ORDER OF BUSINESS

1. Call to Order
2. Welcoming Remarks and Chair’s Report: Kathleen Kennedy-Strath, Chair of the Board
3. Guest Speaker*: Erin Emiru
4. Chief Executive Officer’s Report: Darrell Burnham, CEO
5. Meeting Rules and Agenda: Byron Thom, Acting Secretary of the Board
6. Approval of 2017 Annual General Meeting minutes: Byron Thom, Acting Secretary of the Board
7. Nominations Committee’s Report & Appointment of Directors: Kathleen Kennedy-Strath, Chair of Nominations Committee
8. 2017/2018 Auditors Report and Financial Statements (to be provided): Krista Blaikie, Treasurer of the Board
9. Appointment of Auditors for 2018/19: Krista Blaikie, Treasurer of the Board
10. Carma Rogers Awards**: Darrell Burnham, CEO
11. Meeting Adjournment: Refreshments & Social

 
* Guest Speaker: Erin Emiru

Erin Emiru, nee Hawkes, grew up in New Brunswick but moved to Vancouver to complete her MSc in Neuroscience (UBC). During her studies, Erin was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was hospitalized repeatedly. Since then, Erin has written a memoir (“When Quietness Came”) and now works as a Peer Support Worker on one of Vancouver’s ACT mental health and addictions teams.

When Quietness Came is the true story of a young woman studying neuroscience who, in her final undergraduate year, has a psychotic break, attempts suicide and ends up in hospital. Her struggles to get well and to pursue her PhD are described in her book. Her story is geared to people from a variety of backgrounds.

As a neuroscientist, Erin reaches out to the medical community who need to hear this side of the patient. As a schizophrenic, she reaches out to others struggling with this disorder, hoping to draw alongside and offer empathy and hope. Finally, she wants the general public, family and friends of people with schizophrenia to be better able to understand and sympathize with those afflicted.

**Carma Rogers Awards

Carma Rogers Awards will be presented to one client from each Coast program at this year’s Annual General Meeting. The Carma Rogers Award recognizes Coast clients for their ‘spirit of passion and creativity, service to others and contribution to Coast community, perseverance and self-determination, thoughtfulness and caring for other Coast members’.

Coast Foundation Society Membership

To become a member of Coast Foundation Society (Coast Mental Health) or to renew your membership, download, complete and submit the following form to our main office OR register/renew in-person at the AGM on July 11: CFS Membership Form 2018-2019