Annual General Meeting
AGENDA
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY RETIREES ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
October 11th, 2023
2:00 P.M. Engineering Building, G Block, 2nd Floor, Room 207 and by Zoom
1.0 President's Call to Order O. Malik
2.0 Welcome to new members and comments received from the Recipient of the 2022-2023 Retirees Association Award for Indigenous Students who is unable to attend.
3.0 Declaration of Quorum
4.0 Approval of Agenda
5.0 Approval of Minutes of 2022 AGM Attached to Agenda
6.0 Reports
6.1 President O. Malik
6.2 Treasurer/Membership A. Rauk
6.3 Program J. Lockyer
6.4 Life After Retirement (LAR) A. Pernal
6.5 E-Letter T. Flanagan
6.6 Webmaster O. Malik
6.7 Keeping in Touch/Social (List of Deceased) E. McKiel/G. Krivy
6.8 Graduate College Report J. Latter
6.9 CURAC Liaison Report C. Le Navenec
7.0 Nomination and Election of 2023-2024 Executive Committee (Total = 12) J. Latter
President: Sheila Evans
Vice-President and President-Elect: Werner Becker
Past President & Graduate College Rep.: Om Malik
Secretary: Gary Krivy
Treasurer/Membership: Arvi Rauk
Program Director: Jocelyn Lockyer
Member-at-Large: Linda Leonard
LAR Editor: Andrew Pernal
Webmaster: Vacant
Keeping in Touch/Social: Claire Mills
E-Letter & CURAC Rep.: Carole-Lynne Le Navenec
Member-at-Large: Elaine McKiel
8.0 Other Business
9.0 Adjournment
Speaker
Dr. Yvonne Poitras Pratt, Associate Professor from the Werklund School of Education and University of Calgary Research Excellence Chair will be speaking on “Metis Matters: Then and Now”
MINUTES
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY RETIREES ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
OCTOBER 11TH, 2023
2:00 P.M. Engineering Building, G Block, 2nd Floor, Room 207 and by Zoom
1. President's Call to Order
President Om Malik called the meeting to order at 2:15 p.m.
2. Welcome to New Emeriti & the Recipient of the 2022-2023 Emeriti Association Award for Indigenous Students
The Chair welcomed new members attending the meeting and indicated that Nathan Johnson recipient of the Association’s Award for Indigenous Students was not able to be present. Jocelyn Lockyer had been in contact with Nathan and indicated that he was a student in the Faculty of Kinesiology and was very appreciative of the award of $1,900. He wrote Jocelyn the following: “I’d like to thank you so much for considering me to be a candidate for this award. It helped an incredible amount and truly relieved a lot of financial stress for me last semester and I cannot thank you enough. It was amazing to be recognized for this award and I do not take that opportunity lightly.”
3. Declaration of Quorum
A quorum was declared since over 15 members were present. The actual number was 17+ members in-person and on zoom.
4. Approval of Agenda
Motion: (Campbell/Dewar)
CARRIED.
5. Approval of Minutes of 2022 AGM
The Minutes were attached to the printed Agenda and had also been available on the Association's website.
Motion: (Latter/Lockyer) CARRIED.
6. Reports:
- President
- Treasurer/Membership
- Program
- Life After Retirement (LAR)
- E-Letter
- Webmaster
- Keeping in Touch/Social
- Graduate College Report
- CURAC Liaison Report
All Reports had been available on the Association's website and the Chair invited a motion for approval.
Motion to accept all the Reports: (Evans/Le Navenec)
CARRIED.
Sheila Evans pointed out that the LAR Report indicated that the Fall Edition will be hard-copy along with a membership application/renewal form. At the last meeting of the Executive it had been agreed that the Fall Edition will be electronic including the membership application/renewal form.
7. Nomination and Election of 2023-2024 Executive Committee (Total = 12)
John Latter as Past President presented the nominations whose names were printed on the Agenda and were also listed on the Association's website. He pointed out that the Webmaster position was vacant and the Executive would be interested in hearing from any member willing to handle this position. He asked for additional nominations and none were made.
Motion that all the nominations be approved: (Latter/Lockyer) CARRIED.
The following persons were approved for the position listed:
- President: Sheila Evans
- Vice-President & President Elect: Werner Becker
- Past President & Graduate College Rep: Om Malik
- Secretary: Gary Krivy
- Treasurer/Membership: Arvi Rauk
- Program Director: Jocelyn Lockyer
- Member-at-Large: Linda Leonard
- LAR Editor: Andrew Pernal
- Webmaster: Vacant
- Keeping in Touch/Social: Claire Mills
- E-Letter & CURAC Rep.: Carole-Lynne Le Navenec
- Member-at-Large: Elaine McKiel
John Latter indicated that he will continue to work with the Graduate College in developing a mentoring program for graduate students and retired professors.
8. Other Business
President Sheila Evans expressed thanks to the members of the Executive who were leaving or changing positions. She also thanked those who were continuing for their work and support.
No new business was requested.
9. Adjournment
Motion for adjournment at 2:25 p.m.: (Latter/McKiel) CARRIED.
Following the meeting, Dr. Yvonne Poitras Pratt, Associate Professor from the Werklund School of Education and University of Calgary Research Excellence Chair spoke on “Metis Matters: Then and Now”. A summary of her presentation will be given in the Winter edition of LAR.