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

[Bob Jonkman]

Hi everyone: Last-minute reminder of tonight's AGM!

I received no nominations or proxy votes, so the election of the 
Executive should be a straightforward matter.

See you all tonight!

--Bob.



On 2019-04-21 7:22 p.m., Bob Jonkman wrote:
> 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
> 

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