[fvc-wat-announce] FairvoteWRC AGM by Zoom at 7pm on Thu, 25 June 2020

[Bob Jonkman]

Hi everyone: Just a quick reminder of the Fair Vote Waterloo Annual
General Meeting tonight at 7pm on Zoom...

--Bob.


On 2020-06-20 8:57 p.m., Bob Jonkman wrote:
> Hello Fair Vote Waterloo members and friends!  It is time again for our
> Annual General Meeting.
> 
> *What*: Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter Annual General Meeting
> *When*: Thursday, 25 June 2020 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
> *Where*: Online via Zoom
> *URL*:
> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83799846484?pwd=aHErTExBM0RQWnZFeXd5aUdyaVlaZz09
> *Meeting ID*: 837 9984 6484
> *Password*: 525922
> 
> If you cannot connect online, there are two Toronto phone numbers you
> can use to listen and participate (sorry, Zoom lists nothing local to KW):
> 
> +1‑647‑374‑4685
> +1‑647‑558‑0588
> 
> 
> == AGENDA ==
> 
>     1. Introductions
> 
>     2. Review minutes from 2019 Annual General Meeting, available at
> http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/meetings/2019-agm/ (also listed below)
> 
>     3. Report from Co-Chairs (Sharon Sommerville, Jim Sannes) and
> Chapter Co-ordinator (Cathy Scott)
> 
>     4. Treasurer’s Report (Aden Seaman)
> 
>     5. Other Reports
>         - Outreach Committee (David Dirks)
>         - Letter Writing Committee (Donald Fraser)
>         - Digital Committee (Jonathan Cassels, Jay Judkowitz)
> 
>     6. Old Business
> 	- Website migration
> 
>     7. Election of 2020-2021 Executive
> 
> === Current Executive ===
> 
>     Sharon Sommerville — Co-Chair (First year, Two year term)
>     Jim Sannes — Co-Chair (One year term)
>     Aden Seaman — Treasurer (One year term)
>     Bob Jonkman — Secretary (First year, Two year term but not returning
> for 2nd year)
>     Stuart Chandler — Member-At-Large (One year term)
>     Cathy Scott — Member-At-Large (One year term)
> 
>        We will be electing four to six members to the Executive:
> 	 - Co-Chair (2 year term)
>          - Treasurer (2 year term
>          - Secretary (1 year term)
>          - Members-At-Large (1 year term, 1 to 3 positions)
> 
> You can nominate someone else or yourself. Printed proxy votes will be
> accepted.
> 
> You must be a paid-up Fair Vote Canada member to be nominated or vote;
> memberships can be renewed by Thursday for $25; first-time memberships
> are $10.
> 
> We will be electing four to six people by Single Transferable Vote 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), Treasaurer (two-year term), one to
> three Members-At-Large (one-year term), and Secretary. This year
> Secretary will be a one-year term; next year it will be a two-year term
> position again. Note that the Co-Chair positions must be gender-balanced.
> 
>     8. New Business
>         - 2020 Summer Festival Season & Covid-19 considerations
> 
>     9. Announcements
> 
>     10. Adjournment of AGM
> 
>     11. Discussion Night
> 	 - Proposed topic: Selecting replacement candidates when an elected
> member cannot fulfil their term.
> 
> 
> See you all on Thursday!
> 
> Bob Jonkman <bobjonkman at kwpeace.ca>
> Secretary,
> Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter
> 
> 
> On 2020-06-07 12:49 p.m., Cathy Scott wrote:
>> Hi, All
>> Our next meeting, on Thursday, June 25th at 7:00 pm will be our AGM, 2020.
>> Cathy
> 
> 
> 
> =====
> 
> =  FairvoteWRC 2019 AGM =
> 
> 
> == MINUTES of the Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter Annual
> General Meeting ==
> 
> Date
>     24 April 2019, 7:00pm started
> 
> Location
>     Community Room, Bread and Roses Cooperative, 307 Queen Street South,
>     Kitchener, Ontario
> 
> Present
>     Bob Jonkman, Sharon Sommerville, Jim Stewart, Dave Arthur, Riani
