COPE's 2025 AGM is Sunday, June 22nd

Topic: COPE's 2025 AGM
Time: June 22, 2025 02:00 PM
Location: 411 Seniors Centre, 3502 Fraser St, Vancouver, BC V5V 4C5


At the 2025 COPE AGM, we'll be covering the following:

• An update from the co-chairs on the 2025 by-election, electing COPE's Sean Orr as Vancouver's newest City Councillor at the top of the ballot.
  
  
• An update from the Treasurer on COPE's finances.
  
  
• Updates on COPE activities, motions, and campaigns from our electeds and executive.
  
  
• Executive elections to fill the following roles:
  
  
  • Co-chair (2 year term)
  • Corresponding Secretary (1 year remaining in term)
  • Treasurer (1 year remaining in term)
  • Fundraiser (2 year term)
  • Member-At-Large (3) (2 year term)
  • In the event that our interim Treasurer is elected Treasurer, we will also run a by-election for their former Member-At-Large seat.
    
    
• We'll also be moving a special resolution to amend COPE's constitution and by-laws to reduce mandatory notice times. Full text of motion here.
  
  

ACCESSIBILITY

The COPE 2025 AGM is an in-person meeting at the 411 Seniors centre. 

The meeting room is wheelchair accessible. There will be Corsi-Rosenthal air filtration on site as well as free masks available.

We are also arranging for an accessibility option to participate from home for people for which in-person attendance would pose a barrier to participation. Please reach out to [email protected] if you would like to sign up.

RUNNING FOR THE COPE EXECUTIVE

• We're looking for passionate and committed people who want to fight for Vancouver and rock the boat on housing, affordability, climate, reconcliation, equity, and justice.
• By our constitution, the executive carries the executive authority of the organization as our primary elected body.
• The executive deals primarily with the day-to-day maintenance of COPE including paperwork, coordination, digital systems, and organizing/strategy.
• We ask for a monthly commitment of at least 8 hours for meetings and related work.
• We ask that COPE executive members participate in at least 2 committees.
  
  

Declare your intent to run and submit a nomination package here.

JOINING A COPE WORKING COMMITTEE

Following the AGM, we'll be breaking into groups to talk through some upcoming committee work, and recruit people to get more involved in COPE.

• COPE Committees are an important part of the COPE infrastructure. This is the best way to get more involved if you're new, or aren't sure how much time you'll have.
  
  
• We're currently emphasizing recruitment for three critical committees:
  
  
  • The Research and Communications Committee
    
    
  • The Membership & Organizing Committee
    
    
  • The Climate Justice Policy Committee
    
    
• We want to grow organically and we'll be expanding our list of committees in the coming weeks and months. Let us know if there's another committee area of interest to you.

Sign up to be a part of a COPE committee here.