By: Anel Philimon
SBDC Director/Business AdvisorRMI SBDC
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| UOG President Dr. Robert Underwood (left) is photographed with RMI SBDC Director Anel Philimon. |
University of Guam President Dr. Robert A. Underwood recently
visited the Majuro, the capital of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, from January
16th to 20th, 2015. In addition to his visits to other
government ministries and agencies which included the College of the Marshall
Islands, Dr. Underwood also visited the RMI SBDC center on January 19, 2015.
The center is hosted by the Ministry of Resources and Development in
partnership with the University of Guam (UOG) Pacific Islands SBDC Network. He
learned more about the RMI SBDC and that there are only two staff operating the
center, with one being the office manager and the other being the center
director.
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| UOG President Dr. Robert Underwood is photographed with RMI SBDC Office Manager Leeno Aikuij. |
Dr. Underwood was interested in learning how the RMI SBDC is
doing in terms of meeting and complying with its objectives and goals as stated
in the signed MOU between the University of Guam Pacific Islands Small Business
Development Center Network (PISBDCN) in partnership with the U.S. Small
Business Administration (SBA) and the Ministry of Resources and Development on
behalf of the government of the Marshall Islands. He was happy to learn that like the other six
SBDC centers throughout the region that are part of UOG PISBDCN, our goals and
objectives were successfully and satisfactorily being met.
Lastly, Dr. Underwood mentioned that he will ask
representatives of the Bank of Guam about their Marshall Islands activities and
encourage more interest. One last laugh
that we shared with each other before he departed arose from the last lesson he
learned in regard to how many coconuts it takes to make 100 pound bag of copra. He was surprised to learn that it takes 300
coconuts to make 100 pounds of copra!
