{"id":815,"date":"2020-04-02T12:33:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T16:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vasculitis.ca\/?p=815"},"modified":"2020-04-02T12:33:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T16:33:04","slug":"the-2020-vfc-annual-general-meeting-agm-moves-online-via-zoom-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-join-us-saturday-april-18-2020-at-1pm-et-with-guest-speaker-dr-kim-mckenzie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vasculitis.ca\/?p=815","title":{"rendered":"The 2020 VFC Annual General Meeting (AGM) Moves Online via ZOOM amid the COVID-19 Pandemic. Join Us Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 1PM ET with Guest Speaker Dr. Kim McKenzie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 30, 2020<\/p>\n<p>by Jon Stewart<\/p>\n<p>The VFC AGM is the foundation\u2019s annual obligation to, amongst other things, receive the President\/Director\u2019s report on the current and future business of the foundation,\u00a0receive the Treasurer\u2019s report and financial statements for the 2019 calendar year, and appoint accountants for the new year. \u00a0 Members also vote\u00a0to elect officers (President, Treasurer and Secretary) and directors for the new year, as well as transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The 2020 Vasculitis Foundation Canada (VFC) AGM will be held on Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 1 PM ET online, and by phone, via ZOOM. The AGM starts at 1:00 PM ET, however, online arrival and sign-in starts at 12:30 PM ET. The number of ZOOM attendees may be limited, sign-in earlier rather than later!<\/p>\n<p>Below, and for your review, are 6 PDF documents with the complete 2020 AGM details as follows:<\/p>\n<p>PDF file: <a href=\"https:\/\/vasculitis.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020AGM-Doc1-NOTICEofAGM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 AGM NOTICE of AGM<\/a><br \/>\nPDF file: <a href=\"https:\/\/vasculitis.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020AGM-Doc2VFC2019PresidentReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 AGM\u00a02019 President\u2019s Report<\/a><br \/>\nPDF file: <a href=\"https:\/\/vasculitis.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020AGMDoc3AGM-PROXYREPLY.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 AGM\u00a0 2020 Reply\/Proxy<\/a><br \/>\nPDF file: <a href=\"https:\/\/vasculitis.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020AGM-Doc4AGM-SCHEDULE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 AGM Schedule<\/a><br \/>\nPDF file: <a href=\"https:\/\/vasculitis.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020AGMDoc5AGM-AGENDA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 AGM Agenda<\/a><br \/>\nPDF file: <a href=\"https:\/\/vasculitis.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020AGMDoc6VFC2019AGM-Minutes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2019 AGM Minutes<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 align=\"JUSTIFY\">Join Us and \u201cLets Talk\u201d with our guest speaker Dr. Kim McKenzie, M.D., FRCP(C)<\/h3>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Dr. Kim McKenzie, M.D., FRCP(C) Internal and Geriatric Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, ON<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Dr. McKenzie works with patients who suffer from chronic illness and will speak on dealing with stress, anxiety, isolation (self and otherwise!), and coping with vasculitis, or COVID-19! Many of us spend time spinning in our own minds, distracted by different thoughts, emotions and body sensations, this can leave us disconnected from who we are.\u00a0 However, there are tools we can learn, like mindfulness, that that can help us reconnect to ourselves so we can take control and choose how we navigate through each day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>To attend the 2020 VFC AGM online, login to ZOOM at this link:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/501702270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/501702270<\/a> enter the meeting ID: 501-702-270 if prompted. The ZOOM app can also be downloaded here if needed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>To attend the 2020 VFC AGM by phone call one of these numbers:<\/h3>\n<p>647 558-0588, Toronto<br \/>\n438 809-7799, Montreal<br \/>\n204 515-1268, Manitoba<br \/>\n587 328-1099, Alberta<br \/>\n778 907 2071, Vancouver<br \/>\nEnter the Event ID#: \u00a0501-702-270<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to meeting with as many of you as possible at the 2020 VFC AGM<\/p>\n<p>Note:\u00a0 Only \u201ccurrent\u201d VFC members can vote, memberships are considered \u201ccurrent\u201d within three months of the renewal date. If you cannot email your Reply and Proxy please mail it to the address in the Reply and Proxy document below.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The vasculitis community is at increased risk to COVID-19. Keep safe and take extra precautions in these challenging times<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Stewart<\/p>\n<p>President<br \/>\nVasculitis Foundation Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 30, 2020 by Jon Stewart The VFC AGM is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2059,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vasculitis.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vasculitis.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vasculitis.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vasculitis.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2059"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vasculitis.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vasculitis.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":822,"href":"https:\/\/vasculitis.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions\/822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vasculitis.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vasculitis.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vasculitis.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}