2014 June Annual General Meeting Final Minutes

CBPOA June 4^th, 2014 Annual General Meeting Draft Minutes

Beecher Place

1)Call to Order: Erik Seiz at 2056.

2)Adoption of Minutes of meeting June 5th, 2013 moved by: Christie McConkey seconded by: Bob OʼBrien

3)Treasurers Report: Malcolm Stewart: see printed report included.

moved by : David Hughes seconded by: David Grant

passed

4)Membership Report: Bruce Friesen:
have 401 paid memberships--stable
membership campaign--July/August.
noticeable gaps in coverage--Crescent Heights, Bayview our boundaries: south to 24th east to 128th 2/3 of Crescent Beach covered.

Passed, report accepted.

5)Presidentʼs Update:
Mark Nelson and Erik Seiz met with Russ Heibert in November--to ask for assistance in meeting with Transport Canada(T.C.).

June 4th met with Mike Henderson--Pacific Region Head for T.C.--reports to Minister of Transport and Luke Chamberlain. A good meeting--was impressed that CBPOA represented 401 households with commitment to area.
Felt that these two men listened to our presentation. Discussion of safety issues was main objective--with decreasing the speed of the train along the entire route from border to other side of trestle the main concern raised.
As a result, Luke Chaberlain came out .

Result of Meeting:

Transport Canada will do what they can which will include facilitating a meeting between BNSF and CBPOA. Hopefully the government will have some involvement. More information next meeting.

Some questions and comments from attending members with queries as to what

pressures group can do. One participant indicated that he had attempted to appeal to shareholder in venture with no success.

6)Elections and Appointments of Officers.

Mark Nelson as Nominating Committee presented the slate of officers that had

agreed to stand--with 3 provisos:

a)further nominations from the floor would be accepted and
b)continuity of present board was felt to be essential in view of complexity of issues and,

c)Members at Large--which are allowed by Society Act--would introduce new views into the executive and further provide continuity in the future.

Those new members present had a brief history read out and were introduced to group.

President: 2014-2016:  Erik Seiz

Vice President: 2014-2016:  Malcolm Stewart

Past President: Mark Nelson

Secretary:  Carolyn Allan

Treasurer: Secretary: Liz Baily Connor

Membership:  Bruce Friesen

Directors at Large:

Art Van Wart, David Hughes and Derrick Kirkshaw

Motion to Adopt the List of Officers:

Moved by: Barb Armstrong

Seconded by: David Grant

Passed

Motion to Adjourn at 2115:

Seconded by: Brain Lauder.

Passed