[fvc-wat-announce] FairvoteWRC AGM, 7pm Wed 24 Apr 2019 at Bread & Roses Community Room

[Bob Jonkman]

Hi everyone: Below is the agenda for this week's FairvoteWRC Annual 
General Meeting:

*What*: Fair Vote Waterloo Annual General Meeting
*When*: Wednesday, 24 April 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
*Where*: Community Room, Bread and Roses Co-op
*Location*: 307 Queen Street South, Kitchener
*Map*: https://osm.org/go/ZXnwTLMg--?m=


But first:

== Election of Executive ==

We will be electing three to five members to the Executive. If you would 
like to nominate someone (or yourself) please let me know. 
Self-nominations will be accepted the meeting, nominations for others 
will close on Tuesday at noon so I can verify the nominee's interest. 
You do not have to be at the meeting to stand for nomination. If you 
can't attend the meeting you can cast a proxy vote; send an e-mail 
listing your choices to info at fairvotewrc.ca or to another member who 
will attend. Please print any proxies you bring. Nominees will be 
announced Tuesday evening.

You must be a paid-up Fair Vote Canada member to be nominated or vote; 
memberships can be renewed on Wednesday for $25; first-time memberships 
are $10. You can pay at the meeting on Wednesday (cash or cheque), or 
join online at 
https://secure.fairvote.ca/en/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=9

Cathy Scott will not be continuing in the role of Treasurer, but remains 
on the Executive Board to complete her two-year term. The other 
returning Executive member is me, Bob Jonkman, completing the second 
year of a two-year term as Co-Chair. You can see a list of the current 
Executive members at http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/executive/

We will be electing three to five people for a total of five to seven 
members on the Executive Board. Once new members have been elected the 
Board will choose the positions amongst themselves: Co-Chair (two-year 
term), Secretary (two-year term), one to three Members-At-Large 
(one-year term), and Treasurer. This year Treasurer will be a one-year 
term to complete Cathy's vacancy; next year it will be a two-year term 
position again. Note that the Co-Chair positions must be gender-balanced.

If there should be more than five nominees we will elect the Executive 
Board by Single Transferable Vote.


== Agenda ==

Please e-mail info at fairvotewrc.ca by noon on Tuesday, 23 April 2019 if 
you have additional items for this agenda.


=== Annual General Meeting of the Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region 
Chapter - 24 April 2019 ===

1) Introductions

2) Review minutes from 2018 Annual General Meeting, available at 
http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/meetings/2018-agm/

3) Report from Co-Chair and Chapter Co-ordinator (Sharon Sommerville)

4) Treasurer’s Report (Cathy Scott)

5) Other Reports
         Outreach Committee (David Dirks)
         Letter Writing Committee (Donald Fraser)
         Digital Committee (Jonathan Cassels)

6) Old Business

7) Election of 2019-2020 Executive

8) New Business
         2019 Summer Festival Season

9) Announcements

10) Adjournment


This agenda is also available at 
http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/event/annual-general-meeting-for-fairvotewrc/?instance_id=59048


--Bob Jonkman
Fair Vote Waterloo Co-Chair and Discussion Night Organizer

Mail to: info at fairvotewrc.ca
Phone: +1–519–279–2990



On 2019-04-08 3:40 a.m., Bob Jonkman wrote:
> Hi everyone!  Did you know that this month, April 2019 is the 13th 
> anniversary of the Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter?  Yes, over 
> a year before the Ontario Electoral Reform referendum we were already 
> planning the activities for the coming year!
> 
> And our Annual General Meetings have crept up the calendar since then. 
> While April started as the month for our AGM, the last few years they've 
> been in June.  This year we have some personnel changes, and the 
> opportunity for a reset. Our AGM will be held on our Discussion Night on 
> the last Wednesday of this month:
> 
> *What*: Fair Vote Waterloo Annual General Meeting
> *When*: Wednesday, 24 April 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
> *Where*: Community Room, Bread and Roses Co-op
> *Location*: 307 Queen Street South, Kitchener
> *Map*: https://osm.org/go/ZXnwTLMg--?m=
> 
> Important business will the election of the Executive. Our current 
> Treasurer, Cathy Scott will be taking over the Chapter Co-ordinator 
> duties, and so we need to fill the position of Treasurer.  This is the 
> main reason for calling the AGM now. The Executive positions to be 
> filled are:
> 
> 1 Co-Chair (two year term)
> 1 Secretary (two year term)
> 1 Treasurer (one year term)
> 1 to 3 Members-At-Large (one year term)
> 
> A full agenda will be sent about a week before the AGM.
> 
> In May we can discuss the outcome of this month's election and PR 
> referendum in PEI, as well as the by-election outcome in Nanaimo-Ladysmith.
> 
> If you have any questions, please send them to info at fairvotewrc.ca where 
> several Exec members can answer them.
> 
> --Bob Jonkman
> Fair Vote Waterloo Co-Chair and Discussion Night Organizer
> 
> Mail to: info at fairvotewrc.ca
> Phone: +1–519–279–2990