Ottawa-Vanier Greens

Dear Ottawa-Vanier Greens,

It was a great pleasure to organize the 2009 AGM. I would like to thank the following volunteers, without whom this AGM would have been impossible

• Carole Lalonde
• Valérie Gervais
• Dave Benes
• Pamela Levac
• Katie Gibbs
• Dave Bagler
• Chris Bradshaw
• Akbar Manoussi

I would also like to thank our special speaker David Churnenshenko. We wish him well on his next documentary, Powerful.

This AGM we made a particular effort of reaching out to members. Volunteers made a particular effort of phoning good portion of the membership. For members who have indicated French as their first lanaguage, I made sure the first notice was sent in that language. The turn out, for an AGM, was relatively good with 20 people.

The results for election to the executive are as follow:

• For federal association president, incumbent Akbar Manoussi won his second term.
• For provincial association president, Dave Bagler won his first term
• For CFO, Sherri Savari and Feliks Welfeld won the position of CFO. Feliks will be the CFO for the CA and Sherri will be the CFO for the EDA.

Additionally, Darcy Hartwick volunteered for a chair position on the steering committee. On behalf of the Ottawa-Vanier Greens, I would like to thank them for taking on these crucial positions that insures the Green Party has a local presence outside of elections. As well, the prepatory work associations do for elections is invaluable.

This is the first time to my knowledge that the Ottawa-Vanier Greens have two CFOs. It is a sign of our growth and of the times to come.

As for amendments, they all passed without significant changes. The minutes will be posted as soon as they are available.

As for me (Julien Lamarche), I plan to stay involved as technical assistant (mailing lists & website) as well as organize events from time to time. My next project is organizing a call center to help out with the referendum in British-Columbia on electoral reform. The referendum will be held on May 12th, but we will begin calling as soon as possible. More details on julienlamarche.ca.

That is all for now, I hope you all had the chance to enjoy Family Day.

Yours truly,

Julien Lamarche
AGM 2009 organizer