Dear ,
I am pleased to advise you of the agenda for AAI's 2022 Annual General Meeting:
- Introduction and Welcome
- Announcement of results of Director's elections
- Presidents review of past year's activities
- Financial report
- AAI Bylaws review
- Any other business
The AGM will be held on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 14:00 UTC, If you wish to attend, please notify the AAI Secretary of the name of your delegate in advance of the meeting.
I hope to see you at the meeting.
Kind regards,
Fotis Frangopoulos Secretary & Treasurer
Election of Board Members There will be seven (7) open board positions: five At-large Directors and Regional Directors for Europe and North America.
Nominations Affiliates in Good Standing are entitled to nominate any number of candidates for the At-large positions and one candidate for a Regional position and that candidate must be for the Affiliate’s own region.
Please note, nominees for the AAI Board must satisfy the following criteria: > Sufficient competence in reading and speaking English to be able to participate in Board discussions. > Hold current Alliance membership. > Have access to reliable internet connectivity. > Be available to attend monthly Board meetings and any committees to which they are appointed, > Possess skills deemed valuable to the organization.
The Board will carry out authentication checks to ensure nominees meet these criteria before including them on the ballot paper. Authenticated nominees will be invited to submit campaign materials which will be displayed on the AAI website.
Nominations for Board positions must be received by the AAI Secretary by May 1st, 2022.
Voting Ballots showing all available positions and candidates will be sent to formal Affiliate Members in Good Standing on May 12. Affiliates have one vote for each available position and may vote for all At-large positions but may only vote for the Regional position within their region. Affiliates are entitled to vote for candidates they nominated. Completed ballot papers must be received by May 20, 22:00 hrs UTC (which is 15:00 Pacific Daylight Time). Late submissions will not be counted.
The results of the election will be announced at the AGM.
Attending the AGM The AGM will be held using Zoom meetings, an on-line conference service. Attendees will be able to participate via the Internet using a web browser or the equivalent mobile application. To attend the AGM, you will need the meeting link that will be sent to you in advance.
Each Affiliate is entitled to have one delegate at the meeting. Note: Affiliates with overdue membership fees are not entitled to submit motions or attend the meeting. If necessary, please settle any outstanding fees.
If you wish to attend, please notify the AAI Secretary of the name of your delegate in advance of the meeting.
HOW TO CONTACT US Please send your replies to the AAI Secretary at secretary@atheistalliance.org.
Time zones We have given the time of the meeting as 14:00 hrs UTC (Universal Coordinated Time). This is 07:00 (PDT) in Vancouver, 09:00 in Lima and Bogota, 15:00 in London (BST), 17:00 in Athens, Istanbul (EEST) and Kampala, 19:30 in Mumbai, 20:00 in Dhaka, 22:00 in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore and 00:00 in Melbourne. If your time zone is not shown, it is easy to find an online converter that will convert UTC to your local time on May 22, 2022.
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