Annual General Meeting 2025

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 The BC Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN) will be hosting the 22nd Annual General Meeting in-person and online via Zoom on October 28, 29 & 30, 2025. 

Date/Time: 

Tuesday October 28, 2025

9:00AM-4:30PM
 Wednesday October 29, 20259:00AM-4:30PM
 Thursday October 30, 20259:00AM-3:00PM
Location: Musqueam Community Centre6735-Salish Drive, Vancouver, BC
 ONLINE Via ZoomRegistration Link

 

At this Annual General Meeting, the BCAFN will be holding ELECTIONS for: 

  1. BCAFN 2SLGBTQQIA+ Representative-3 year term.

Nomination forms and additional election information is available from BCAFN Electoral Officer Ron Laufer ronlauferelections@gmail.com and available on our events website: https://events.bcafn.ca/agm-2025/election/

Registration:

To Register, please follow this link: https//events.bcafn.ca/agm-2025/

Once you have registered, the Zoom meeting link will be emailed to you. For verification and authentication purposes, you will need to provide a scan, photo or photocopy of your Status Card or equivalent. Your Status number or equivalent will be utilized by the Electoral Officer as part of the process to access the voting platform. 

Proxy Letter:

We have attached our proxy template should you not be able to attend this meeting. Given the technicalities involved with appointing a proxy to vote in a hybrid meeting, all proxy forms are encouraged to be submitted by Friday, October 24, 2025 to Victoria Austin via email at victoria.austin@bcafn.ca

For proxy voting in the election the hard deadline to submit a complete proxy form to the Electoral Officer is the opening of the election polls on October 29, 2025. Proxy forms received by the Electoral Officer after that deadline will be unable to vote in the election. 

Per BCAFN Bylaw 4.25:

A proxy appointment is valid and a vote cast under authority of such appointment will be a valid vote if the vote is validly cast and if the appointment is:

 

  1. made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the member;

     

  2. received by

    1. the Electoral Officer, in respect of a vote cast in an election, … [or]

ii.   a BCAFN employee responsible for meeting registration, for any poll conducted by show of hands,

 

  1. received on or before the following cut-off times, depending on the type of poll and meeting format:

    1. fifteen (15) minutes before the taking of any poll conducted by show of hands, … [or]

ii.   the opening of any secret ballot poll that is conducted at a hybrid meeting.

 

Travel and Accommodation Notice: 

Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided for member delegates (BC Chiefs) or duly appointed proxies for this meeting. Please contact Victoria Austin at victoria.austin@bcafn.ca if you have any questions. 

We have a hotel room block available if you would like to book your room for this event:

Westin Wall Centre-3099-Corvette Way, Richmond, BC 

Book your accommodation at the Westin Wall Centre in Richmon via this link to secure the group rate by October 9, 2025: Hotel Link

Notice of Resolutions:

Resolution submissions are requested in advance. Advance Resolution deadline is Friday October 24, 2025. Please fill out hte Resolution Form and submit to Maureen Buchan via email: maureen.buchan@bcafn.ca 

For more information on the BCAFN 2nd Annual General Meeting, please visit our events website at https://events.bcafn.ca/agm-2025/ or contact Victoria Austin at victoria.austin@bcafn.ca 

For more information on the election, please contact BCAFN Electoral Officer Ron Laufer at ronlauferelections@gmail.com or by phone at (604) 715-4777.

2025 BCAFN AGM-Fourth Notice

Call for Resolutions Notice PDF

Proxy Template Letter Doc

Resolution Template Doc

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