Comments on: Econ 101: liveblogging the Vancity AGM – 62nd Annual

By: Readyforaction » Vancity AGM

Readyforaction » Vancity AGM — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:19:38 +0000

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By: simon

simon — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:36:58 +0000

thanks for the recap…I couldn’t make it this year so it was nice to get a great recap.

By: Raul

Raul — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:34:08 +0000

Great live-blog Nancy – your insights are also very valuable.

And you’re most definitely getting yourself a nice overseas audience!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:11:55 +0000

Hi William and Nancy:

Vancity used to have a capital C. It doesn’t anymore. It disappeared a few years ago with a change in logo and colours etc. I guess that’s what they call “rebranding”.

I was at the AGM — as you report, Tamara Vrooman was impressive and a straight-shooter. There are some issues that need to be addressed and this does seem to be one forum where members can voice them.

There was some talk of members being able to bring issues forward to people on the board, as the board is meant to be there to represent concerns and interests of the members. What was interesting is that while Vrooman gave her e-mail and direct line to the audience on a projected slide, the board did not display theirs. On the last page of the Annual Report, there is an e-mail address that would probably get to them. However, there was no invitation to do so. My most optimistic assumption is that they will be looking for ways to engage members so that all voices are heard. This is always tricky in any level of governance.

I hope you come in person next year. They gave out bus tickets to those of us who used transit to attend which was a nice gesture.

By: Ginny Brady

Ginny Brady — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:29:41 +0000

Nancy, I’m a board member from UFirst FCU in New York State. I found it very interesting to sit in on your liveblog from the general membership meeting. Vancity is much larger than UFirst but we have similar challenges. Compliments to Vancity for being so open.

By: nancy

nancy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:07:14 +0000

@William D’oh! *slaps head* I knew that. I knew that. I’ve edited and think I got most of them. Tx for dropping by!
@Morriss nice to ‘meet’ you. Just checked out your blog and have bookmarked.

By: Morriss Partee

Morriss Partee — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:52:32 +0000

Hi Nancy, thanks for writing this up. I feel like I got the gist of it despite not being a member of Vancity and being in Massachusetts USA. Great stuff going on at Vancity CU.

By: William Azaroff

William Azaroff — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:55:43 +0000

Impressive, thanks Nancy. My only quibble is that Vancity doesn’t have a capital “c”.