EmpowermentWorking Group

UAEM ConferenceOctober 9th, 2010

Duke University/UNC Chapel Hill

Mandate

•Chapter Development

•Newsletter

•Online Resources

•Conference Support

Chapters

all we need is Antarctica!

Chapter Development

“Build your chapter and make it stronger than

ever before...all it takes is only 6

minutes (of emails) per week!”

The UAEM Shake Weight

• identifying strategic regions for new chapters

•assisting in chapter development

•coordinating annual chapter registration and year-end reviews

•maintaining chapter resources page on website

•responding to new chapter inquiries

essentialmedicine.org/chapters/resources

Newsletter•quarterly publication

highlighting UAEM issues, news, events and accomplishments

•dependent on article submissions

•get your chapter in the spotlight!

•Co-Editors: Gloria Tavera & Taylor Gilliland

Online Resources•build and maintain essentialmedicine.org

•YouTube: youtube.com/essentialmedicine

•Flickr: flickr.com/groups/uaem

Website Gurus:Andrew GrayMatt Reimer

Conference Support• assisting local team with planning

• outreach, publicity, conference packets

• chapter leader’s breakfast

• advocacy training

• chapter & working group presentations

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Empowerment Team

Group Email:uaem-empower@googlegroups.com

North America:Gloria Tavera

Taylor GillilandKarolina Maciag

Shaan ShethInternational:Pratik Chhetri

Canada:Mathieu

Letourneau

Germany:Max Bender

Julia Rappenecker

United Kingdom:Pascal

GeldsetzerRob Young

Brazil:Priscilla Cesar

and Affiliated Members

Norway:Unni Gopinathan