GCAT Annual Meeting Archives

Annual Meeting Archives

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2025 Annual Meeting

Tuesday, April 22nd at 7:00 pm
Royal City Brewery or online via Zoom (Hybrid Meeting)

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear about GCAT’s activities in 2024 and plans for the upcoming year, vote for new board members, connect with old and new friends, and enjoy food and drink together!

Guest Speaker: BRIAN DOUCET, Canada Research Chair in Urban Change and Social Inclusion at the University of Waterloo

This will be a hybrid meeting.

2025 Annual Meeting Materials

Important information for this year’s meeting:
• Agenda for the GCAT 2025 Annual Meeting
• Minutes from the GCAT 2024 Annual Meeting
• Profiles of Candidates for GCAT Board
• GCAT 2024 Year End Financial Statements

Notice to Members of Special Resolution to Change Corporation’s Name

A special resolution will be presented to the membership at the Annual Meeting to change the corporation’s name from “Guelph Coalition for Active Transportation” to “Guelph Community for Active Transportation”. The name change was passed unanimously by the GCAT Board on November 13, 2024.

The GCAT Board feels that the proposed name change which replaces “Coalition” with “Community” is more reflective of our mission working in our community. The new name is welcoming and focuses on GCAT’s relationship with individual members as well as numerous other stakeholders (organizations, businesses, non-profits) in support of active transportation within the City of Guelph and beyond.

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2024 Annual Meeting

Watch the meeting recording on GCAT’s youtube channel!

Notice to Members regarding New Bylaw etc. for Annual Meeting

Bylaw Update: GCAT is required to update its existing Bylaw to comply with changes in the new Ontario Not-For-Profit Act (ONCA) that was passed in 2021. The GCAT Board of Directors passed the new ONCA compliant Bylaw on October 11, 2023. A resolution will be presented to the membership at the Annual Meeting to accept the new Bylaw.

• The new ONCA compliant Bylaw is available for viewing here: NEW Bylaw
• GCAT’s previous Bylaw (approved by the membership in 2020) is available for viewing here: OLD Bylaw

Key changes include:
• As required by ONCA, Officers under the new Bylaw include the Chair and Vice-Chair, replacing the President and Vice-President referenced in the 2020 Bylaw.
• Under the new Bylaw, a Director may not serve for more than 10 consecutive years. The 2020 Bylaw did not limit the length of time that a Director could serve.
• The new Bylaw sets the number of Directors at 9. The 2020 Bylaw also set the number of Directors at 9. However, under the new Bylaw, the Board may from time to time change the number of directors within this range by a special resolution of the Board (67% of quorum).

Special Resolution to Amend Articles
A special resolution will be presented to the membership to amend the GCAT Articles to set the range of directors between a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 13. As referenced above, under the new Bylaw, the Board may from time to time change the number of directors within this range by a special resolution of the Board (67% of quorum).

It should also be noted that another change introduced with ONCA is that the AGM or ‘Annual General Meeting’ will now be known as an AM or ‘Annual Meeting.’

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