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The AlumNight 2010 recap edition! Learn how you can get involved and help out your Local Committee!TRANSCRIPT
AIESEC SFU ALUMNUS NEWSLETTER
ISSUE 5.5 - FALL 2010
ALUMNIGHT 2010 EDITION
WATCH OUR ALUMNI VIDEO
FILL OUT THE FEEDBACK SURVEY
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL COMMITTEE
FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT ALUMNIGHT
AIESEC SFU 30TH YEAR EVENT
SHARE YOUR STORY WITH AIESEC SFU
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Thank you to all the Alumni members who came out to AlumNight 2010 and made it a huge success. This annual event is organized to celebrate our Alumni members and connect current and past AIESEC’ers.
The celebration took place last Tuesday, November 16, 2010. We booked the bottom level of Kingston Taphouse and Grill and the atmosphere was fun and casual. With a total of 79 attendees, 34 of them being Alumni members, we almost hit maximum capacity of the venue. Everywhere you turned, there were groups of people laughing and getting to know each other. The free drink ticket for a beer or wine which was included with the event, definitely helped people relax after a long day of work.
The event started off with a warm welcome and opening announcement by Julia Poissant, the Organizing Committee President of AlumNight and VP of Alumni Relations of AIESEC UBC. This was followed by an introduction of the SFU Alumni Association, sponsor of AlumNight for the second year in a row, presented by representative, Lien Yeung.
Afterwards, trays of food were brought out to satisfy the hungry attendees. There were 14 different appetizers, including house made pizza, firecracker shrimp, calamari and spring rolls but honey garlic chili chicken drummettes seemed to be the crowd’s favourite. The food kept replenishing and there was more than enough at the end of the night. Our in-kind sponsor, Safeway also provided us with a cake as dessert to thank all of our wonderful Alumni members.
By Salina Siu
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AIESEC ALUMNI VIDEOWe have uploaded a new video to AIESEC SFU’s Youtube Channel. It was made specifically for AlumNight 2010 and asks you to reflect back on what you got out of your own AIESEC experience.
How did AIESEC impact your life?How many friends did you meet?How many different countries and cultures did you get to experience?How did it change you as a person?How did it help get you to where you are today?
Give back to AIESEC and help students experience AIESEC too
You could help send a studentto a conference, on the local, national or international levelabroad on an internship to Indonesia, Malaysia, India, or any other of our 107 partnered countries
Give Back. Support AIESEC SFU.
WATCH THE ALUMNI VIDEOhttp://t.co/kCieMZm
FEEDBACK SURVEYWe aim to make AlumNight better every year. In order to do this, we need your feedback on the event.
Please take a few minutes to complete this survey about AIESEC AlumNight 2010. Your response will help us plan future events for you. We appreciate your feedback.
Also, AIESEC SFU will be celebrating our 30th anniversary in 2011! Let us know what you would like to see for our 30th anniversary event. Keep posted via the Alumni Newsletter for event information and we look forward to seeing you again soon!
FEEDBACK SURVEYhttp://bit.ly/fRyZUC
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GIVE BACK TO AIESECAIESEC SFU count on the financial support from past AIESEC’ers who have experienced the difference AIESEC can make in the lives of young people, in order to support our activities in developing our members into international leaders.
There are two ways to make a donation:
Visit the AIESEC Canada website to make a donation online. Click the link here: http://www.aiesec.ca/en/alumni/make-a-donation/
In the third question, please choose “3. Local Committee Development” and specify that your donation is going to AIESEC SFU in the “Message/instructions” text box below. Otherwise, the donation will go to support AIESEC Canada. As a registered charity, tax receipts can be issued for all donations over $50.
Mail a cheque with “AIESEC SFU” written in the memo along with your contact information to:
AIESEC Canada Inc.Attn: Vice President, Communications161 Eglinton Ave. East, Suite 402Toronto, ON M4P 1J5
Thank you for your support!
Where did you go on exchange? What leadership positions did you have? What was your best conference experience? What projects or events did you organize?
Why did you join AIESEC? What did you get out of it? What does it mean to be an AIESEC’er?
