Transcript North American Chapter Events

WAAAUB Chapters Committee
Progress Report
November 2010
WAAAUB North American Regional Gathering
Ann Arbor, MI
Introduction
Chapters Committee activities
November 2009 - November 2010
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Members 2009-2011
Lebanon
MENA
Mouheiddin
Doughan
Abdo Jirjus
(Coordinator)
Alain Sabri
Nabil Watfa
Yasser El Hajj
Europe
Talal Farah
(Coordinator)
North America
Rest of World
Genane Maalouf
(Coordinator)
Tawfik El Zein
Nasri Kawar
Flare Majali
(Coordinator)
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Johnny Kairouz
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Our Roles & Responsibilities
According to the WAAAUB bylaws “The Committee for Chapters shall
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develop strong links among WAAAUB, its constituent groups and among
its chapters
assist the Chapters in complying and monitor their compliance with the
WAAAUB Chapter Policies and Procedures
recommend to the WAAAUB Board the approval of new chapters or the
termination of the status of existing chapters which fail to meet the
requirements of the WAAAUB Chapter Policies and Procedures
“from time to time” review and recommend changes to the Chapter
Policies and Procedures to the WAAAUB Board.
nominate to the WAAAUB Board the candidates for the Distinguished
alumni and Outstanding Alumni Chapter awards. “
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Strategy 2010-2011
• Conduct regional and individual meetings with alumni chapters
worldwide
• Revitalize existing dormant chapters; establish new ones.
• Collect news of chapters events
• Coordinate with the Outreach Committee for alumni data updates
from chapters’ resources
• Assist with compliance to WAAAUB Chapter Policies and Procedures
• Nominate to the WAAAUB Board the candidates for the Distinguished
alumni and Outstanding Alumni Chapter awards
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What we do
 Execute agreed upon strategies (previous slide)
 Attend as many chapter events as possible
Geographic Distribution of Alumni
MENA and Lebanon:
27,367
North America: 5,095
Europe: 1,375
Asia: 160
Africa: 112
Oceania: 100
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North American Chapters Update
 Number of chapters: 26; 4 dormant to re-activate (Houston, Miami,
Pittsburgh, Syracuse)
 All chapters complying with Chapter Policies and Procedures;
completing annual reports
 New chapters: Seattle established, MidSouth to come
 Assessing the viability of establishing the following chapters: San
Diego and Western Canada (Alberta/Calgary)
 3rd North American Regional Meeting: Nov 12-14, 2010
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North American Chapters Update
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Europe Update
Dr. Talal Farah, Coordinator
 Number of chapters: 5; 3 dormant to re-activate: Athens , Cyprus and Turkey
 Recent elections in Geneva and Paris; UK chapter holding full calendar of
events
 Chapters are active and in compliance with WAAAUB Chapters Policies and
procedures
Geneva
European Chapters
•United Kingdom
•Paris
•Geneva
•Athens
•Cyprus
•Turkey
MENA Chapters Update
Mrs. Flare Majali, Coordinator
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Number of chapters 14; 2 dormant to reactivate: Nigeria and Sudan
Successfully reactivated Qatar and Palestine chapters
Chapters complying with WAAAUB chapters policies and procedures
New chapters forthcoming: Maldives
MENA regional meeting to be held March 18th, 2011 in Damascus
MENA Chapters
•Bahrain
•Cairo
•Dubai
•Eastern Province
•Jeddah
•Jordan
•Kuwait
•Nigeria
•Oman
•Palestine
•Qatar
•Sudan
•Syria
•UAE
Lebanon Chapters Update 2009-2010
 Number of Chapters 13; 3 dormant to reactivate (Business, North and South Lebanon)
 Engineering and Bekaa Chapters successfully
reactivated; elections held summer 2010
 New chapter forthcoming: Landscape
 Looking forward to: bringing all 13 Lebanon
chapters under the umbrella of WAAAUB
 7 chapters out of the 13 are under the umbrella
of WAAAUB
Chapters in Lebanon
Bekaa, Mount Lebanon, North Lebanon,
South Lebanon, Agricultural and Food
Sciences, Engineering and Architecture,
Health Sciences, Medical, Nursing, Pharmacy,
Computer Science
WAAAUB Awards
 Develop the criteria for recognizing outstanding alumni
and chapters
 Oversee nominations and selection process
 Awards to be presented at WAAAUB Convention, June
2011
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Our future plans include:
 Developing stronger partnership with Chapters
 Developing and continue our communication and
coordination strategy among chapters, with WAAAUB,
AUB leadership, and area chapters
 Conducting more chapters visits
 Reactivating dormant chapters in all regions
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