Telecommunities Canada

Annual General Meeting

2011-12

Coast Plaza Hotel and Suites

February 24, 2012

Vancouver

5:00 p.m.

Present:

Garth Graham,

Marita Moll,

David Murdoch (by phone)

Gareth Shearman,

Darlene Thompson,

James Van Leeuwen

Sabrinah Rafiq

Clarice Leader

George Wilhelm

Michael Gurstein

Chair: Gareth Shearman

1. Approval of minutes of the 2010/11 AGM

That the minutes of the 2010-11 AGM be approved.

Moved by Darlene Thompson; Seconded by Clarice Leader

Carried

2. Financial Report

Gareth Shearman noted that there was currently $5011.94 in the bank account and that there had been minimal financial activity during the past year

That the financial report be accepted

Moved by Garth Graham; Seconded by James Van Leeuwen

3. Appointment of Auditor

That the appointment of auditor be deferred to the board

Moved by Garth Graham; Seconded by Darlene Thompson

Carried

4. President’s report

Gareth mentioned the many activities that TC and members had been involved in this year. These included:

• Meetings with policy advisors at Industry Canada and other continuing attempts to communicate (letters, phone calls, etc.) with the department

• Attendance at CIRA Internet Governance Forum (Marita Moll)

• Participation in ICANN (Darlene Thompson, Gareth Shearman)

• Attendance at Atlantic CAP conference (Marita Moll)

• First mile and broadband developing video-conference material (Brian Beaton, Mike Gurstein)

• On-going attempts to revision CAP ( Atlantic conference, B.C. Summit)

• Cooperation with CACTUS on various media issues

• Book of community networking success stories (Darlene Thompson, Clarice Leader)

• Icanada (CATA) – meeting in Windsor and attempt to present a genuine community perspective (James Van Leeuwen, regional director for Western Canada)

• Open Government Initiative (Mike Gurstein)

That the President’s report be accepted.

Moved by Marita Moll; Seconded by Garth Graham

Carried

5. Director’s reports

It was agreed that Gareth had covered the activities of the year

6. Issues and directions

That the membership fee be raised by $5.00 (to $30.00) and that a Paypal account be set up to facilitate payment.

Moved by Garth Graham, Seconded by James Van Leeuwen

Carried

That the TC community continue to support OpenMedia with in-kind contributions of time and effort where possible

Moved by Marita Moll, Seconded by Gareth Shearman

That Mike Gurstein continue to work on behalf of TC on the OpenGovernment Initiative

Moved by Garth Graham, Seconded by Clarice Leader

7. Election of directors

Moved that the following list of directors be accepted:

Brian Beaton, Bev Collins, Monique Chartrand, Chris Cope, Peter Frampton, Garth Graham, Michael Gurstein, Clarice Leader, Marita Moll, David Murdoch, Marie Prebushewski, Gareth Shearman, Darlene Thompson, James Van Leeuwen and Elizabeth Wilson,

Moved by Marita Moll; Seconded by Darlene Thompson

Carried

8. Adjournment

That the meeting be adjourned

Moved by Darlene Thompson; Seconded by James Van Leeuwen

Carried