Tell us about your AIESEC experience and share your insight. Help inspire someone. You can write down your story, send us pictures, or speak at an AIESEC event!
Contact Bealaine Pamandanan, VP of Alumni Relations at 778.859.5263 or [email protected]
SHARE YOUR STORY
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At this time, Local Committee updates were announced. Colleen Wong, President of AIESEC SFU, proudly announced that the newly elected Local Committee President for 2011 is Alex Juy, who is the current VP of Communications. SFU also had a very successful Fall recruitment of over 30 new members at SFU. Claudia Wong, President of AIESEC UBC stood next to Colleen and revealed that their Local Committee had booked 38 marketing calls and signed 2 TN’s this year. UBC hosted a successful Western Regional Conference in October and are looking forward to the upcoming Coastal Conference in February 2011.
The event’s activities were concluded by drawing the raffle prize winners. There were 13 prizes up for grabs from our in-kind sponsors, The Boardroom, Daniel le Chocolat Belge, Starbucks, The Book Warehouse, Tucano Garden and White Spot. Finally, a video, which I created specifically for AlumNight was shown during closing announcements. If you were not able to attend, you can view the video on AIESEC SFU’s Youtube channel by clicking this link: http://t.co/kCieMZm
Throughout the event, we also had an on-going pool tournament with seven teams. Each team was made up of one Alumni member and one student. After four rounds, the final match was between team Scott Shaw, UBC Alumni with teammate Joshua Sunga, VP of Corporate Relations at UBC and new incoming Local Committee President of 2011 playing against Bernie Hertel, UBC Alumni with
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teammate Rochelle Eng, who is the Member Committee VP of Exchange, originally from AIESEC McGill. After a close battle, Scott Shaw and Joshua Sunga were declared the winners, collecting half of the buy-in money from the pool tournament. However, we had a sweet surprise for the first and second place teams, and presented them with boxes of cinnamon buns from our in-kind sponsor, Grounds for Coffee.
Finally, I would like to give a BIG thanks to the rest of my Organizing Committee: Julia Poissant, our leader and President, Samantha Barker, who took care of finance and logistics and Eva Lam and May Lai, who worked together as VP of Sponsorship. This was a great experience and I learned a lot about working as a team in the past six months. I can’t wait to see how the Organizing Committee for next year will make this event bigger and better.
To the Alumni members that attended the event, I hope you had a great time catching up your past AIESEC friends and meeting the new generation of AIESEC’ers. We look to you for advice and support and we appreciate your dedication in attending our events. To the Alumni members that could not attend, we hope to see you next time!
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We couldn’t have done it without you, so thank you again to our Alumni for a very successful event. If you haven’t already, please visit the AIESEC Canada website to make a donation to support your SFU. We count on the financial support from past AIESEC’ers who have experienced the difference AIESEC can make in the lives of young people, in order to support our activities in developing our members into international leaders.
To make a donation online, click the link here: http://www.aiesec.ca/en/alumni/make-a-donation/
In the third question, please choose “3. Local Committee Development” and specify that your donation is going to AIESEC SFU in the “Message/instructions” text box below. Otherwise, the donation will go to support AIESEC Canada. As a registered charity, tax receipts can be issued for all donations over $50.
Your support is greatly appreciated.
Thank you, Salina SiuAlumNight OCVP of Communications
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ALUMNIGHT 2010 SPONSORSIN-KIND SPONSORSThe BoardroomThe Book WarehouseDaniel le Chocolat BelgeGrounds for CoffeeHANASafewayStarbucksSitka Books and ArtsTucano GardenWhite Spot
COLLEEN WONGLocal Committee PresidentT: 604.781.8367E: [email protected]
AIESEC SFUc/o Faculty of Business AdministrationSimon Fraser University8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6www.aiesec.ca/sfu
KEEP IN TOUCH:AIESEC SFU Fanpage
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AIESEC Vancouver Alumni Network & AIESEC SFU
T: 778.782.4187 F: 778.782.5571
BEALAINE PAMANDANANVice-President Alumni RelationsT: 778.859.5263E: [email protected]
ISSUE CONTRIBUTORSWriter Salina SiuPhotographers Alex Juy, Daryll SyDesigner Salina Siu