Society
for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research
Europe
REPORT FROM THE ELECTION COMMITTEE
How to vote
If you're a valid SE Direct Member, you will receive an e-mail on November 9th with the web address where you can vote.
So then just:
1. look over THIS document first and decide who to vote for;
2. go to our e-mail and click on the web address (if your browser does not open automatically, you will have to copy and paste the address manually);
3. vote.
If you know of any valid Direct Member who has not received an e-mail from us, or if you have any other problems, write to:
SIETAR Europe Election Committee c/o patrick@boylan.it
Voting took place from November 9th to November 16th, 2009,
to elect 2 "Direct Members"* and 1 Substitute Direct Member*
to the SE Board for the term 2009-2011.
.
*Direct members are those who do not belong to a national SIETAR.
They have two representatives, plus a Substitute who stands in as needed.
Three Direct Members answered the call for nominations and were candidates.
Votes cast:
Mirka
Lachka=17, Perihan Ügeöz=14, Ildiko Polyák=11,
Fredrik Fogelberg=9
(no
blank or annulled ballots).
Mirka
and Perihan are elected as Direct Member representatives
on the
SE Board and Ildiko is elected as the Substitute.
Approximately
60% of eligible voters cast a vote.
That's a high percentage
for "Direct Member" elections.
All candidates are
therefore to be congratulated for their ability to
get members
to the polls, and their appeal in drawing votes.
Patrick
Boylan, Election Committee, 17 November 2009 (00:15
AM).
"Mirka"
Lachka
Consultant
on cultural policies,
cultural management and
fundraising
Czech Republic
Current member of the
Board
(eligible for re-election)
Ildikó
Polyák
Senior
Lecturer at the Budapest
International Business
School,
Hungary
Current member of the Board
(eligible for re-election)
Perihan
Ügeöz
Consultant
and trainer in intercultural communication and management, adult
education, organizational development;
Ex-teacher, Istanbul
Commerce University,
Turkey
Fredrik
Fogelberg
Swedish/Finish
Business
Psychologist,
Consultant to international teams,
and
Executive coach
Netherlands (but not a member of SIETAR
Nederland)
Read
the candidates' statements below.
Statements
"Mirka"
Lachka
mirka
lachka@yahoo.com
I have been a member of SIETAR Europa since 2005, when I first joined the organisation as an intern assisting preparation process of the SE Congress in La Colle sur Loup. Later I came back to the management ends of the organisation, as a coordinator of preparations of SIETAR Europa Congress in Sofia 2007. After the congress I was elected as a representative of direct members. I am the youngest member, working with pleasure on projects with Young SIETAR. I have been working on preparations of the website, e-newsletter, member database management and lately also European fundraising.
I would like to focus on structural improvement of SIETAR Europa, so that we would create capacity for effective fundraising which could cover not only annual operation of our office but also shared intercultural projects initiated by our members.
In my home country (Czech Republic) I work as a manager of an international theatre festival, as well as consultant on cultural policies and cultural management and fundraising. I am also building my profession of an intercultural trainer.
Ildikó
Polyák
anil@t-online.hu
Professional
involvement:
After teaching English language for about 15
years, I have been involved in intercultural communication since
1995, first at the Budapest College of Business and Management,
and since 2001 at the International Business School. In addition
to teaching, I have published several articles, written a book for
use in Hungarian business schools, and compiled two readers on the
topic. Furthermore, occasionally I do in-company training
workshops and coaching programmes on the commission of
international training companies. I have been a SIETAR member
since 1996, and attended almost all conferences since then, and
delivered several talks reporting findings of research projects
that I had carried out among students.
Motivation:
I
have had the pleasure to serve on the Board for four years now, in
the first two years as a substitute representative of direct
members. Since 2007 I have been Treasurer, and also responsible
for a varietyof short-term projects. I would be pleased to
continue this service, particularly in order to provide more
benefits to direct members.
Perihan
Ügeöz
pugeoz@istanbulpost.net
It has been my pleasure to be a member of SE. In my opinion, it is time that SIETAR and Turkey become better acquainted with each other. After many years of experience in the field of cross-cultural relations, I have therefore decided to take a more active role in SE’s organizational growth. In addition to my professional expertise, I would like to utilize my experience with numerous NGOs to contribute more resolutely to make SE better known throughout Turkey.
I hold a doctorate in Adult Teaching and Intercultural Education from Berlin Freie University, and have completed post-doctoral studies in Organisational Development and Human Resource Management from KLETT WBS in Berlin.
Living in Istanbul, I work as a consultant and trainer in the area of intercultural communication and management, adult education, and organizational development. I was an assistant professor for human resource management and intercultural communication at the Istanbul Commerce University, and for several years, worked as a lecturer for adult training and intercultural education at the Berlin Freie University. In addition to my business and educational endeavours, I have published numerous international articles and books dealing with intercultural communication and comparative educational policies. One of my recent personally and inter-culturally enriching experiences was to write the Cultural Detective: Turkey together with George Simons.
For more than 20 years I have been involved in organizations and trade unions for human rights, intercultural dialogue and social rights in both Germany and Turkey. I gained much experience and insight that I would like to bring into the work of SE, especially in areas such as networking and public work.
In Turkey, issues related to cross-cultural communication have been treated rather marginally thus far. Also, among international Turkish enterprises, a consciousness over the necessity for specific discussions and training is only beginning to grow slowly. A result of this is that there is only a little exchange between those Turkish interculturalists, who are active in the field as trainers, consultants or academicians. Within SE I would love to have the chance to further engage myself to develop and extend these relations.
Fredrik
Fogelberg
fogelberg@nomadicibp.com
All my life I have had a passion for the intercultural field. As a person, I have grown up with three ‘home cultures’: Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands. As a professional, working on all continents and with people from all corners of the world, has added the spice to my existence that I cannot live without!.
Combining my profession as a psychologist with the intercultural field and languages has led me to support internationally mobile executives and teams in using the cross cultural aspect to the advantage of their businesses and themselves. Being gay has given me the extra perspective of what it means to be a minority group member.
Sietar is indispensable in bringing us practitioners together in order to learn, share and continuously develop. To not keep learning means being left behind. The annual congress is not enough, we need to maximize the use of modern communication platforms. To experiment and find ways to share knowledge and experience that keeps us at the forefront. I look forward to contributing my creativity and experience in the design of innovative learning methodology to the Sietar Europa Board .
I have a family with two bi lingual kids.
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