Annual General Meeting – Minutes 12:00 pm – 2:40 pm, March 31, 2011 Holiday Inn, St. John’s Fiscal Year 2009 / 2010
The Annual General Meeting of the Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Industry Association (NEIA) was held on Thursday, March 31, 2011 in Salon D of the Holiday Inn, St. John’s. NEIA’s Executive Director, Linda Bartlett welcomed everyone and called upon Terry Dollard to chair the meeting. 1
Call to Order (Terry Dollard, President, NEIA Board of Directors) Terry Dollard called the meeting to order at 1:15 p.m. Members at the meeting were introduced. Directors in attendance were: Associate Member, Frank Ricketts, (Nalcor Energy), Full Member, Andrea Lundrigan (AMEC Earth and Environmental), Full Member and President, Terry Dollard (Universal Environmental), Full Member, Bill Scott (Scott Environmental Consulting). Regrets: Full Member, Ken Dominie, (AMEC Earth and Environmental), Full Member, Perry Trimper (Stantec); (two board positions vacant) The chair noted that Joanne Parsons would serve as secretary for the meeting.
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Approval of 2010 Meeting Minutes Terry Dollard called for a motion to approve the 2010 minutes. Moved by: Frank Ricketts, Nalcor Energy Seconded by Andrea Lundrigan, AMEC Earth and Environmental Motion Passed.
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Annual Report Linda Bartlett, Executive Director, gave a detailed power point presentation of NEIA activities over the year. Highlights were: increased revenues over the previous year; an increase in business-oriented events with higher media coverage; a very successful conference entitled GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK; the largest attendance that NEIA has had at a conference; the launch of a conference website; the transition from quarterly paper newsletters to electronic communications identifying upcoming news and information; an increase in memberships over the previous year. She talked about how NEIA was working with Memorial University with the intent of eventually launching a co-op program in the masters of environmental science program. She noted that the board and management of NEIA were working to bring NEIA to a higher level of governance. A new website was being built to replace NEIA’s outdated website. She noted that new a operational policy manual had been developed for NEIA employees, with thorough consultation with the Newfoundland and Labrador Employers council. She noted that NEIA has a very tiny staff contingent 2-3 at any given time so the focus over the past year has been to improve and develop foundational tools and to improve the quality events, services and communications to members. She noted that NEIA’s conference, GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK, had more than 150 attendees. The
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