.

And so, if you have received this email it’s because you selected to be affiliated with either of these branches when you originally registered as PN member. 

What is my role…?
Basically, my role is as follows:

  • To help grow the membership and interaction of the EWB-UK Professional Network membership in the North Region together with you the members. 
  • To help develop links between yourselves and your regional EWB-UK branches.
  • To act as a first point of contact to answer any questions you may have with regard to EWB-UK and the Professional Network.
  • To help you to understand the many ways in which you can become involved with EWB-UK – and support you in developing new ideas.

Including yourselves, there are a large number of individuals, organisations and companies out there who may be interested in supporting and benefiting from EWB-UK via the Professional Network – the challenge however is to raise awareness, highlight, explore and promote the opportunities associated with the PN and thus engage members in an effective and satisfying way.  

What can you do…?
…well, as little or as much as you like. 

On a regional level, please feel free to email me at paul.cosgrove@ewb-uk.org with any questions, suggestions or ideas relating to the Professional Network and EWB-UK – how it works, how you can get more involved, what the rewards are, how we could better involve and grow the Northern PN membership.  Also if you come across any events which your PN colleagues may be interested in, please let me know and I will pass the info on. 

Dependent upon people’s level of interest and availability I am keen to organise an informal Regional EWB-UK PN Evening later in the year. This would be a great opportunity for people to meet up, learn about some interesting PN member experiences, get to know each other and discuss people’s key questions and suggestions…

For general guidance on involvement with EWB-UK on a national or local level please use the following link: http://www.ewb-uk.org/ProfessionalNetwork_brochure   

Note, that I will only be using this email distribution list for distribution of North Region specific info - so you will still continue to receive emails from Robert at a national level.

Well, thank you for taking the time to read this email and I look forward to hearing from you.

Cheers

Paul Cosgrove 
EWB-UK Regional Professional Network Coordinator for the North 
paul.cosgrove@ewb-uk.org

Engineers Without Borders UK
The Humanitarian Centre, Fenner's Gresham Road, Cambridge, CB1 2ES, UK www.ewb-uk.org
Email: professional_network@ewb-uk.org

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