URGENT-CDN MSERS PLEASE READ
Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 7:58 pm
Dear Fellow MSers,
Please read the message below from CCSVI Coalition (formerly known as the Blocked Veins MS Research group), forward to other MSers, and also post where ever you can.
The vascular health and the right to appropriate vascular healthcare of all MSers in Canada continues to be held hostage, by the actions and inactions of the MSSC and their advisors.
The MSSC has not been listening to so many of us. It has advocated against us where CCSVI is concerned. It has banned, blocked, ignored and muzzled many of us. And yet, it still continues to give the donating public the incorrect impression that it is representing all of us.
Whether you are a registered MSSC member or not, the MSSC continues to advise and influence the government on decisions that affect your life and health. If you are not a member, please become one. If you withdrew your membership or if it has lapsed, please re-apply. Our voices need to be heard, and our votes need to be counted at the upcoming MSSC AGM. Please read the message below from CCSVI Coalition, and act promptly to make sure this opportunity is not lost...there are deadlines involved. Thank you.
BTW, please do not assume that you are a "member in good standing" even if you have regularly received their fundraising letters, MSWALK promotions, etc., this happened to others last year who attended the AGM and voted, only to be informed they were "not in the system". You need to be a member in good standing and in the MSSC system, in order for your proxy vote to count.
Take care and keep well,
Chrystal
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Is your Society acting on your wishes?
If so, you should let them know; if not, you really must let them know!
The Annual General Meeting of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada will be held Saturday, June 18 in Toronto . If you can attend – please do. If you cannot attend, consider sending in this proxy form and we will make your vote count.
http://ccsvicoalition.org/wp-content/up ... 1_2011.pdf
Last year we collected proxies and represented more than 300 members at the AGM. The MS Society collected slightly more proxies, largely from employees, and so we were not successful in electing members who are sympathetic to CCSVI to the board of directors.
Our goals are to:
1. Devote many more resources to researching CCSVI, including clinical trials, diagnosis, and post-treatment care.
2. Advocate for the immediate availability of treatment for CCSVI in Canada for all patients who have CCSVI and elect to have it treated.
If you support these goals, this is one way to be heard. Complete the proxy form at this link, and mail, fax, or e-mail it to the co-ordinates on the form. Please do it ASAP, we can’t use proxies received too late.
Note that you must be a member of the MS Society to vote. If you have
MS, membership is free.
To renew or obtain membership call 1-800-268-7582 or (416) 967-3036, or go to the MS Society’s membership page at http://mssociety.ca/en/involved/member.htm
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More info. about the MSSC AGM can be found on Page 7/8 of the Spring 2011 MS Canada Magazine
http://mssociety.ca/en/information/msnewsletter.htm
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of the members of Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada will be held at the Marriott Bloor Yorkville, 90 Bloor Street East, Toronto, ON. M4W 1A7, on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) for the following purposes:
i) Receiving the report of the members of the National Board of Directors and the audited financial statements for the year January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010; together with the report of the auditors thereon;
ii) Electing members of the National Board of Directors;
iii) Appointing auditors;
v) Such further and other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
One position for director-at-large will become vacant just before the AGM. Any member wishing to nominate a candidate as a director-at-large must do so on or before Friday, June 10, 2011, in accordance with the bylaws of the MS Society of Canada .
Membership in the MS Society of Canada is held through individual chapters or divisions of the MS Society. Each chapter or division has the authority to make and amend membership rules and regulations including stipulating a waiting period for new members to be eligible to vote at members meetings.
In light of this, members attending the AGM will be confirmed in good standing and provided with voting cards as appropriate in keeping with the governing rules and regulations of the chapter or division of which they hold membership.
Members in attendance at the AGM will be required to provide valid photo identification.
More info. about the MSSC AGM can be found on Page 7/8 of the Spring 2011 MS Canada Magazine
http://mssociety.ca/en/information/msnewsletter.htm
Please read the message below from CCSVI Coalition (formerly known as the Blocked Veins MS Research group), forward to other MSers, and also post where ever you can.
The vascular health and the right to appropriate vascular healthcare of all MSers in Canada continues to be held hostage, by the actions and inactions of the MSSC and their advisors.
The MSSC has not been listening to so many of us. It has advocated against us where CCSVI is concerned. It has banned, blocked, ignored and muzzled many of us. And yet, it still continues to give the donating public the incorrect impression that it is representing all of us.
Whether you are a registered MSSC member or not, the MSSC continues to advise and influence the government on decisions that affect your life and health. If you are not a member, please become one. If you withdrew your membership or if it has lapsed, please re-apply. Our voices need to be heard, and our votes need to be counted at the upcoming MSSC AGM. Please read the message below from CCSVI Coalition, and act promptly to make sure this opportunity is not lost...there are deadlines involved. Thank you.
BTW, please do not assume that you are a "member in good standing" even if you have regularly received their fundraising letters, MSWALK promotions, etc., this happened to others last year who attended the AGM and voted, only to be informed they were "not in the system". You need to be a member in good standing and in the MSSC system, in order for your proxy vote to count.
Take care and keep well,
Chrystal
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Is your Society acting on your wishes?
If so, you should let them know; if not, you really must let them know!
The Annual General Meeting of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada will be held Saturday, June 18 in Toronto . If you can attend – please do. If you cannot attend, consider sending in this proxy form and we will make your vote count.
http://ccsvicoalition.org/wp-content/up ... 1_2011.pdf
Last year we collected proxies and represented more than 300 members at the AGM. The MS Society collected slightly more proxies, largely from employees, and so we were not successful in electing members who are sympathetic to CCSVI to the board of directors.
Our goals are to:
1. Devote many more resources to researching CCSVI, including clinical trials, diagnosis, and post-treatment care.
2. Advocate for the immediate availability of treatment for CCSVI in Canada for all patients who have CCSVI and elect to have it treated.
If you support these goals, this is one way to be heard. Complete the proxy form at this link, and mail, fax, or e-mail it to the co-ordinates on the form. Please do it ASAP, we can’t use proxies received too late.
Note that you must be a member of the MS Society to vote. If you have
MS, membership is free.
To renew or obtain membership call 1-800-268-7582 or (416) 967-3036, or go to the MS Society’s membership page at http://mssociety.ca/en/involved/member.htm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
More info. about the MSSC AGM can be found on Page 7/8 of the Spring 2011 MS Canada Magazine
http://mssociety.ca/en/information/msnewsletter.htm
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of the members of Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada will be held at the Marriott Bloor Yorkville, 90 Bloor Street East, Toronto, ON. M4W 1A7, on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) for the following purposes:
i) Receiving the report of the members of the National Board of Directors and the audited financial statements for the year January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010; together with the report of the auditors thereon;
ii) Electing members of the National Board of Directors;
iii) Appointing auditors;
v) Such further and other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
One position for director-at-large will become vacant just before the AGM. Any member wishing to nominate a candidate as a director-at-large must do so on or before Friday, June 10, 2011, in accordance with the bylaws of the MS Society of Canada .
Membership in the MS Society of Canada is held through individual chapters or divisions of the MS Society. Each chapter or division has the authority to make and amend membership rules and regulations including stipulating a waiting period for new members to be eligible to vote at members meetings.
In light of this, members attending the AGM will be confirmed in good standing and provided with voting cards as appropriate in keeping with the governing rules and regulations of the chapter or division of which they hold membership.
Members in attendance at the AGM will be required to provide valid photo identification.
More info. about the MSSC AGM can be found on Page 7/8 of the Spring 2011 MS Canada Magazine
http://mssociety.ca/en/information/msnewsletter.htm