November 2010 WAAAUB North American Regional Gathering Ann Arbor, MI

Progress ReportWAAAUB Chapters Committee

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 Europe North America Rest of World

Talal Farah(Coordinator)Yasser El Hajj

Tawfik El Zein

Flare Majali(Coordinator)

Genane Maalouf(Coordinator)

Nasri Kawar

Johnny Kairouz

Mouheiddin Doughan

Abdo Jirjus (Coordinator)

Alain Sabri

Nabil Watfa

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Our Roles & ResponsibilitiesAccording to the WAAAUB bylaws “The Committee for Chapters shall

• 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: 27,367North 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

Europe UpdateDr. 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 UpdateMrs. Flare Majali, Coordinator

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

Chapters in LebanonBekaa, Mount Lebanon, North Lebanon, South Lebanon, Agricultural and Food Sciences, Engineering and Architecture, Health Sciences, Medical, Nursing, Pharmacy, Computer Science

Number of Chapters 13; 3 dormant to re-activate (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

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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