{"id":2162,"date":"2016-08-29T18:13:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T18:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/?p=2162"},"modified":"2019-05-08T17:48:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T17:48:28","slug":"executive-directors-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/executive-directors-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Director\u2019s Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ELAN&#8217;s 12<sup>th<\/sup> Annual General Meeting took place on Tuesday (August 30<sup>th<\/sup>) at the <a href=\"http:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/en\/index.php?s=loc-cafe\">MAI Caf\u00e9<\/a>, 3680 rue Jeanne-Mance. In addition to unveiling our brand new website, we also confirmed our 2016-17 board slate.<\/p>\n<p>ELAN&#8217;s executive consists of: President Bettina Forget (Visual Arts), Vice-President Valerie Buddle (Dance), Treasurer Kristelle Holliday (Regions), and Secretary Karen Cho (Film\/Video).<\/p>\n<p>Newly elected and re-elected board members are: Valerie Buddle (Dance), Fortner Anderson and Karen Cho (Film\/Television), Rob Lutes (Music), Dan Webster (Presenting Organisations), Kristelle Holliday (Regions), Warona Setshwaelo (Theatre), Deborah Forde (Theatre: QDF), Khosro Berahmandi (Visual Arts), and Jeramy Dodds (Writing\/Publishing: QWF).<\/p>\n<p>Continuing board members are: Farah Fancy (Corporate), Louise Campbell (Music), Kalina Skulska (Regions), Bettina Forget (Visual Arts), and Paul Bracegirdle (Writing\/Publishing), and Keith Henderson (Writing\/Publishing: AELAQ).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/?page_id=1046\">Click here<\/a> to see bios of our new and continuing board members.<\/p>\n<p>Warm thanks to Andrew Tay (Dance), who has reached the maximum six years of service to ELAN\u2019s board. Thanks as well to Amy Blackmore (Theatre), Deanna Radford (Writing\/Publishing: QWF), Len Richman (Theatre: QDF), and Val\u00e9rie d. Walker (Visual Arts), who have stepped down after valuable board service.<\/p>\n<p>The annual business meeting was followed by a lively Schmoozer and Minute Market. A photo gallery will be available soon. If you could not attend the AGM and wish to see the package including documents for discussion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/portfolio-item\/annual-general-meeting-package-2016\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Guy Rodgers<\/p>\n<p>Executive Director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELAN&#8217;s 12th Annual General Meeting took place on Tuesday (August 30th) at the MAI Caf\u00e9, 3680 rue Jeanne-Mance. In addition to unveiling our brand new website, we also confirmed our 2016-17 board slate. ELAN&#8217;s executive consists of: President Bettina Forget (Visual Arts), Vice-President Valerie Buddle (Dance), Treasurer Kristelle Holliday (Regions), and Secretary Karen Cho (Film\/Video). 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