The Annual General Meeting of the members of CIRI will be held at 8:00
a.m. (ET) on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at the Fairmont Le Chateau
Frontenac, Quebec City, QC.
Please note, the CIRI National By-laws allow all members the opportunity to vote.
All members are encouraged to attend the Meeting. Even if you are attending, we encourage all members to vote their proxy as soon as possible. All members are entitled to vote at the Meeting in person, or by proxy. You can return your proxy by:
email to proxies@ciri.org, or
fax to (416) 364-2805
before 12:00 p.m. (ET) on Monday, June 13, 2016.
Annual General Meeting documents include:
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Annual Meeting Notice
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Information Circular
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Proxy Form
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Meeting Agenda
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Chair's Report
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2015 Audited Financial Statements
These documents are available at CIRI.org. (These are members only documents. You must be logged in using your CIRI username and password to access them.)
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