Annual General Meeting 2023

Registrations and confirmation of voting rights
Opening of the meeting
Confirmation of quorum
Motion to allow observers at the meeting pursuant to section 21 of the General Bylaws (if needed)
Address from the President and the Vice-President
Motion to accept the agenda
Reading and motion to accept the minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting
Annual review of the activities of Wikimedia Canada in the past year (see Annual Report)
Presentation of the Annual Financial Report 2022
Reading and voting on special resolutions
- Amendment to the Bylaws to add "Immediate Past President" in Section 34
Election of new members of the board of directors (see below)
Announcements
Question period
Adjournment of the meeting

Election of new board members

Process

Election of an "election president" by the members
Opening of the election by the election president
Presentation of each nominee
Opening to nominations from the floor by the election president
Motion to close the nominations proposed by the election president
Presentation of the names of the scrutineers by the election president
Voting
Results announced by the election president
Motion to destroy the ballots proposed by the election president
Closing of the election by the election president

Candidates

Add your name and motivation below if you want to be a candidate for the Board of Directors. As per our General Bylaws, to be valid, a candidate must have the signatures of not less than 5% of members entitled to vote at the meeting (as of 26 May 2023, Wikimedia Canada has a total of 44 members).

A total of three seats are currently vacant or will become vacant at the AGM (not counting the seat of the Treasurer which is nominated by the Board and not elected by the members).

Sarah Severson

Motivation text in English.

I’m a digitization librarian at the University of Alberta Library and an active Wikimedian (Viola-Ness) since 2014. I contribute in English but je suis assez bilingue dans le travail collaborative. I'm interest renewing my Wikimedia Canada Board seat to continue to help promote and support greater Wikimedia activity in Western Canada. I’m interested in working to help community groups contribute to Wikipedia by connecting them to library resources and supporting more integration of Wikipedia into the classroom. My passion for years has been advocating for open access to scholarship and facilitating the creation of open content. Supported by:

Ha-Loan "thekidpossum" Phan

Dear members, I have been around Wikimedia Canada since 2013 and on the Board of Directors since 2016. During all those years, I have worked hard along other members to consolidate WMCA. We now have a permanent team, with Louis Germain, our new Executive Director and I thank the WMF for their support ($$). My new mandate will be in continuity with all we have done so far : a better governance day after day (new committees to come for the Board of Directors) and reach out work, with you. The new team, dedicated all year long to your projects, will make them thrive. This is my hope for years to come. I have already started to think about the preparation of the future leaders of our organization. Please step forward, don't be shy... Short bio : M.Sc. (Université de Montréal) and ASC (equivalent Chartered Director), on my way to become PhD candidate (HEC Montréal) autumn 2023... Project management, Governance, Research, Science Communication, Commons and newly Degrowth. I work part time in a community organization that serves aphasic people (AQPA) and as a coordinator of a research group on mobility (ALLIIUM).

Supported by:

Cyali (talk) 04:50, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Brochon99 (talk) 17:25, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Bernipède (talk) 15:56, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Notes

↑ Please note that the provinces in this table are for guidance only, since some have two time zones (e.g., The Magdalen Islands and the south-eastern part of British Columbia are not in the same time zone as their provinces). Please refer to your time zone instead of your province.

[1] Please note that the provinces in this table are for guidance only, since some have two time zones (e.g., The Magdalen Islands and the south-eastern part of British Columbia are not in the same time zone as their provinces). Please refer to your time zone instead of your province.

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