Annual General Meeting
Call to Order: Darrel Ripley called the 2015/16 Annual General Meeting to Order.
Financial Statements: Brian Thompson gave an overview presentation of last years financial statements.
Appointment of Auditors: The following members were nominated and appointed to be auditors for the next fiscal year:
- Spencer Mueller
- Larry Bortles
- Darryl White
Motioned by Mike Ryan seconded by Joe Lizotte (passed)
Spencer thanked the treasurer(s) for all their hard work in getting the reports and supporting documents together for the audit. This is a lot of work and really goes unappreciated for most of the year.
Amendment to bylaws: David Gibbens presented the following proposed bylaw change on behalf of the board of directors:
The current clause 13 in the bylaw reads as: "This society shall hold an annual meeting on or before December 1 in each year of which notice in writing to the last know address of each member shall be delivered in the mail seven days prior to the date of the meeting."
The proposed changes read as: "This society shall hold an annual meeting on or before December 15 of each year, of which notice in writing to the last known email address of each member shall be delivered by email at least seven days prior to the date of the meeting."
Vote on the bylaw change was deferred until the regular meeting on December 21st to allow members to review and understand the changes.
2016-2017 Executive: Ingrid Neitsch reviewed the selection process that was used to provide the list of the new executive and BoD for the 2016-17 Rotary year. Ingrid proposed the following people for positions on the board:
President - Darrel Ripley
Past President - Fred Kraft
President Elect - Spencer Mueller
Secretary - Sherry Holmes
Treasurer - David Gibbens
To allow the new President the ability to enable some structure changes to the board, the rest of the Board will be elected as a slate of candidates to be appointed to the appropriate positions. This slate will include:
Annie Mueller
Lesley Cleary
Lorne Proctor
Brad Arsenault
Spence Mueller will remain on as Foundation chair.
The motion to accept the nominations as presented was made by Bert Andrews and seconded by Joe Lizotte. Passed
Adjourn: Motion to Adjourn by Darrel Ripley at 1:28 pm Passed
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