PHARA held its Annual General Meeting on February 20, 2024. Some 75 PHARA members were in attendance via Zoom, a 50 percent increase over our 2022 AGM. The meeting was called to order at 5:05 pm.
President Peter Robson introduced new and departing Board members and thanked PHARA members for their generous donations to our legal fund to fight the new DMP amendments/Section 7 and the proposed Land Act amendments. As most of our activities regarding the latter took place in 2024, it was decided that discussions on those issues would be held following the adjournment of the AGM.
Sage Robson provided an update on membership, which had increased by about 50 since the province and band released their draft amendments to the DMP. Many more joined in early 2024. Total membership as of the AGM was 415. As many of those were families with a single membership, we estimated the total number of member supporters at about 1,000.
The year-end financials were presented by Peter Robson. Peter Robson provided his President’s Report; a recap of the activities of the Society in 2024. Click here for the full report.
There was no new business. This was followed by the Election of Directors. The following directors agreed to put their names forward for the terms shown in brackets below: Peter Robson (2024), Sage Robson (2026), Ron Badley (2026), Bill Charlton (2025), Eliza Kinley (2025), Guy Halford-Thompson (2026), Sean McAllister (2026). The following new nominees agreed to stand for election: Gita Masden, Kim Allinson and Amy Clarke for terms of 1 year. A call for additional nominations from the floor was made three times. Roxy Engle and Suzanne Yuile put their names forward for terms of 1 year. President Peter Robson made a motion to acclaim Board of Directors as per above. All were approved by consensus.
The meeting adjourned at 6:07 pm.
