Annual General Meeting
Wed Dec 14, 2022 | 5 PM
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Due to the weather forecast and concerns around snowy conditions, we will be postponing tomorrow’s Annual General Meeting of the Vancouver Art Gallery Association. The meeting has been rescheduled for December 14 at 5PM. Still need to register? Click on the REGISTER button at the top of the page.
Copies of the 2022 Financial Statements and amended Bylaws are also available on this event page by scrolling down.
The 91st Annual General Meeting of the Vancouver Art Gallery Association will be held on December 14, 2022 at 5 PM*.
This meeting will be hosted in person at the Vancouver Art Gallery
WHEN: Wednesday, December 14 at 5 PM* PM November 30, 2022 at 5:30 PM
WHERE: Vancouver Art Gallery, Courtroom 302* Forecourt & Rotunda*new time and location
Please note, the benefits for the Level 1: Art Opens Access do not include voting rights at the Annual General Meeting. This pass provides access to the Gallery for a one-year term. If you wish to attend, please register and you will receive a “Non-Voting” slip at the meeting. If you wish to purchase a membership to have voting rights please reach out to the Membership Department at membership@vanartgallery.bc.ca
Elective Trustees
The following candidates have been nominated by the Governance & Nominations Committee of the Vancouver Art Gallery Association for six positions of Elective Trustee to serve a two-year term commencing from the Annual General Meeting.
- Kate Armstrong
- Dana Claxton
- Fraser Phillips
- Jamie Brown
- Tara Poseley
- Josh Vander Vies
*Please see the link below (Documents) to access the audited financial statements for Fiscal 2022 which will be reviewed at the meeting.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF VANCOUVER ART GALLERY ASSOCIATION
(the “Society”)
The following special resolutions will be proposed for approval at the annual general meeting of the members of the Society to be held on November 30, 2022. Note that while this special resolution will be considered and approved at the members’ meeting, they will not come into effect until the Society files a Bylaw Alteration Application, which will occur as soon as practicable after the meeting. Until that time, the current bylaws will remain in effect.
Replacement of Bylaws
RESOLVED as a special resolution that the current Bylaws of the Society be deleted in their entirety and that the form of Bylaws attached hereto as Schedule A be adopted as the Bylaws of the Society in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing Bylaws of the Society, with effect upon the electronic filing of a Bylaw Alteration Application with the BC Registrar of Companies.
Authorization
RESOLVED as an ordinary resolution that the solicitors for the Society, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, be and are hereby authorized to electronically file the Bylaw Alteration Application giving effect to the amendments approved herein.
Please see attached Schedule A for the proposed replacement bylaws.
*Please see the link below (Documents) to review the amendedbylaws.
DOCUMENTS
Please send any questions to Lindsay Sherman, Manager of Strategic Projects & Office of the CEO, lsherman@vanartgallery.bc.ca.