Editor: Christina Christara

1. CAIMS*SCMAI Special Meeting 18-01-2023

1. CAIMS*SCMAI Special Meeting 18-01-2023

Dear Colleagues,

The CAIMS*SCMAI Special Meeting of members is coming on
Wednesday, January 18th, 2023, 8am PST = 11am EST = 12:30pm NST
There will be voting on four very important motions (items 5-8 in the posted agenda). The first three pertain to the new EDI and Membership committee, and the fourth pertains to a significant reduction in the cost of the society’s financial reporting.

The Special Meeting will be held remotely through the Zoom address
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82265808191?pwd=T09hbW1XOVFlQVRWL0xtMWU5SEliZz09
Meeting ID: 822 6580 8191
Passcode: 371496

All members registered in 2022 and/or 2023, and all lifetime members are eligible to vote.
You can find the advance material in
http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~ccc/SM2022-23
The advance material consists of

• Notice of meeting including
  pp. 1-2 official notice of meeting
  pp. 3-10 minutes of past AGM (14-6-2022) as Schedule A
  pp. 11-30 by-laws with amendments highlighted (pages 15, 22, 27) as Schedule B
• Agenda of Special Meeting, including the motions
• Proxy form
• One-page summary of amendments
• Brief (and friendly) summary of the motions

In order to make the special meeting as brief as possible, we would be most grateful if you could spare 20 minutes to look through the previous AGM minutes (pp 3-10 of the Notice), the agenda (which contains the motions), and the summary of the changes to the by-laws (the full by-laws with changes highlighted also appear in the Notice).

Many thanks, in advance, for your time, and we look forward to seeing you on January 18th, 2023.

Regards,
The CAIMS Board

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Christina Christara, CAIMS*SCMAI Secretary Email: secretary@caims.ca
or
Morgan Craig, CAIMS*SCMAI Communications-Officer Email: communications-officer@caims.ca

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