eMemo #4274

FVREB eMemo: Report of the Board Development Committee

 

To: All Members

From: Baldev Gill, Chief Executive Officer

Date: January 26, 2024

REPORT OF THE BOARD DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

 

Chair: Chris Shields; Members: Michelle Carlsen, Randy Cooper, Jesse Gill, Jackie MacDonald, Brian Rock, Edith Takahashi

 

The Board Development Committee, which operates independently of the Board of Directors, ensures that there is an adequate number of qualified nominees to fill the vacancies for election to the Board of Directors.

 

Chris Shields as Chair of the committee addressed members at each of the Morning Member Meetings, speaking to the rewards of serving on the Board and encouraged members to fill out the online FVREB Director Application Form should they wish to be considered by the Board Development Committee. As a follow up, a further communication was sent to all members with a “Call for Nominations” and a link to the FVREB Director Application Form.

 

The committee personally reached out to several members who had noted interest as well as members that they considered would be a valuable addition to the Board of Directors. The committee considered applications submitted by interested candidates and conducted interviews with those that they believed would best serve the Board before making its decision.

 

In accordance with By-law 8.1, the following report of the 2024 Board Development Committee is submitted to all Active Members (voting members). The Member-Link in each Active Member office is asked to ensure that this report is received by each voting licensee in their office. Please refer to Memorandum #4273 circulated to Member Links on January 24, 2024, for the list of voting members in your office. (Please note that Probationary Members are not entitled to vote.)

 

The Committee nominates the following as Officers and Directors for 2024:

OFFICERS (to be elected for a one-year term)

Chair-Elect

Tore Jacobsen

Managing Broker

Macdonald Realty

White Rock

Vice-Chair

Gin Dhillon

Associate Broker

eXp Realty

Surrey

Linda Sue Peaker

Representative

Macdonald Realty

Delta

 

DIRECTORS

 

To fill the remaining three vacancies for a two-year term the Committee nominates as Directors the following:

Brian Budd

Representative

RE/MAX Colonial Pacific Realty

White Rock

Angela Evennett

Representative

Royal LePage — Wolstencroft Realty

Langley

Kyle Grant

Managing Broker

Royal LePage — Wolstencroft Realty

Langley

Tore Jacobsen

Managing Broker

Macdonald Realty

White Rock

Linda Sue Peaker

Representative

Macdonald Realty

Delta

Gurdip Sahota

Representative

Royal LePage Global Force Realty

Surrey

 

Please note that further vacancies may become available depending on the results of the elections of Chair-Elect and Vice-Chair.

 

Continuing to serve the second year of a two-year elected term as Director:

Larry Anderson

Representative

Sutton Premier Realty

Surrey

Rob Christensen

Representative

Macdonald Realty

Surrey

Gin Dhillon

Associate Broker

eXp Realty

Surrey

Jasbir Sandhu

Associate Broker

Century 21 Coastal Realty

Surrey

 

The following positions are automatically assumed:

 

Chair

Jeff Chadha (Representative), Century 21 Supreme Realty, Surrey as the 2023 Chair-Elect will automatically assume the position of Chair for 2024.

 

Past Chair

Narinder Bains (Representative), RE/MAX Blueprint Realty, Surrey as immediate Past Chair, will serve as ex-officio member of the Directorate.

 

Broker Division

Darcy Reddicopp, Managing Broker, Sutton Group — West Coast Realty, Abbotsford was elected Chairman of the Brokers Council for a one-year term at the Annual Meeting of the Broker Division on January 11, 2024, and will by virtue of such office be a Director of the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board.

 

A form for further nominations, which must be received by the Chief Executive Officer, FVREB, not later than the close of business day (4:30 p.m.) February 14, 2024, is attached herewith. Should there be any changes to the nominations, the Board Development Committee will issue a supplementary eMemo to inform members.

 

The hybrid Annual General Meeting of the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board is scheduled for Thursday, February 29, 2024, beginning at 9:00 a.m. @ the Sheraton Guildford Hotel located at 15269 – 104th Avenue, Surrey, BC.

 

At the Annual General Meeting on February 29, 2024, and prior to the election proceedings, each candidate for a contested position will be called upon to give a brief speech.

 

All votes must be cast online remotely or in-person during the meeting. Please note that members joining the meeting online cannot hold or exercise proxy votes on behalf of other members, as it is not possible for proxies to be validated remotely. The 2024 proxy form will be made available two weeks before the 2024 AGM. Proxies must be submitted on the prescribed 2024 proxy form — no other proxy forms will be accepted.

 

Baldev Gill

Chief Executive Officer

 

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