MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 
of ARCH Disability Law Centre
Thursday November 5, 2020
Held virtually via Zoom
Voting Members Present:   
Bonnie Quesnel
Bret Seifert-Pizzuti
Claudette Paul
Douglas waxman
Effie Prattas
Harjot Dosanjh
Jennifer Hiseler
Jennifer Lyons
Joyce Balaz
Laura Upans
Marcia Yale
Monica Ackermann
Pamela Quesnel
Paul Scotland
Richard Poplawski
Roxanne Mykitiuk
Sandi Bell
Sricamalan Pathmanathan
Voting Members by Proxy:
Douglas Waxman (proxy for Gerald Riley)
Roxanne Mykitiuk (proxy for Paula Boutis)
Staff:
Amanda Ward
Dianne Wintermute
Doreen Way
Gabriel Reznick
Hina Ghaus
Jessica De Marinis
Kerri Joffe
Lila Refaie	
Mariam Shanouda	
Mary Hanson
Robert Lattanzio
Sue Hutton
Theresa Sciberras
Yangtzee Tamang
The meeting commenced at 6:00 pm.
1.	Land Acknowledgement
Douglas Waxman, Chairperson of the ARCH Board, gave the Land Acknowledgement
2.	Welcome
Douglas Waxman welcomed everyone to the meeting and covered housekeeping issues.  He chaired the meeting.
3.	Motion to Appoint Secretary of the Meeting
MOTION: 	Laura Upans / Marcia Yale /CARRIED: to appoint Roxanne Mykitiuk as Secretary of the meeting.
4.	Approval of Agenda and Minutes of October 2, 2019
MOTION: 	Effie Prattas / Bonnie Quesnel /CARRIED:  to approve the agenda for the meeting.
		Abstention:  Monica Ackermann
MOTION: 	Harjot Dosanjh / Jennifer Hiseler  /CARRIED: to approve the minutes of the October 2, 2019 Annual General Meeting.
Abstentions:  Monica Ackermann, Effie Prattas and Joyce Balaz
5.	Approval of Audited Financial Report  and Appointment of Auditors 
Jennifer Hiseler, Treasurer, gave an overview of ARCH’s finances.  Her financial report was available in the AGM Package.  
MOTION: 	Jennifer Hiseler / Bonnie Quesnel /CARRIED:   to approve the Audited Financial Report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020.
MOTION: 	Jennifer Hiseler / Effie Prattas /CARRIED: to approve the appointment of Hilborn LLP as auditors of record for the 2021-22 fiscal year.
6.	Chair’s Report (Report given prior to the member’s meeting)
Douglas Waxman gave his address to the meeting.  The Chair’s Report was provided in the Annual Report.  Douglas thanked Effie Prattas, Bonnie Quesnel and Sandy Gdyczynski who are leaving the ARCH Board.  
7.	Executive Director’s Report (Report given prior to the member’s meeting)
Robert Lattanzio gave his address to those present.  His Executive Director’s Report was provided in the Annual Report.
8.	By-Law Amendments
Douglas Waxman reported that the proposed amendments to the by-law were sent to members in advance and are also available in the AGM Package:  The following changes were proposed:
a.	Section 6.01 - change to how the Board approves ARCH members; 
b.	Section 7.01 - change to the purpose of Annual General Meetings; 
c.	Section 8.02 - adds an eligibility criteria to ARCH Board membership; 
d.	Section 8.03 - change to Board member terms of office;  
e.	Section 10.07 - specifies how the Board will review the performance of the Executive Director; 
f.	Section 10.08 - change to how Board will review Officers;
g.	Section 16.01- change to how Centre records will be kept;
h.	Section 16.02 - change to how minutes of the Centre are made available to members and how in-camera minutes are kept.
i.	Section 18 - change to the wording of Organization Dissolution as per request from Charities Directorate;
j.	Section 19.03 - change to how the Centre will deal with By-Law amendments proposed by a member of ARCH; 
k.	Section 19.04 - same as above.
Douglas called for the following motion:  
	MOTION: 	Bonnie Quesnel / Sandi Bell /CARRIED:  to approve the amendments to the By-Law as presented.
9.	Election of Board of Directors 
Sandi Bell, Chair of the Nominating Committee, presented the Nominations Committee Report which was available in the AGM Package.  The Report outlined the recommended Board slate.  Based on the Report, Sandi called for the following motion:  
MOTION: 	Sandi Bell / Sricamalan Pathmanathan /CARRIED:  to elect the following members to the Board for a term of two years:
•	Jennifer Hiseler
•	Roxanne Mykitiuk 
•	Susan Docherty Skippen
•	Wade Poziomka
•	Jason Mitschele 
•	Harjot Dosanjh
•	Michelle Woolfrey
•	Paul Scotland 
•	Kash Hussain
•	Claudette Paul
10.	Adjournment 
MOTION:   	Pamela Quesnel / CARRIED:   to adjourn the Annual General Meeting.