CONVOCATION, AGENDA AND 2016-17 BOARD SLATE

Dear Food Secure Canada Members,

We hope that many of you will be able to join us for our Annual General Meeting this year, in Toronto, on Sunday, October 16th from 9am to 10:30am. The AGM is taking place on the last day of Food Secure Canada’s Biannual Assembly entitled Ressetting the table – check out the program.

Agenda for Food Secure Canada AGM

Sunday, October 16th 2016, 9:00 am to 10h30 am

Location: Ryerson University, room to be confirmed

·       Call to order and introduction

·       Appointment of minute taker

·       Notice of meeting

·       Establishment of quorum

·       Voting procedure and explanation of consensus

·       Adoption of Agenda

·       Adoption of Minutes of AGM of November 15th, 2015

·       Report from the Chair: Aart Schuurman Hess

·       Report from the ED: Diana Bronson

·       Report from the Treasurer: Wendy Roscoe

·       Adoption of Financial Statements for FY Sept 1 2014 to Aug 31 2015

·       Review of budget for FY Sept 1, 2016 to Aug 31, 2017

·       Appointment of auditor for FY Sept 1 2016 to Aug 31 2017

·       Election of new Board of Directors (Nominations committee)

·       Adjournment of Business meeting

All documents for the AGM will be on our website shortly.

Election of new Board of Directors

The results of the Board election are in! Thank you to all of you who have participated in the nominations process for the constitution of the new Board of Directors of Food Secure Canada.

The nominations committee, composed of Eric Chaurette, Lucia Stephen, Susan Roberts, Diana Bronson and Amelie Levesque, proposed a slate of nominations that was then approved by actual Board of Directors. This slate will be presented to FSC members during our AGM on October 16th to be ratified by those present.

The slate proposed is: Elisabeth Abergel (QC), Joan Brady (ON), Christina Craig (YT), Joseph Leblanc (ON), Mary Lou Morgan (ON), Susan Roberts (AB), Wendy Roscoe (QC), Aart Schuurman Hess (BC), Lucia Stephen (NS), Paul Taylor (BC), Ryan Turnbull (ON) 

We hope to see you all at the AGM in Toronto!

Diana Bronson
Director, Food Secure Canada