Welcome to Skål International Toronto’s AGM

Lambton Golf & Country Club January 27, 2015

AGM Agenda

• Validate Quorum

• Opening Remarks

• President’s Report

• Board Reports

• Elections

• Introduction of Officers for 2015

• AOB

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Paul Leon

Key Objectives 2014

• Increase membership

• Successful Fund raising

Successful financial results

• Develop new website

• Young Skal Development

• Do Business with Friends

The Good News….All Goals

Achieved.

A Busy Year…..• Attended Montreal 65th anniversary in

September

• Skal International Congress Mexico City

• NAASC in Halifax

• SICAN Fall Board Meeting London

• Daily Bread Food Bank $7,500

• Successful networking events

• New Website

• Revised member fees & meetings

• Young Skal program

• Financial success

The 2014 Executive

SI Congress 2014

Mexico City Oct 24 – 30th

Skal Person of the Year

2013 – Mike Hannah

2014 Meeting Overview

• January Lambton

Golf Club AGM

• February GOSSIP

Lobster event

• March –King

Edward Hotel

• April – Joint

Meeting Oakville

• May - Visit Britain

Cricket Club lunch

• June - GOSSIP

• August Golf

Tournament

• September Eaton

Chelsea Joint Meeting

• October Quinn’s

Steakhouse

• November Sheraton

Gateway

• December Gala-

Westin Harbour Castle

January AGM Lambton

Paul Leon,

President

February Meeting -

Gossip

Lobster night for Halifax Club

March - National Club

April Joint Meeting

Hamilton-

May - Cricket Club

• Beatles

Anniversary

theme

sponsored by

Visit Britain

• British themed

lunch

• Grand prize

Britain tour

won by Thom

Vincent

June Meeting Gossip

Chef Rainford

Salsa night.

September Joint Meeting

Eaton Chelsea

• Toronto North Club/Hamilton

Joint meeting

• GM Josef Ebner, Host

October – Quinn’s

November Meeting -

Sheraton Gateway

TREASURER’S REPORT

Scott Barker

Skal Toronto Balance Sheet as at ending Dec 31/2014

Skal Toronto Profit and Loss statement for 2014

Financial Review of 2014

• Financially successful year $ 3,584 gross income

• Silent & Live Auction raised $ 4,726 (after donation of $ 5,000 for Daily Bread)

• Golf Tournament earned $8691.00 (after donation of $2,500 for Daily Bread)

• Overall expenses less than budget by $2,475

• Club will invest in projects in 2015: website updates/More member incentives for attending congress and conferences/Young Skål/Considering bid to host Skal congress in 2017

MEMBERSHIP

Brent Bowes

Membership

• Number of members January

1, 2014 = 109

• Resignations during year = 19

• New members during year =

15

• Number of members

December 31, 2014 = 105

Dan Joyce Lorrie King Rhonda LaFosse

New Members 2014

Doreen Lynch Rob Smith

Salvatore

Buccellato

Jacqueline

Bishop Martin

Antje

Splettstoesser Joanne Lundy

New Members 2014

New Members 2014 –

Young Skal

•Audrius Valiulis

•Steven Oliver

•Jenny Tang

•Theresa Betty

•Michelle Tan

•Kateryna Kiriakova

Clubs Across Canada -

Membership

• Toronto – 105

• Quebec City – 99

• Canadian Rockies – 70

• Calgary – 61

• Edmonton – 44

• Vancouver – 43

• London – 38

• Halifax – 37

• Winnipeg – 35

• Hamilton – 34

• Montreal – 34

• Saskatoon – 29

• St. John’s – 28

• Toronto North – 28

• Victoria - 21

Top 20 Clubs Worldwide

City, Country No. of Members City, Country No. of Members

Istanbul, Turkey 308 Nairobi, Kenya 144

Delhi, India 202 Helsinki, Finland 142

Chennai, India 188 Cape Town, South

Africa

140

Boston, USA 185 New York, USA 131

Stockholm,

Sweden

178 Hamburg,

Germany

116

Hong Kong, China 167 Lausanne,

Switzerland

109

Rome, Italy 165 Tokyo, Japan 109

Orlando, USA 163 Washington, USA 106

Bangalore, India 148 Toronto, Canada 105

Bali, Indonesia 147 Venice, Italy 105

Fund Raising

& Charitable

Events

2014

Golf Tournament

• Kimberly

Hartley

2014 GOLF TOURNAMENT

• Great Success!!! – Lionhead GC

• 120 paid golfers/35 hole sponsors

• 125 total guests - reception and dinner

• Numerous prizes, donations, sponsors

• Live Auction Trip Prize - California

• Skal Share = $8,757.21

• Daily Food Bank Donation = $2,500.00

• 2015 - Week of August 10th – TBA

• Very important event for Skal Toronto

• Thank you all for your support!!!

