Meet ExCo
Meet ExCo
- SECRETARY GERNERAL
Bef
ore at
t
endi
ng t
he annual 65t
h I
VSA Congress i
n Vi
enna J
ul
y 2016, I was compl
et
el
y
unaware about I
VSA and most i
mport
ant
l
y
, t
he opport
uni
t
i
es I had been mi
ssi
ng al
l t
hi
s t
i
me.
Bei
ng one of t
he bi
ggest congresses I
VSA have managed t
o host wi
t
h nearl
y 300 del
egat
es who
came f
rom over 35 di
f
f
erent count
ri
es, i
t was qui
t
e si
mpl
y an i
ncredi
bl
e experi
ence. I
t was
f
asci
nat
i
ng t
o l
earn of t
he magni
t
ude of I
VSA and what I
VSA achi
eves/
hopes t
o achi
eve as a
gl
obal associ
at
i
on. I am very passi
onat
e about t
he work I
VSA do and I was dedi
cat
ed t
o
becomi
ng i
nvol
ved.
SG i
s a compl
ex rol
e where I have a combi
nat
i
on of key t
asks and broad/
general
responsi
bi
l
i
t
i
es (
whi
ch i
s exact
l
y what at
t
ract
ed me t
o t
hi
s rol
e i
n t
he f
i
rst pl
ace!
)
. Key t
asks
i
nvol
ved: proposi
ng t
he agenda & t
aki
ng mi
nut
es f
or General Assembl
y and ExCo meet
i
ngs,
sendi
ng out and recei
ve (
bi
)
mont
hl
y report
s f
rom I
VSA Of
f
i
ci
al
s, I am a general poi
nt of cont
act
f
or and channel t
he communi
cat
i
ons t
o where t
hey need t
o be, assi
st
i
ng/
support
i
ng t
he
Presi
dent et
c. The Secret
ari
es have t
hei
r pri
mary areas; t
hey can al
ways t
al
k t
o t
hei
r assi
gned
ExCo Member but t
hey can al
ways t
al
k t
o me t
oo, I am t
here t
o support t
hem. I host meet
i
ngs
wi
t
h t
he Secret
ari
es as a group as wel
l as i
ndi
vi
dual
l
y t
o get f
eedback on t
hei
r posi
t
i
ons.
Al
ongsi
de my rol
e as Secret
ary General
, I have had t
he f
ort
une of worki
ng on a l
ocal l
evel
as my vet
eri
nary school
’
s J
uni
or I
VSA Represent
at
i
ve (
si
nce March 2017)
, react
i
vat
i
ng my
school
’
s I
VSA chapt
er
.
The combi
nat
i
on of bot
h rol
es provi
des i
nsi
ght i
nt
o I
VSA on bot
h l
evel
s:
l
ocal t
hrough t
o nat
i
onal and gl
obal
.
Throughout my t
erm I hope t
o:
○ Cont
i
nui
ng wi
t
h my key mont
hl
y t
as
ks
.
○ Cont
r
i
but
i
ng t
o t
he ‘
Vet Fut
ur
es
’ pr
oj
ect t
hr
ough F VE & EVERI
.
○ Cont
i
nui
ng t
o hel
p l
ocal
l
y r
un t
he W i
ki
Vet Li
ve! Mar
ch 2018,
10 year anni
ver
s
ary event
, i
n part
ner
s
hi
p wi
t
h I
VSA SCoVE. My
vet s
chool i
s one of t
he pr
i
mary hos
t
s f
or 8 hour
s of t
he W i
ki
Vet
Li
ve! 24 hour conf
er
ence.
○ Or
gani
s
i
ng and pr
epar
i
ng f
or I
VSA Congr
es
s
.
I
VSA i
s a f
ami
l
y and a uni
que net
work f
or st
udent
s t
o benef
i
t f
rom a l
ocal l
evel
, ri
ght up t
o
an i
nt
ernat
i
onal l
evel
. Never worry about aski
ng ‘
a si
l
l
y quest
i
on’
, no quest
i
on i
s si
l
l
y and t
he
more you can maxi
mi
se your own experi
ence wi
t
hi
n I
VSA, you can al
ways emai
l me vi
a
secret
arygeneral
@i
vsa.
org. You never know what opport
uni
t
i
es may ari
se f
rom your
part
i
ci
pat
i
on wi
t
hi
n I
VSA, i
n i
t
s many f
orms.
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