AGM Announcement: slate of nominees for the 2013 board of directors

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Dear members,

arab+canada-flagNCCAR’s mission – to build ties between Canadians and the people of the Arab world in order to develop stronger relations and cooperation between them as well as an appreciation of their common values – becomes yet more important given current realities and trends in the Canadian social, media and political environment. Our valuable work continues, and our recent successes can be seen at www.nccar.ca

For a brief sampling of NCCAR’s accomplishments of the past year, click here.

In order to continue being part of NCCAR and support its valuable ongoing and expanding initiatives, we invite you to:

Participate in the Annual General Meeting

Members (see right for membership information) are invited to the meeting, where we will:

  • Review NCCAR’s achievements 
  • Provide ideas and input into NCCAR’s plans
  • Review the financial report and progress
  • Elect new board members

The meeting will be held as follows:

Saturday, March 16th, 2013

1:00pm – 3:00pm

Ottawa

Venue: Honeywell Room, City Hall

110 Laurier Avenue West

Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1

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Only NCCAR members can vote at the AGM. Thank you.

For a brief sampling of NCCAR’s accomplishments of the past year, click here.

Members who cannot attend can still vote by sending the proxy form as an email attachment or by mail. (The link will download a Word document to your computer)

Slate of Nominees for Board of Directors

Please read the following list of nominees. The nominating committee recommends the following slate of 10 nominees for the 2013 Board of Directors:

Omar Burgan Montreal, QC
Dr. Qais Ghanem Ottawa, ON
Sanabel ElRayes Ottawa, ON
Fadi Eltibi Ottawa, ON
Raja Khouri Toronto, ON
Peter Larson Ottawa, ON
John Menzies Pembroke, ON
Gail Miller Vancouver, BC
Rula Odeh Montreal, QC
George Salhani Ottawa, ON

Thank you,

The 2013 Nominating Committee

Sanabel El-Rayes, Rula Odeh and Mark Khoury

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Posted on March 03, 2013