
Last year at this time, 160 people filled the salon of the Schubert Centre in Vernon to swap or buy seeds, and to listen to sobering news about GMO products as well as a peppy introduction to the concepts of Permaculture. With increasing interest in home-grown food, this year's event should have been popular again.
Perhaps Easter weekend beginning the next day made people too busy. Maybe the early spring meant everyone had planted already !;o)
Presentations focused on gardening tips, as well as more information on GMO.
At 7:15 a 10-minute business meeting was held to meet the legal requirements of a Society for an AGM.
8:30-9:00 More seed exchange as time allows.
MARCH 28, 2013 AGENDA
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT NETWORK SOCIETY (SENS)
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Seed swap/sale @ 6:30pm, AGM @ 7:15 pm, presentations at 7:30pm followed by discussion
Welcome and introductions
1. Adoption of agenda.
2. Adoption of minutes of March 22, 2012 AGM.
Moved: Seconded:
3. Adoption of 2012 Financial Statement
Moved: J. Lissau Seconded:
4. President’s Report - activities of 2012:
* attendance at monthly Greater Vernon Cycling Advisory Committee meetings to provide input to improve alternative transportation
* input into Okanagan Cooperative Conservation Program(local ecosystem protection)
* sponsor for Vernon In Transition and BEE safe
* Monthly speakers/panels on Local Food As An Economic Motor, Permaculture, GM Foods, Sustainable Transportation, Chemicals In the Home and Your Health, “On The Line’ documentary on Enbridge’s proposed route through BC wilderness, Food Preservation and Storage, Eco-sanitation, Make It Yourself Xmas Faire.
* support for, and involvement in Vernon’s Environment week activities, Bike to Work Week, and 350.org.
* attendance and input into City of Vernon’s Transportation Plan
* represent SENS on the City of Vernon’s Transportation Demand Management Committee and provide input that supports active transportation
* a variety of educational print material made available for public functions. Also displayed at all meetings and events SENS was involved in.
* monthly newsletters sent out, also available on the www.sensociety.org [1] website
* network with other not-for-profits to support their work and events
* presentations to area councils/NORD on GM foods, spraying pesticides, reducing waste water using eco-sanitation principles
* meetings with City staff to coordinate information on soon-to-print Pesticide Alternatives pamphlet.
moved: seconded:
moved: seconded:
Adjournment.
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