The 106th Annual General Meeting of Nature Vancouver will be held on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 7:00 pm at Hewett Centre Hall, Unitarian Church, 949 West 49th Avenue (49th & Oak) Vancouver.

Doors will open at 6:30 pm and light refreshments will be available before the meeting.

Members can also attend the meeting online via Zoom Video Conferencing. Zoom access will be enabled at 6:50 pm from this Link. The meeting id, if required is – ID: 913 5860 2482, Passcode: 199028. Please do not share this link with non-members.

The short business session will be followed by Annual Volunteer Awards and Scholarship presentations. Following that, Phil and Lauralee Edgell will present some photos from their recent trip to Africa.

Agenda

1. Welcome and Call to order
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of the minutes of the 105th Annual General Meeting held on April 27, 2023
4. President’s Report – Joan Lopez
5. Treasurer’s Report – Adele Liu
6. Approve the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023 and the Review Engagement Report 
7. Authorization for the Board to select a qualified accounting firm for the review engagement of financial statements for year ended December 31, 2024
8. Election of the Nature Vancouver Board of Directors for 2024-2025
9. Other Business
10.  Adjournment

NOTE: The draft minutes of 2023 AGM, the draft financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, and the Treasurer’s report will be available before the meeting, from the links below. Members are requested to refer to these documents in advance of and during the meeting, should they have any questions, concerns or comments.

Draft Minutes – 2023 AGM

President’s Report

Treasurer’s Report

Financial Statements – year ended December 31, 2023 (Draft)

Board of Directors 2024-2025 – Nominations

Nature Vancouver Board can have up to a maximum of twelve Directors. The deadline for nominations is May 9, 2024. Nominations from the floor are not permitted. So far we have received following nominations:

Joan Lopez, John Martin, Donna Underhill, Laura Cottle, Janet Snell, Adele Liu, Nigel Peck, Sheila Sakich, Marjo Vierros, Greg Sturk and Tom Balabanov.