I am cycling less now becuase no commute, I am working from home

My first HUB AGM :)

Mine as well

Me too. Still waiting for the food cart to roll through ...

Just checking - any audio now? Have had no end of tech probs tonight!

Getting here was really easy

I'm not hearing anything currently either

Gwen - there’s no audio right now.

Ouifaq, JoAnn, Michael M - we are so glad that you're joining us! Hopefully this won't be the last one! We host them on an annual basis :)

Heard you

Good here!

Thanks

me too, lost audio\

Great - got it!

hi all yes heard you Jeff

hmm, I'm not hearing anything either, particularly Jeff :)

Last year's attendance was 40; we're at 72 currently

Doing cowbells for essential workers at 7 pm for 3 min -:will be back right after

Isn’t it great, Keith! There are some benefits to this virtual world.

Alright folks! We're going live. As a reminder, the meeting and all chat messages will be recorded and/or livestreamed. Please do not record or photograph the meeting unless permission is given. Do not share sensitive or personal information in the chat.

Opportunity to amend?

A couple minutes on the Burnaby Mountain Gondola. I have update;)

:)

@Mareno - We will add time at the end for you to give us an update. Thank you.

Good job, Nav!

Second the thanks to Navdeep and the staff!

Jeff - Sorry but I’m just seeing a small portion of your screen

I can see the whole screen

I'm able to see it all

We see the whole screen as well

Click View Options, Fit to Screen at top of your screen

Thx Michael

Yes!

Thanks for your presentation Nav! Great points for us to think on

Big year for us in many ways. Amazing work Nav and staff

Congratulations Nav on doing such an amazing job in the ED role during such strange times.

Hear hear! Rest assured HUB members, we have given Nav a major thumbs up, in person, for both the work and the great presentation!

Way to go RAC!

yes!

I can see it

Financial Statement: https://bikehub.ca/sites/default/files/imce/hub_your_cycling_connection_financial_statements.pdf

Is there a reason membership revenues decreased quite a bit?

sub contracting doubled YOY. Can I understand more about that?

Tanya - Our membership manager was on maternity leave for the past 13 months and is now back at HUB. We are now in a position to put more focus on our future strategies to build membership base.

Thanks!

Regarding sub-contracting, we needed to bring in professional specialists for Bike the Night, and our Research projects.

tx

The website expense was $8k last year and $23k this year. Is this year an anomaly or do we expect it to be at this level in future years?

With MEC being acquired by Kingsway Capital is there expected shortfalls in the years to come?

Thanks Matthew for a very thorough overview - I haven't seen this thorough of an explanation of finances at any non-profit AGM :)

Too soon to make any comments about MEC.

How long has this particular auditor been the auditor? Is there a process to review that appointment regularly?

@Mitchell - the additional website expenses were related to BTWW trip tracking and migration to a new server service. Both were one time expense.\

We needed to engage a professional traffic planner for BIke the Night, which was very costly.

Thank you!

Does the auditor within that firm change over time?

You all did a great job on the meeting. I actually prefer the online meeting to in person. I appreciate all of the work you do.

Out of curiosity, have you been made aware of this recent provincial grant? https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020TRAN0135-001607Under the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, this will allow local governments of small municipalities with up to 25,000 people to build "well-connected, accessible and safe, active transportation routes'...and "give British Columbians more opportunities to leave their cars at home." Not sure which municipalities will fit the criteria but applications will be open from Aug. 31, to Oct. 30, 2020.

I wonder if HUB has a plan to improve diversity on the board regarding gender and race

Appreciate all your questions and comments !

I have the same question Michael.

Yes, Michael, great question.

Also have the same question Michael

Great job tonight everybody! Derik, Geoff, Navdeed, Erin, Matt, Corrie

Michael and Kathryn, we'd love to engage you in conversation about this! Can you send an email to membership@bikehub.ca, and we'll follow up!

Will do. Thank you.

Great question, Michael, and I would add geographical diversity too, i.e. more members from outside City of Vancouver.

Likewise for Anthony and Sarah. Please connect with us, and we'd love to have a conversation with you

Keith - absolutely, geographical diversity is an ongoing focus!

Thank you Moreno, no questions but appreciate the update

Thanks Moreno

Thanks, Moreno!

Who will take a gondola in Covid times?

To second Chantelle's offer, please do contact us. Diversity in gender, ethnicity, geography is important and a strength for us. Looking forward to hearing from you! Thank you to those that voted for me! I am happy to serve another term for HUB!

Thanks for everything you do Derek and congratulations to the new Board!

The same who are on SkyTrain or transit would likely take the gondola.

Congrats Shareen and all the elected candidates, and a big thank you to all who ran, we look forward to seeing you at other events!

Thanks again for joining us for the first virtual AGM for HUB Cycling!

Thank you, all the HUB folks over the past year and who put on this successful online AGM

Thanks everyone - well done with the meeting and with the past year's efforts.

Thank you board members and staff for all your hard work in what has turned out to be a challenging year!

COVID will pass at some point (we hope) but the gondola is great infrastructure that will last a long time I think :)

The gondola isn't going to be a reality for some years in the future; we'll have figured things out better by then

Thanks for a well run meeting and for all the work board members and staff have done in the past year. Good night.

If you ever visit Richmond, contact our Local Committee we'd love to show you around! Flat is our forte.

Thank you everyone at HUB for all the great work you have done. The AGM was informative and well done.

Thanks everyone at HUB, all the work is appreciated!

@Richard N. Liu - yes, we are aware of this grant and will encourage some of the smaller municipalities to try take advantage of it. Thank you bringing it up.

Thanks Navdeep - appreciate the response and the hard work from you and the team. Was great to attend my first AGM. Congratulations!

Richard - hope it won't be your last HUB AGM!

https://bikehub.ca/board

Thank you all and have a great night! Time to walk the dog!

Call for board of directors and Diversity statement including geography

we will close the meeting in 5 minutes! thank you everyone, you were a great virtual audience!

Thanks to the team who put this on, it went very well.

Thanks to everyone, it was a great AGM. Looking forward to working together on the board!