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May 26th, online, at the CFC Forums. Be there, or be square.
Any particular time? Or are we just to hang out being square all day? There is a certain cute informality about this kind of meeting announcement but still a time is good to have.
Any particular time? Or are we just to hang out being square all day? There is a certain cute informality about this kind of meeting announcement but still a time is good to have.
I think the start time is to be 9am. I was simply asked to pass that brief message on. I imagine someone will have something more detailed to say as the days wear on.
It will be stretched out over many days and split into matters of outgoing and incoming board with voting periods. This seemed better than the one whole day meeting since a lot of people told me that they were going to be on vacation for a given day or another. I'll post more later, I'm just running out of the door for work now.
The meeting will commence on May 26th. It will be held on the chess.ca forums. The meeting duration will be 12 days long total and divied up as such: 5 days for items 1-11 (see below) then a three day voting window for 12-15 which will be discussed during the initial 5 days. Then another 5 day period for all matters pertaining to the incoming board followed by another 3 day voting period and then adjournment.
5.5 Agenda: The agenda of the annual meeting shall be as follows:
A. Matters for the outgoing Board
1) Call to Order and announcement of Board members present and verification of proxies
2) Reading of the Minutes of the last Annual Meeting
3) President’s Report
4) Executive Vice-President’s Report
5) Secretary’s Report
6) Treasurer’s Report
7) Youth Co-ordinator’s Report
8) Special Officers’ Reports
9) League Reports
10) Auditor’s Report
11) Other business raised by the outgoing Board
12) Ratification of the new members of the Board
B. Matters for the incoming Board
13) Election of Officers and Special Officers
14) Consideration of any Special Resolutions, including proposals to amend the Constitution and Bylaws
15) Appointment of Auditor
16) Listing of the Governors to the Chess Federation of Canada as elected in the regional affiliates by the CFC Members of the region
17) Review of chess activity in Ontario and proposed activity for the next fiscal year
18) Budget
19) New business
20) Other business
21) Adjournment
I'm looking forward to an easily view-able AGM with high attendance!
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