The State of the Corporation

1
The State of the Corporation

• Youth Parliament of Manitoba
• Annual General Meeting - 30 March 2007
• Amy Dhillon, Premier (Chairperson)

2
Outline

• What is the SOTC address?
• Why is the address important?
• The State of the Corporation
• Goals and Benchmarks
• Conclusion

3
What is the SOTC?

• The State of the Corporation (SOTC) address is a
  speech by the Premier at the AGM.
• The SOTC outlines the current state of affairs
  and future direction for the members of YPM.

4
Why give the address?

• To share our plan for the upcoming year
• To define our goals
• We are answerable to you!

5
So, what is the state of our Corporation?

• Success in 2007
• Spring Session, Brandon, Manitoba
• Improvement of Cabinet Meetings
• Personal Development
• Rural development goals
• Increase in Rural members at Winter session
• MacGregor BBQ
• Increased fundraising revenue
• Registration numbers higher than ever

6
So, what is the state of our Corporation?

• Challenges in 2007
• Leadership development within cabinet structure
• Limited success in fundraising
• Alumni relations

7
Goals for YPM87

• Wellness of our Membership
• Exec
• Cabinet(s)
• Members
• Developing a structure of YPM that will help
  ensure future success
• Fundraising and Corporate Development
• Alumni Relations
• Developing a YPM community

8
Goals for YPM87

• 1. Wellness of Membership
• Ensure Executive can handle the work load and
  efforts are acknowledged
• Making sure cabinet(s) are well trained to do
  their job(s) and provided with the proper tools
• Expanding on opportunities for our membership
• Through YPM
• Through other organizations

9
Goals for YPM87

• 2. Developing a YPM structure for the future
• Build on past initiatives and add more

10
Goals for YPM87

• What will YPM look like in 15/20 years?
• New Cabinet structure
• YPM into digital age manuals on-line
• New YPM website
• Annual Report
• Insurance (YPM Legal Guardian)
• Accounting Software
• Developing Endowment fund
• Preparing plans for Westerns 2010

11
Goals for YPM87

• 3. Fundraising and Corporate Development
• Develop a major annual fundraising event
• Build a YPM marketing strategy
• Build personal and professional ties with
  corporations
• Hold small but effective fundraising events

12
Goals for YPM87

• 4. Alumni Relations
• Bringing our alumni back to YPM
• Alumni reception
• Alumni reunion
• Build a strong alumni database
• Establish ways for YPM to make alumni feel
  welcomed

13
Goals for YPM87

• 5. Development of YPM community
• Building a YPM community with a role for
• Current members
• Alumni
• Corporations
• Community members
• Other YPs across Canada
• Other organizations
• Politicians
• Rural Caucus

14
How You Can Help

• Realize that the organization will only progress
  if you want it to.
• Attend events!
• Apply to cabinet!
• Get involved in committees!
• Executive cant do it alone!
• You are the members! We need you!

15
Conclusion

• Recognized successes and challenges
• Goals set for new initiatives
• 2008 Already a bright horizon
• Speakers Night
• Already have begun to put many goals into action