Newspaper articles, letters of commendation, regarding Rob Matthies of Vancouver BC, a.k.a. Ebike Bob, for the period 2003-2007. Founded the Kyoto Bike Discount Program, Vancouver Gadgeteers Amateur Inventors Club. Started Vancouver's first pumpkin-recycling drive for charity kitchens and probably the world's first "Battery Re-Use Program", an experimental pilot program, where dead batteries were revived and put back to use through small businesses.