Fund Raising & Charity

events

• 50/50 Draws

• Open Jaw Winter Boob

• Holiday Gala & Auction

• Golf Tournament

SECRETARY’S REPORT

Lynda Falcone

• Monthly Bulletin for members posted

on www.torontoskal.org under the

Members area

• Members are kept up to date of all

meetings in the bulletin.

• Well being (illness, loss, health concerns)

ROSTER production $$$ for Club

Members should feel free to notify the

Secretary of any such occasions

Holiday Auction & Gala

Westin Harbour Castle

82 Skal members & guests

Delicious 4 course Festive dinner

Dancing to Andre and the J tones

Christmas shopping at the Silent

and Live Auction

$5000 donation to the Daily

Bread Food Bank

Thanks to Val Saunders &

Gala/Auction committee

Great Entertainment

PR & COMMUNICATIONS

Public Relations Strategy

• Generate positive media for Skål

• Solicit New members/retain current

members

• Increase meeting/event attendance

• Develop internal/external PR plans

• Media relationships/partnerships

• Showcase Skål initiatives, charitable

actions, sponsorships, events, new

members, International Skål events, club

twinnings

Trade Media Partners

• Baxter Travel Media

• OpenJaw

• TravelIndustryToday

• Canadian Traveller

• TravelHotNews

• Thank you for your

support.

• David McClung

• Suzanne Christie

• Jen Savedra

• Jennifer Prendergast

• Teri-Lynn

Trade Media Coverage

STATUTES & BYLAWS

TWINNING

Statutes

Statutes and Bylaws are on the Skal

Toronto website and can be viewed

under the Documents section of the

Members area

International statute changes

SICAN statute project

New membership categories

introduced

Bylaws

Bylaws are in accordance with Skål

International and will be reviewed during

the course of 2015

.

Twinnings

• Jersey, Channel

Islands

• Haarlem/Amsterdam

• Cairns, Australia

2014 SICAN REPORT

Pierre LePage (from sunny

Florida)

Susan Webb

SICAN Rep Main Responsibilities

Key Elements of the role:

•Provide viewpoints and feedback from Toronto on issues

affecting our Club and national Skal

•Work with Mike Hannah, Mary Heron & Executive to ensure

all Club administration duties are completed.

•Maintain a leadership role ensuring policies, statutes and

bylaws, regulations are adhered to.

•Ensures a high level of communication exists between

Toronto and Skål International Canada (SICAN).

•Help membership on achieving the Club’s annual membership

growth target.

SICAN Initiatives 2014

• New Website being launched

• Greeter program

• Member benefit program

• Increase membership

• NAASC Halifax participation

• Attended Fall Board meeting

London (Ontario)

• Review statutes

NAASC Halifax

Member subsidies for members to attend.

Toronto had 9 Members attend.

SICAN News

• NAASC May 14 – 17 Barcelo

Maya, Mexico (subsidy $)

• World Congress Oct 18 – 23,

Kenya

•President –Jean Francois Cote,

YQB

•VP Central – Paul Leon, YYZ

•VP East –Sean Buckland, YHZ

•VP West – Doug McPhee

•ISC Councillor – Bill Rheaume

•EST – Dennis Smith

SICAN 2015 Executive

Toronto Club 2015

• Submit bid for Club of the

Year

• Attend NAASC conference

May

• Consider bid to host Fall

SICAN Board meeting

• Consider bid for International

World Congress 2017 –

Canada’s 150 birthday

Skal 2015 International

Board

• President: Salih Cene, Turkey

• VP Nigel Pilkington, New Zealand

• VP David Fisher, Kenya

• Director – Lou Conkling, USA

• Director – Rafael Millan Perez, Mexico

• Director – Susanna Saari, Finland

Main duties: Membership Development,

Sponsorship growth, Corporate Affiliate

Development, Revenue growth, Cost control, Skål

Representation on World Bodies, website

• NEW WEBSITE, MEMBER BENEFITS, NEW

MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES, SPONSORS

New Skal International

Website

New SI Website

• Database search

Online forms: application, deletion,

modification, transfer, etc.

