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Please take notice that the Annual Meeting of the Members* of Cheema Aquatic Club will be held as follows: 

DATE: Thursday, November 30, 2023 

TIME: 6:30 pm 

LOCATION: Cheema Aquatic Club, Upstairs in the Multi-Purpose Room 

The purpose of the meeting is to: 

1. Approve the minutes of the 2022 Annual General Meeting; 

1. Consider the annual report of directors for the year 2022-2023 

1. Receive the Financial report for the 2022-2023 fiscal year; 

1. Appoint the accounting firm for the 2023-2024 fiscal year; and 

1. Elect directors. 

*Who is a member?

A Racing Member** who is at least 18 years old; one parent or guardian of a Racing Member who is younger than 18 years old, but if there is more than one parent or guardian of the Racing Member and they cannot agree on which parent of guardian will vote, then no parent or guardian shall vote in respect of that Racing Member; 

A Board Member who is not a Racing Member or the parent or guardian of a Racing Member who is younger than 18 years old. 

** To be a Racing Member, a person must: 

1. be registered in a program offered by the Club that has been designated by the Board of Directors as a program for the development or training of competitive paddlers; and
2. pay all fees for the program.

Join our Board of Directors!

We need you! Be part of a dynamic group of volunteers "Building Canadian Youth" through the exciting sport of paddling. Serving on the Board of Directors of Cheema Aquatic Club enables you to be at the forefront of club growth and development through strategic work in an array of vital volunteer positions. There is bound to be a volunteer opportunity that fits your interests and meets Cheema's needs. 

Complete the nomination form (Board of Directors Nomination Form) before 6:30 pm on November 16th and return it to the attention of alana.patterson@cheema.ca. We're looking forward to welcoming you to the Cheema Board of Directors team. 

If you have questions about serving on the Board or the position that might work for you, please do not hesitate to contact Nadine Lamontagne at nadine.lamontagne@cheema.ca. 

Please note: Positions where the current volunteer is re-offering are noted on the nomination form. This does not preclude you from putting your name forward for any position. It is simply meant to easily identify where our volunteer gaps and needs lie. 

Hello Cheema members.

We wanted to share some details in advance of this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). Here are the Agenda for the meeting and Minutes from last year’s AGM.

The AGM starts at 7pm on Thursday, December 8th, second floor of the new boathouse. We will be registering voters as they arrive; we'll be on-site to start registration at 6:30pm. Those who receive a ballot upon entry (or in some cases, more than one ballot) will be eligible to vote. ​We will have a list of voting members on-site. If you are not on the list you will not be eligible to vote, but you are still very welcome to attend the meeting. As a reminder, the following people are eligible to vote:

• Current Board members
• Anyone currently enrolled in (and fully paid for) a racing program
• Anyone enrolled in (and fully paid for) a racing program between October 1, 2021 and September 30, 2022

It is one vote per racing member, or if the racing member is under 18 then one parent votes on their behalf -- details are in the by-laws. Racing program excludes the after-school and kiddie kayak programs.

Most of the voting will be done by show of hands. For the three contested positions on the Board of Directors (Commodore, Vice-Commodore and Diversity, Inclusion & Safe Sport), we’ll be doing a secret ballot. We will have prepared ballots which will be provided to each voting member at registration. We'll have a ballot box to collect the ballots. Votes will be counted by the Secretary, Treasurer and a scrutineer. Before the vote on the contested positions each candidate will have an opportunity to speak (3 minutes each). Once all six of the candidates have given their remarks, we'll open it up to questions and comments from members (1 question plus 1 follow-up per member).

​If you have any questions please contact Alana Patterson, Secretary, at alana.patterson@cheema.ca. 

We hope to see you tomorrow night!

Cheema Aquatic Club
1390 Cobequid Road
Waverley, NS

www.cheema.ca

registrar@cheema.ca