SEIMA 2019 AGM Minutes

SEIMA 29 th Annual General Meeting Minutes Wednesday, June 26, 2019 RCMP Heritage Centre - 5907 Dewdney Avenue, Regina, Saskatchewan 11:30 to 11:45 a.m. 1. Call to Order Patrick Legg, SEIMA President, called the annual general meeting to order and recognized the following members of the Board of Directors in attendance: Lois Miller, Ryan Riess, Greg Hern, Aaron Madsen, Al Shpyth and Jeff Zimmer. 2. First Call for Nominations from the Floor Al Shpyth, SEIMA Past President, advised that SEIMA could take nominations from the floor for up to three persons to join the Board of Directors and invited interested persons to speak with him outside the meeting. 3. Approval of Agenda No amendments were proposed to the agenda as circulated, and it was adopted. 4. Voting Members in Attendance The President advised that quorum was present for the meeting, and thanked members for contributing board members to SEIMA and for their financial support, such as the Saskatchewan Research Council and the AGM, of SEIMA events. 5. Approval of 2018 Meeting Minutes The President asked if there were any amendments or other changes required to the minutes of the 2018 annual general meeting. Hearing none, the minutes were approved as circulated. 6. President’s Report The President gave a short verbal report on SEIMA’s activities for the past year, notably the ongoing SustainTech conference, and again thanked SEIMA’s sponsors for their financial support has it has contributed greatly to SEIMA’s turn around. 7. Second Call for Nominations from the Floor The Past President again invited nominations from the floor for the Board of Directors, advising that two directors – Amber Doney and Chris Bowman had left the Board in the past year. 8. Financial Report Ryan Riess, SEIMA Treasurer, tabled the MNP-reviewed financial statements for 2018-19, and invited questions from the floor. Hearing none, a motion was made and carried to accept the financial statements as prepared by MNP. 9. Appointment of Accountant for 2019-20 The SEIMA Treasurer asked for a motion to appoint MNP LLP to conduct a review of SEIMA’s financial statements for 2019-20, and to authorize the Board to approve remuneration for said work. It was carried. 10. Amendments to Bylaws No amendments to SEIMA’s bylaws were proposed. 11. New Business No new business was raised. 12. Closing of Nominations The Past-President put forward the following slate of candidates for the Board of Directors; • Greg Hern and John Agoritis for their second term on the Board, • Lois Miller, as an Executive member, for her third term; and • Allison Bonnet and Caitlin Brown to their first term on the Board. Those in attendance were all in favour of the election of the slate. 13. Thank You to Departing Board Members The SEIMA President extended thanks to Amber Doney and Chris Bowman for their service to SEIMA over their term. 14. Adjournment With no other business to address, the President declared the meeting adjourned.