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Chapter President's Message
Jackie Kelly, March 15, 2010 at 3:18 PM
Hello GDC VI Members,
 
I would like to introduce myself. My name is Aaron Heppell MGDC and I am your new 2010/11 GDC VI President. It is an honor to be in this position, and I am looking forward to providing great experiences for all of our members, and expanding the influence of the GDC VI, while laying a foundation of success for our chapter. 
 
The new 2010 executive committee has been formed, and we are now working together with solid objectives for the new year. 
 
This year is focused on 'Discovering our Strengths'. There is great strength in the GDC VI Chapter, and once again, it is time to flex our creative muscles in order to take advantage of the unique opportunities that only come through our strong connections. 
 
The first stage of the plan is to increase our overall influence. How do we achieve this goal? Our attention will be focused on partnering and collaborating with other groups, and by engaging the untapped resources in the North Island area. This involves concentrating more on the future leaders of our industry through our students and educational institutions, and by becoming further involved in community initiatives. 
 
Our following goal is to improve our membership experience. How do we achieve this goal? By hosting engagements that contain invaluable substance, by providing expanded opportunities through partnerships with other groups,  and through improving membership benefits. Overall, this is achieved by supplying improved / relevant content and information to our members. 
 
The final objective is to Increase awareness of the GDC VI. How do we achieve this goal? By increased educational institutional relations, by increased professional group participation, and by communicating and establishing the value for non-members and business communities to become better involved. This includes opening up and reaching out to an expanded group of creative professionals beyond that of print media design. 
 
There is strength in the GDC VI Chapter. The new executive is taking command and harnessing that strength to improve the GDC experience for our members, the overall influence of our chapter, and to increase our membership. 
 
Meet the 2010 Team:
 
Aaron Heppell MGDC
President
 
Howard Short MGDC
VP / Ethics Chair
 
Jackie Kelly
VP Communications
 
Valerie Elliott MGDC
Past President / Treasurer
 
Kirsty Armstrong MGDC
National Representative
 
Toben Flash Lewis LGDC
Secretary
 
Cheryl Short
Portfolio Review Chair
 
Leah Ibbitson
South Island Representative
 
Jean Guy Collette
Sponsorship Chair
 
Please feel free to contact me or any of our Executive Committee members with your thoughts, comments, ideas, or to become involved.
 
We would love to hear from you!
 
Aaron Heppell,  MGDC

 President 2010/11  

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Nominate a "Next Generation Voice" speaker for ICOGRADA's Design Week 2010
Jackie Kelly, February 16, 2010 at 4:04 PM

 ICOGRADA's Design Week this year will be hosted in Vancouver, Canada, April 26th- 30th.

Take advantage of an opportunity to nominate a speaker of your choosing!  

With an outstanding line up of speakers that have already been carefully selected, YOU now have the opportunity to put forward YOUR choice for one more speaker.

Post your nomination for the "Next Generation Voice" speaker through the ICOGRADA site, in the blog section at the following link:  www.designweekvancouver.ca

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Success! 2009 GDC VI Annual General Meeting
Aaron Heppell, January 29, 2010 at 11:33 PM

The doors opened at 5:30pm and the proceedings began for the 2009 Annual General Meeting at Ambrosia. Now Past President Valerie Elliott directed the meeting which reviewed the past year including reports on events, membership and finances. A new executive was then elected including the new chapter President, Aaron Heppell. After a brief break Mark Busse took the stage for a wonderful and informative presentation on the Icograda Design Week in Beijing. Mark followed up his presentation with information about the upcoming Icograda Design Week in Vancouver as well. Thanks goes out to everyone who volunteered for the AGM as well as throughout the entire year. A very special thank you however goes out to Valerie Elliott, who's amazing 2 year term as president has now come to a close. Our entire chapter thanks her for all of her wonderful efforts!                                      

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