Sunday, January 24, 2010

MINUTES: FVC-SK Executive Teleconference - January 24 2010

Present: Gord Hunter (Recorder), Sandra Finley, Don Mitchell, Elaine Hughes, Larissa Shasko, Regrets - Rick Sawa and Mike Burton


9:05 AM

Meeting was called to order by Gord Hunter and the agenda approved.

Rally Reports

Reports across Canada have been good. There seemed to be robust support for the event from coast to coast.
In Saskatchewan Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament held rallies in three cities. Representatives from the Saskatchewan Chapter of Fair Vote Canada attended all three.

In Regina the rally was held on the Scarth Street Mall and a couple of independent counts put the crowd at 300 plus. Despite the wind tunnel created by the down town high-rises, the crowd was engaged and boisterous. Mike Burton and Larissa Shasko spoke to the crowd wearing their other hats. Mike as a a Political Science Masters Student and Larissa Shasko as the leader of the Green Party in Saskatchewan.
Electoral reform was spoken of by several speakers and Dr. Joyce Green from the U of R was particularly persuasive about it in her presentation. We had five people from the Saskatchewan Chapter at the rally and we managed to hand out all the leaflets we had and we gathered 132 signatures on the Declaration.

Saskatoon’s rally was held outside City Hall in the blowing snow but despite the weather, 450 people turned out. We were a little light on the ground in Saskatoon but Sandra Finley did yeoman's service and all the leaflets were handed out and well received. Proportional representation and Fair Vote Canada specifically was talked about by speakers. No declarations were gathered.

An indoor rally was held in Prince Albert, those guys know how to beat the cold weather. About fifty people braved the storm to attend, thirty three of those signed the declaration and we distributed leaflets thanks to Rick Sawa.

AGM

We have had difficulty as a result of several factors getting an AGM off the ground. Gord Hunter suggest that we try to schedule an AGM in two parts. The first meeting in Regina and the other in Saskatoon. The first order of business will be to find a location for minimal cost in both locations.
Our target date for Regina is February 20 in Regina and Feb 27 in Saskatoon. Both will be afternoon meetings.

Election of Officers
All positions are open. As soon as dates are set we will announce the nomination process. The voting will be held in two parts, first in Regina then the box will be sealed. It will be reopened at the Saskatoon meeting and after the meeting the ballots will be counted.
Chapter secretary Larissa Shasko announced her intention not to re offer for the position.

Co-operative Event with the U or R
A discussion with Joyce Green will be held this coming week with the intention to set some dates for follow up meetings at a later date.
There was some discussion about trying to do something similar at the U or S. Sandra will follow up with Ana Hunter at the University.

There being to further business the meeting was adjourned at 9:47