Dear Reader:
Sorry for the long hiatus between posts.... lots of excuses..... even some good reasons! Now we are truly back....... so ..... have a seat and a read and lets get this accountability blog back in stride.
Ed
GATHERING NEWS
You will recall that SWSDA indicated that the upcoming AGM would be presented with a number of amendments to the bylaws as well as the audited financial statements of the organization.
QUESTIONS -
1. Will Board members have these documents available well before the AGM so they can review them and seek direction from their respective municipal councils?
2. Given the Deputy Minister's correspondence requiring all RDAs (including SWSDA) to be incorporated now under the Rural Communities Development Act, what purpose is served by amending SWSDA's bylaws under the Societies Act since SWSDA the Society will no longer be an RDA and no longer will be eligible for core funding as an RDA at the end of this fiscal year?
3. Will the proposed changes to the SWSDA bylaws create future obligations for the present members of the Board?
4. Has the Agenda for the AGM been circulated and has a date been set for the meeting?
5. Has SWSDA prepared a transition plan or proposal for consideration by the Board?
6. How will the present legal obligations, debt and assets of SWSDA the Society be dealt with when one or more RDAs are created to replace the old SWSDA?
7. Will municipalities be asked to provide the $506,000 in guarantees now pledged to SWSDA the Society to the new RDA or RDAs?
8. What happens to the $506,000 in municipal guarantees presently pledged for SWSDA the Society?
9. What happens to the $84,000 in additional guarantees presently provided by the Municipality of Shelburne for SWSDA?
10. What happens to the money owed by SWSDA to the Shelburne County Business Development Corporation?
Questions..... lots of questions..... anyone got answers?
In my experience SWSDA likes to make changes and get approvals from an inattentive Board in the middle of the summer.... let's hope that isn't permitted to happen again this year.
Ask your representative on the SWSDA Board..... and while you are at it let's make sure that only real Board members get to vote.... not proposed Board members or alternates who don't legally have a vote......
