August 6 2016 Monthly Meeting report - cac
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August 6 2016 Monthly Meeting report - cac
August 6th 2016 Monthly Meeting Minutes/ Rapport de la reunion du 6 Aout 2016 No Item / Points Presenter/Presentation 1 Verification of Quorum / Vérification du quorum Opening Prayer / Prière d’ouverture Presentation of Agenda for the day / Présentation de l’ordre du jour Adoption of Agenda / Adoption de l’ordre du jour Word from Chairperson / Mots de bienvenue du President Reading of the Minutes of July 2 Meeting/ Lecture du procès-verbal de 2 juillet, 2016 Matters arising from the Minutes / Questions se rapport au process-verbal. Adoption of the minutes / Adoption du procès-verbal Follow up & upcoming actions of the bureau actions / Suivis des actions du bureau Chief Whip / Chargé de discipline ######### Secrétaire General 10 Guests speaker “The advantage of using a mortgage broker, understanding the steps necessary in getting a mortgage approval and the best mortgage product at the best rate’’ Mr Leopold Pountougnigni / Mr Cyrius Njung 20 11 Information from Binam Cultural Group Member of Binam 10 12 13 Other Matters / Divers a. Announcements / les annonces b. New members and Visitors /les nouveaux membres et les visiteurs Welcome of Visitors/new members 14 15 End / levée de séance Snacks/Collation 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Time Allocated / Temps alloué 2 5 5 General Assembly/ Assemblée générale Vice President 2 Secrétaire Général 10 General Assembly Assemblée générale General Assembly/ Assemblée générale President 10 2 2 10 Vice President Vice - President Self-Introduction 5 Head of New Comers Committee President General Assembly 5 1 30 67005 Northland Village, NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2L 2L2 Tel: (403) 399-9979 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cac-acc.com Executive officers Present at the meeting - President Vice President Treasurer General Secretary Financial Secretary PRD Director of Projects Chief Whip Dr. Awah Sidjeck Mr. Vincent Che Mrs Anna Yimwo Mr. Bertrand Nyemeck Excused Mr. Gautier Djeukam Vacant Mr. Akwalla Johanness Process of the Meeting: Meeting Start Time: 6:15PM Agenda item #1: Verification of Quorum The Secretary did the verification of the quorum. With eight members in good standing present, the quorum was met before the meeting began. Agenda item #2: Opening Prayer Mr. Daniel Folefock did the opening prayer Agenda item #3 &4: Presentation and adoption of the agenda The Secretary presented the agenda. Mr. Jules Vincent Nouwezem put forward a motion to adopt the agenda. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Erick Sidjeck and, the agenda was adopted as presented Agenda item #5: Word from Chairperson (The President) The President welcomed everyone and advised all the members to have constructive and positive contributions for the meeting. Agenda item #6, 7 & 8: Reading of minutes of July 2016 monthly Meeting The General Secretary read the minutes of the July meeting. The General Assembly questioned the bureau regarding the letters from City of Calgary, the new website, as well as the summer activity. For the letters that the association received from the city of Calgary, the President clarified and provided more details. In fact, there were two letters, one to thank the association for the city clean up and one for the cultural contribution of CAC in Calgary. For the new website, it was released and available. The forum of members was being finalized. To help building the new forum, the Vice President encouraged everyone to write the email address in capital letters on the attendance sheet. 67005 Northland Village, NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2L 2L2 Tel: (403) 399-9979 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cac-acc.com For the summer activity, the Vice President shared out the discussion within the bureau about the need of volunteers and the current economic situation. The General Assembly, suggested to cancel the summer activity for this year. Finally, some members questioned the bureau regarding the updates on the hall project. As this was led by the outgoing Director of Project, the bureau didn’t have enough details to share with the assembly. It was unanimously accepted that the association is in need of a standing committee to move the project forward. After discussing those few points, Mr. Jeremy Defo put forward a motion to adopt the minutes, the motion was seconded by Mr. Jules Vincent Nouwezem. Agenda item #9: Follow up and upcoming activities of the bureau During the month of july, 10 members represented the association to the ``franglofun BBQ`` organized by the bureau de visibilité de Calgary. Important network was built during this meeting and would be very benefit for the Association. During the same month the Director of Project resign from his position The Annual General Meeting will take place on October 1st, the venue is to be confirmed as soon as possible. Mr. Fobete Ndinga have been appointed to organize the meeting; The kids Christmas party will take place during our December monthly meeting this will reduce stress to the bureau looking for a hall for that activity. The bureau was looking for a hall for the end of the year party By-Laws updates: The bureau will get together on august 13th to go through all the modifications suggested by the committee. The recommendations from the bureau will be sent back to the committee by august 20th for the final review before sending the updated version to the members via the forum. The President encouraged all members to read it and be ready for the further discussion and adoption. Members support in case of emergency. The bureau had not yet received the $20 contribution from some members to support Thierry and Yvonne. It was unanimously accepted that some measures needed to be taken to enforce this. Some members suggested that a member should lose the quality of member in good standing if the member does not pay the contribution in this kind of the situation. Agenda item #10: Guest Speaker: “The advantage of using a mortgage broker, understanding the steps necessary in getting a mortgage approval and the best mortgage product at the best rate’’ Mr. Cyprius Njung was the guest speaker and was introduced by Dr. Emmanuel Mbopda in lieu of Leopold as usual. Mr. Njung thanked the President and Leopold for giving him the opportunity to share this with the community. For more details, it was asked to members to connect directly with Cyprius. Agenda item #11: Information from Binam Cultural Group Mr. Armand Ngonga represented the Binam cultural group and talked about the party planned for October 1st. 67005 Northland Village, NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2L 2L2 Tel: (403) 399-9979 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cac-acc.com Mr. Ngonga was questioned by some members regarding the date as that day the association will have the annual general meeting with the minimum 50% quorum required. Agenda item #12: Other Matters / Divers (Announcements / les annonces New members and Visitors /les nouveaux membres et les visiteurs) The first announcement was about a Cameroonian in prison for immigration issues. The President invited all the members to contribute financially to help the compatriot to get a lawyer. During the meeting about $400 were collected to support the case. Reggae festival August 19 &20: CAC received 2 invitations for the event and the bureau was looking for volunteer to represent the association with the Director of Communication. Africa day planned for August 13 New baby born (a girl) in Charles Ndifor family; Ken and Thierry offered to visit the family 2 new members were registered: Mr. Andre Njine and Samuel Njambou. They were welcomed by Mr. Jeremy Defo from Newcomers committee. Old Skool party planned for September 3rd 2016. The tickets were available and selling fast. The VicePresident promised to give a percentage for that ticket sales to support the cause of the compatriot in prison. Mr. Thierry Ouabe and Daniel Folefock thanked all the Cameroonians and the members of the association for their kind support during their sad moments. Motion to end the meeting Dr. Emmanuel Mbopda, seconded by Jeremy Defo. There was no refreshment at the end of the meeting as the bureau did not find any volunteer to take care of. The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 PM. Calgary August 7, 2016 Signed here Signed here Dr. Awah Sidjeck Bertrand Nyemeck, General Secretary Chair of the Meeting 67005 Northland Village, NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2L 2L2 Tel: (403) 399-9979 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cac-acc.com