Annual General Meeting Minutes
========================================================================================= Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009 Location: Greenwood Inn, Calgary, AB Chair: Sean Baker Secretary: Kathey Crispens Present: Ashish Pawar, Brent Snider, Dwight Martin, Gaetan Demers, Jasen Obernauer,
Jaydeep Balakrishnan, Jeff Oberlin, John Shijy, Kathey Crispens, Milough Kitov,
Mostafa Hassan, Nathan Reitsema, Pavel Bondarev, Peter Heck, Raj Krishna, Ron Vanderkooy,
Ryan Galloway, Sean Baker, Stacey McDade, Steve Hurley, Van Enns, Vidya Venkatraman,
Yun Qiu, & Haytham Fath Guests: Tim Sweet Absent: Clayton Bischoff, Dan Nowak, Kevin Falenda, Keith Siva, Mark Teeple, Ron Taggert, Ryan Shin ========================================================================================== 1. AGM Called to Order - Sean Baker - 7:45
- Introduction of current Board of Directors and Guests - AGM Agenda 2. Review of last years' AGM Minutes - Sean Baker - 7:50PM
- Last year's meeting minutes were reviewed - Motion to accept - carried by all members present. 3. Portfolio Report - Finance - Peter Heck - Treasurer - 7:55PM
- Reviewed Income Statement and Balance Sheet - Revenue up 18% - Advertising/Recruiting/Education - Gross margin down 11% - US Dollar/Lower Membership - Stepping down from Treasurer position and put forth Ryan Galloway to run for Treasurer 4. Portfolio Report - Events - Jaydeep Balakrishnan - VP Events - 8:00PM
- 2008/9 - 3 PDM's, 1 sponsored Workshop, 2 Plant Tours - 2009/10 - Plan 3 PDM's, 2 Workshops and 2 Plant Tours - Focusing on: - High quality speakers - Active marketing of events 5. Portfolio Report - Education - Brent Snider - VP Education - 8:05PM
- Continued partnership with the University of Calgary - Increased exposure and convenience - 47% enrollment increase over last year - Rebates for Fall/Winter over $2200.00 - Began offering paper exams after CPIM courses - 80% of students enrolled in course wrote the exam afterward - Interest from SAIT and Mount Royal College to offer APICS "Fundamentals" courses - Expanded instructor pool - 2009/10 plan - CSCP course offering of CSCP + all 5 CPIM Modules - Continue to expand instructor pool - Pursue "Fundamentals" training courses - Aid in getting a local Student Chapter established 6. Portfolio Report - Membership - Ashish Pawar - VP Membership - 8:10PM - Membership at June 2009 - 100. Down 25 over last year - 30 Suspended members - due to economy, not electing to renew at this point - Canadian District Membership down 17% over last year 7. Portfolio Report - Communications - Sean Baker for Kevin Falenda - 8:15
- Review of Website contents - Job postings - Newsletters - Educational offerings - Board of Directors - contact info - Events - past and future - Links to other sites of interest to APICS Chapter members. 8. Message from the President - Sean Baker - 8:20 PM
- Sean thanked the 2008-09 Board of Directors for their efforts in making the Calgary Chapter a success. - Said a fond farewell to Peter Heck - outgoing Treasurer and Brent Snider - outgoing VP of Education and wished both the best, but we'll be staying in touch! 9. Board Structure Review - Sean Baker - 8:30PM - Presented Board Structure of Elected and Non-elected positions - Put forth the following Nominees for the 2009/2010 Calgary Chapter Board of Directors: President Sean Baker VP (President Elect) Vacant Treasurer Ryan Galloway Secretary Kathey Crispens VP Events Keith Siva VP Membership Ashish Pawar VP Education Jaydeep Balakrishnan VP Communications Kevin Falenda VP Marketing Vacant - Motion to vote on BOD as presented by Sean Baker, seconded by Brent Snider - Motion carried with unanimous yes vote. 10. Volunteer Directors-at-Large Van Enns Dan Nowak Gaetan Demers Jeff Oberlin John Shijy Mostafa Hassan - Motion to adjourn meeting - Sean Baker at 8:35 PM, Seconded by Jaydeep Balakrishnan. Motion carried. - Meeting adjourned.