Greetings from IAVE Board Member

Dear IAVE National Representatives,

Greetings!

My name is Debbie S. F. Huang, the newly elected IAVE Board Member as well as National Representative. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart for your nomination and recommendation to serve IAVE. It is my pleasure to work closely with you to foster an online participation of IAVE, help increase awareness of Board Member activities, and strengthen communication between National Representatives.

Responsibilities of a National Representative

As a very first step to serve IAVE together, we need to know our responsibilities outlined as follows, or you may check the information at http://www.iave.org/ResourcesList.asp?ResourceTypeID=6

1.      Promote IAVE as a worldwide leadership organization for volunteering.
2.      Serve as a representative and advocate for IAVE in your country.
3.      Act as a main point of contact for IAVE and IAVE members in your country.
4.      Support and develop IAVE membership in appropriate ways in your country.
5.      Build contacts for IAVE in other key agencies and organizations in your country.
6.      Encourage active participation in IAVE regional and world conferences.

Survey on National Reps Column of IAVE.ORG Website

We are currently developing our website at IAVE.ORG and preparing a column for National Reps. To understand your aspirations for serving as a National Representative and expectations about what you can contribute to making IAVE a worldwide leadership organization for volunteering, I have thought over some questions about the functions of Website for your valuable suggestions and insightful opinions, as shown in the following. You are welcomed to return the completed reply form (See Attachment 1) to me.

1.      With regard to the functions online, is there anything that could be added to the National Reps WebPages?
2.      Would you like to share stories about or experiences of your organizational challenges and successes?
3.      If an online discussion forum is created, are you willing to contribute your viewpoints on volunteerism-related issues and campaigns that will help form a bond and facilitate the communication between fellow representatives?
4.      Do you think that an online training course a good start for your new term? If yes, please indicate your preferred areas of learning.
5.      Any other ideas? Please specify.

Board of Directors’ Meeting in June
The Board of Directors’ Meeting will be held on June 25-26 in Edinburgh, Scotland. As a Board Member of National Representative, I would like to know in advance if there are any needs, concerns, recommendations, proposals that I can assist with. It is my pleasure that I can be help to you in the near future. Attached please also find the reply slip (Attachment 2) for your convenient response.

I look forward to receiving your feedback and collaborating with you. Thank you very much once again for your advice and guidance.

Yours sincerely,
Debbie S. F. Huang
Secretary General of IAVE Taiwan
IAVE Board Member

Address: #801, Chung-te Rd. Tzo-ying Dist. Kaohsiung City 813, Taiwan
Tel:               886-7-3438100       
Fax: 886-7-3438101
E-mail: iave.taiwan@msa.hinet.net
E-mail: deb1002_h@yahoo.com