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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2018

The Institute of Professional Tourist Guides of SA

21 June 2018 ,Open Office Sandton

AGM 2018 AGENDA

• 09:00 - 10:00 • Registration and Networking

• 10:00 -10:30• Opening and Welcome – Sam Wenger

• Chairman's Report - Johan Van Biljon

• 10:30 - 12:00• NDT feed back and way forward

• General Discussion

• 12:00 Closing

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IPTGSA AGM 2018

Welcome – Sam Wenger

Chairman’s Report – Johan Van Biljon

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BOARD AND EXCO COMMITTEE

Thank you to all the members giving time and effort to the

IPTGSA for the last 2 years

FEEDBACK FOR THE LAST YEAR.

• AGM 2017 was the official launch of IPTGSA

• Roadshows have been held in Johannesburg , Cape Town and

Port Elizabeth

• First Tourist guide Indaba was held at Workshop 17 in Cape town

with a total of 18 people attending.

• IPTGSA were represented at WTM 2017 and will endeavour to be

an exhibiter in the future

• 42 CPD programs were presented where members could earn

credits

• NDT Stakeholder forums and NDT Research feedbacks attended

• Regular Committee meetings have been held and to save cost

Skype meetings are now order of the day between our OPEN

based offices

• Complete online based organisation with members contributing

as and when required

• Ongoing media campaign with Travel News Now

MEMBERSHIP REPORT

As of 20 June 2018 the following stats are available

4 - Aspirant Members

24 - Full Members

19 - Applications approved awaiting Panel interviews

47 Total

FINANCIAL REPORT

1. IPTGSA completely dependant

on membership fees .

2. Member tardiness in paying fees

3. Fixed cost in office space,

auditing and advertising

4. Travelling by committee

sponsored out of own pocket

5. Lack of cash flow curbs

outreach for new members

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FINANCIAL

• Important decisions has to

be made to keep the IPTGSA

afloat financially and a lot

depends on decisions

forthcoming from the NDT

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GENERAL

� Committee is doing a stellar job in keeping IPTGSA going

� Very little direct support from members in

� Attending meetings

� Recruiting new members and spreading the word

� Attending CPD courses

� Keeping logbooks updated

� Participating in online running of IPTGSA via the

website

� We have to be positive in our decisions and see the

process we have started 4 years ago to organise and own

our industry

ONLINE VOTING

• The nature of our work dictates when and where we work and the

committee understands fully that members cannot always be where

meetings and AGM’s are held .The online voting is been pioneered and

has been decided on to try and get all members in on the voting process.

• Members of the Board and EXCO has a term of 2 years to keep the ball

rolling and then a vote is called for as to prevent stagnation, and have

input from all members

• Nominations were requested and a few new names have been received

• Online voting has been open for 1 week prior to the AGM with links

emailed to all members eligible to vote

ONLINE VOTING RESULTS

Board

Peggy Dlephu

Lesiba Fothane

Lucille Cremen

Willie du Toit

EXCO

Chairman J van Biljon

Vice Chairman Sam Wenger

Treasurer Ian Stevens

Disciplinary Piet Nel

EXCO

Joleen Du Plessis

JJ Pieterse

Hansje Botes

Alistair Reizenberg

Acceptance confirmation will be sent to all new members

CONGRATULATIONS

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NDT FEEDBACK

POLICY REVIEW OF TOURIST GUIDING SECTOR

SAQA PROFESSIONAL BODIES

General discussion on

what to do about NDT

process

CLOSING

- our passion, our profession -

Thank you for attending

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