>     Dewet, Aden Seaman, Peter K, Stuart Chandler, David Dirks, Cathy
>     Scott, Evan Rosemond, Jim Sannes
> 
> 
> === Agenda ===
> 
> 1 Review of MINUTES from 2018
> 
> 2 Co-chair report: Sharon Sommerville
> 
> 3 Other Reports
> 
>       o 3.1 Outreach Committee: David Dirks
>       o 3.2 Digital Committee: Bob Jonkman
> 
> 4 Treasurer’s Report
> 
> 5 Election of executive
> 
> 6 New business
> 
> 7 Motion to adjourn
> 
> 
> 
> === Minutes ===
> 
> 1)      Review of MINUTES from 2018
>       <http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/meetings/2018-agm/>
> 
> * moved Bob Jonkman, seconded by David Dirks — all in favour
> 
> 
> 2)      Co-chair report: Sharon Sommerville
> 
> * Lots of festivals
> * Two pop-up rallies, including Trudeau town-hall rally
> * Two meetings with politicians
>       o Minister Gould
>       o Celina Caesar-Chavannes
> * Two pop-up rallies, including Trudeau town-hall rally
> * Pages of signatures were delivered to parliament hill
> * Presentations to different groups
> * Letter writing is going well, lots of letters have been written
> * Door-to-door campaign
> * Well-attended all-candidates meetings
> * It was a very busy year
> 
> 
> 3)      Other Reports
> 
> 
> 3.1)        Outreach Committee: David Dirks
> 
> * Most outreach to schools in the past was solicited by a few teachers
> * Chapter members can help with school contacts for outreach
>     presentations
> * Other groups in K-W would probably also be interested in
>     presentations on Proportional Representation
> 
> 
> 3.2)        Digital Committee: Bob Jonkman
> 
> * It was remarked that our website has a lot of content
> 
> 
> 4)      Treasurer’s Report: Cathy Scott
> 
> * Not much financial activity in the past year
> * Did get some donations
> * Trying to figure out how to do online donations through web site
> 
> * Approved: moved by Cathy Scott, seconded by Bob Jonkman and David Dirks
>       o Approved by all
> 
> Related matters were discussed:
> 
> * Soliciting donations from mailing list members was discussed. This
>     topic was also discussed earlier this year
> * Buttons from last year are plentiful and we don’t need more
> * Business cards are running low and more should be purchased
> * Chapter phone number should continue. It will be moved from Aden’s
>     Asterisk phone system to another VoIP provider.
> 
> 
> 5)      Election of executive
> 
> * Aden Seaman, Stuart Chandler, and Jim Sannes volunteer to be members
>     of the board
> * Due to not having any contention for positions on the board, these
>     volunteers are elected by acclamation
> * Cathy Scott becomes Chapter Coordinator
> * Chapter Executive Board 2019-2020
>       o Co-chair 2019-2021: Sharon Sommerville
>       o Co-chair 2018-2020: Jim Sannes
>       o Treasurer 2018-2020: Aden Seaman
>       o Secretary 2019-2021: Bob Jonkman
>       o Members at large: Cathy Scott, Stuart Chandler
> 
> 
> 6)      New business
> 
> * Festivals
>       o Multicultural Festival
>       o TriPride
>       o DTK (Downtown Kitchener) website usually lists the different
>         festivals that occur in the summer
>       o Non-Violence Festival
>       o Kultrun Festival
> * Partnering with other groups: very long conversation
> * Purchasing new business cards
>       o old ones are running out
>       o should buy more if chapter finances allow
>       o moved by Evan Rosemond, seconded by Jim Stewart
> * Use federal petition form this summer at festivals, as that’s the
>     election that’s coming up
> * PEI referendum
> * Upcoming demonstrations
> * Health Care related issues
> 
> 
> 7)      Motion to adjourn
> 
> * moved by Bob Jonkman, seconded by Aden Seaman.
> 
> Minutes taken by Aden Seaman
> 
> List of all meetings: http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/meetings/
>