News – Page 7

Categories: Officer Updates

Congress planning is in turbo grind mode. The hotel is ready to have us and we will be their priority during our stay. My fellow organizers have been meeting weekly at a mininum. A few things in the schedule need to be sorted out but it’s mostly complete. Sponsorship money is in, we have a diverse array of companies and organizations participating. I do have one problem: I have too many volunteers and I don’t know what to do with them. Read More

November Update – National Councillors

Categories: Officer Updates

There were three items for ICE: The Code of Conduct, the Inclusive Conference Planning document, and the Incident Reporting System Policy. Beth: The CFES Code of Conduct has been completed and a final draft (Version 5) submitted for approval by the Board at this meeting. There’s been some good discussion and I think there is a solid consensus. Beth: I had hoped to have the Inclusive Conference Planning document also available to be approved by the Board for formality’s sake; however, only one out of the six activity managers got back to me by the Oct 24 deadline (Dean, McGill… Read More

November Update – Publication Editor

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Since PM I have: Finalised the call for submissions; Organised the peer review committee; Published the call including sending it to the members, an administrator at each member school, and advertising it on facebook to a number of groups and pages. Read More

Engineers Canada Board Meeting – September 2014, Ottawa

Categories: Officer Updates

In September, I attended Engineers Canada’s Board Meeting in Ottawa. The major subjects related to CFES were Policy Governance, International Engineering Graduates, and CEAB. Policy Governance: Engineers Canada modified their structure and they are currently following the Policy Governance that looks like a company structure. We had a full day of formation to understand the structure and how it changes the way Engineers Canada, and more particularly the Board, works. What we need to remember is that the CEO – Currently Kim Allen – is responsible of achieving the goals described by Engineers Canada Board EXCEPT the two different Boards: CEAB… Read More

BEST PM in Gdansk – November 6-12

Categories: Officer Updates

BEST and CFES have a long term relationship. We exchange best practices and learn a lot from each other. The goals of each organization, the structure and the events differs and we can learn from that. BEST PM is a lot bigger than our PM and they review each Committee and Event during Plenary. I was representing both CFES and IEC because they don’t see us as two different entities yet. I did a presentation about CFES and IEC, I had a table at the international NGO’s rally, participated in the international evening and discussed BEST and IEC with many… Read More

November update – President

Categories: Officer Updates

I have been attending BEST PM in Gdansk, Poland from November 6th to November 12th. I am also coordinating with Engineers Canada and Engineers without Borders the “Change Lab” that will happen in EWB Congress next January. I have been contacted by Media Planet to answer some questions about STEM education and their publication will go out in November. I am also ensuring communication between IEC and BEST about deadlines, number of teams, application procedure and competitions. I have ordered pins and bandanas for Congress. Read More

Rapport d’officiers de novembre – Ambassadrice Québec

Categories: Officer Updates

La masse de travail à faire va débouler sous peu avec l’approche du Congrès. Pour l’instant, je travaille en collaboration avec le président du comité organisateur de la Engineering and Commerce Case Competition 2015 pour rejoindre les membres sur un niveau canadien. J’ai aussi contacté l’OIQ pour eux. En même temps, j’ai fait le lien entre le comité organisateur de NCWIE et les écoles québécoises. De plus, j’ai essayé de trouvé un rabais supplémentaire pour les écoles québécoises volant à partir de Montréal pour le Congrès annuel. On verra où ça nous mène. Je vous informe que je n’ai pas… Read More

November update – IT Commissioner

Categories: Officer Updates

Since PM, the following have been done under the IT portfolio: – Migrated Dropbox files to Google Drive – Merged Officer Updates (formerly “Club”) into the main CFES website – Started discussing options for long-term use of “Hub” or an alternative member communications platform – Working with VP Services and Congress team to update membership database as part of Congress registration… Read More

November update – Administration Commissioner