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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>= FairvoteWRC 2019 AGM =<br />
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== MINUTES of the Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter Annual General Meeting ==<br />
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Date<br />
24 April 2019, 7:00pm started<br />
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Location<br />
Community Room, Bread and Roses Cooperative, 307 Queen Street South,<br />
Kitchener, Ontario<br />
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Present<br />
Bob Jonkman, Sharon Sommerville, Jim Stewart, Dave Arthur, Riani<br />
Dewet, Aden Seaman, Peter K, Stuart Chandler, David Dirks, Cathy<br />
Scott, Evan Rosemond, Jim Sannes<br />
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=== Agenda ===<br />
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1 Review of MINUTES from 2018<br />
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2 Co-chair report: Sharon Sommerville<br />
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3 Other Reports <#Other_Reports><br />
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o 3.1 Outreach Committee: David Dirks<br />
o 3.2 Digital Committee: Bob Jonkman<br />
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4 Treasurer’s Report<br />
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5 Election of executive<br />
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6 New business<br />
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7 Motion to adjourn<br />
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=== Minutes ===<br />
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1) Review of MINUTES from 2018<br />
<http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/meetings/2018-agm/><br />
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* moved Bob Jonkman, seconded by David Dirks — all in favour<br />
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2) Co-chair report: Sharon Sommerville<br />
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* Lots of festivals<br />
* Two pop-up rallies, including Trudeau town-hall rally<br />
* Two meetings with politicians<br />
o Minister Gould<br />
o Celina Caesar-Chavannes<br />
* Two pop-up rallies, including Trudeau town-hall rally<br />
* Pages of signatures were delivered to parliament hill<br />
* Presentations to different groups<br />
* Letter writing is going well, lots of letters have been written<br />
* Door-to-door campaign<br />
* Well-attended all-candidates meetings<br />
* It was a very busy year<br />
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3) Other Reports<br />
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3.1) Outreach Committee: David Dirks<br />
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* Most outreach to schools in the past was solicited by a few teachers<br />
* Chapter members can help with school contacts for outreach<br />
presentations<br />
* Other groups in K-W would probably also be interested in<br />
presentations on Proportional Representation<br />
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3.2) Digital Committee: Bob Jonkman<br />
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* It was remarked that our website has a lot of content<br />
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4) Treasurer’s Report: Cathy Scott<br />
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* Not much financial activity in the past year<br />
* Did get some donations<br />
* Trying to figure out how to do online donations through web site<br />
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* Approved: moved by Cathy Scott, seconded by Bob Jonkman and David Dirks<br />
o Approved by all<br />
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Related matters were discussed:<br />
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* Soliciting donations from mailing list members was discussed. This<br />
topic was also discussed earlier this year<br />
* Buttons from last year are plentiful and we don’t need more<br />
* Business cards are running low and more should be purchased<br />
* Chapter phone number should continue. It will be moved from Aden’s<br />
Asterisk phone system to another VoIP provider.<br />
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5) Election of executive<br />
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* Aden Seaman, Stuart Chandler, and Jim Sannes volunteer to be members<br />
of the board<br />
* Due to not having any contention for positions on the board, these<br />
volunteers are elected by acclamation<br />
* Cathy Scott becomes Chapter Coordinator<br />
* Chapter Executive Board 2019-2020<br />
o Co-chair 2019-2021: Sharon Sommerville<br />
o Co-chair 2018-2020: Jim Sannes<br />
o Treasurer 2018-2020: Aden Seaman<br />
o Secretary 2019-2021: Bob Jonkman<br />
o Members at large: Cathy Scott, Stuart Chandler<br />
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6) New business<br />
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* Festivals<br />
o Multicultural Festival<br />
o TriPride<br />
o DTK (Downtown Kitchener) website usually lists the different<br />
festivals that occur in the summer<br />
o Non-Violence Festival<br />
o Kultrun Festival<br />
* Partnering with other groups: very long conversation<br />
* Purchasing new business cards<br />
o old ones are running out<br />
o should buy more if chapter finances allow<br />
o moved by Evan Rosemond, seconded by Jim Stewart<br />
* Use federal petition form this summer at festivals, as that’s the<br />
election that’s coming up<br />
* PEI referendum<br />
* Upcoming demonstrations<br />
* Health Care related issues<br />
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7) Motion to adjourn<br />
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* moved by Bob Jonkman, seconded by Aden Seaman.<br />
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Minutes taken by Aden Seaman<br />
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List of all meetings<br />
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<http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/meetings/></div>BobJonkman