Organising Committee Report

MEN’S EMPOWERMENT SUPPORT AND UPLIFTMENT CLUB ORGANISING COMMITTEE END OF TERM REPORT

1. COMMITTEE STRUCTURE

Chairman                                 Maqhawenkosi Mhlanga

Vice-chairman                         Tamirirashe Shoko

Secretary                                 Sehliselweyinkosi Sibanda

Vice-secretary                         Kholakele Ngwenya

Committee member                 Pastor Glenn Ncube

2. OPENING REMARKS

On behalf of the Organising Committee may i take this opportunity to thank God for having have taken us this far. We as an Organising Committee are grateful to God and the Council for having have accorded us the opportunity to serve in this committee for this term.

3. OBJECTIVES

A) To facilitate the fulfilment of the organisation’s social and spiritual goals

B) Organise the functions and or events of the organisation

C) Advise the organisation on relevant activities that would empower its members socially and spiritually

4. ACHIEVEMENTS

i) We managed to, in our inaugural meeting to set up the structure of the committee as laid out in point no. 1

ii) We managed to plan and organise the 06 August 2011 Council meeting

iii) We managed to plan, organise and hold the Inaugural Annual Fishing Outing in October 2011

iv) We managed to plan, organise and hold a prayer and fasting service in November 2011

v) We managed to plan, organise and hold the Business Breakfast Meeting in February 2012 which had an attendance of 19 members out of the expected 22.

5. CHALLENGES/FAILURES

i) We could not meet regularly as a committee as members were not available most of the times.

ii) We had a challenge having all members of the organisation attending fully our organised activities; to note was the Fishing Outing where we had only 8 men out of 22, and the prayer and fasting that had an attendance of 4 men.

6. RECOMMENDATIONS

i) We recommend that the Fishing Outing be held as an annual event

ii) We recommend that we open our activities to the public at prescribed fees

iii) We recommend that we design membership cards for all MESU members, which will be renewed annually

iv) We recommend that we design a magazine that will help in marketing and branding MESU as an organisation

v) We recommend that we register with other bodies like Zimbabwe National Chamber Of Commerce (ZNCC)

vi) We also recommend that we dress formal or in MESU attire in all of our formal meetings

7. CONCLUSION

In conclusion we would like to extend our appreciation to the Management Board and Council once again for according us this opportunity to serve in this capacity. We have the confidence that MESU is going far; it will take our unwavering support and commitment to see this vision come to fruition.