NEA REGION

OUR REGION IS RESTARTING

By ALEKSANDER OTTOKAR, NEA Chairman 2021-2022

AT THE BEGINNING of October, Round Table Suomi Finland had the pleasure of hosting the Round Table Northern Europe & Americas Regional Meeting 2021. Following the meeting, we are proud to announce that Pierre Mörck of Round Table Sweden will be our incoming NEA Chairman. Our most recent meeting's main focus was our 3-year plan. It is very important that all NEA Associations agree on a plan that will keep the momentum going from year to year and to ensure we are going in the right direction as a region. The NEA Region's priorities in 2021-2023 include:

Increasing Members and Associations.

Promoting fellowships and travel within the region

Sharing of knowledge

Branding of the highest quality

As NEA Chairman, I cannot achieve any of these goals by myself, this must be done with the help of my fellow Tablers. The decline in membership will continue if we fail to act together. To highlight, Norway has demonstrated great practices, where even the pandemic acted as a catalyst to go above and beyond, their membership grew by 11.7 percent in the last year. In addition to sharing these practices with other Associations, we will be working on ways to build & sustain a strong Club. I hope that this will provide a solid foundation for growing and strengthening our Region.

Communication is key this year as we are still limited to travel and meeting up for fellowship events in person. This being said, we have created WhatsApp groups for all Associations in the Region to create a direct line to the Chairman.

Of course, we are also working on expansion. We have most recently, expanded to Mexico. There are two sites that already have a great group of men seeking to become members of our great organization. Clear your schedules & grab your sombreros Brothers, we're heading to Mexico! We are also trying to establish E-clubs in Round Table Canada. This is primarily due to the distances between prospects and members who are moving to Canada being so great that this could help us grow the association.

Additionally, it's great to see our region traveling. Several of us attended the RTIWM 2021 in Dubai. Round Table Denmark won Magazine of the Year . And Association of the Year went to Round table Norway. Congratulations to both associations and also the ones that were nominated but did not win. Hard work should never be left unrecognised.

In conclusion, our Region is restaRTing as the Danes would say! Round Table Northern Europe & Americas is still the happiest region and we will keep it that way! As the world opens up, so does Round Table. Let us continue to motivate and support one another. The theme of the year is NEA region - Thunder of Tabling! Let's be electrifying in everything we do and enjoy our beautiful organisation. Until next time, my friends! Take care and stay safe.

Yours in table

Aleksander Ottokar

neachairman@round-table.org