Dear Friends,
We are delighted to share with you further details about our 17th Regional Conference.
As communicated on 15 October 2024, the Western Hemisphere Regional Committee confirmed that the 17th Regional Conference will be held virtually during the first week of July 2025.* The decision to have a virtual format was made based on the results of the MO feedback survey distributed in August-September. During the 2025 Regional Conference, Members will share their Girl Guiding & Girl Scouting experiences, consider motions, and elect the new Regional Committee Members for 2025-2028.
*Exact dates will be shared in Circular 2. In the meantime, check out the nomination process below and let's begin the search for candidates for the next Western Hemisphere Regional Committee. We are stronger together!
Call for Nominations: Regional Committee members, 2025-2028
We now invite Member Organisations to nominate individuals for the Western Hemisphere Regional Committee, 2025-2028. Within the Nominations Pack you will find further information about the role and responsibilities of Regional Committee members and the desired skills, experience and personal qualities:
The deadline to submit nominations is 23:59 (UTC) on Thursday 16 January 2025.
We greatly value your active partnership and careful judgement in identifying talented, versatile and passionate women to join the WAGGGS Global Team at the regional level. Should you have an outstanding volunteer with the vision, skills and dedication to serve our Movement at the regional level, please review the materials enclosed and consider submitting a nomination. Reflecting on Motion 3 passed at the 37th World Conference in July 2021 that as far as practicable every newly elected Regional Committee should have at least two members under the age of 30, please ensure that you also consider young women under thirty when reviewing possible nominees.
If you or someone in your Member Organisation is interested in standing for the Regional Committee, the Nominations Committee is running two cross-regional information sessions in the coming weeks:
30 November 2024, from 14.00 UTC to 15.30 UTC - Register here
14 December 2024, from 11.00 UTC to 12.30 UTC - Register here
Interpretation in the four official WAGGGS languages will be available. We ask individuals to please pre-register for this session so that we can ensure we have appropriate interpretation in place. This session aims to clarify any questions potential candidates might have with regards to the Terms of Reference, the role, work and tasks of a Regional Committee member and the nominations process.
If you have any questions about the Regional Conference please email [email protected]
Sincerely yours in Guiding and Scouting,
17th Western Hemisphere Regional Conference Team | WAGGGS
