Virtual Annual Meeting
Friday, September 18, 2020
The APEGS Annual Meeting originally scheduled for April 30 – May 2, 2020 in Saskatoon and postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic has been rescheduled For Friday, September 18, 2020 as a virtual meeting via Microsoft TEAMS.
The Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act and Bylaws require that the annual meeting of the Association be held in the first six months of the year at a place in Saskatchewan determined by Council.
At its April 3, 2020 meeting, Council passed an Administrative Bylaw to allow for the postponement of the meeting because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
At its June 12, 2020 meeting, Council passed an Administrative Bylaw to allow for the holding of the annual meeting virtually.
The 90th Annual Meeting of the Association will be called to order at 9:00 am.,
Friday, September 18, 2020.
Registration
All members will be required to pre-register to obtain a secure access code to attend the
meeting and to be able to vote. The deadline to register is 11:59 pm – Friday, September 4, 2020. Information on registration will be included in the formal Notice of the Annual Meeting which will be sent to all members in August.
The agenda for the meeting includes:
• Minutes from the 2019 Annual Meeting
• Business arising out of the minutes
• Reports from committees and boards
• Audited financial reports
• Bylaw amendments
• New business
• Report of the scrutineers.
Bylaw Amendments
The following amendments to the Administrative and Regulatory Bylaws have been approved by Council and are to be “confirmed, varied or revoked” by the membership in attendance at the next Annual Meeting of the members of the Association. The details of the changes will be included in the official Notice of the Annual Meeting to be sent to all APEGS members later this summer as is required by The Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act.
Regulatory Bylaws
Updates to allow for the implementation of competency-based assessment for geoscientists in training.
• Allowing for the publication of an online member registry and the content of that registry.
Administrative Bylaws
• Provisions permitting the postponement of the 2020 annual meeting.
• Provisions for conducting the 2020 annual meeting virtually.