UNA-Canada Toronto Branch

You are invited to attend the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS of the Toronto Region Branch of the United Nations Association in Canada (UNACTO) which will be held on Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 7.00 p.m. in Committee Room 3 of the North York Civic Centre (which is at 5100 Yonge Street on the west side of Yonge, five blocks north of Sheppard Ave., and very close to the North York Centre subway station).

Our guest speaker will be ALMAS JIWANI, who is President of the Canadian National Committee of UN Women – Canada (the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women).

The Meeting will be open to the public as well as UNACTO Members.

The Nominations Committee appointed by UNACTO`s Board will recommend 2011-12 Directors for election by the Members. Signed nominations to be considered by the Nominations Committee must be received by Friday, May 20 and must also have been signed by two other Members.

Nomination forms can be found at http://to.unac.org/volunteer/ by clicking on “Download Nomination Form” at the bottom of the page. Completed forms may be emailed to info@to.unac.org or mailed to the address provided in this letter.

UNACTO`s governing by-law provides for the nomination of Directors of reasonably varied backgrounds and, as stated on the Nomination form, each nominee is “expected to remain an active member for the next year”. Currently there are fourteen Directors and the by-law imposes a maximum of 20. If a qualified Member present at the Meeting wishes to serve as a Director but was not on the slate of persons recommended by the Nominating Committee, that Member may be included in the election of Directors if supported in writing at the Meeting by two other Members.

At the Meeting there will also be a review of the activities of UNACTO in 2010-11 and a financial report for 2010. Refreshments will be served.