Annual General Meeting Feb 20 th 2012

1. Annual General Meeting Feb 20th 2012

2. Schedule for the evening: 6:30 - 6:40 - Call to order & Approval of 2011 AGM Minutes. 6:40 - 6:50 - Presentation of the Annual Report 6:50 - 7:00 -Our Financial Report 7:00 - 7:10 - ASWOT Analysis 7:10 - 7:15 - Ratification of the Constitution 7:15 - 7:30 - Board Nominations 7:30- Questions from the floor

3. Welcome Thank you for joining us!

4. A Message from the Board Who we are

5. The Annual Report

13. Our Financials for 2011

15. Our Projected Budget for 2012

18. Strengths • We’re young, excited, passionate, dynamic, talented and fun people • We have an incredible team of skilled individuals • We have strong leadership • We’re well recognized • Within the Fair Trade world • Within Development community • We take on new challenges without hesitation • We attract attention • We have been able to increase our organizational capacity • We have great partners • We have fantastic vendors to work with • We are able to execute large scale events • We have grown exponentially

19. Weaknesses • We’re young – We have lots to learn • Our Team, BOD and ED are young • We are not always willing to challenge each other • We are still working on how best to communicate with each other • Accountability isn’t always clear • We take on too much • We find it difficult to efficiently manage growth • We are too last minute on things • We don’t always situate activities within strategy • A clear strategy is not always in place or communicated well • Goals, targets and what we are trying to achieve is not always clear • Making the road to achieving them un-clear • Our rapid growth has meant many failed ideas

20. Opportunities • We are leading a cutting-edge movement • Something transformative • Something systemic • We are in a unique position to blend development with business • We are leading what could be the non-profit model of the future • We are driving a new way of conducting business through ethical commerce • We are working within the system to change the system • We are an organization that is recognized and looked toward for guidance, best practice and ideas • We are leading the creation of a national network • We can leverage existing connections (eg. municipal government/WE Canada) to create political change.

21. Threats • We are a start up • We haven’t found our business model • We’re not sure how what we do can be valued quantitatively • We face steep financial challenges • We are volunteer-based and therefore always changing • Making formal structure challenging • We sometimes lack skills and knowledge in key areas • We don’t identify or address failure as a threat • “We are a toddler leading a newborn” (FTV Leading the CFTN) • This is challenging in terms of capacity, resources, skills, knowledge • We’re “building the plane as we fly it”

22. Constitutional Amendment For Ratification The following constitutional amendment has been approved by our current Board of Directors and need to be ratified by members via special resolution. Amend part 2b of the constitution and overall purpose as a non-profit society."To keep the City of Vancouver status as a Fair Trade Town by complying with all rules and regulations as stipulated on behalf of Transfair Canada." On January 25th 2012 Fair Trade Vancouver Directors voted in favour of changing “Transfair Canada” to “Fairtrade Canada” in order to keep our constitution current with the recent name change of Canada’s National Labeling Initiative.

23. Board Nominations For President: Avery Gottfried

24. Board Nominations For Vice President: Sasha Caldera

25. Board Nominations For Treasurer: Kelli Erickson

26. Board Nominations For Secretary: Jasel Reyes

28. End of the formal session! Please grab a + And enjoy the rest of the evening