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Agenda
President’s welcome and report, 10 mins (Lori)
Treasurer’s report, 10 mins (Francoise)
Secretary's report 5 mins (Donna)
Organizational excellence report and discussion, 20 mins (Iris)
Sustainability report, 10 mins (Ulrich)
Workspace and resources report, 10 mins (Enrique)
Training report, 10 mins (Simon)
Building Awareness report, 5 mins (Rebecca/Andrew)
Non-profit partnerships report, 10 mins (Rebecca for Val)
Discussion and comments from the board
A year ago they were unemployed. Here they are getting ready to help in the
Kenya elections…
…by translating citizen reports from Kalenjin, Luo, Kikuyu, Kamba, Kipsigis, Meru, Kisii, Maa, Pokot, Nandi, Luhya
Tension rising in Korogocho
Peace in LodianiRequest for
police officers
Free access in a growing number of African and Middle Eastern countries
If your vision doesn’t scare you, it’s not big enough
- Archbishop Timothy Ndambuki of Kenya
Treasurer's Report
2011 Q1-Q4 2012 Q1-Q4 $-
$50,000
$100,000
$150,000
$200,000
$250,000
Donations
Corp. Match. Schemes
Fund-a-Translator-Kenya
$100+ donations
Not Specified
Kenya Training Pgme
Sponsorships
Treasurer's Report
Translators without Bor-ders expenses 2012 Total
= $179,759.12
$-
$20,000
$40,000
$60,000
$80,000
$100,000
$120,000
$140,000
$160,000
$180,000
Expenses 2012
Bad Debts
Bank charges
Consultancy
Promotional
Travel
Legal & Accounting
Wages
Kenya Training Center
Translators without Borders expenses 2011 Total = $
10,539.44
$-
$20,000
$40,000
$60,000
$80,000
$100,000
$120,000
$140,000
$160,000
$180,000
Expenses 2011
Bank charges
Consultancy
Promotional
Travel
Legal & Accounting
Wages
Kenya Training Center
Treasurer's Report
2012– Donations vs. Expenses
Translators without Borders expenses 2012 Total =
$179,759.12
$-
$50,000
$100,000
$150,000
$200,000
$250,000
Expenses
Bad Debts
Bank charges
Consultancy
Promotional
Travel
Legal & Accounting
Wages
Kenya Training Center
Translators without Borders donations 2012
- Total = $198,696
$-
$50,000
$100,000
$150,000
$200,000
$250,000
Donations
$100+ donations
Fund-a-Translator-Kenya
Corp. Match. Schemes
Not Specified
Kenya Training Pgme
Sponsorships
2013 Projections
$100
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TOTAL Don
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50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
300000
350000
Income Comparison: 2011, 2012, projected 2013
Series1
Series2
Series3
2013 Income Projections
4%3%
7% 3%
45%6%
33%
Breakdown of Projected Income, 2013
$100+ Donations
Corp. Matching
Kenya Training Program
Fund a Translator
Sponsorships
Raffles
Unspecified
Grants
Translators without Borders
Annual General MeetingWednesday, June 12, 2013
Current Structure
• Executive Committee (EC) – 9
• Board of Directors – 21 seats, incl. EC, 16 current members, several seats vacant
• Industry Advisors – 5 current, no limit
Problem Statement
The Executive Committee is in charge of strategic direction, high-level decision making and financial oversight and meets at a regular cadence. The ‘other’ members of the Board of Directors are not involved at a regular cadence. They are not leveraged as active board members, but they are legally accountable for overseeing the organization’s direction and financial health. Neither role is well defined.
Organizational Excellence
Proposal
Reduce the Board of Directors to nine members
• Simplifies accountability
• President, Treasurer, Secretary, Compensation, plus one for each of the five pillars
• Effective group size
Move all non-executive members of the Board of Directors to a Board of Advisors
• Non-voting roles
Define roles and responsibilities for EC and Advisors
Open questions
• Rotation
• Voting
• Legal counsel
• Insurance
Organizational Excellence
More sustainability work is now done by program director
Highlights:
• Fundraiser in Silicon Valley with Silent Auction and new platinum sponsor
• Gary Muddyman/Conversis gift
Grants:
• Open University, Indigo
• Microsoft matching grants campaign (comment on the difficulty of these type of campaigns)
Sustainability
More sustainability work is now done by program director
Plans for 2013:
• TWB Fundraiser in conjunction with Conversis Anniversary
• Special activities leading up to and at Localization World London
• Paula Shannon will be doing a matching grants campaign at Lionbridge
• Grow sponsorship and membership programs
• TWB Ambassador program
• Grow other revenue streams – revenue from NGOs
Sustainability
In 2013 so far... 2.98 million words posted by 64 NGOs 2.33 million words delivered to 61 NGOs words posted in 66 language pairs
10 million words will be delivered in May 2013 Translation management reworked Survey done on translators Functional description reworked
Workspace and resources
Health Translator’s Training program – The Center
• Operational since Summer 2012
• Training plus Translation
• Training: o 100 persons followed short course (4 days)o 20 followed advanced course (6 weeks)
• Translation:o Team of 12 translators with (to date) 8 months hands-on experienceo Capacity: 100-140,000 words/month; easily scalable to 200K words
Building Language Capacity
Health Translator’s Training program – The Future
• Solidify position of the Kenya center; make it primarily self-supporting o Funding: external grants, direct customers o Management
• Measure impact of our work
• Set-up similar centers in areas with comparable circumstances? o Maybe not, unless others pay for us to distribute our know-how
Building Language Capacity
Health Translator’s Training program - The box
• Expand, collect and adapt all training materials and exercises
• Document set-up and execution of the training program
• Design ‘train-the-trainers’ program
• This way our training will reach more people at faster rate
Building Language Capacity
Non-profit Partnerships
Non-profit Pillar LeaderVal
NP Team Leader (Steve Z)
NP Approval (Kalinka H)
Assistant
Web Updates
NP Accountability (Elise L)
NP Awareness/ Comm.
Rebecca
