Editing 2021-06-13 AGM Meeting

Zoom meeting * Barend, Dan (notes), Stephanie, Pauline, Sydney, Kevin Dadouses, Norval, Mike Sangster Slate was passed unanimously. ==Agenda== # Chair's Report # Treasurer's Report # Secretary / Membership Report # Election # Adjournment ==Reports== ===Chair's Report=== Please thank Norval - the position of NSRAP rep is very VERY thankless hateful work but very valuable to the organization. Lynn writes: As Mike says, thanks are due to the Board for helping Elderberries flourish during this trying 2020 - 2021 year. It would have been easy to close down during COVID, but instead Elderberries changed to Zoom meetings - not only once, but twice a month - to provide regular contact for all our members. The Newsletter continued to publish monthly, with enhanced visual content. Our funding request to the members raised a substantial sum to allow Elderberries to meet financial needs at a time when our normal fundraising channel (passing the hat at meetings) was closed. At the first Secret Elderberries Pride March, we marched beneath a new Elderberries Pride banner. Congratulations to all for good work! And didn't Allison represent us at a national-level meeting? But I forget the details. Events: ; January 28 : Dan, Anita, Trish Spark, Barend, and JJ Lyon went to John Martin Jr High to talk to the Grade 9 Civics class. ; FEBRUARY 9, 2020 : AGM followed by a Second Sunday Salon presentation about Polar Bear Research near Churchill MB. ; March 8, 2020 : Our last 2nd Sunday Salon at Northwood Penthouse."Round Robin" on Your Greatest Fear. After that we held Board meetings and Salons on Zoom only. ; April 1, 2020 : Planning started for our "Not So Secret March" during Halifax PRIDE in June. Location: Smitty's Cathedral Lane Halifax. ; May 4, 2020 : Board Members visited Patricia Martinson at her building for her 97th Birthday. ; July 18, 2020 : We held our "Not So Secret" March from the old library to the PRIDE ground. Lynn Murphy read out our list of demands. Then we progressed up the sidewalks to our destination. Tuma led the way holding a ceremonial staff of the Two Spirited group. Only a select number of people were emailed the time and location. ; August 9, 2020 : a social distanced picnic/BBQ at Point Pleasant Park Reminders re AGM : 1. Besides the two persons now nominated for the Board, further people may be nominated via mail or e-mail between now and the AGM, or from the floor at the AGM. Either the nominee must give consent at the meeting, or the nominator must have acquired written consent in advance. 2. Quorum for the AGM is seven Elderberries members. Non-members are welcome to attend, but they do not count toward the quorum. Only members have a vote. ==Membership Report== We added 25 people to our email list in 2020, about the usual number, giving us 298 people on our mailing list, and 9 people who need to be contacted by phone. 540 people Like or Follow our Facebook group. We have a HUGE pile of thank you cards from the kids at John Martin Jr High ready to share the next time we get together in person! ==Slate== * Barend: Chair * Lynn: Past Chair * Dan: Secretary * Kevin Dadouses: new * Stephanie Brown: new * Returning: Pauline * Allison * Mike Sangster * Anita ==Guest Sydney Belford== NSCC - what's in the curriculum? Sydney asked people what we'd like to see during her project.

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