posted 2015-11-10 18:22 by AGOAC

The 1st AGOAC Annual General Meeting was held on October 30. Councilor Alan Ho, Mrs. Alice Ho, Councilor Amanda Collucci, Jason Tsien and Adrian Wong from the City of Markham were among the invited guests.

The accomplishments from 2014-5 membership year as well as the 2015-6 membership year plan were shared with all attendees.

Questions from members were raised and answered by Gilbert Tam and Wai Moh on the transparency of the expenses shown on the financial statement, the financial report was approved with 82 votes for yes; 25 votes for no.

Stephen Yung raised concerns to the wordings and objection to bylaw 1.2b amendment. It was accepted and the Board will work with Stephen Yung to revise the item. The rest of the proposed amendments to the bylaws were accepted by a majority of votes.

Volunteers from 2014-5 and 2015-6 were recognized for their services and contributions. Each volunteer receives a Volunteer T-shirt sponsored by Councilor Alan Ho and Mrs. Ho. Two members were specially recognized for their tireless services, attitude in accepting new members, creating a amiable environment and attitude in supporting AGOAC in the past as well as the coming year. These individuals are Celia Chan from Yuan Ji Dance and Odetta Lee from Tai Chi.

City of Markham was also recognized for the partnership with AGOAC and strong support provided to the club with special thanks to Jason Tsien, Marsha Mariani and Adrian Wong.

The meeting closed at around 8:30 with cake cutting and a celebration dance party.

Thanks to all the volunteers who helped putting this event together.

AGOAC