TBU ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
MONDAY, MAY 6, 2019
Notice of Meeting
To: All Members of the Teachers’ Bargaining Unit
Re: Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Date: Monday, May 6, 2019
Time: Social begins at 4:00 pm (cash bar)
Meeting begins at 5:30 pm
Dinner to follow the meeting
Location: Best Western Inn on the Bay, 1800 2ndAve. East, Owen Sound
Cost: No tickets are required to attend the business portion of the AGM.
Dinner tickets cost $5 per person; please see your branch president between March 26 and April 26, or email bonnielynncameron@hotmail.com by Friday, April 26.
There will be a cash bar available, although the bar will close during the business portion of the meeting.
Agenda: The membership needs to elect a President, Chief Negotiator, Vice-President, the TBU Nominee for District Treasurer, and two District Councillors. The membership also needs to vote on proposed constitutional changes or miscellaneous action items.
To: All Members of the Teachers’ Bargaining Unit
Re: Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Date: Monday, May 6, 2019
Time: Social begins at 4:00 pm (cash bar)
Meeting begins at 5:30 pm
Dinner to follow the meeting
Location: Best Western Inn on the Bay, 1800 2ndAve. East, Owen Sound
Cost: No tickets are required to attend the business portion of the AGM.
Dinner tickets cost $5 per person; please see your branch president between March 26 and April 26, or email bonnielynncameron@hotmail.com by Friday, April 26.
There will be a cash bar available, although the bar will close during the business portion of the meeting.
Agenda: The membership needs to elect a President, Chief Negotiator, Vice-President, the TBU Nominee for District Treasurer, and two District Councillors. The membership also needs to vote on proposed constitutional changes or miscellaneous action items.
Elections & Nominations
Resolutions
- Members interested in running for any of the above positions can print out the on-time nomination form. Nominations for all positions, signed by two members, not including the nominee, must be submitted in writing to our District Office Manager, Karen Wilson, by April 22, 2019 (via email to osstfd7@eastlink.ca). All nominations so received will be distributed to all workplaces by April 26, 2019.
- The Chair of the Annual General Meeting will announce the nominees for any given position, along with the two nominators, at the time of the election for that position. If there is but one nominee for a given position, the Chair will declare that nominee acclaimed. If there is more than one nominee, each nominee will be allowed to give a speech of up to three minutes in length, followed by a secret ballot.
Resolutions
- Members who have resolutions (i.e. amendments to the TBU Constitution) that they wish debated at the meeting are requested to submit them in writing to Bonnie Cameron, TBU Vice-President (via email to (bonnielynncameron@hotmail.com).
- The vote count required to pass resolutions concerning amendments to our constitution, its bylaws, policies and/or procedures depends on when they are submitted.
- The lowest vote-count threshold is for resolutions submitted at least thirty days prior to the AGM. Thirty days prior to our AGM this year is April 6.
- A higher vote count is required for resolutions submitted at least ten days prior to the AGM. Ten days prior is April 26.
- The highest required vote count is for resolutions submitted less than ten days prior to the AGM, including those from the floor of the meeting.
- Members should consult the TBU Constitution for details.