Zachary Kaplan NFTY Northern Membership Vice President Candidate

About Me Hey NFTY Northern, I’m Zachary Kaplan and I’m excited to announce that I will be running for your Membership Vice President(MVP) for 5778-5779! I also go by Zach, Zkap, Zap, Zaplan, Big Baller, and of course Daddy. I’m a member of DuSTY at Temple all the way of up in Duluth by the beautiful Lake Superior. I go to Marshall School where I’m currently a junior in high school. Besides staying busy with my Qualifications & Experiences studies, I like to play basketball, beach volleyball, watch endless • NFTY-NO MVP - 2017-2018 amounts of Netflix and YouTube clips, hang with my friends, listen to music, and procrastinating for hours on end. I’m also • DuSTY Board - 2016-2017 apart of my school’s speech team and enjoy acting in plays. Being apart of NFTY has meant something more and more special • Camp Counselor each year. I’m very proud to be Jewish and would be honored if In Training(CIT) - 2014 you would elect me once again so I can help you and all of NFTY Northern create many memories and friendships to last a lifetime. My Platform 1. Team Building Mixers NFTY is built on being an opening, welcoming, and fun community of Jewish teens. For me I was lucky enough to have a couple of friends coming into NFTY, and those friends led me to making more friends which have helped make my time at any NFTY event great. Although not everyone knows someone coming into NFTY, or they might just be naturally introverted. This is why mixers are so great because they allow strangers to become friends and I believe mixers should be team building challenges, that allow new people to work and laugh together while trying to accomplish a common goal.

2. Big Brother/Sister Survey I believe we should implement an interest survey that both the NFTYites and the 8th graders take. We can then take the results and use them to help pair the 8th graders with the best big brother or big sister for them. This will allow the 8th graders to meet new people who they can connect with easily, so they can enjoy their first NFTY event and not have to worry Qualifications & Experiences about going out of their way to meet new people. • Had my Bar in 3. Group Chat and Group Calls with TYG Advisors Israel - 2013 I think it is important to have clear communication with the TYG Advisors so that we can converse about membership • 10 total NFTY events regularly and help each other understand the different issues • 7 NFTY-NO events that membership poses so that we may conquer them together. • 3 North American events I plan on having at least 5 group calls with the advisors and establishing a group chat.

4. Reach Out to Weaker Parts of the Region NFTY Northern is much more than just Minnesota and Wisconsin. I think it is important to reach out to the Dakotas and Rockford, Illinois. This past year we were joined by Canadians from up north in Manitoba, and I would like to continue seeing them come to our events regularly and maybe grow in numbers. It is important to continue to solidify our core membership from Minnesota and Wisconsin and expand to welcome all from all corners of NFTY Northern.