On March 17 we had a great turnout of community residents and BSCL members as we had over 50 people attend the Boyle Street Community League Annual General Meeting. It was held at 7 p.m. at the Boyle Street Plaza.

Our agenda was quite full as we had some wonderful guest speakers and also elections were held that evening. Two positions on the Executive were up for election as well as two Director positions on the Board.

Our guest speakers for the evening were:

Joelle Reiniger – Abundant Communities Initiative
Mary Ann Debrinski – Quarters Downtown Project, City of Edmonton
Cheri Onushko – Community Recreation Coordinator, City of Edmonton
Jackie McGowan- YMCA
Lori Gawryluik and Jacqueline Ohm – Quarters Arts Society

A big thank you to all our guests for their informative presentations on current (and upcoming) projects, activities, and events in the Boyle Street area. We had some great questions and comments from the floor as well.

Our President Thim Choy spoke to many of the valued individuals, volunteers, and groups and thanked them all for their contributions, initiatives, and hard work that make Boyle Street a great place to live, work, do business, and visit.

All in attendance were invited to enjoy refreshments after our guest presentations and to also review the Boyle Street Community League’s 2014 AGM Minutes and Financials and the 2015 BSCL Budget – all of which were motioned and passed/approved by majority during the AGM that evening.

Our elections were the last portion of the AGM. The first Executive position which opened for nominations and voting was the position of President. Incumbent Thim Choy stood as well as nominated form the floor was Mark Halle. Nominations were called three times and voting proceeded by written ballot. The majority of votes went to Thim Choy, who will stand in the role of President for two years.

The next Executive position up for election was that of Secretary. No nominations were announced and incumbent Karen Jackson stood for re-election. The majority voted by show of hands and accepted.

Our next positions up for election were for Directors on the Board and the following were nominated from the floor and voted in by majority. Here are the results:

1. Membership Director – Taiwo Fasoranti
2. Fundraiser Director- no nominations for position. Unfilled.
3. Program Director – Elaine Dyrberg
4. Volunteer Director – Alf White
5. Director at Large – Nancy Chan (Incumbent)
6. Director at Large – Joelle Reinger
7. Director at Large – Maria Snip
8. Director at Large- Mark Halle

Director at Large Linda Dumont (Incumbent) did not stand again for election. She was thanked for all her hard work in the past years as a valued member of the BSCL.

Our Emcee for the evening, Christine Poirier, closed nominations and elections at 9:19 p.m. Adjournment of the Boyle Street Community League AGM was motioned by Norm Vesala and seconded by Raymond Cheung at 9:21 p.m.

The Boyle Street Community League 2015 Board of Directors
Executive: Thim Choy (President); Bob Vandergrift (Vice-President); Woon Lam (Treasurer);
Karen Jackson (Secretary).
Directors: Taiwo Fasoranti (Membership); Elaine Dyrberg (Programs); Alf White (Volunteer)
Directors at Large: Raymond Cheung, Nancy Chan, Norm Vesala, Joelle Reinger, Maria Snip, Mark Halle

A full update and minutes of the AGM can be found on the League’s website at www.boylestreetcl.com.

Karen is a resident of Boyle Street and the Secretary of the BSCL.