October 2009 North American Chapter Roundtable Our successes Our challenges Our solutions North American Regional Gathering - Montreal, Canada 1

Reports from the Field • • • • • • • NY Tristate: Roland Abi Nader Montreal: Johnny Kairouz Ohio River Valley: Hala Zahreddine Ottawa: Samir Samaha Philadelphia: Asma Ghannam Toronto: Maha Zabaneh Washington DC: Ghada Rihani October 2009 North American Regional Gathering - Montreal, Canada 2

Common Successes • • • Types of Events?

Alumni reconnecting?

Valuable assistance alumni to alumni?

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Common Challenges • • • • • • Maintaining event attendance Hands on participation = extra help!

Leadership transition Budgetary limitations Time management constraints vs. commitment to chapter (alumni are counting on you!) Intra-chapter collaboration October 2009 North American Regional Gathering - Montreal, Canada 4

Our vision for the future. Our solutions • • • Regular chapter leadership networking possibility. Phone/in-person?

Leadership training More visits from AUB faculty and leadership October 2009 North American Regional Gathering - Montreal, Canada 5