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#29 September 2007 c.e.

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Annual General Meeting

Robin gave birth to a healthy baby girl July 25 at about 7am. Mom and baby aredoing fine. Violet Ariana Ruth Fru. She was 6lbs 6.8ozs and 19.5 inches long.Congratulations Celina, Mike, and big sister Miah. Marcus Adam arrived July 17,2007 @ 9:05am weighing 9lbs 2.5 ounces.

South Okanagan:

To Collette and Chuck Caspersen, we welcome Chaz Alfred Myles Caspersen BornJuly 19, 2007, 8:07am, 6lbs, 6oz, 53cm long. Chaz is welcomed by his big brother,Coby of 1.5 years..To Chantale and Marcus Caspersen, we welcome Jude (middle name tba) CaspersenBorn July 27, 2007, 5:47am, 6lbs, 9oz, 18.5" long. Jude is welcomed by his siblings,Genevieve (11), Damien (8) and Dimitri (3).

Baby News Nanaimo:

Just letting everyone know that I’ve formed apagan mental health group. It’s a group for paganswith mental health issues and their supporters/ caregivers/partners as well as anybody else interested.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/paganmentalhealthIf you know anyone or any list that could benefitfrom knowing about this group - please forward thismessage to those people or lists...remember not tocross post LOL as people get upset! :)Blessings and Cheers,—Ian.

Pagan Mental Health Discussion Group

The Annual General meeting on August 11thmanaged to get through the required business, with asmall time squeeze. Due to the controversy regardingDaniel van Koughnett’s membership, the Chairstepped aside and Jamie Field, a Wiccan non-memberand a skilled facilitator, was approved by the membersto act as the Chair.The first two hours of the meeting was discussionand debate regarding the decision of the Board toremove Daniel van Koughnett from the membership.A number of people spoke on both sides of the issueand 5 minute closing remarks were made by SamuelWagar for the Board and van Koughnett for himself.The members upheld the decision 25 to 11 with oneabstention. Mr. van Koughnett is confirmed as not amember and therefore no longer a clergy member inCWA-BC.

2After this debate and a brief break the reports of the officers were received, the new Board was electedand a number of decisions of the Board over the pastyear were debated. The following resolutions wereadopted:Matters Arising from reports:a) various Board policies and procedures whichneed to be confirmed by the members:i) the Privacy Policy adopted on January 18th,(PASSED)ii) Requirement that all clergy and lay clergy get aCriminal Record Check by RCMP adopted March 9th,(dealing with those who have not yet done the CRC).– Mike Zult’s license to perform marriages wassuspended for two weeks until he completed therecords check. (PASSED)iii) procedure for recording members movingbetween Temples adopted March 9th, (PASSED)iv) outline to be used as the basis for a clergydiscipline policy and procedures under bylaw 12.6 and10.1. adopted July 15th, (TABLED)v) proposed that Full Temples should be able tohave more than one clergy person carrying CWA’smarrying credential adopted July 15 (PASSED)vi) that priority should be given to having bothgenders represented in clergy adopted July 15 – aftersome discussion this was clarified to mean that,although this factor would be considered, the bestcandidate overall would get the nod (PASSED)vii) that Full Temples should get 2 credentialholders and Provisional Temples should get oneadopted July 15 (PASSED)viii) that clergy who are mentoring a newcongregation be granted temporary marryingcredentials during the time that they are mentoringthem adopted July 15 (PASSED)ix) that this special credential be granted subject tothe Board’s ratificationadopted July 15(PASSED)b) (i) decision reextension of specialprovisions forcongregationdevelopment. (FAILED– congregationdevelopment rulesrevert exclusively to thebylaws)(ii) authorizing theBoard to choose thedate of the next AGM inwhatever month itwishes, setting aside thebylaw provision for thenext year, provided the date be not more that 16months from now. (PASSED).Nomination and election of Board of Directorsmembers (three are up for election to two-year terms,two are continuing) Motion by Sally Kimber, secondedDiane Morrison to increase the size of the Board to sixmembers and therefore to elect four at this AGM.Passed by large majority.The following eight candidates were nominated:Meredith Kimber, Ivannia Halls, Sean Szwaba, KamAbbott, Steve Curiston, Mike Zult, Jason Currie andAngela Gallant.. The Chair plus two non-memberguests tallied the ballots – no totals were announcedand the following people were declared elected:Kimber, Halls, Curiston, and Currie.Decisions on status of North Okanagan ProvisionalTemple and South Okanagan Provisional Temple.Both Temples were ratified as full Temples. Aftersome discussion it was decided to not make anexception to the bylaws and consider NanaimoProvisional Temple until the next Annual GeneralMeeting.c) adopting budget – a budget had not yet beenprepared and so this matter was tabledAppointment of Auditor – the Board was directedto appoint an auditor.Adjourned at 5:15.BOARD OF DIRECTORS:The first Board of Directors meeting assignedresponsibilities and decided on the date and time of thefirst proper meeting.

