Minutes

I. Call to Order II. Roll Call

1. Alexander Abdulla - Presented
2. Chan Oh - Presented
3. Patricia Burletoff - Presented
4. Quan Ngo (Jessica) - Presented
5. Soyeon Kim - Presented
6. Vi Ly (Meeting host) - Presented

III. Approval of Agenda IV. New Business

1. Appoint a Temporary Chair and Secretary

Motion: The host (Vi Ly) moved that she be appointed as temporary chair for this meeting.

Motion: The host (Vi Ly) moved that Quan (Jessica) be appointed as a temporary secretary for this meeting.

2. Report on Filing of Articles of Incorporation

Motion: The chair made a motion to direct the secretary of this corporation to make a copy of the signed and certified articles of incorporation and save them in a corporate folder.

3. Adopt of the Bylaws of This Organization Name
1. Financial Year End: March 31st
2. Regular Meetings of the Board of Directors: Monthly

Motion: The chair made a motion to adopt the presented bylaws as the bylaws of this organization.

4. Appointment of Officers

Motion:

• The chair nominated herself to the office of Chairperson of the Board
• The chair nominated Soyeon Kim to the office of Secretary of the Board
• The chair nominated Chan Oh to the office of Treasury of the Board

5. Designate Principal Office

Motion: The chair made a motion that the principal office of this organization be located at PO Box 56647 236 - 985 Austin Rd, Burnaby BC V3J 7W2

6. Corporate Bank Account

As discussed, more research will be conducted to see which bank can offer the best service for our organization at the lowest service fee.

7. Employing staff

Motion: The chair made a motion to hire Yen Nguyen, Han Ly, Han Thai, and Quan Ngo as the first staff who will help execute the organization's activities.

8. Report on the current activities

• Work in progress: “Can-do attitude” course. This is our first demo course to apply for Government funding. This mobile-friendly course is short and can be learned within a week (30 minutes every day). We aim to complete this course and be ready for the “piloting” phase by the end of December (to get feedback from sample learners)
• Apply for BC Hydro fund: We will create a course that relates to the environment or energy. The deadline for application is March 2024.

V. Set Meeting Dates

The board meeting will be held on the first Tuesday of every month at 7 pm PST. Our next meeting will be on January 9 instead of January 2.

VI. Member Comments/Announcements

Members will assist with finding potential government funding and donors.

VII. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 7:50 PST.

Action items:

• Vi Ly will send the Board a list of the governmental funding programs she has researched.
• Vi Ly will research a bank with a good service fee and inform the Board.