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CMAT 2017 Board of Directors Nominations

Canadian Medical Assistance Teams has three (3) regular positions (each 3 year terms) on the board of directors posted for election. In addition, a fourth position has recently opened, to complete the remaining one year term of outgoing Treasurer Martin Metz. Voting by registered members will be held using online balloting between January 22nd and February 3rd, 2017. The results will be announced at the CMAT Annual General Meeting of Members being in held online on February 5th, 2017.

Beginning at 12:01am (Atlantic) on Sunday January 22, 2017, registered CMAT members will be sent a one-time, user-specific link to the voting webpage by email, and will be asked to choose up to four candidates for the open positions. Voting closes Friday February 3, 2017 at 23:59 (Pacific).

Below you will find the list of nominated candidates, in alphabetical order:

CMAT AGM 2017 and Call for Nominations!

Blog, Board of Directors, News

CMAT’s 2017 Annual General Meeting of Members (AGM) will be held on Sunday February 5, 2017. Three (3) positions are up for election on the CMAT Board of Directors, each for a three (3) year term.

NOMINATION GUIDELINES

All nominations should be sent to the nomination committee’s attention: [email protected] stating the following information:
- Nominee’s full name
- Nominee’s hometown/ province
- Nominee’s contact phone number and email address
- Nominee’s profession
- Nominator’s Full name*
- Nominator’s contact phone number and email address*

* Nominees may volunteer, but require a nominator as endorsement

Nominations must be received no later than Friday January 20, 2017 at 23:59 pacific time.
Person nominated must be CMAT member.
Nominees (candidates) require the endorsement and referral of one nominator who must also be a CMAT member in good standing, who will be contacted to provide a reference.
Past experience and CMAT involvement is beneficial (e.g. previous deployment, training, committee involvement, local volunteering, fundraising).
All nominations should include a short biography of the candidate of no more than 250 words which covers the two areas (i) profession/experience and (ii) philosophy (please do not forward a CV)
Nominations should include a head and shoulders photograph of each candidate. Please attach the picture to the email as a jpg file.
Information provided about a candidate and her/his photograph will be posted on the CMAT website and circulated by email to members during the voting period.

Online voting will open on Sunday January 22, 2017 at 00:01 Atlantic, and close on Friday February 3rd, 2017 at 23:59 Pacific. Registered CMAT members will receive a link to the online voting ballot via email.

Election results will be announced during the AGM .

Notice of CMAT’s Annual General Meeting of Members

CMAT’s 2017 Annual General Meeting of members (AGM) will be held live ONLINE on: Sunday February 05, 2017 at 14:00 (Eastern)

11:00 (Pacific)
12:00 (Mountain)
13:00 (Central)
15:00 (Atlantic)

Meet your 2017 Board of Directors. Login information is provided below, and an agenda and login will also be posted on the CMAT website before the meeting.

CMAT Annual General Meeting LINK (will be active 10 minutes prior to start of meeting on Feb 5):

https://www.anymeeting.com/237-476-593

CMAT Response Team in Haiti: Final Report Published

2016 - Haiti Hurricane Matthew, Deployments

CMAT wraps up the mission in Haiti with a visit to the Canadian embassy and a debrief/sitrep with the Canadian Ambassador Paula Caldwell.

January 8, 2017: In October, 2016, a catastrophic hurricane struck the island nation of Haiti. A three member team from CMAT was deployed to install a NOMAD water purifier, delivered medications and other aid supplies to the city of Les Irois in the Grand Anse region of Haiti. The team was deployed from November 2nd until November 16th, 2016 and comprised of Martin Metz (Paramedic – Team Lead), Kate Auger (Nurse Practitioner), Marc Dupuis (Firefighter).

Community members in Les Irois filling water containers with clean drinking water, from the Nomad purifier installed by CMAT.

In collaboration with the UN/UNICEF WASH cluster, the CMAT team assessed Les Irois as the area which would benefit the most from the deployment of the NOMAD water filter.

To read the deployment summary report, please click here: CMAT Haiti 2016 Hurricane Matthew Deployment Summary.

CMAT Response Team in Haïti: Travelling to the remote western regions

2016 - Haiti Hurricane Matthew, News

CMAT Response team members (L-R) Marc Dupuis, Martin Metz, local driver, Kate Auger departing Jérémie for Le Irois, Haïti.

November 9, 2016 – Jérémie, Haïti – The Team arrived in Jérémie over the weekend, and spent a restful night graciously hosted by friends at the Centre Pastoral et Catechetique Maria Stella Maris. We thank the community centre for allowing our team to set up their tents indoors, allowing them to stay dry! While staying at the centre before the next day’s journey, they helped to clear the community centre area of debris, and several large fallen trees which were toppled during the hurricane. (Click on thumbnails to view larger image)

Team leader Martin Metz, who aside from being a Paramedic is also an experienced arborist used our donated chainsaw to create “Canadian Chairs” for the community centre!

Through government contacts, and the UN Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) Cluster, the team identified a remote community in the westernmost tip of southern Haïti which needed access to clean water. Deployments like this can sometimes be challenging, and this was no exception. The team faced torrential downpours, winding mountain roads, and even two flat tires! But the team kept calm, and carried on with smiles and spirits intact!