Annual General Meeting Hotel Radisson Daugava March 14, 2018 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Annual General Meeting Hotel Radisson Daugava March 14, 2018

Agenda 1. Registration from 10:00 2. President: welcome, agenda and introduction 3. Voting on AGM chairwoman, secretary and counting committee 4. Board report and summary of the club activities 2017/2018 5. Financial overview 6. Election of board 2018/2019 7. Closing remarks

4. Board Report of 2017-2018 Executive IWCR Board President – Tina Nordqvist Vice President – Mieke Langenberg -Tissot Van Patot Acting Secretary – Julia Pesnia Treasurer – Eva Tsakiroglou Charity Committee Coordinator – Vera Boissin Advisory Board Membership Coordinator – Jenai Girvics Social Activities Coordinator – Vija Pugule Luncheon Coordinator – Maria Nesterova Facebook and PR Coordinator – Jingky Lowe Website Coordinator – Urszula Gawska-Kartashov

2017 - 2018 Membership Details ● Total # of Members: 123 ● % Latvians: Currently 14% of the 15% maximum - 18 Latvians ● Countries represented: 35 (fluctuates, down from 38 last year) ● Countries with highest membership #'s (other than Latvians): US(16) , DE(11) ● Longest membership: 2 members for 17-18 yrs!) Ingrida Meierovics, Ingrida Grants ● Typical membership duration: 3 years ● 24 members participating over 3 years: Reminder we offer discounted 3 year membership fee! ● Members previously in the international club in a different country: 7

2017 - 2018 Membership Details ● Miscellaneous information: 4% of members are retired, at least 60% mothers, about 20% employed by or associated with a foreign embassy ● Primary methods of being informed of the club: 1) Vast majority informed by a current member 2) By their embassy 3) By website ● Primary interests indicated on applications: 1)Charity 2)Sports(Golf/Pilates/Running) 3) English Conversation

Coffee Mornings / Meet & Greet ● Every first Wednesday of the month until January 2018 at Hotel Albert ● From February 2018 at the Skyline Bar of Radisson Blu Hotel Latvia ● Meet & Greet coffee mornings were held on the following days in 2017: April 5th, May 3rd, June 7th, July 5th, August 2nd, September 6th, October 4th, November 1st, December 6th, in 2018: January 10th, February 7th and March 7th

Tours and Social

Tours 2017 -2018 2017 7 April - Visit to “Madara Cosmetics” 19 April - Visit to Latvian Painter Artis Bute’s studio 26 April - Visit to Tallinn International Women’s Club 16 May - Cooking class at Casa Nostra Restaurant 9 June - Exhibition from Spanish Museum Prado 15 September - Birds watching tour 21 September - OZO Golf Club visit (lesson and lunch) 12 October - Visit to exhibition of Latvian painters 8 November - Visit to Dior exhibition at Fashion Museum 22 November - Finnish design exhibition 12 December - Shopping morning and presentation at Laura Ashley shop 2018 19 January - Visit to Latvian National Library 31 January - Visit to Blackheads House 14 February - Baltic Beach SPA and lunch 2 March - Visit to Occupation Museum

Activity Groups 2017 -2018 English Conversation once a month, dates announced via e-mail Leader: Katy Jacobi Latvian Conversation once a month, dates announced via e-mail Leader: Catherine Weenink French Conversation once a month, dates announced via e-mail Leader:Aurelie Gueroux & Delphine Auvergne Spanish Conversation once a month, dates announced via e-mail Leader: Monica Ussia Bible Group Every Friday from 10 – 11 am at Agnès´place Leader: Agnès Lubloy & Jenai Gervics Handicraft Group Dates announced via e-mail Leader: Eva Sesemann Book club once a month Leader: Tiina Nirk

Monthly Lunches 2017-2018 Each third Thursday of the month. From 8-15 Euro per person. We are as usual 10-25 ladies. Members can invite guests.

Monthly Lunches 2017-2018 April 2017 - Hercogs Marupe May 2017 - Amarone August 2017 - Gastropub September 2017 - Ozo Golf October 2017 - Muusu Terase November 2017 - Hercogs Kipsala December 2017 - Annas Darzs January 2018 - Epilogue February 2018 - Il Sole March 2018 - Radisson Daugava

Christmas Bazaar 2017 Photos: Ruslan Grymak

Christmas Bazaar 2017 Our 21st bazaar. Since 2010 at Town Hall (Rigas Dome) Tables: Embassies (29), IWCR, Organisations we support (7), Auctions, Tombola 2017 we raised appr. 41 000 Euro Bazaar coordinator: Maria Nesterova The Christmas Bazaar is the main income for IWCR charity projects Photo: Ruslan Grymak

Financial Income from Bazaar 2017 Overview 2016 2017 difference (%) Club Tables € 2,923 € 2,334 -20.13% Embassies € 26,009 € 26,738 2.81% Vendors € 142 € 289 102.26% Schools € 293 € 155 -47.14% Auction & Tombola € 8,855 € 9,865 11.4% Charities € 1,260 € 1,553 23.25% Total € 39,481 € 40,932 3.68%

