updates and announcements

[Outreach VIPIRG]

- VIHRC Updates: AGM reminder; P/T Advocate posting; and VIHRC newsletter

- Council of Canadians Announcements

- TJ Watt's Photography Workshop and Two Old-Growth Hikes (Victoria and Lower Mainland)

- Creating Spaces

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From: Vancouver Island Human Rights Coalition <contac...@gmail.com>
Date: August 16, 2011 8:49:39 AM PDT (CA)
To: contac...@gmail.com
Subject: VIHRC Updates: AGM Reminder, P/T Advocate Job Posting and VIHRC Newsletter! Please forward widely

There is lots happening at the Vancouver Island Human Rights Coalition (VIHRC) this month! Attached is the August 2011 Newsletter from VIHRC as well as a job posting for a Part-time Advocacy Position - applications are due August 20, 2011.  Please forward this job posting to anyone who might be interested.

And our AGM is happening this week:Thursday, August 18, 2011: 6:30 pm at the Blanshard Community Center (901 Kings Rd.), on unceded Lekwungen Territories. Please see below and attached poster for more details!

Please forward to your networks and any questions regarding the job posting, RSVP's for the AGM or any general inquiries at all can be sent to this email address, contac...@gmail.com or call our office at 250-382-3012.

Sincerely, Vancouver Island Human Rights Coalition
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The following is information on the upcoming AGM...

If you are able to attend we would appreciate an RSVP so we have an idea for numbers for food (but it is not required).

We have also attached the official AGM Poster, Board Nomination Forms and Membership Forms (there is an annual membership to be paid at the AGM - this was discovered in the VIHRC Society Act).

Vancouver Island Human Rights Coalition 
Annual General Meeting

Learn more and get involved in local human rights issues! Please see attached poster or read below:

Thursday, August 18, 2011: 6:30 pm at the Blanshard Community Center (901 Kings Rd.), Lekwungen Territories 
*This is located on unceded Lekwungen Territory. Huy ch q'u to the Coast Salish peoples on whose territories we will be meeting. 

This event is FREE & OPEN to the public. The AGM will look something like this:

Bus tickets and child care available upon request (please RSVP for child care). This space is wheelchair accessible. 
Please contact us if you require any dietary or other accommodation(s). 

> more about VIHRC...

>> Unique board of director opportunities - Are you interested?

>>> Nominations & elections...
To nominate someone, including yourself, please take a few moments to do the following:
Elections will be held at our AGM indicated above. For more information regarding what VIHRC does and how we are structured please send us an email via contac...@gmail.com or give us a call at 250.382.3012. 

Thank you for your support through membership, volunteering and donations. We hope to see you at the AGM!

6:30 pm - Territory acknowledgement, food and refreshments.
6:45 pm - Meeting to start with introductions (if we haven't already over food done this) and a general overview of VIHRC   

• Review of Agenda
• Review and adopt December 2008 AGM minutes
• VIHRC Reports: Finance, Staff, Volunteer and Client
• Update wording of VIHRC constitution
• Nomination and Elections: Directors at Large

8:30 pm - elected board members will set a next board meeting & we will adjourn (end the meeting)
Membership? Membership is not required unless nominating or voting. Anyone can become a member of VIHRC. Membership forms are available via email and at the AGM, but again, are not required for attending. The Annual Membership fee is $2 for an individual or $10 for an organization.
Interested in volunteering? Please attend or contact us to learn more about getting involved in a variety of different ways (outreach, volunteer coordination, fundraising, events, human rights advocacy, board membership & other ways we have not even thought of yet.  
What is a Board of Directors? A board of directors (bod) often consist of a president, treasurer, and secretary as well as directors at large. A bod is required by law to run non-profit registered society in BC. VIHRC is a non-profit registered society. To learn more specifically about the legal obligations of a board of directors, see page 47, chapter 4: for boards and directors, as published by the People's Law School in Volunteers and the Law.
Interested in board membership? VIHRC's board of directors has historically operated on more of a collective basis rather than by voting and through rigid motions. However, a reliable, socially conscious board of directors is required to run a human rights society. If becoming a board member interests please contact us for more information. Or see below for nomination and election instructions.
email us a nomination form, or fill one out at the AGM
fill out a membership form and pay corresponding annual membership fee (if you have not already done so)
attend the AGM or send your note of interest through email and we will have it read at the AGM

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Vancouver Island Human Rights Coalition

418-620 View Street, Victoria, BC

Coast Salish Territories, V8W 1J6

Tel. (250) 382-3012  Fax (250) 380-7311
http://vihrc.org