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CANUCK!
May 20, 2012
NJR UPDATE Spring Board Meeting Report
from the Sr NJR!
Greetings, JB Canada!
The NJRs were just representing
the junior voice at the Spring
Board Meeting, with all of the
chapter chairs and national
executive. After a long,
exhausting, and productive
weekend, here is a brief
synopsis of some important
things we discussed:
1) Risk Management: drivers
during activities must be 19+,
carry a full license, and have a
minimum of $1M liability
2) National President starting
after NBM: Blair Lockhart from
Vancouver (Mercedes and
Sandys mom!)
3) JB liaisons: nominated by
juniors, elected by the chapter
board we will be going over
the role of liaison with juniors,
liaisons, and chapter boards at
SBTF and NBM
4) Organizational Review: We
will be coming up with 4 new
JB goals at the International
Junior Branch Conference, and
discussing how often we should
be meeting
Be prepared for some big and
exciting changes happening in
JB Canada! Were going to start discussing at SBTF, and
continue discussing at NBM!
Hey JB Canada!
Sending love all the way from
Calgary!
This past weekend (May 4-6)
Julia and I spent a wonderful
few days in Toronto with your
Chapter Chairs and CISV
Canadas National Executive. We met for 3 jam packed days
of decision making and
brainstorming. We covered
heaps of topics all the way
from Finances and Chapter
Development to JB and Risk
Management. As Jr. NJR this
was my first experience at SBM
(Spring Board Meeting),
although I had expected it to
be pretty much exactly what it
was, (boring at points but
incredibly educational) I found
myself not only having an
excellent time but also learning
a tremendous amount about
how exactly CISV Canada
operates and why.
As juniors, we play a very
significant role at SBM;
frequently we are referred to
and asked questions about just
how changes would affect us
or how we can provide input
from a different viewpoint. Also
as juniors we are required to
update the board by
presenting a report. As NJRs it is
our responsibility to represent
what you all are doing and
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CommSquad Update
future plans. We talked SBTF
2012, Nat Camp, and all things
international.
For your records, Julia and I will
soon be jetting off to Europe
for some International
meetings. While in Paris, France
we will be attending 3
separate conferences over the
course of three weeks.
Americas Regional Members
Meeting (ARMM; All NJRs from
across North, Central, and
South Americas), IJBC
(International Junior Branch
Conference; All NJRs and
juniors from around the world)
and AIM (Annual International
Meeting; All presidents,
trustees, committees,
international executive and
juniors from around the world.
Basically a world NBM!) will all
be huge opportunities for Julia
and I to be the voice of JB
Canada. After all is said and
done in Paris, we will then fly
over the Atlantic and land in
the beautiful community of
Waterloo and staff National
Camp!
Julia and I had a wonderful
time together over the past
weekend and certainly had no
shortage of laughter. I am very
lucky to work with someone
who makes me so happy and
who laughs at my terrible
jokes... This was hugely
important this weekend in
Toronto. Because we get along
so well, we are able to bounce
off each other and provide
support for one another in
order to represent you all to
the best of our abilities. SBTF is
in no time at all and before we
know it you all will be in front of
us in Toronto!
I am SO looking forward to it!
If you have any questions or
concerns with regards to
ANYTHING at all, whether it be
about your local JB or anything
National and International I am
ALWAYS available. Either send
me an email
([email protected] or
[email protected]), grab me on
facebook
(www.facebook.com/dow.linn
ell),or @reply me on twitter
(www.twitter.com/DowLinnell
or
www.twitter.com/NJRCanada)
. I am realizing this is getting a
bit long SO I shall cut it here and say that I hope you all
are
happy and healthy! Be Good,
Make GOOD Choices, BE
RESPONSIBLE!
Lots of love to you all,
Dow
Jr. National Junior
Representative
Hey JB!
Your CommSquad is hard at work again, putting together another
great looking Canuck for your viewing pleasure. Otherwise, ours is
more of an on-going job. We're working to keep you all updated on
national and international news through email, facebook, and
twitter.
And of course the best part of our job, pestering LJRs to send
postcards and Canuck articles :) Any questions? Comments? Concerns?
Professions of love? Feel free to send them our way!
[email protected] @JBCommSquad Much love, Emily &
Grace
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Hello CISV Canada!
I am Cody Shantz, the
National Camp Coordinator.
What I have been up to with
National Camp recently is I
have all the National Camp
staff now and we had our
first staff meeting! At our
meeting we went over lots
including a theme! We now
have a National Camp
website that you can check
out to find about the theme
and more information on
National Camp!! Here is the
link to the website
http://natcamp2012.blogspo
t.ca/
If you have any questions
about the website or
National Camp at all feel
free to e-mail me at
[email protected] .
Talk to you soon!
Cody!!
Hello JB Canada! There are a lot of exciting
projects happening with JB
Canada right now.
And not to brag, but they
are as exciting as a Panda
Bear riding a Unicorn (see
photo to the side)
Ask your LJRs for the story
sent out called Juliet and
Doris, it is a lovely story
about a seagull and a killer
whale. It is the first story
written for the CISV Canada
bedtime story book.
Do you like lullabies? Have
you ever wished for a nice
song book, all nice and
decorated? Well there is
one coming soon! All you
need to do is make sure your
chapter has submitted their
decorated pages to Travis
ASAP
Check us out on the web!
Friend us on facebook
(Jbdcubed Dcc), follow us
on twitter
(@JuniorBrancDCC) Check
out the awesome "CISV
Canada Challenges"
facebook group, where
JBers in Canada challenge
each other to fun
challenges.
If you have any questions
about our projects, or if you
have a project you'd like to
see happen, hit us up at
[email protected]
- Amy and Travis
National Camp
Update
JBDC Update!
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This years candidates are: Cande Lucero Dente
from Argentina
Francisco Pavao
from Portugal
Niklas Juhl
from Germany
AND
Thomas Bryenton
from the USA
Every IJR candidate fills out
a questionnaire for the entire
JB world to read! Some of
the candidates answers will
be included in this Canuck
and the full questionnaire
can be accessed on line at
http://bit.ly/KaokKv
(Username: ijb.guest ,
Password: cisv4all).
Cande!
Francisco!
Niklas!
Thomas!
IJR Candidates
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When Cande was asked
WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE IJR? she responded:
When Francisco was asked
IF YOU HAD TO BE ONE OF THE 7 CISV PROGRAMS
WHICH WOULD YOU BE AND
WHY? he responded:
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When Niklas was asked
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ACHIEVED BY THE TIME
YOU FINISH IN 2014? he responded:
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When Thomas was asked
WITH THE CHANGES PROPOSED IN THE
ORGANIZATIONAL REVIEW,
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF JUNIOR
BRANCH IN THE FUTURE OF
CISV? he responded:
Dont forget to check out the full questionnaires online and to
let your NJRs know if you want to share your opinion on any of our
lovely candidates!
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