Overview of Charity Activities 2017 Charity Committee in 2017/2018: Vera Boissin (leaving) Eva Sesemann Elina Apine Julia Pesnia Tiina Nirk (leaving) Stefka Elincheva (leaving) Chani Erasmus Sarah Green-Mummert (leaving) Tatiana Ross (left) Laure Stinge-Brocard

Organizations IWCR supported in 2017 Irlava Orphanage € 1,440.00 eyewear, medicines Hope for Children € 7,100.00 food for Bolderaja, school supplies, shoes Riga Milk Formula Charity € 1,200.00 milk formula and diapers Missionaries of Charity (money for medicines and soup kitchen) € 2,700.00 medicines and soup kitchen Auce "Namins" (shoes) € 3,000.00 shoes, school supplies Marta center € 2,000.00 consulting, trainings Pink Train Foundation € 500.00 therapies SOS Villages € 5,000.00 Grief Camp Misina Foster Family (Former SOS Village family) € 500.00 trips Children's Palliative Care (Angels Tree) € 2,000.00 Angel's Camp St. Saviours Church Soup Kitchen € 3,000.00 food for soup kitchen Care Mobil € 3,000.00 Embrace life program with Irlava Orphanage Betlehemes Maja € 1,000.00 housekeeping school supplies, center's cost, easter hunt Foster families school supplies € 5,000.00 sweets, center expenses Samaritans € 1,600.00 elderly house project and Maras center project Cystic fibrosis € 1,850.00 trainings for families

Extras in 2017 Extra donations during the year, income from membership fees, collections - Train trip to Vienna for Samaritans - Winter shoes for Children from Ilguciems Prison - Tools for Betlemes Maja, wallpaper exchange - Angel’s Tree together with ISR for Children’s Palliative Care - Collection of swimming suits for Samaritans - Collection of sweets, summer toys and more during Meet and Greets - Shopping with each visit of each charity - Extra donations from members: gifts for Ilguciems prison children, gifts for different charities, fundraiser of ISL student for Bolderaja... Donations of furniture, clothes, kitchen utensils, food, candy, shampoos etc….

Charities we support in 2018 - Application process same as last year, 1 more charity applied - Budget suggested by Charity Committee, approved by the Board - Agreements of Support signed or being signed - Charities can apply also during the year

No Beneficiary Budget 2017 1 Auce Namins €3000 Budget 2018 2 Betlemes Maja €1000 3 Children’s Palliative Care €2000 4 Cystic Fibrosis Association €2650 Charity Budget for 2018: 5 Elderini family, former SOS Village €500 € 43,000 6 Foster Families €5,000 7 Hope for Children €7900 8 Irlava Orphanage €1440 9 Marta Centrs €3200 Budget includes shopping for 10 Riga Milk Formula Charity €1200 charities when we visit 11 Missionaries of Charity €2700 12 Pink train Foundation €1000 13 RMHC €2,000 14 Samaritans €400 15 SOS Villages €3500 16 St. Saviours Church €3000

Activities 2017 / 2018 Several trips to Spice playground with children from Ilguciems prison

Auce “Namins” visits

Betlemes Maja visits

ZOO visit with Samaritans

Children’s Palliative Care Society

Hope for Children in Bolderaja

Charity Collections

Public Relations ● Head the PR group of the bazaar ● Coordinate with sponsors of the bazaar

Facebook page Our facebook page is used to promote the club, share the activities we do, and promote bazaar sponsors. We have about 1,003 page likes, 88% women and 12% men. Majority of our likes are by people aged between 35-44. https://www.facebook.com/IWCRiga/

IWCR Website ● Official Online Channel ○ About the IWCR ○ Announcements ○ Calendar ○ Activities ○ Latvia ● Collaborating closely with PR ○ Christmas Bazaar Sponsors

IWCR Website 2017 Statistics ● Visits - 4,271 ● Social Engagement ○ Referring: 2,221 ○ Shares - 63 ○ Direct: 1,853 ○ Follows - 62 ○ Social Sources: 198 ○ 1st Dec 250 visits ● We need YOUR Social Love ○ Share, Tweet, Like… ○ Why? ● Top Content ○ Home Page ○ Christmas Bazaar ○ Kids in Latvia

4. Board report of 2017-2018 a.Approve board report b.Add to official books

5. Financial overview 2017 Membership fees € 5,655 Donations € 40,932 Total € 46,587 Annual membership fee increase 12%

….and Expenses 2017 Charity Budget € 42,490.00 Christmas Bazaar € 374.00 expenses SIA Ocean € 72.60 Web Domain € 24.20 Accountant € 617.95 Lawyer € 121.00 Bank fees € 116.80 Others € 492.50 Total € 44,309.05