TORONTO ISLAND SAILING CLUB
2023 Winter General Meeting (WGM)
Join us on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from 7pm to 9pm
Online: Video Conference link (please login online if voting):
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/gaw-oham-wdw
Or dial: (CA) +1 647-734-0204 PIN: 222 653 254#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/gaw-oham-wdw?pin=4613864863506

Hello members! Please join us for the 2023 Winter General Meeting. It's important to the future of the club that you attend and participate in this year's WGM. Ask questions, listen to your peers, and help shape the direction of the club! If you are a voting member (all sailing members are voting members) and cannot attend, please vote by using a signed Proxy Form (details below).
The business to be discussed at this meeting will be as follows:
AGENDA
- Welcoming and call to order
- Google Meets Use Instructions
- Adoption of the 2023 Winter GM Agenda
- Approval of the 2022 Fall GM Minutes (see Agenda)
- Update on 2022 Financial statements
- Approval of 2023 Budget
- Other business
Supporting Documents:
The following documents are posted in the General Meetings' Support Documents section found in the Members Only section of the TISC website under Connect -> General Meetings:
- 2023 WGM Agenda;
- 2022 Fall General Meeting Minutes;
- 2023 WGM Proxy Form;
- 2022 Financial Statements
- 2022 Finance Committee Report
- 2023 Proposed Budget
Voting by Proxy:
Voting members may vote by proxy. Anyone may hold a proxy, including social members. Non-voting members are entitled to hold a proxy vote for a voting member. All proxy forms are to be completed accurately and received by the Secretary in advance of the published deadline. To be valid, the signed proxy must be deposited by one of the following methods (non-electronic options are not available to minimize contact for everyones safety):
1. By email: received at secretary@torontosailing.com by noon on January 31, 2023
To add an item to the Agenda:
To propose an agenda item or motion, you can make a motion to amend the agenda with the new item at the onset of the WGM.
If you have questions about this Notice, please contact Terri Mann, Secretary at secretary@torontosailing.com.
ONLINE MEETING INSTRUCTIONS:
We strongly suggest that you log in via computer as opposed to calling in. You can choose to activate your camera or not. If you do log in, please make sure that you enter your name, so that we can see who is in attendance.
Please note that given the large number of meeting attendees, all participants will be automatically muted upon joining the meeting.
The executive will start presenting promptly at 7:05pm.
After all presentations are completed, the membership can ask questions and/or make statements for 2 minutes at a time.
In order to get in the queue to speak, please raise your hand in the Google Meets application.
The moderator will unmute members, in order, for their 2-minute timeframe. Once two minutes are up, the member will be placed back on mute while the question is being addressed.
VOTING FOR MOTIONS:
The motions will be put to the membership via onscreen poll that will allow you to vote via, yes, no or abstain buttons.
If you are calling in by phone, we encourage you to submit a PDF or online proxy form in advance.
We will go over these instructions again at the start of the meeting.
Please be patient and courteous and we will do our best to make sure that everyone who has something to contribute is heard.