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Translators without Borders Board Meeting
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Agenda President’s welcome and report, 10 mins (Lori) Treasurer’s report, 10 mins (Francoise) Secretary's report 5 mins (Donna) Organizational excellence report and discussion, 20 mins (Iris) Sustainability report, 10 mins (Ulrich) Workspace and resources report, 10 mins (Enrique) Training report, 10 mins (Simon) Building Awareness report, 5 mins (Rebecca/Andrew) Non-profit partnerships report, 10 mins (Rebecca for Val) Discussion and comments from the board
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A year ago they were unemployed. Here they are getting ready to help in the Kenya elections… …by translating citizen reports from Kalenjin, Luo, Kikuyu, Kamba, Kipsigis, Meru, Kisii, Maa, Pokot, Nandi, Luhya
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Tension rising in Korogocho Peace in Lodiani Request for police officers
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Now, a mobile app for training frontline healthcare workers
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Free access in a growing number of African and Middle Eastern countries
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If your vision doesn’t scare you, it’s not big enough - Archbishop Timothy Ndambuki of Kenya
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Treasurer's Report
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2012– Donations vs. Expenses
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2013 Projections
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2013 Income Projections
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Translators without Borders Annual General Meeting Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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Current Structure Executive Committee (EC) – 9 Board of Directors – 21 seats, incl. EC, 16 current members, several seats vacant Industry Advisors – 5 current, no limit Problem Statement The Executive Committee is in charge of strategic direction, high-level decision making and financial oversight and meets at a regular cadence. The ‘other’ members of the Board of Directors are not involved at a regular cadence. They are not leveraged as active board members, but they are legally accountable for overseeing the organization’s direction and financial health. Neither role is well defined. Organizational Excellence
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Proposal Reduce the Board of Directors to nine members Simplifies accountability President, Treasurer, Secretary, Compensation, plus one for each of the five pillars Effective group size Move all non-executive members of the Board of Directors to a Board of Advisors Non-voting roles Define roles and responsibilities for EC and Advisors Open questions Rotation Voting Legal counsel Insurance Organizational Excellence
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More sustainability work is now done by program director Highlights: Fundraiser in Silicon Valley with Silent Auction and new platinum sponsor Gary Muddyman/Conversis gift Grants: Open University, Indigo Microsoft matching grants campaign (comment on the difficulty of these type of campaigns) Sustainability
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More sustainability work is now done by program director Plans for 2013: TWB Fundraiser in conjunction with Conversis Anniversary Special activities leading up to and at Localization World London Paula Shannon will be doing a matching grants campaign at Lionbridge Grow sponsorship and membership programs TWB Ambassador program Grow other revenue streams – revenue from NGOs Sustainability
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Workspace and resources
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In 2013 so far... 2.98 million words posted by 64 NGOs 2.33 million words delivered to 61 NGOs words posted in 66 language pairs 10 million words will be delivered in May 2013 Translation management reworked Survey done on translators Functional description reworked Workspace and resources
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Health Translator’s Training program – The Center Operational since Summer 2012 Training plus Translation Training: o 100 persons followed short course (4 days) o 20 followed advanced course (6 weeks) Translation: o Team of 12 translators with (to date) 8 months hands-on experience o Capacity: 100-140,000 words/month; easily scalable to 200K words Building Language Capacity
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Health Translator’s Training program – The Future Solidify position of the Kenya center; make it primarily self-supporting o Funding: external grants, direct customers o Management Measure impact of our work Set-up similar centers in areas with comparable circumstances? o Maybe not, unless others pay for us to distribute our know-how Building Language Capacity
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Health Translator’s Training program - The box Expand, collect and adapt all training materials and exercises Document set-up and execution of the training program Design ‘train-the-trainers’ program This way our training will reach more people at faster rate Building Language Capacity
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Building Awareness
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Non-profit Partnerships Non-profit Pillar Leader Val NP Team Leader (Steve Z) NP Approval (Kalinka H) Assistant Web Updates NP Accountability (Elise L) NP Awareness/ Comm. Rebecca
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Non-profit Partnerships
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