The Arctic Chapter is now in its fifth year of existence in the North. As it has been the case since the beginning, most of our membership is based in the Northwest Territories, but we are proud to have branched out to include Nunavut in the past year. We are currently in campaign mode, contacting potential members in the Yukon. If you're reading this from the Yukon, contact us; we'd love to answer any questions you have and welcome you on board.

Coming up in the next couple of weeks, we'll be holding our annual general meeting. Due to the vast territory we cover and the huge distances between us, we have decided this year to hold out meeting through IM using Skype – is it a first for the GDC? We're not sure, but hey, you have to do what you have to do. For those members participating in the meeting, we will be contacting you soon with information about the time and "place" and other particulars.

For a number of years now, the Arctic Chapter has been sponsored by Coast Paper out of Edmonton so we'd like to thank Coast for their continued support and look forward to working with them in the future.

Congratulations are also in order to GDC national and Tétro Design for coming through with a great new site. We're looking forward to the new features and easy access to chapter news.

Here's to another great year!

Cheers,

Arctic Chapter Execs

Registered as the GDC Arctic Chapter/Chapitre de l'artique, they were welcomed officially as a Chapter at the 2004 National AGM in Victoria. This status was granted at the request of Greg Spronken, GDC Arctic's founding President, to allow them to begin the recruitment and awareness campaigns necessary to ensure they would become a full and beneficial member of the National Society.

The chapter now has the required ten professional members required for chapter status. GDC Arctic hopes to provide a valuable professional development tool for Canada's North. By bringing the strong ethical and design concepts of the National Society to their communities it is their belief that they will be able to develop a consistent standard of skills and ethics in their local industry. It is also their hope to bring the unique and diverse culture of the North to the southern members of the GDC, allowing for a richer and more diverse community for everyone.

The founding GDC Arctic Board Members were:

• Greg Spronken, President
• Steve Freake, Secretary & VP Communications
• Jennifer Luckay, Treasurer
• Dan Franklin, VP Ethics & VP Sponsorship
• Allison Howie, VP Membership

Anyone living in the Yukon, Northwest Territories or Nunavut who is interested in supporting or becoming a member of the GDC's newest Chapter should contact:

Allison Howie, President
GDC Arctic Chapter
P.O. Box 2144
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2P6

T: 867.669.9344
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