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Vacancies on CMAT Board of Directors
CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS!!!! There are two positions up for election on the CMAT Board of Directors.

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 nominate themselves, but require a “nominator’s” name in their email as an endorsement.
  • Nominations must be received no later than Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 23:59 pacific time.
  • Person nominated must be CMAT volunteer member. (‘Member’ is defined as a volunteer who is currently listed on the online database, in good standing, and who is willing to carry out the obligations of the office to which she/he may be elected)
  • Nominees (candidates) require the endorsement and referral of one nominator who must also be a CMAT member in good standing, who may be contacted to provide a reference.
  • Past experience and CMAT involvement is beneficial (e.g. previous deployment, training, committee involvement, local volunteering, fundraising).
  • Members can run for only one (1) position in the election.
  • All nominations should include a short biography of the candidate of not more than 250 words which covers the two categories (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, during the voting period.
Online voting will open on November 1, and close on November 15. Registered CMAT members will receive a secure link to the voting ballot via email.

Important Update to  AGM Webcast Scheduled for November 17, 2013 at 3pm ET

As you know, CMAT has deployed to the Philippines in response to Typhoon Haiyan. We currently have a four member Assessment Team on the ground near Cebu, Philippines, and a 14 member medical team departing to Cebu on Sunday, November 17th 2013. Two of our Board members, Deborah Exelby  and Valerie Rzepka are on the Assessment Team, and two more Board members, Kate Auger and Dr. J. Rashad Chin,  are leading Team 1 to Cebu on Sunday, November 17, 2013. As a result, much of the business of an AGM will not be able to move forward, and we will reschedule that business to a later date when the complete Board is back in Canada.

We would like to move forward with the broadcast at the scheduled time, however, and provide a general update on CMAT activity, and a specific update on this current deployment to the Philippines.

Please visit this website shortly before 3pm ET on November 17th, for a URL for you to follow to view our broadcast.

Sincerely,

Kathy Harms
Vice Chair
Canadian Medical Assistance Teams