The ORC’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at the Vimy Brewing Company, 145 Loretta Ave North, from 7pm to 9pm. Free parking is available on the street or in the Vimy parking lot.
All ORC members are encouraged to attend, with sign-in starting at 6:30pm.
The AGM Agenda is as follows:
- Roll Call
- Minutes of Previous Annual General Meeting
- Business Arising from the Minutes
- Reports of Officers
- Business Arising out of Reports
- Ratification of Policies
- Previous Fiscal Audited Financial Statements
- Next Fiscal Budget and Fee Schedule
- Appointment of Auditors for Next Fiscal
- Election of Officers
- New Business
- Adjournment
Proposed policy changes are available here.
The proposed 2018 fee schedule is available here.
The 2018 fiscal budget is available here.
The draft 2017 audited financial statements are available here.
Executive Committee reports are available here:
Additional reports will be posted as they become available.
Minutes from last year’s AGM are available here.
With regard to voting, ORC Bylaws state:
4.05 Full Members, Life Members, Umpires, Full season coaches and Members holding an Office or Directorship of the Club shall have voting privileges at meetings and on affairs and matters of interest to the Club.
4.06 Any Member with voting privileges may give proxy to a Full Member using a document deemed
satisfactory by the Club. The maximum number of proxies a single Member may hold is one.
4.07 Where a Member with voting privileges is under the age of eighteen years, proxy for that member
is granted to one of the Member’s legal guardians. Legal guardians of a Member under the age
of eighteen years may grant proxy for that Member’s vote to another Member with voting privilege
who does not already hold the maximum allowed proxies.
The proxy form is available here. Completed proxy forms must be handed to the ORC Secretary (Lilianne Page) at the AGM.
The Ottawa Rowing Club is seeking individuals to join the ORC’s Executive Committee in the following positions beginning February 27:
- President
- VP Recreational and Instructional Programs
- Registrar
The primary role of the Executive Committee is to govern by providing leadership and direction to ORC in pursuit of its vision and mission. The Executive Committee is elected by the membership of the ORC.
Please see here for details. Questions about the positions and nominations can be sent to secretary@ottawarowingclub.com.
Individuals who wish to volunteer their time to a positive, rewarding, motivating, inspiring sport community should considering submitting their name to the ORC. We welcome and love to have more people join us in making a difference!