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2025 AGM outcomes and looking ahead

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We held our 3rd Annual General Meeting on October 30, 2025. Members approved our financial statements and heard updates from all our working groups.

We also discussed our financial sustainability and updated on our work to migrate to Canadian service providers. We approved a new strategy to replace priorities we set in 2023, made three changes to our official Rules, and welcomed two Directors to the Board. Those Directors join four Directors who will serve out their remaining terms.

Our 2025 – 2026 Board members:

Members can find our draft AGM minutes and report package on our members discourse.

Preparing for 2026

With the meeting behind us, what’s next? We have an aggressive but doable timeline to migrate to Canadian hosts by the end of 2025. The move would reduce our infrastructure costs–our biggest expense–and strengthen our financial footing at our current size.

However, to address our sustainability we need to grow revenues and members in 2026. As right now, 100% of our revenue comes from membership fees and contributions. Thankfully, we have reserves we can draw on if needed for migration or costs related to attracting new members and partnerships.

Our members approved a strategy of growth, service expansion, and improving the member experience. As part of that strategy, we prioritized key activities to do in the near term:

  • Dedicated outreach and communication with key groups and organizations
  • Deploying collaboration tools that align with our stack
  • Growing participation in working groups to adequately support TechOps
  • Hosting social events for members

We already have two virtual social events planned in December: next in a reading group series with social.coop and an end-of-year holiday social.

Let’s cooperate to make 2026 even better at CoSocial!

2024 AGM held, introducing our new Board of Directors

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On September 17 2024, we held our 2nd Annual General Meeting of the CoSocial Community Co-operative. Members can find our draft minutes on our members discourse. After the member meeting where directors were decided, we had a board meeting to figure out director roles and terms.

This year, board members move into 2 year or 1 year terms. We used a mix of previous board time and preference to determine who of the new board members would take 2 year terms, and who would take 1 year terms.

As well, the board had to elect a President and a Vice-President. Dawn Walker was acclaimed as President, and Mick Szucs acclaimed as Vice-President.

Thank you to everyone that volunteered to serve as board members, and to all members that attended and participated.

Here are your 2024 – 2025 board members:

Strategic Priorities for 2023-24

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We want our Association to be run by members like you, making decisions together! So, we’re figuring out our top priorities for the coming year and we asked for your input. We’ve already had a workshop, two office hours, and an online brainstorming chat.

After our Annual General Meeting (AGM), we opened a poll from October 4 to October 10, 2023. During this time, we asked you to vote for the three priorities that matter most to you.

Now, we’ll keep talking about how the Cooperative and the Board will use your chosen priorities to steer the Association’s work for the next year. Let’s do this together!

Here are the results.

Members can access the poll results and discuss in the members forum.

AGM Tues October 3rd, 2023 4-5pm PST

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Come to our inaugural AGM. We are very excited to hold our very first AGM.

Register to attend here: https://lu.ma/frnzki9y

Save the date for the first AGM, with formal notice and the full AGM package to follow!

​In the meantime, let us know:

  • ​If you have interest in joining the board (we have 3 to 9 seats to fill)
  • ​What you think our goals for the upcoming year should be
  • ​Proposals and issues you think we should be discussing (anything formal that needs to be put in front of the membership needs to be in by Sept 15th)
  • ​Questions you have about how the AGM will happen or how the cooperative is run.

​Preparation and discussion on our Members Discourse: https://members.cosocial.ca/t/agm-prep-getting-ready-for-october-3rd/86