The Annual General Meeting of the BC Humanist Association will be held virtually via Zoom on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at 7:00 PM (PDT) with the following agenda:

1. Territorial acknowledgement
2. Name the chair
3. Determine if quorum is present
4. Approval of the agenda
5. Approval of the minutes of the previous AGM
6. Receive the 2024 financial report
7. Receive the Executive Director's Report
8. Receive any other director's report
9. Special Resolution: Bylaw Amendment (See below)
10. Announcement of election results
11. Adjournment

Only current members may vote at the AGM; proxies are not accepted. Minutes of the previous AGM, financial statements and statements by candidates nominated for election are posted on the members site. Candidates for the three available board positions must be members in good standing for at least six months prior to the AGM. The returning officer is Paul Schachter.

Special Resolution

Special Resolution (requiring at least 2/3s of the votes cast): That Section 8.1 of the Bylaws of the BC Humanist Association be amended to strike out “8” and insert “10”, and by inserting “as determined by directors’ resolution and elected or appointed in accordance with these Bylaws.”

Current language:

Number of directors on Board
8.1 The Society must have no fewer than 5 and no more than 8 directors.

Proposed language:

Number of directors on Board
8.1 The Society must have no fewer than 5 and no more than 10 directors, as determined by directors’ resolution and elected or appointed in accordance with these Bylaws.

Rationale: Allowing the expansion of the Board to ten members provides the necessary capacity to support our growing committee workload without overburdening individual directors. This amendment also grants the Board the flexibility to adjust its size by resolution to meet the Association's evolving operational needs. The Board for 2026-2027 will remain a maximum of eight directors.

Guest speaker: Janice Selbie

Janice Selbie is a Registered Professional Counsellor and religious recovery consultant located in the unceded territory of the Syilx people in Kelowna, BC. She deconverted from evangelical Christianity after nearly 4 decades and now has a private practice devoted to helping former believers recover from religious trauma syndrome. In addition to her work as a counsellor and consultant, Janice is the founder and host of CORT – the Conference on Religious Trauma – and she also hosts the Divorcing Religion Podcast.