• Jobs bank: Search or upload a job or

internship, upload your CV

• Calendar of events: to keep everyone

informed on international trade fairs, Clubs events

• Greeter and Benefits programmes

• Lists of Honorary and Past Presidents,

Membres d’Honneur

• · Skål Documentation: Positioning papers,

legal documents, development...

• Florimond Volckaert Fund grant application

• Twinning of Clubs

Skal International

Sustainable Tourism

Awards

• Young SKÅL is a category of SKÅL International especially

for students and young professionals directly related to

the travel and tourism industry.

• Provides the opportunity to engage in three networking

events could assist in building professional relationships,

increase industry knowledge and lead to a potential intern

or job within your area of study

• Official certificate identifying your affiliation with an

international Travel and Tourism association

• 5 new members (2014) & target 5 more members (2015)

Young SKAL (YS)

Strategy • Target is to attract and attain Young

Professionals and Students in Hospitality & Travel Programs

• Have made contact with Ryerson University, Humber College, Guelph University, Seneca College, Centennial College, George Brown College

• Actively looking to build relationships with industry partners to attract Young Professionals. Have made contact with the Young Travel Professionals Association

Skal Toronto

Website

Fred Azouz

TORONTO SKAL CLUB WEBSITE

www.torontoskal.org

Launched in September, 2014

• Easy Navigation

• Good Design

• The ability to view the website on different

platforms including mobile, tablet and

desktop versions

• Accessible on a number of web browsers

including Safari, Chrome & Explorer

TORONTO SKAL CLUB WEBSITE

www.torontoskal.org

APPLICATIONS & LINKS:• Sliders that feature current items to promote to our members

• Registration of Events (i.e. password protected RSVP, regrets, etc.)

• Advanced photo gallery

• Member Directory that is password protected

• Members can feature their own 500-character bio & accompanying

photo

• Young Skal section and link

• Skal International video

• Links to Skal International, SICAN and other pertinent sites

• Calendar of events

• Member benefits section (an opportunity to provide fellow

Skaleagues with special offers)

• Link to the Toronto Skal LinkedIn Group page

TORONTO SKAL CLUB WEBSITE

www.torontoskal.org

We hope that you will enjoy visiting and using our new

website.

“Doing Business Among Friends”

Skal,

The Website Committee,

Joanne Gellatly, Mary Heron, Mike Hannah,

Stuart Morcombe & Fred Azouz

2015 Plans

Skal Toronto 2015• President – Brent Bowes

• Vice President – Fred Azouz

• Treasurer – Scott Barker

• Secretary – Lynda Falcone

• SICAN Reps. – Pierre LePage, Susan Webb

• Executive Secretary – Mary Heron

• Executive Treasurer – Mike Hannah

COMMITTEES:

• Membership –

• Fund Raising /Auction – Val Saunders

• Gala Committee – Lynda Falcone

• Twinning –

• Member benefits – Tom Buecking

• Golf Committee – Kimberly Hartley

• PR/Communications

• Young Skal – Joanne Gellatly/Audrius Valiulis

• Website – Fred Azouz

Auditors:

• David McClung, Karen Scott-Caplice

Objectives for 2015

• Member engagement – encourage understanding of

SKAL activities and opportunities beyond the local club

level

• Member retention – identify what is important for

members in order to ensure value is provided for their

membership

• Encourage B to B activities and awareness

• Grow membership with the active participation of the

members.

2015 Programme

• January – Lambton

• February 22 –

Networking Open

Jaw WinterBoob

• March 24 – New

Delta Toronto

• April – (Joint

Meeting Hamilton)

• May 26 – Lunch

• June – Social

• August – Golf

• September - Eaton

Chelsea Joint

Meeting

• October 27

• November 24

• December 10–

Gala/Auction

Q’s and A’s

Thank you!!!

Skal