Annual
General Meeting
MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD AT 738 BLOOMFIELD AVENUE, OUTREMONT, ON THE 22th DAY OF June 2009 AT 3:50 O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.
The required notice having been given and a quorum being present, the Annual General Meeting was declared to be duly constituted.
- The draft Order of Business (attached) was approved.
- The minutes of the Annual General Meeting of 11 May 2008 were approved.
- The President (Dr Louise Paradis) welcomed those attending the meeting.
- The Treasurer (Dr Stanley Loten) presented the financial statement for 2008, noting the improvement in the Society’s financial position due to an increase in current revenues and a reduction in the cost of the Web site. He proposed that the financial statement be approved and an audit be waived. This was unanimously agreed.
- The Secretary (Dr James Langley) reported on the status of the pending “General Agreement for Cooperation” (Convenio) between the Society and the Faculty of Humanities of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Signing of the agreement is still pending. Authorities in mexcio have not responded despite several reminders.
- CSMS website: Dr Paradis said that she thought the website could be useful for student papers. She agreed to forward papers for posting.
- Actions of the Board: in the light of the foregoing, the meeting resolved that all actions taken or authorized by the Board of Directors or Officers of the Society during 2007 be approved and ratified.
- No elections to the Board of Directors were needed: the following Directorswere elected last year for a period of two years.
Dr Louise I. Paradis
Dr H. Stanley Loten
Dr James C. Langley
Dr Michael W. Spence
Dr Geoff McCafferty
The meeting ended at 4.20 pm.