Reminder of the Calgary Social Capital Society AGM on Sunday January 12
- socialcapitalsociety
- Jan 5, 2020
- 4 min read
Hello members of the Calgary Social Capital Society,
Our Annual General meeting is one week from today, Sunday January 12, starting at 2:30 PM at the Peerless Training, Unit 260, 2635 37th Avenue NE, essentially the same address as our January 2019 AGM.
The Agenda, appended below, provides further details; please read them carefully.
Recent world events emphasize the epochal importance of what we are doing in Calgary. Keep in mind that we aim to double our Society’s membership by September 1, 2020. Candidates for membership are welcome to attend the AGM. They must be capable of visionary global citizenship and responsible in their personal financial affairs. Society members are welcome to attend the Board meeting that precedes the AGM, starting at 1:00. (You can bring a candidate Society member to the Board meeting if you wish to do so.) Lunch will be served at 2:00 PM, just before the AGM.
In addition to the agenda for next Sunday, the minutes of our January 2019 meeting are also appended below. Please read carefully.
Arthur
Please note that Lunch will be served at 2:00 PM, prior to the Annual General Meeting; and that all are welcome to attend the meeting of the Board of Directors, which will convene at 1:00 PM.
The Calgary Social Capital Society
Annual General Meeting
Peerless Training Institute
Unit # 260, 2635 – 37th Avenue NE
(Come to the East Atrium and call cell phone 403-554-8663)
2:30 PM
Sunday, January 12, 2020
1. Call to Order
2. Welcome from the Board of Directors
3. Appoint Recorder for the AGM
4. Establish Quorum
5. Adopt the Agenda
6. Approve minutes of previous AGM (January 2019)
7. Report from the Board including Financial Report and Social Activities Report
8. Update on membership with emphasis on new membership recruitment; election of new members to the Society.
9. Election of new Board of Directors
10. Other Business
11. Adjournment
Minutes
of the Calgary Social Capital Society
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Saturday, January 5, 2019, 1:00 PM
Peerless Training Institute Board Room
235, 2635 – 37th Avenue NE
Telephone 403-554-8663
Society members in attendance: Arthur Clark, Michael Falconar, Zoe Lynne, Bukola Okedara, Saima Jamal, Mashhood Qazi, Gulshan Akter, Mahendra Singh, Naomi Terner, Brian Seaman, Jahid Akter, Don Harris, Ahmer Memon,
New Society members elected January 5, 2019, also in attendance: Jose Tenga, James Mathiang
The AGM was preceded by a wonderful buffet luncheon arranged by Gulshan Akter.
1:20 PM Call to order and brief check in
Welcoming remarks from Arthur Clark and Saima Jamal. Saima thanked Gulshan for having arranged the buffet luncheon we were enjoying.
Recorder: Brian Seaman was appointed recorder for the AGM (with assistance to be provided by Arthur Clark)
Quorum was confirmed.
The Agenda was approved as circulated
In the Report from the Board, Zoe Lynne provided the Financial Report, indicating that the Society’s bank balance stands at $16,697. Arthur added that one of the first two official loans from the Society has been repaid in full. The Social Activities Report was provided by Bukola Okedara and Arthur Clark. There have been more than 50 café dialogues since February 2018. The group visited the exhibit of tiny houses organized by Grow Calgary. Recently a series of monthly social events at Folk Tree Lodge has begun, with one of these events to take place tomorrow, January 6, as a live poetry reading event in the forest. Also emphasized was the Society’s practice of circulating gifts, whereby any member of the Society can create a gift (such as a book on a topic relevant to the Society’s vision or a framed copy of an inspiring image) to give to another Society member, with the understanding that the recipient would pass the gift on to yet another Society member within three to four months. Arthur demonstrated the concept by giving Don Harris a copy of the book Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World by Annie Lowrey.
Update on membership and election of new members. Two new members were elected, Jose Tenga and James Mathiang; and another recent new member, Brian Seaman was also welcomed and some of his past contributions to the Society noted. It was also announced that the membership of several former members has lapsed, so that an updated list of active members is as follows: Saima Jamal, Michael Falconar, Zoe Lynne, Arthur Clark, Bukola Okedara, Gulshan Akter, Mashhood Qazi, Gulshan Akter, Jose Tenga, Brian Seaman, Dak Nyuon, Lam Wuor, Ahmer Memon, Mahendra Singh, Naomi Terner, Spencer Klettke, Bernadette Curry, Mary-Ann Stushnoff, Jahid Akter, Don Harris, James Mathiang.
Amend By-laws. A document that summarized the amendments made to the by-laws last year as well as the amendments proposed this year had been circulated and was presented in a Power Point at the meeting. Proposed amendments at paragraphs 1 and 2 were unanimously approved by motion of Mashood Qazi, seconded by Ahmer Memon. Proposed amendments at paragraphs 3-6 inclusive were unanimously approved by motion of Gulshan Akter, seconded by Jose Tenga. In paragraph 6 of that document, an amendment proposed this year had been further edited at the Society’s Board meeting immediately preceding the AGM today. The original amendment is here in regular font and the change made at the Board meeting in bold italic font, as follows: “Additionally, the Board itself may by majority vote and no serious objection of the directors, add or remove directors and officers, subject to conditions in paragraph 5 above.” The proposed amendment at paragraph 7 was unanimously approved by motion of Bukola Okedara, seconded by Don Harris. The remaining proposed amendments were unanimously approved by motion of Mike Falconer, seconded by Gulshan Akter. This updated version of the by-laws with all amendments was approved.
Election of new Board. The following slate of Board Directors and officers was unanimously approved by motion of Don Harris, seconded by Brian Seaman: Saima Jamal (President), Michael Falconar (Vice President), Zoe Lynne (Treasurer), Arthur Clark (Secretary), Bukola Okedara, Mashhood Qazi, Gulshan Akter, Jose Tenga, Brian Seaman.
Other Business. No other business was brought forward.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:20 PM.
A presentation by visiting speaker Frank Millington, on six steps to financial independence, immediately followed the AGM.
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