Last night’s Special General Meeting hosted sixteen members at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax.
The interim co-Presidents were confirmed in their roles, meaning Charlene Boyce will serve as female co-president until the 2018 AGM and Anthony L. Edmonds will serve as the male co-president until the 2019 AGM.
The proposed By-Law changes were approved. That is:
- Definitions for “General Meetings” were clarified. No substantial change, but the change clarified where “Special” general meetings were meant and where “Annual” general meetings were meant.
- Quorum for Executive Meetings was simplified (now 50%).
- Regional Divisions were revised as per below (the revision reduced the number of divisions, captured some areas that were omitted in the past due to district boundaries being redrawn, and evened out the number of districts in a division).
Regional Representatives were elected. These people will be tasked with beginning to organize division meetings and build our grassroots network “scaffold”. If you are in any of these divisions and want to connect to become engaged at some level, contact gpns@greenpartyns.ca and we will connect you! Here they are:
- Bedford Basin – Charlene Boyce
- Dartmouth – June Trenholm
- Halifax – Ashley Morton
- Fundy Shore – Jenn Kang
- Minas Basin – Sam Webber
- South Shore – Harry Ward
In some cases, a regional rep is someone who also has another position. At a Regional Division meeting, another rep and policy reps may be chosen.
We did not have any attendees from the Strait of Canso (Pictou, Guysborough, Antigonish, Inverness, Richmond) or Cabot Strait (CBRM, Victoria) regions. We are actively seeking Green members who would like to represent the Members in those regions on the Executive. Is this you? Send us a message and we’ll let you know your next step! gpns@greenpartyns.ca
An Executive meeting was held directly after the SGM, at which a General Secretary, Ashley Morton, and a Membership Secretary, Jenn Kang, were elected from amongst the Regional Reps. Many thanks to past Membership Secretary, Terry Kelleher, who remains an active member, engaged in community outreach. There has never been a better opportunity to get involved. We are building the Green Party that Nova Scotia needs — that the future needs. Whether you’re interested in generating policy, positions, doing fundraising, administration, or helping us build our party on the ground, the Green Party of Nova Scotia needs you.
I reside in Loch Broom, (Pictou West). The Green Party needs representative’s for Pictou East, West and Centre. I believe with the current fiasco involving Northern Pulp’s treatment plan, to pump effluent direct to the Northumberland Strait, would garner the Greens a lot of votes. I know you’ll have mine. I am a fisherman, not a politician. I worked a lot of years in the oil industry, to be able to buy my own boat and licenses. Not your typical environmentalist, but I’m also 51 in May. Things have changed dramatically regarding people’s awareness, in terms of climate change and the environment, including mine. As well I believe Elizabeth May is the best candidate for Prime Minister. I spoke with Ms. May about a dozen years ago when I was trying to get something done about the impounded western section, (a result of the Pictou causeway), of Pictou Harbour. Give me someone to vote for please! John Collins
We are working on that! Meanwhile, feel welcome to touch base with the representatives in your area, Barry Randle (provincial) and Camille Randle (federal). You can find them at the Stone Soup Cafe in Pictou.