Notice of Annual General Meeting, Notice of Motion, Proxy attached

Notice of Motion AGM June 2018

A notice of the upcoming annual general meeting, a proxy form and a Notice of Motion are attached.

We encourage you to attend the meeting on Friday, June 1. However, if you’re unable to, please complete the proxy form, send one copy to Central Office, another to the proxy holder and retain one for your records.

Central Office will issue voting cards to those individuals who are authorized and have registered to vote for their newspaper at the annual convention, as per the AWNA Voters’ Registry. YOu can change this name at any time, up to seven days prior to the meeting and the registered voter can appoint a proxy, if unable to attend.

Information on the voter’s registry can be found at: http://www.awna.com/voters-registry?id=824.

NOTICE OF MOTION

The following resolution is to be voted upon at the annual general meeting of the Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association, to be held at 9:30 a.m. on June 1” at the Chateau Lacombe Hotel, in Edmonton, Alberta.

Resolution moved by Jamie Nesbitt, seconded by Tim Shearlaw that the AWNA Bylaws be changed, as follows:

New wording:

  1. A NEWSPAPER

A newspaper, for purposes of membership in this Association, shall be a publication, which serves a community through the production of a paper copy from a printing press. It shall be evaluated on content in preference to format or appearance. Over the course of a year, the average news content shall not be less than thirty (30%) percent, excluding flyers.

Existing wording:

  1. A NEWSPAPER

A newspaper, for purposes of membership in this Association, shall be a publication, which serves a community through the production of a paper copy from a printing press. It shall be evaluated on content in preference to format or appearance. Over the course of a year, the average news content shall not be less than thirty (30%) percent, excluding flyers. Advertising on the front page shall not exceed twenty (20%) percent of total space per edition.

We hope to see you at the upcoming annual general meeting.

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