Annual General Meeting 2019/Minutes
Meeting information
[edit]- Date: 19 October 2019
- Location: 535 Viger Avenue East, Montreal, Quebec with online participation
Quorum
[edit]17 members are present. Quorum is met.
Motions
[edit]- The members of Wikimedia Canada move to allow observers to attend the meeting.
- Motion adopted.
- The members of Wikimedia Canada move to accept the agenda.
- Motion adopted.
- The members of Wikimedia Canada move to accept the minutes of the 2018 AGM.
- Motion adopted.
- The members of Wikimedia Canada move to accept the 2018 Financial Report.
- Motion adopted.
- A member proposed to amend the General Bylaws to reduce the quorum for member's meetings to 15%.
- After discussions, the proposing member withdrew its proposition. The motion was abandoned since nobody was left to propose it.
- No member opposed to keep the current number of Board members at 9.
- A member proposed that one seat of the Board of Directors is nominated by the Board of Directors instead of being elected by the members.
- A member proposed to amend the motion so that the designated seat is specifically for the Treasurer.
- A member proposed to amend the motion so that the designated seat is a non voting member of the Board of Directors.
- The new proposed motion is that for the next mandate of two (2) years, the seat of Treasurer is nominated by the Board of Directors and is a non voting member of the Board of Directors.
- Motion adopted.
- A member proposed that the Board of Directors has the ability to appoint non voting ex officio members of the Board of Directors when needed.
- The motion was abandoned, but the members asked the Board of Directors to review this proposition and to propose it at the next Annual General Meeting if needed.
- The following people are elected to the Board of Directors by acclamation for 2-year terms:
- Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf
- Jean-Michel Lapointe
- Stacy Allison-Cassin
- Amber Berson
- Sarah Severson
- Jean-François Pilon withdrew its candidature.
- The members of Wikimedia Canada move to adjourn the meeting.
- Motion adopted.