BASSETERRE St. Kitts, August 27th, 2012 -- Nezrene Roberts is the new President of the St. Kitts National Youth Parliament Association (S.K.N.Y.P.A.). She is joined by a host of members who are serving on the executive committee for the first time with the exception of one person. The other members of the executive are:
Vice President - Elsie Harry
General Secretary - Merv-Ann Thompson
Treasurer - Kazrano Gumbs (Immediate Past Assistant Treasurer)
Public Relations Officers - Azuree Liburd and Desi Brown
The posts of Assistant General Secretary, Assistant Treasurer and Nominated member will be appointed by the President, with the approval of the Executive, in the near future. Ms. Roberts has been a member of S.K.N.Y.P.A. for the past two years. She said that her vision for the Association is for it to be the lead youth agency for advocacy on youth-related and national issues.
A 3-member council comprising Honourary Members of the Association - Charles Wilkin Q.C., Geoffrey Hanley and Dwyer Astaphan - presided over the elections and made the formal announcement of the winners.
The 2012-2013 Executive Committee was elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) which was held on Saturday 18, August at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Conference Room.
Among highlights of the past S.K.N.Y.P.A. year were its Appreciation Tea at which Nurses and Caretakers for the elderly were honoured, its position paper on Integrity in Public Life Legislation and the participation of some of its members as mentors for students at the Washington Archibald High School with the A Ganar program.
At the AGM, members of the Association also witnessed the induction of some of its longest serving members - Cindy DeSuza, Jihan Williams and Immediate Past President Jacqueline Bryan - as Alumni. Also inducted was Tapley Seaton Q.C., but as an Honourary Member of the Association as a result of his steady support over the years. The theme at the Annual General Meeting was "The Advancement of Youth Past the Initial Stage of Success" as the Association brings the celebration of its 10th anniversary to a close. S.K.N.Y.P.A. was launched on September 13, 2001.
Guest speaker at the AGM, Dr. Marcus Natta - Senior Project Analyst in the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Part-Time Lecturer at the Clarence Fiztory Bryant College - underscored the importance of members being actively involved in the operations of the Association to ensure its existence for another decade. Dr. Natta said, "S.K.N.Y.P.A. cannot move forward without you, the members. Whether it be financially, socially, and/or morally, your support is necessary for the organization to function.
I encourage you to attend the meetings and be an active participant and not an inactive complainer in your organization.be a constructive critic and discourage negative criticisms.be able to decipher information from deformation.and I wish for you integrity, intelligence, involvement, initiative, interdependence, interest, and insight."
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