Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the parishioners of this parish of St Dunstan, Gordon Head, will be held on the 28th day of February 2021 at 11 o'clock in the morning, for the purpose of receiving and passing the previous year's accounts and for electing officers, in fulfilment of the requirement of holding an annual general meeting under Canon 6.7 of the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia.
This year, exceptionally, the meeting will be held virtually, in accordance with current guidelines from the provincial public health authorities and the diocese. Please contact the church office for more information.
Who can vote? Canon 14 states: “The Vestry of a Parish shall consist of all baptized persons of the age of sixteen or over who are accustomed worshipers within the Parish and whose names have been on the Membership Roll of the Parish for at least the three months preceding the Vestry Meeting, but no person shall have their name of the Membership roll of more than one Parish in this Diocese at the same time. Only those members of the Vestry who have within the preceding twelve months provided an identifiable commitment of time, talents or financial resources to the Parish or have been in receipt of the ministrations of the Parish because of illness or other incapacity shall have the right to vote at any Vestry Meeting. Any questions as to a person’s right to be on a Membership roll or to vote at any Vestry Meeting shall be determined by the Canonical Committee of the Parish.”