[fvc-wat-disc] [fvc-wat-announce] FairvoteWRC AGM by Zoom at 7pm on Thu, 25 June 2020
Jennifer Ross
2jennross at gmail.com
Thu Jun 25 14:55:43 EDT 2020
Thanks, Mary. Can you represent me there and I'll represent you? No
voting or anything :)
Jenn
Bookkeeping Services
519-501-2736
No other Western democratic country concentrates as much political power in
the hands of one person as Canada does with her Prime Minister.
On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 2:49 PM Mary Jackes <mkj at bell.net> wrote:
> I do apologize - I have decided not to attend the AGM tonight. *That
> says nothing about my commitment to PR.*
>
> I have been arguing with myself over this clash for some days. I have
> finally made the choice to join an Amnesty town hall about Canadian
> resource extraction industries' assaults on human rights (basically
> indigenous rights which have been trampled for decades all over the world
> by Canadian mining companies).
>
> Apologies again,
>
> Mary
> On 2020-06-25 4:26 a.m., Bob Jonkman wrote:
>
> 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 athttp://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> <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/> <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/
>
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