2025 National Assembly (AGM)

2025 Notice of Motions

Date: Thursday, June 19, 2025

Location: Zoom

Time: 6 pm-8 pm CDT

  1. Meeting called to order – welcome and instructions

  2. Consent Motion to appoint parliamentarians, ballot team, and minute review committee

  3. Motion to approve 2025 agenda

  4. Motion to approve June 13, 2024 Annual General Meeting minutes as presented

  5. Moderator Report

  6. National Director Report

    a. Motion: to affirm that the CCMBC Membership Organization Agreement (2025) recommended by the National Council will replace all previous documents referred to as Strategic Partnership Agreements (SPAs) and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and faithfully represents the mutual obligations between CCMBC and each Member Organization.

    b. Motion: to affirm that a commitment to this approved Member Organization Agreement (2025) will be required from all CCMBC Member Organizations going forward in order to be a Member Organization in good standing.

    c. Motion: to affirm at the CCMBC Collective Impact Strategy (2024) recommended by the National Council is a faithful summary of the Collaborative Unified Strategic Plan (CUSP;2021).

  7. National Faith & Life Report

  8. Finance & Audit

    a. Motion to approve the 2024 audited financial statements as presented:

    i. CCMBC Non-Consolidated Financials

    ii. CCMBC Pension Plan

    iii. Consolidated CCMBC Legacy Fund Inc. Consolidated Financials

    b. Motion to approve the 2025 CCMBC budget as presented

    c. Motion to approve KPMG as auditors for:

    i. CCMBC

    ii. CCMBC Pension

    iii. CCMBC Legacy Fund Inc.

    iv. CCMBC Investments

  9. Nominations

    a. Elections by ballot

    i. Executive Board

    ii. MB Seminary Board

    iii. Multiply Board

    iv. Historical Commission

  10. Motion to adjourn

  1.  
Consent Motion: to approve the following individuals to AGM duties: 
I. Parliamentarians
II. Ballot team
III. Minute review committee

Motion – Approval of 2025 Agenda 

Motion: to approve the June 13, 2024 AGM minutes as presented.

Related Documents:

Motion: to affirm that the CCMBC Membership Organization Agreement (2025) recommended by the National Council will replace all previous documents referred to as Strategic Partnership Agreements (SPAs) and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and faithfully represents the mutual obligations between CCMBC and each Member Organization.

Related Documents:

Motion: to affirm that a commitment to this approved Member Organization Agreement (2025) will be required from all CCMBC Member Organizations going forward in order to be a Member Organization in good standing.

Motion: to affirm that the CCMBC Collective Impact Strategy (2024) recommended by the National Council is a faithful summary of the Collaborative Unified Strategic Plan (CUSP; 2021).

Related Documents

Motion: to approve the 2024 audited CCMBC Non-Consolidated Financial statements as presented:

Motion: to transfer the 2024 surplus of $322,723, 2024 into the operating reserve

Motion: to direct the CCMBC Member Representative* to approve the Consolidated Legacy Audited Statements.

Motion: to approve the audited CCMBC Pension Plan financial statements.

Motion: to approve the 2024 CCMBC budget as presented

Consent Motion to approve KPMG as Auditor for 2025:

  1. To appoint KPMG as the CCMBC auditor for the fiscal year 2025
  2. To appoint KPMG as auditor for the CCMBC Pension plan for the fiscal year 2025
  3. To direct the CCMBC representative* to vote in favor of appointing KPMG as the CCMBC Investments auditor for fiscal year 2025
  4. To direct the CCMBC representative* to vote in favor of appointing KPMG as the auditor for the CCMBC Legacy Fund Inc. for the 2025 fiscal year.

Motion – Elections

Motion: to approve the following nominees for the CCMBC Executive board, Multiply board, Historical Commission and Nomination Committee. Nominees are affirmed with a minimum of 2/3 vote.

  • Executive Board
    • Glen Madden – Member at Large (term: 2025-2029)
    • Les Riediger – Secretary (term: 2025-2027)
  • MB Seminary Board
    • Kelby Friesen (term: 2025-2029)
  • Multiply Board
    • Norm Poehlke (term: 2025– 2029)
  • Historical Commission
    • Bruce Guenther (term: 2025-2029)

Motion to Affirm the following as Provincial Representatives to the CCMBC Executive board:

  • Gerald Dyck – Man

  • Jonathan Giesbrecht – BC

Motion: Adjournment
It is moved the Annual General Meeting be adjourned.

*Explanation of the CCMBC Member Representative to Legacy:

The Bylaws of Multiply and Legacy have been written to comply with the Canadian Not-for Profit Corporation Act(CNCA). These bylaws state that a single individual will be selected by the CCMBC Executive Board to be the CCMBCMember Representative who will vote on behalf of the Canadian Conference of MB Churches.

 

The CCMBC Member Representative will vote on three motions at the Legacy Annual General Meeting:

  • To approve the Consolidated Legacy Audited Statements, To appoint the CCMBC Investments auditor, and
  • To appoint the Legacy auditor.

 

The motions presented give the CCMBC Member Representative clear instructions on how to vote on each of the motions. By following this procedure, the CCMBC Executive Board is ensuring that related organizations are being accountable to the MB churches in Canada.

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Date: Thursday, June 19, 2025

Location: Zoom

Time: 6 pm-8 pm CDT

  1. Meeting called to order – welcome and instructions

  2. Consent Motion to appoint parliamentarians, ballot team, and minute review committee

  3. Motion to approve 2025 agenda

  4. Motion to approve June 13, 2024 Annual General Meeting minutes as presented

  5. Moderator Report

  6. National Director Report

    a. Motion: to affirm that the CCMBC Membership Organization Agreement (2025) recommended by the National Council will replace all previous documents referred to as Strategic Partnership Agreements (SPAs) and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and faithfully represents the mutual obligations between CCMBC and each Member Organization.

    b. Motion: to affirm that a commitment to this approved Member Organization Agreement (2025) will be required from all CCMBC Member Organizations going forward in order to be a Member Organization in good standing.

    c. Motion: to affirm at the CCMBC Collective Impact Strategy (2024) recommended by the National Council is a faithful summary of the Collaborative Unified Strategic Plan (CUSP;2021).

  7. National Faith & Life Report

  8. Finance & Audit

    a. Motion to approve the 2024 audited financial statements as presented:

    i. CCMBC Non-Consolidated Financials

    ii. CCMBC Pension Plan

    iii. Consolidated CCMBC Legacy Fund Inc. Consolidated Financials

    b. Motion to approve the 2025 CCMBC budget as presented

    c. Motion to approve KPMG as auditors for:

    i. CCMBC

    ii. CCMBC Pension

    iii. CCMBC Legacy Fund Inc.

    iv. CCMBC Investments

  9. Nominations

    a. Elections by ballot

    i. Executive Board

    ii. MB Seminary Board

    iii. Multiply Board

    iv. Historical Commission

  10. Motion to adjourn

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