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Welcome everyone to the final NZ Chapter eNews of 2023. I\u2019d like to say thank you to everyone who attended the recent online AGM meeting on 17 October 2023, where our NZ Chapter Executive Committee of volunteers was elected for the upcoming year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I am honoured to be serving as your new President of the NZ Chapter. Thank you for putting your trust in me. \ud83d\ude0a I will do my best to carry on the great work that has been done by all our past Presidents. Please see in the next section an overview of the new Executive Committee with a farewell to outgoing volunteers and a warm welcome to our new team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I myself have only been a member of Educate Plus (EP) for the past three years, and I highly value my membership, because truth be told, it makes me feel not so alone in the oftentimes lonely work we do in our organisations. So many of us are in \u2018small shop\u2019 operations or one-man-bands, sometimes with leaders who don\u2019t quite know or understand what we do. Those lucky enough to work in larger departments may still feel a bit isolated, especially in our small country of Aotearoa New Zealand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, being a member of EP reminds me that there is much more out there<\/em>. I should know this, because as some of you know, I recently spent over 16 years living overseas and 12 of those were working in international schools doing Educational Advancement. And that is why, I feel so lucky to have EP at my side as the channel that links us to each other across Aotearoa and provides resources, support, best practice and learning from the world beyond our school or university gates. It reminds me that I am not alone. We are not alone!\u00a0<\/p>\n

In fact, we are an EP team of nearly 200 members in New Zealand and over 2300 members across the organisation! That\u2019s fantastic! So I urge you to celebrate as I do, that you are members of EP! And feel glad that we can learn from each other, share ideas, and enjoy being part of a community of Educational Advancement professionals \u2018down-under\u2019\u2026yes, we are professionals and belonging to this membership helps me and others realise this too! EP itself is in a growth and expansion mode and it is an exciting time for all of us to be involved in this organisation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to take this opportunity to thank our valued supporters, our NZ Chapter Partners, who have been at our side for the past two years (and some even longer):<\/p>\n