Agenda Item

Discussion

1.  Call to Order

President-Elect Cindy Guy called the 2011 Annual General Meeting to order at 12:07 p.m.

2. Confirmation of notification process

President-Elect Cindy confirmed public member notification according to Chamber bylaws (Article VIII, 2) with Executive Director Stefanie Schulz.

Quorum established according to Article IX, 2 of bylaws.

3. Approval of 2010 AGM Minutes

President Elect Cindy Guy reported on the minutes from the 2010 AGM.

Motion:  Tammy Haayema, Kennelli Springs /Don Shay, Accrescent Consulting Inc., moved to approve the minutes of the Annual General Meeting from October 6, 2010 as circulated.

Carried

4.  Approval of 2010 Unaudited Financial Statements

Treasurer Lee Plamondon reported on the unaudited financial statements distributed in the Annual Report.

Motion:  Beverly Beckett, Leduc Wellness Centre Inc./Don Shay, Accrescent Consulting Inc., moved to accept the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010 as presented.

Carried

5. Appointment of Accountants

Treasurer Lee Plamondon reported to appoint Luchak Wright Wnuk, Chartered Accountants, as accountants for the Leduc Regional Chamber of Commerce for the year ending December 2010.

Motion: Beverly Beckett,Leduc Wellness Centre Inc. /Don Shay, Accrescent Consulting Inc., moved to appoint Luchak Wright Wnuk, Chartered Accountants, as accountants for the Leduc Regional Chamber of Commerce for the year ending December 2011.

Carried

6. Outgoing Board Members

President-Elect Cindy Guy commented on the past year and thanked outgoing Directors Janet Myers and Mike Kuefler with a gift for their contribution to the Leduc Regional Chamber of Commerce.

7.  Election

Nominating Committee Chair Donna Tona presented the following Slate of Nominees for the 2011-2012 Board of Directors

PRESIDENT:                 Ashley Robbins, AMR Process

PAST PRESIDENT:         Donna Tona, Tona O’Reilly Associates Inc.

PRESIDENT ELECT:      Cindy Guy, Jaysis Enterprise              

VICE-PRESIDENT -         Alana Gueutal, Minuteman Press

TREASURER:                   Lee Plamondon, MNP

DIRECTORS:                  City of Leduc appointment (TBC)

                                      Leduc County appointment (TBC)

                                       Beverly Becket, dpa appointment

                                      Glen Vanstone, EDA appointment

                                       Debbie Hofstra, Dairy Congress appointment

                                          Raelene Pederson, Edible Arrangements

                                       Don Shay, Accrescent Consulting Inc.

                                       Jillian Baynham, Pyramid Corporation

With four Board positions to be filled, Nominating Committee Chair Donna called on the five candidates to provide an introduction in alphabetical order:

Andrew Canham, TD Bank

Charles Hare, Fiberex

David Vandermeulen, Executive Express Hotel

Doug Wright, Transitional Solutions

Margaret Davidson, Western Financial Group

Nominating Committee Chair Donna Tona reported that with last year’s bylaw adoption, floor nominations will not be accepted and introduced the three appointed scrutineers:

Norbert Chaille (Lead)

Tammy Haayema

Susanne Holmlund

Nominating Chair Donna Tona announced election results; the following members have been elected for the 2010-2012 Leduc Regional Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors:

Andrew Canham, TD Bank

David Vandermeulen, Executive Express Hotel

Doug Wright, Transitional Solutions

Margaret Davidson, Western Financial Group

and asked for all ballots to be destroyed.

Motion: Don Shay, Accrescent Consulting Inc./John Schonewille, Leduc County,  moved for the Chamber staff to destroy ballots with two witnesses signing off the procedure.

Carried

John Jackie administered the oath for new directors.  

6. 2010-2011 Chamber Highlights

President-Elect Cindy Guy reported on some of the 2010-2011 Chamber highlights.

7. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 12:50 p.m

Motion:  Debbie Hofstra, Dairy Congress, moved to adjourn the meeting.

Carried