At the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg's Annual General Meeting on December 12, it was reported that the  CJA campaign is up by over 230,000 compared to last year at this time. Here are the stats as of December 12:

Pledges to Date – Total Campaign – $4,923,461

Last year on this date - $4,753,779

Increase of $231,967

2012  Women’s Campaign $1,210,950 11% card for card

2012 Young leadership $274,242 12% card for card 310 gifts

2012 Ben Gurion Society $235,248 12% card for card 83gifts

New Gifts $52,240 (220 donors)

Last year on this date - $4,753,779

The following is the  Report from the Federation's Elections Committee to the Board of Directors DIRECTORS, dated November 28, 2012, submitted by 
Ben Cohen, Elections Committee Chair.

REPORT FROM THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF WINNIPEG ELECTIONS COMMITTEE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

I am pleased to submit the report of the Elections Committee.

With respect to Board Appointments, the Committee makes the following recommendations, subject to board ratification:

To be appointed for a three-year term: Dov Secter and Evgueni Shusterman.

The Committee would like to thank former board members Ivy Kopstein, Ted Lyons, Howard Morry and Yosef Perlman for their service to Federation.  Thank you also to Heather Leonoff for serving as the representative of Jewish Child and Family Service, and to Eric Sawyer for serving as the Rady Centre representative.

With respect to the election of Executive Committee members for 2013 the Committee proposes the following slate:

Ben Cohen: Immediate Past President
Israel Ludwig President
David Kroft: Vice President
Adam Levene: Chair, Allocations
Aileen Berger-White: Chair, Community Engagement
David Gisser: Chair, Community Planning
Zane Tessler: Chair, Community Relations
Marilyn Billinkoff: Chair, Finance
Beth Goldberg: Chair, Financial Resource Development
Fay-Lynn Katz: Chair, Next Generation Initiatives

As per Article VII (1)(b), further nominations supported by at least two members of the Board may be submitted to the Board for any of the above-noted positions at least two days prior to the Board meeting.