AGM 2009 Ottawa Professional Chapter

Agenda Welcome Past Year in Review Stories about overseas EWB Values discussion Upcoming Year Elections Closing

Welcome 3 rd full year of the chapters existence! AGM is to reflect on the past year Make important decisions Welcome New Exec Members!

Year in Review - EWB External Events: Tied Aid Dropped CIDA shifts bilateral aid Fair Trade getting more popular Internal: Burning of Mission Statement (creative destruction) Work in Good Governance National Office Grows! …. then shrinks

Year in Review - OPC Statistics on the first 6 months of 2008 and 2009 based on CHAMP 1st 6 months of 20081st 6 months of 2009 General Member EventsNumberGeneral Member EventsNumber Member Learning4 6 Development Drinks3 4 Public Outreach1 5 Total8 15 Professional Outreach EventsNumberProfessional Outreach EventsNumber WPO2 1 Professional Association Outreach0 3 Total2 4

Year in Review - OPC Successes: Conference CC/United Way Campaign Retreats Ottawa Race Day Professional JF Fundraising Professional Engagement Dev Drinks – Series Partnerships with other orgs Consistent General Member Events

Year in Review - OPC Lessons Learned Membership Drive Collaboration with University Chapters Fundraising EWB Day Social Events Executive Meetings

Stories from Bryn Bryn will tell you stories about his Junior Fellowship in Ghana

Food Aid Unloading

Food Aid Pile

EWB Values

Upcoming/Next Year New Initiatives: Launch New Website More task based roles (task forces) …? Build on past successes Tri- Chapter collaboration Charitable Campaign : Promote! Professional and Public Outreach Send another professional overseas volunteer? Social events Maintain accountability in decisions Member focused events 2x per month

Upcoming/ Next Year Financial Update Proposed Improvements? Amendments to our constitution Year Plan

Launch of New Site The biggest priorities: - content refresh - add new topics (ie Fair Trade, CSR) and archive old content (Bill c293) - New look - integration from myEWB - history of current and past events with photo links and feedback - Donation button on the front page Wishlist: - Automatic Updates and dynamic front page - Links for people that are new to Ottawa/ Links for people that are newly graduated - hot posts from myEWB - some pages in French - Link to our chapter annual report (in progress) - Link to the EWB Annual Report - Better Exec Contact page - social internet site integration (facebook,twitter,RSS,iCAL) - links to merchandise - tshirts, calendars, chocolate - feedback portal - general use, all events, no login required - ability to add current vacant positions.

Launch of New Site

Elections of Co-President This is a one-year term that overlaps with the remaining co-President by six months to facilitate a smooth transition. This also means that the incoming co-president gets to job shadow for a period of six months before taking the lead for the last half of their term. The co-Presidents work with the leadership team to design and run Chapter programs. They also maintain the relationship with the National Office staff and report on the achievements and overall health of the Chapter.

Closing Thanks! Feedback?