The Federation of Ontario Public Libraries (FOPL) held its Annual General Meeting on February 1st, 2018. The meeting agenda was approved, along with minutes from the 2017 meeting. Reports were presented by the FOPL Chair, Executive Director, and Treasurer. The acts of the Board of Directors were confirmed, and reports were received from various working groups. A slate of officers for the 2018 Board of Directors was presented and approved, filling vacancies for seven caucuses. The meeting concluded with an acknowledgement of the traditional Indigenous lands and treaties of Ontario.

1. FOPL Annual General Meeting
February 1st, 2018

2. CALL TO ORDER/CONFIRMATION
 CALL TO ORDER
 CONFIRMATION OF QUORUM
 ALL DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE
HERE:
HTTP://FOPL.CA/NEWS/DOCUMENTS-FOPL-20
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3. Your 2017 Board of Directors
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Caucus Trustee/CEO Name Public Library
First Nations
CEO * Sabrina Saunders Blue Mountains Public Library
CEO Sheri Mishibinijima Wikwemikong Public Library
Francophone
CEO Christina Blazecka, Cochrane Public Library
Trustee * Amanda Simard Bibliothèque publique du Canton de Russell
Large Urban
Trustee Wayne Greco Sault Ste. Marie Public Library
CEO Margie Singleton Vaughan Public Libraries
Trustee Margaret MacLean Thunder Bay Public Library
CEO * Ian Ross Whitby Public Library
CEO Maureen Barry Burlington Public Library
Trustee * Kathy Fisher Ottawa Public Library
Northern
Trustee * Sonya Doyle South River - Machar Union Public Library
CEO Rebecca Hunt City of Temiskaming Shores Public Library
Rural
CEO Jennifer LaChapelle Clearview Public Library
Trustee Diane Kelly Clearview Public Library
Small Medium
Trustee Pierre Giroux Grimbsy Public Library
Trustee * Anand Date Whitchurch Stouffville Public Library
CEO * Julia Merritt Stratford Public Library
CEO * Vacant Blue Mountai+A21+A2:G24+A1:G24+A2+A2:G24
Toronto
Trustee Paul Ainslie Toronto Public Library
Trustee Ross Parry Toronto Public Library
City Librarian * Vickery Bowles Toronto Public Library
MGMT Elizabeth Glass Toronto Public Library

4. Acknowledgement
As we gather together at OLA Super Conference, we acknowledge
this sacred land on which we operate. It has been a site of human
activity for 15,000 years. This land is the territory of the Huron-
Wendat and Petun First Nations, the Seneca, and most recently,
the Mississaugas of the Credit River. The territory was the subject
of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an
agreement between the Iroquois Confederacy and Confederacy of
the Ojibwe and allied nations to peaceably share and care for the
resources around the Great Lakes. Today, the meeting place of
Toronto is still the home to many Indigenous people from across
Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work in
the community, on this territory. FOPL also acknowledges the
indigenous lands and treaties upon which our public libraries
across Ontario prosper.4

5. APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA
 APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA *
Motion:
 That the Federation of Ontario Public
Libraries AGM Agenda of February 1st
, 2018
be approved as circulated and described in
the Notice of AGM
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6. APPROVAL OF AGM MINUTES –
FEB. 2, 2017
 APPROVAL OF AGM MINUTES – FEB. 2,
2017 *
 Motion:
 That the FOPL AGM minutes of Feb. 2, 2017
be approved as circulated
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7. FOPL CHAIR'S REPORT
 FOPL CHAIR'S REPORT
 Motion:
 That the report of the FOPL 2017 chair be
received
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8. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT *
 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT *
 Motion:
 That the 2017 report of the FOPL executive
Director be received as circulated
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9. TREASURER’S REPORT *
 TREASURER’S REPORT *
 Motion:
 That the Audited Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report for
the fiscal year ending October 31, 2017 be received as
circulated;
 Motion:
 That the firm BDC (formerly Geoff Crewe, Chartered
Professional Accountant) be appointed to conduct and audit for
the fiscal year ending October 31, 2018; and
 Motion:
 That the Federation’s budget for fiscal year 2018 be received
as circulated.9

10. CONFIRMATION OF ACTS OF
DIRECTORS
 CONFIRMATION OF ACTS OF
DIRECTORS
 Motion:
 That all acts, contacts, by-laws, proceedings, appointments,
elections and payments, enacted, made, done and taken in
good faith by the directors and officers of the Federation to the
date of this meeting, as the same are set out or referred to in
the resolutions to the board of directors, the minutes of the
meetings of the board of directors or in the financial statements
of the federation, are approved, sanctioned and confirmed.
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11. REPORTS OF CELUPL AND
WORKING GROUPS
 REPORTS OF CELUPL AND WORKING
GROUPS
 Indigenous Library Partnerships Working Group
 Marketing and Communications Advisory Working
Group
 Government Relations Working Group
 Library Provincial People Capacity Working Group
 CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF LARGE URBAN PUBLIC
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12. NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
TO THE BOARD FOR 2018
 Following is the proposed slate of Officers to fill these vacancies for the three year term
February 2018 - February 2021:
 First Nations Caucus - Barbara Ross, CEO, Six Nations Public Library
 Francophone Caucus - Samara Cull, CEO, Armstrong Township Public Library
 Large Urban Caucus - Rose Vespa, CEO, Mississauga Library System
 Large Urban Caucus - Kathy Fisher, Trustee, Ottawa Public Library
 Northern Caucus - Sonya Doyle, Trustee, South River-Machar Union Public Library
 Rural Caucus - Christina Noel-Blazecka, CEO, Cochrane Public Library
 Small and Medium Caucus - Anand Date, Trustee, Whitchurch Stouffville Public Library
 Small and Medium Caucus - Julia Merritt, CEO, Stratford Public Library
 Small and Medium Caucus - Sabrina Saunders, CEO, Blue Mountains Public Library
 Toronto Caucus - Vickery Bowles, City Librarian, Toronto Public Library
 Motion: That the names of those appointed and elected to the Federation’s board of
directors by the various caucuses be received
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13. Other business
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14. Thank You
www.fopl.ca
Stephen Abram,
Executive Director
416-395-0746
sabram@fopl.ca