2016 Annual General Meeting
As a registered charity, CFIC hosts an Annual General Meeting each year for the purposes of electing the CFIC Council and Board and formally summarizing the prior year’s activities and achievements. (CFIC’s 2016 financial statements will not be presented at the AGM; they will be available by July 15.)
This year’s Annual General Meeting will be held by teleconference on Sunday, April 9th, at 1:00pm Eastern Daylight Time.
The meeting is open for attendance by all members if CFIC in good standing. As per the bylaws of CFI Canada, only Councillors may participate in the AGM, which includes general motions about the operation of CFI Canada, as well as elections for (or approval of) the Board of Directors.
For CFIC members who wish to attend the AGM, please email chair@centreforinquiry.ca and you will be provided with the instructions to access the teleconference. If you have questions about the AGM, please feel free to contact directors@cficanada.ca, or any member of the Board of Directors or the Council.
Archival Notes
2016 Annual General Meeting
The 2016 Annual General Meeting for CFI Canada was held on Sunday April 10, 2016 via teleconference.
Board Elections and Composition
Council Election and Composition
The CFIC Council is calculated as 5% of the paid and in good-standing membership as calculated at the opening of the fiscal year. For 2016, there were 425 such members on October 1, 2015, resulting in a council of 21 councillors. As of February 9, 2016 there are approximately 475 members in good standing!
The acclaimed CFIC Council is as follows:
Term Expires March 2017 (4): Leslie Rosenblood, Richard Thain, Danielle Russell, Wil McDowall
Term Expires March 2018 (3): Bryan Eelhart, Shawn Wilson, Seanna Watson
Term Expires March 2019 (7): Gus Lyn Piluso, John McKay, Kendra Getty, Blythe Nilson, Zena Ryder, Barbara Trott, Mark Taylor
Term Expires March 2020 (6): Jason Lawrence, Kevin Smith, Pat O’Brien, Alex Kenjeev, Genessa Radke, Karolina Sygula
2016 Board of Directors
Kevin Smith – Chair
Wil McDowall – Vice Chair/Secretary
Seanna Watson – Education Chair/Branch Liaison
Blythe Nilson – Science Chair
Jason Lawrence – Human Rights Chair
Alex Kenjeev – Director at Large
Danielle Russell – Director at Large
2015 Annual General Meeting
Board Composition 2015
Council Composition 2015
CFIC’s bylaws stipulate that the Council is comprised of 5% of the total membership (Friends of the Centre For Inquiry Canada plus Council members) and is to be elected by the council from the Friends of the Centre For Inquiry Canada who are duly nominated. A report of total membership numbers at the close of the fiscal year indicates that there were 354 members in good standing; therefore, there shall be 18 council positions beginning March 28, 2015. The CFIC Council opted to approve 21 council positions based on a March 2015 membership of 425 members.
2015 Council
Existing Councillors are eligible to nominate members as councillors and councillors as board members. Your existing council is as follows:
Term Expires March 2016 (6)
Kevin Smith, Karolina Sygula, Wil McDowall, Mike Gray, Pat O’Brien, Genessa Radke
Term Expires March 2017 (4)
Veronica Abbass, Leslie Rosenblood, Richard Thain, Danielle Russell
Term Expires March 2018 (4)
Bryan Eelhart, Dorothy Hays, Shawn Wilson, Seanna Watson
Term Expires March 2019 (7)
Gus Lyn Piluso, John McKay, Zena Ryder, Barbara Trott, Mark Taylor, Kendra Getty, Blythe Nilson
2014 Governance Notes
In June 2014, CFIC adopted new bylaws with expanded democratic processes; included in those bylaws is a requirement for a transition election for a new Council.
The transition election nomination process yielded 10 Council nominees for 10 available positions - this slate of Councillors has been acclaimed. Members (now called Friends of the Centre For Inquiry Canada) who were current and in good standing at the date of the Annual General Meeting (June 15, 2014) were eligible to stand for election to Council; interested individuals were required to be nominated by at least two existing Councillors.
Going forward, election cycles will be standardized with the CFI Canada Annual General Meeting. The next AGM will March 28, 2015. By rule of the Bylaws, the number of new Councillors will be set at 5% of the members in good standing at the start of the fiscal year (October 1)
The primary responsibilities of the CFIC council are to elect the board of Directors and to elect the Council. Should you have any questions regarding CFIC’s Council, please contact ned@centreforinquiry.ca.
As a registered charity, CFIC hosts an Annual General Meeting each year for the purposes of electing the CFIC Council and Board and formally summarizing the prior year’s activities and achievements. (CFIC’s 2016 financial statements will not be presented at the AGM; they will be available by July 15.)
This year’s Annual General Meeting will be held by teleconference on Sunday, April 9th, at 1:00pm Eastern Daylight Time.
The meeting is open for attendance by all members if CFIC in good standing. As per the bylaws of CFI Canada, only Councillors may participate in the AGM, which includes general motions about the operation of CFI Canada, as well as elections for (or approval of) the Board of Directors.
For CFIC members who wish to attend the AGM, please email chair@centreforinquiry.ca and you will be provided with the instructions to access the teleconference. If you have questions about the AGM, please feel free to contact directors@cficanada.ca, or any member of the Board of Directors or the Council.