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Saturday
May 11, 2002
MINUTES
of the Annual General Meeting of the Ontario Society of Professional
Engineers held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1250 Eglinton Avenue
East, Toronto, Ontario on the 11th day of May, 2002 at the
hour of 10 o’clock in the morning.
PRESENT:
Approximately 200 members of the Society.
The President
of the corporation took the Chair and the Secretary of the
Corporation acted as Secretary of the meeting and scrutineer.
The Chair
noted that a notice of the meeting had been duly sent to all
members of the Society, and there was a quorum present. He
declared that the meeting was properly constituted for the
transaction of business. A copy of the Notice with respect
to the calling of the meeting was directed to be annexed to
the minutes of the meeting as Schedule ‘A’.
Items
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Call
to Order
The
meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m.
Mr.
Don Matheson of Gowlings, Lafleur Henderson LLP was
introduced to advise on meeting procedures and facilitate
the Members’ Questions portion of the meeting.
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Approval
of Minutes
The minutes of the Annual General Meeting of May 12,
2001 were submitted for approval.
UPON
MOTION duly made, seconded and carried, IT
WAS RESOLVED that the minutes be accepted.
MOVED: C. Cragg; SECONDED: C. Krenosky;
MOTION CARRIED: Unanimous |
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Report
of the Chair
The Chair welcomed the members to the meeting in his
opening remarks. He referred to the extensive member
research that was conducted in preparation for the General
Assembly, which resulted in the Society’s first
Strategic Plan. He mentioned some of the Society’s
advocacy initiatives, such as our presence at Part 2
of the Walkerton Inquiry, and described some of the
Society’s efforts to engage government. He reviewed
some of the member services that were put in place in
the last year, including the launch of the EngineersFirst
online portal. In closing, he recognized PEO, CEO, CSPE
and OACETT for their support over the past year, and
gave special thanks to the individual engineers who
have made the Society possible.
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Report
of the Chief Executive Officer
The Chief Executive Officer’s remarks provided
an update of Society activities and plans for the future.
The highlights included:
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opening new office space at 4950 Yonge Street
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the launch of the fist full membership drive
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the launch of the EngineersFirst online affinity program
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the expanded services in the Career Centre
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plans for professional development programs next year
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working with the federal government to develop a pre-employment
experience program for foreign-trained engineers
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working with students on the development of the student
membership program
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investigating potential insurance programs
In
closing the CEO thanked the Board for their vision and
dedication, and thanked Society staff for all their
hard work. |
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Report
of the Nomination Committee
C. Karakatsanis reported that the Nomination Committee
received three complete nomination forms before the
end of the nomination period for the 2002 election.
The Committee did not seek further nominations.
The
three new members of the Society’s Board of Directors
were announced as follows:
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Annette Bergeron, P.Eng.
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Stephen Fischer, P.Eng.
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Walter Bilanski, P.Eng.
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Report
of the Treasurer
J. Moylan read the auditor’s report and presented
the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2001. |
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Report
of the Audit Committee
It was reported that the Audit Committee went through
a process to identify a firm to act as auditor for the
Society for the 2002 fiscal year. Their recommendation
was to appoint Grant Thornton as official auditor for
the Society.
UPON
MOTION duly made, seconded and carried, IT
WAS RESOLVED that Grant Thornton, LLP, Chartered
Accountants, be appointed auditors of the Society to
hold office until the next annual meeting or until their
successors are appointed, and that the Board of Directors
of the Society be authorized to fix the auditor’s
remuneration.
MOVED: J. Moylan; SECONDED: C. Cragg;
MOTION UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED |
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Members’
Questions
D. Matheson took the podium to facilitate the members’
question period. Members were told they would be given
two minutes to speak, and were asked to limit themselves
to one question each.
The
Society responded to questions about: the validity of
the financial statements; the relation between the Society,
the Salary Survey and engineers’ compensation;
the Society’s mission statement; member recruitment;
the Society’s sustainability; the budget for advocacy
initiatives and how these initiatives are selected and
position statements developed; low fee bidding; how
the Society might help foreign-trained engineers; the
Society’s new corporate identity; membership demographics
and member communication.
D.
Matheson closed the Members’ Questions session
and wished the Society continued success. R. Goodings
thanked those in attendance and requested a motion for
the termination of the meeting. |
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TERMINATION
There
being no further business, UPON MOTION
duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, IT
WAS RESOLVED that the meeting be terminated.
Moved: D. Young, SECONDED: C. Krenosky,
MOTION UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED
Robert A. Goodings, P. Eng.,
Chair |
Clare M. Morris, P.Eng. Secretary
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