Jacqueline Ronson—Photo: Jenny Holden/The Discourse Cowichan

Missed the Agenda?

See our last post here for our Annual Meeting agenda. Join us on Tuesday, October 29th 5:30 PM at Vancouver Island University in building 355 (Arts & Sciences) room 203.

Our Guest Speaker.

Speaking later in the evening for our AGM, Jacqueline Ronson will be be speaking on what she and The Discourse do in the Cowichan Valley to produce independent news.

“Since early 2018, Jacqueline Ronson has been a community reporter with The Discourse in the Cowichan Valley. The Discourse is building a new way of bringing independent, in-depth news to communities in Canada. The model starts with listening deeply to people, and including them in every step of the reporting process. The Discourse is funded in part by its audience, because it wants to be accountable to people, not advertisers. Previously, Jacqueline was a science reporter with Inverse.com. Before that, she was an award-winning community reporter for the Yukon News in Whitehorse. She earned her Master of Journalism from the University of British Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism.”

AGM & Election.

Nominees Vetted and referred by the Board of Directors.

This AGM, we will be electing two student members. two community members, and two faculty and staff representatives from Vancouver Island University.

The Board has gone through the process of seeking out, nominating and vetting candidates who meet the needs required by the current strategic goals of the Radio Malaspina Society and CHLY 101.7FM. No other candidates submitted nomination papers.

The Nominees.

Student Members.

Erin Coole—Erin is a first-year student at VIU, and is a regular volunteer co-host on our Student Music Collective Show The VIU Metre.

Constanza Egana—Constanza “Connie” is a VIU student and a regular contributor to World VIU Radio. Originally from Chile, she has a background in journalism.

Community Members.

Lauren Mayes—Lauren, originally from Philidelphia, is a criminology professor at VIU, and regular listener to CHLY.

Kevin Midbo—Host of People First Radio, Kevin is a long-time volunteer host and producer at CHLY.

VIU Faculty and Staff Representatives.

Robin Davies—Robin teaches Digital Media at VIU. Having completed his first two-year term with the Board of Directors looks to join us again.

Andie Tomlison—Andie is a Librarian and Archivist at VIU and looks forward to supporting CHLY through it’s Board of Directors.

Current & Outgoing Board Members.

Camille James, Megan Bar, Sandeep Chauhan, and Jordan Crawford continue on the Board of Directors. Nolan Duke, Cole Schisler, Meaghan Valdmanis, and Tanis Dagert's terms have come to an end are not seeking re-election.

Election Process.

Each nominee will have up to two minutes to speak to introduce themselves. Voting will be done via a secret ballot. Each nominee must receive 50% support to be elected.