Rose Alper

BCAM’s Annual General Meeting was held on September 29th at 5035 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West. Rose Alper called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. After acceptance of the agenda, Avis Antel read the previous year’s Minutes; these were accepted as read. Terrye Perlman’s Financial Report was approved as presented.

Maychai Brown presented the 11-page Annual Report which was distributed to the attendees. Maychai went over the highlights of the year, first explaining that several of the recent exciting events are a part of the current fiscal year (Femme Toxique and the revamped website). Maychai’s spirited report of major events and activities cited in the report was very much appreciated. One of the highlights was the translation into French of the Breast Cancer Fund’s State of the Evidence 2008, a major accomplishment that was brought to the public’s attention at a press conference and which received a lot of buzz in the French media.

The Annual and Financial Reports are available at the BCAM office.

Maychai proposed the following officers for election to the Board of Directors: Susan Hertzberg as vice-president, Avis Antel as secretary, Terrye Perlman as treasurer, Stehanie Najjar as youth representative and Rose Alper, Maychai Brown, Rosanne Cohen, Deena Dlusy-Apel, Fiona Hanley, Chris Kupka and Carol Secter as board members-at-large. This was voted on and accepted

Maureen Lafrenière led an interesting discussion about her interview with Dr. Jack Siemiatycki, who was featured in an article in the BCAM Bulletin of Fall 2009.

The Board is requesting members to let them know what issues they would like dealt with at future Annual General Meetings. Please telephone or e-mail Janice Melanson at the office with your ideas.