[fvc-wat-disc] FairvoteWRC AGM by Zoom at 7pm on Thu, 25 June 2020
Bob Jonkman
bobjonkman at kwpeace.ca
Fri Jun 26 01:44:46 EDT 2020
And hello again! Here are the minutes from tonight's meeting. They'll be
posted on the FairvoteWRC website once it's running again.
--Bob.
== MINUTES of the Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter Annual
General Meeting==
; Date: 25 June 2020 at 7:00pm
; Location: Held online with Zoom
; Present: Cathy Scott, Myron Steinman, Jim Hemphill, Jonathan Cassels,
Peter Croves, Peter Kopwitz, Jay Judkowitz, Kristen Wright, Larry
Kryski, Jennifer Ross, Aden Seaman, David Dirks, Sharon Sommerville,
Dave Arthur, Ellen Papenburg, Jim Sannes, Evan Rosamond.
=== Introductions ===
=== Review minutes from 2019 Annual General Meeting ===
* available at http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/meetings/2019-agm/
* Motion to accept the minutes: David Dirks; Seconded: Ellen Papenburg;
passed.
=== Report from Co-Chairs and Chapter Co-ordinator ===
==== Co-Chair Report by Sharon Sommerville ====
* Glad we're all here, coping, and surviving.
* PR has taken a back seat to events (Covid and Trump)
* Began to meet at the Civic Hub, after years of work including Fair
Vote Waterloo. Happy to have been part of that. Has enormous potential
for grassroots organizations like ours.
* Although PR is not top of mind, we continue to see the need.
** Highlighted in an article by Luisa D'Amato, "a group that continues
to work", and awarded a bunch of tulips
==== Chapter Coordinator Report by Cathy Scott ====
* Attended some summer festivals last year, not as many people as
previous years.
* Got signatures on petition for Citizens Assembly
* In the fall we focused on the election, created a third-party
(XXXXXget nameXXXX), held a door-hanger campaign.
* Saw a number of letters to the editor in The Record in favour of PR
from people we've not heard of, shows broader support for PR.
* Work from past years is taking root.
* Last election results illustrate the need for PR
* Visits to MPs, two to Bardish Chagger (Lib, Waterloo), one to Bryan
May (Lib, Cambridge) (concentrating on Citizens Assembly), one to Marwan
Tabbara (Lib, Kit-S.Hesp)
* Sharon and --- attended a lecture from Cambridge Mass. about Citizens
Assemblies, will re-visit in the fall of 2020.
=== Treasurer’s Report (Aden Seaman) ===
* Summary: We have a positive balance
* Donations from 2019 AGM for website, domain name registration, VoIP
* Discount for new memberships from Fair Vote Canada (effectively a
donation)
* Some expenses...
* "Not much activity"
* Treasurer's report is available on request, contact Aden Seaman.
* Motion to accept Treasurers Report: Jon Cassels; Seconded: Sharon
SOmmervile; passed
=== Other Reports ===
==== Outreach Committee (David Dirks) ====
* School systems were on rotating strikes, then Covid, so no outreach
* Outreach has been David and Cathy calling people
* With no face-to-face meetings outreach needs to be readdressed, what
do we want to do in a post-Covid world. To be discussed on the
Discussion Mailing List, and at a Discussion Night. Organizational
Strategy meeting to be hosted on Zoom before the July Discussion Night.
9 or 16 July 2020, 7:00pm to 8:30pm
==== Letter Writing Committee (Donald Fraser) ====
(Don Fraser was not available)
* Our letter writing is frequent and strong
* "More is better"
* Use the examples of women-led countries doing better with COvid, women
get elected by PR
* Activity on Twitter (and other social media?)
* Hearing a lack of understanding of different system, "We're not
Europe" and even "I have no idea what you're talking about."
* Fair Vote Canada does not prefer a specific system; all its members
have a different opinion. FVC is an advocacy organization, and carries
no political legitimacy.
==== Digital Committee (Jonathan Cassels, Jay Judkowitz) ====
* Not much activity, will be covered under "Old Business"
=== Old Business ===
* Website migration & other IT issues
** http://fairvotewrc.ca site has been down, unavailable to the public.
We've taken donations for the website, but have not used those funds
** Set a meeting with Aden Seaman, Jon Cassels, Jay Judkovitz, and Bob
Jonkman; Aden will organize
** Scrap the VoIP phone as it exists? Cost $11/month. Motion to cancel
existing system, to be addressed by Digital Committee: Jon Cassels;
Seconded: Peter Croves; passed.
=== 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.
==== Nominees ====
* Peter Croves
* Aden Seaman
* Cathy Scott
* Jim Sannes
* Myron Steinman
Elected by acclamation
=== New Business ===
* 2020 Summer Festival Season & Covid-19 considerations
** Multicultural Festival is online this weekend, we can't organize in
time; can't collect petitions. Going to pass on it.
** WR Nonviolence Day In The Park on Saturday 26 September 2020,
concurrent with Rib Fest in another part of the park. Cathy Scott will
register
* Liberal MP for Kit-S.Hesp may not be fulfilling his mandate, there may
be a by-election. What will we do? To be considered. May discuss at the
Strategy Meeting in July.
* Next Discussion meeting will be the last Thursday of July, 30 July 2020.
* How can we support other Fair Vote Chapters and Action Teams? It is
helpful for other areas to be involved in FairvoteWRC meetings.
* Jim Hemphill has business card sized info cards, let him know if we
need more. There has not been much opportunity to use them with Covid
restrictions.
* Quebec has legislation to move PR forward. There is discussion (and
opposition) to holding a referendum.
=== Announcements ===
* Jon Cassels has been elected to the Fair Vote Canada National Council
executive.
=== Adjournment of AGM ===
Adjournment: M: Sharon, S: Jon Cassels.
Time: 8:35pm
== Discussion Night ==
* Proposed topic: Selecting replacement candidates when an elected
member cannot fulfil their term.
** To be postponed to the July Discussion Night
== Executive slate ==
The new Executive met after the meeting, and assigned the following
positions:
* Co-Chair: Sharon Sommerville (2nd year of 2-year term)
* Co-Chair: Peter Croves (1st year of 2-year term)
* Treasurer: Aden Seaman (1st year of 2-year term)
* Secretary: Cathy Scott (1 year term)
* Member-At-Large: Myron Steinman
* Member-At-Large: Jim Sannes
* Chapter Coordinator: To be determined at the Stategy Meeting in July 2020.
Minutes taken by Bob Jonkman
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 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/
>>
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