Vancouver Naturalist_March 2012.pdf - Nature Vancouver

NOTICE OF THE 94th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Unity Church of Vancouver, 5840 Oak Street, Vancouver
The 94th Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Vancouver Natural History Society will be held in
the lower ground floor meeting room of the Unity Church of Vancouver, 5840 Oak Street (at 42nd Avenue),
Vancouver, BC, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday April 26, 2012, to:
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Approve the minutes of the 93rd Annual General Meeting held on April 28, 2011.
Receive the President’s Report.
Receive the Treasurer’s Report
Approve the Society’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011, and the
Review Engagement Report.
Authorize the directors to appoint a firm of accredited accountants to conduct a review engagement of
the financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2012.
Consider a Resolution to amend the Society’s Bylaws - see below.
Consider a Resolution to amend the membership dues - see page 2.
Consider a Resolution to approve Camp Committee expenditures. – see page 2.
Elect the Society’s directors for 2012 – 2013 - see pages 2 and 3.
Consider such other business as may properly be brought before the Meeting.
Presentation of the Nature Vancouver Volunteer Awards and Scholarship
Immediately following the Annual General Meeting, the Society’s volunteers will be recognized and the
2012 awards will be presented. The criteria for the Awards are set out on page 3 of this Notice. Awards given
for the past five years are listed on page 4. Members are urged to nominate candidates for awards even if they
are unable to attend the Annual General Meeting. The 2012 Nature Vancouver Scholarship will also be awarded
at this time.
Resolution to amend the Bylaws of the Society
RESOLUTIONS
Whereas the Board of Directors has proposed changes to the Bylaws to make provision for:
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Adding a new class of membership to be described as Young Naturalist Family Membership.
Making the powers to expel a member explicit and consistent within the Bylaws.
Replacing the requirement that the Society’s financial statements be audited with the requirement for the
financial statements be either audited or reviewed by a firm of accredited accountants to be appointed by
the directors.
Amending all references to audit or auditor throughout the Bylaws to reflect the above amendment.
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