All council meeting!! (Part 2: The foundation)

1. All council meeting!! (Part 2: The foundation) Monday October 15, 2007 6 PM

2. Featured guest • Don Thurston • Regular Member of UofA Chapter • Generously helped ourchapter for a few years now.

3. Featured guest Dorothy is the reason for EWB Dorothy is our boss Dorothy is our stakeholder Dorothy may be different to each of us, but all ourdecisions need to be forher

4. Big HUGE Vilkommen! • So who is here today?

5. Four-fold general agenda • Starting an hour ago... The Cycle of Poverty! Starring Bruce Duong • 6PM – 7 PM: So you signed your life away to EWB eh? Do you even know what that means and how much we’re planning to wring you dry? Well, you are about to find out! • 7PM – 8PM: Getting to know each other, energy building, and reaching out far and wide! • 8PM – 9PM: Bringing down the Diablos in Soccer.

6. Why did we selected you a commissioner? Because we feel that you can (you better!!) : • Keep up in school • Have fun!!! • Keep good communications with your team • Fill your role as a commissioner • Increase your knowledge about development, EWB and leadership • Become a regular member of EWB

7. What is an EWB Commisisoner? Passionate Learner Humble Entrepreneur Important and Massive Accountable Taking Initiative Impact Oriented Fulla Fun Sense of Purpose Very Good Looking Embracing Change Pure Awesomenes Leadership Builder Hard Worker Critical Thinker Highly enthusiastic Qualified Volunteer In Love with Marc Strongly Committed

8. What is an EWB Commisisoner? In a nutshell? YOU

9. Impact Oriented We want to tie our actions to impact. Ok, so you want to write an article in the Newspaper about EWB, or you want to hold a car smash… GREAT! Now what does that accomplish for international development?

10. Critical Thinking YOU will be making decisions on how EWB runs YOU are Potential Energy (ok, no more Engineering jokes) YOU can create change YOU represent Impact YOU are EWB EWB is not a perfect organization. Your experiences and ideas can bring change to the organization and the developing world. Speak openly about EWB, criticize it, improve it! "We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history."

11. Why are you here? Last week, we checked out your qualifications, but very little people mentioned WHY they want to be part of the big EWB family. Who’s your Dorothy? What is the reason that drives you to be here? What do you want to accomplish? What impact do you want to create? Break up into your respective teams and discuss these questions, get to know your team a bit!

12. EWB UofC Hierarchy Team Presidents Marc + Jess Junior Fellowship Anne Shawn Board of Advisors Anne Dan VPs and Project Leaders Chin, Maliha, Isabel, Danuta, Anushka, Emily, Lauren, Bruce, Lise, Amy, Kevin, Kat Commissioners Paige, Danielle, Azmina, Bianca, Robyn, Evan, Cornelia, Pamela, Kristen, Stephanie Melissa, Natalie, Tom, Michael, Alexandria, Britta, Melissa, Jordan, Kelsey, Queenie, Andrew, Sanam, Sumesh, Shantel, Merisha SWAT Volunteers, HSO Volunteers, CLT Volunteers Pretend we wrote down everyone’s names…

13. EWB UofC Hierarchy CLT Amy Volunteers Team Outreach Anushka Lauren Emily Paige Danielle Azmina Bianca Robyn Evan? SWAT Board of Advisors Anne Dan Team Fundraising and Finance Chin Maliha Queenie Kelsey Jordan Junior Fellowship Anne Shawn HSO Kevin Cornelia Pamela Kristen Stephanie Volunteers Team Presidents Marc Jess Kat Shantel Sumesh Merisha Andrew Sanam Team Education (including D4D) Bruce Lise Alexandria Britta Melissa Team Communications Danuta Isabel Melissa Natalie Tom Michael

14. Our team mantra/charter/expectations/to do’s • So you may have noticed, we want very strong teamwork in EWB. • So what can we set as expectations from each executive and commissioner to ensure that the chapter moves forward, unified under one sun?

15. The Basics, but unmeasurable • Keep up in school • Have fun!!! • Keep good communications with your team • Fill your role as a commissioner • Increase your knowledge about development, EWB and leadership

16. The basics, measurable • All Councils meeting, Today, at NOW! • Team meetings (Set by your own team) • Chapter Retreat, November 17-18, in Canmore • National Conference, January 16-19, in Montreal • EWB Day, March 6, in Calgary • Become a regular member of EWB

17. Junior Fellowship • Applications are due on October 19, 12:00. • E-mail ewb@ucalgary.ca • What is Junior Fellowship? • Interested? Concerned? Join the JF Café!

18. National Conference • Sign up on October 17, at 1 PM. • Log-onto MyEWB, and browse around until you find National Conference Registration. • There’s only 45 subsidized spots across the country!

19. What’s up in the hood? (Upcoming events and deadlines) • Tuesday October 16: Movie, Uganda Rising • Movie about Child Soldiering in Northern Uganda • Wednesday October 17: Shanti Day • All day, in the Mac Hall Courtyard • Talking about Millenium Development Goals • Wednesday October 17 (1 PM): National Conference Registration • Registration opens up, and the first 45 people who sign up across Canada would be getting approximately 200$ cheaper (cost is 225$ for registration) • Don’t have access to credit card? Talk to Marc • Friday October 19: JF Application Deadline • This is going to be your opportunity to go overseas. • Saturday October 20: GULUWALK • Walk to fundraise/support the fight against child soldiering in Northern Uganda • Sunday October 21, Plaza Theatre, 5 PM: • A dollar a day, the price of cotton (UofC in collaboration with Calgary Professional • Monday October 22, 5 PM: Education Module (ICT 116) • A special by Bruce Duong

20. And now… • Who is bringing the next treat of the week? • Push all the chairs back in a circle at the back of the room, and stack all the rest of the chairs. We’re about to get kicked out =)

21. Group Hug Always a necessity

22. All council meeting!! (Part 3: The Team) Monday October 15, 2007 7 PM

23. Ice Breaker!!! • Secretly pick the person you know the least, and pick the person you know the most.

24. Get to know each other • Ok, the Exec have done this activity before! But not with this twist! • The winners of this game will have 8 people on one chair • Each person will have a turn to say “shift right if you…”, according to the list of names on the board.

25. Team Builder • Break up into teams, discuss your prominent issues with your respective executives. • If you can’t find your VP, join any random team you want

26. Energizers • This activity has been done by the SWAT Team.

27. Outreach • Together, we’ll try to reach out to a few important people, and try to change their behaviour. • Who do we want to affect? • Prime Minister • Mr. Schulich • Member of the Parliament • CEO of a big company • Support letters for groups that need it?

28. What time is it? • GAME TIME! • We’re heading over to the fields behind cascade.

29. Question, concerns? • Yes?