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3Chair: Diane MorrisonVice-Chair: Sally KimberSecretary: Ivannia HallsTreasurer: Steve CuristonCommunications: Meredith KimberMembership and Clergy: Jason Currie\

Treasurer’s ReportFiscal year May 2006-April 2007

One of the challenges of this fiscal year wasregularizing the reporting by Temple treasurers to theprovincial office. Because these reports were used not just to inform the Board and the members at large of how we were doing financially but also to report toCanada Revenue Agency and to claim GST rebatesthey needed to be provided. By the end of the fiscalyear all Temples were reporting fairly regularly.This is a simple cash-flow report as the data is notthere to do anything more elaborate:South Okanagan income $936.43, expenses$783.85, total $152.58. (Does not include income andexpenses for the Pagan Pride Day activities.)Nanaimo income $868.57, expenses $1212.72,total ($344.15). (Does not include income andexpenses for the Pagan Pride Day activities.)Vancouver-Burnaby income $1908.25, expenses$1730.70, total 177.55. (Includes expenses for the2006 Canadian National Pagan Conference plusdonations to cover travel and two weddings.)North Okanagan income $753.90, expenses$622.91, total $130.99.Provincial Office income $2552.36, expenses$2332.23, total $220.13. (Includes some expenses forthe Canadian National Pagan Conference as well astransfers of income from Vancouver-Burnaby and therepayment of the provincial office’ debt.)The total, of the monies reported to the Treasurer,gave a small surplus of $337.10 to carry over into the2007-8 fiscal year.At the end of the year the total accumulated debt/ surpluses were: South Okanagan $31.90; Nanaimo($364.13); Vancouver-Burnaby $20.72.; NorthOkanagan (550.19); Provincial Office $407.10.Respectfully Submitted,Samuel Wagar, Treasurer

Secretary Report (Summary) 2006-7General Notes

This year has seen a continued increase in thepublic profile and outreach of CWA and some verypositive developments in our relations with the outsideworld. The founding of the CWA-Alberta, our sisterorganization, assisted by our Secretary, outreach intothe Canadian national Pagan scenes through theCanadian National Pagan Conference and steadygrowth in the number of people that have been incontact with us are all positive signs. The efforts of our local Temples in their areas have resulted in agrowing awareness and presence for CWA in thePagan communities around the province and someinquiries from groups interested in consideringaffiliation.The year has, however, been marred by battlesover turf and internal differences typical of youngorganizations as they establish their leadership andsettle the norms of their conduct. If dealt with firmlyand fairly, with an eye to the health of the organizationas a whole, they need not cause lasting damage. Theunderlying strength of our vision and the value of ourservices to the BC Pagan communities will determineour success, if we keep our mission firmly in mind,not our egos.

Clergy

:Two clergy ceased to be authorized to performweddings this year- Teri Chartier of the defunct SilverBranch Temple in Abbotsford and Daniel vanKoughnett of the Temple of the Green Cauldron inNanaimo.Sally Kimber of Green Cauldron in Nanaimo wasauthorized. Sam Wagar (Vancouver-Burnaby), DianeMorrison (North Okanagan), Michael Zult (SouthOkanagan) continued to be authorized.Jason Currie (North Okanagan) was confirmed asordained and Anne Doré (Vancouver-Burnaby),Meredith Kimber, Craig Burnett and Kam Abbott(Nanaimo) were authorized to begin training towardordination.As of the AGM we had ten clergy members, fourof whom are authorized to perform marriages for us.We also have four clergy candidates. The CWABC isnot primarily in the business of training and licensingclergy and far too much time and energy this year hasbeen spent on clergy issues.

Weddings and other services

We had the honour and pleasure of performing tenweddings this year. There were also babies blessed inseveral Temples (numbers unknown), and a range of counselling and helping actions – particularly praise-worthy are the Outreaches in Nanaimo and Vernonwhich provided gifts of food and warm clothingcompassionately to homeless people.

Publications

Twelve issues of the church newsletter “Page of Pentacles” were published this year and distributedindividually to all of our members as well as in bundles