Member meetings

This guide provides instruction on how to adopt an effective Annual General Meeting (AGM) process in the context of your housing co-op. It has been written for housing co-op boards, members, and staff in how to run a successful AGM to foster a sense of collective ownership, democratic engagement, and active participation.

Note: this guide was written for co-ops in Atlantic provinces. If you are using this guide for a co-op outside of Atlantic Canada, we strongly recommend you cross reference the guide with your provincial co-op act, and your co-op’s bylaws.

In Ontario, the Co-operative Corporations Act has specific rules set out for members requesting a general members meeting. Use this resource to understand how to apply the rules in your co-op.

Use this guide to learn more about what a land acknowledgment is and why it’s important.

This 1-page checklist will help you prepare the basics from nominations to ballot boxes (2015).

Take your members’ meeting from grind to great with these planning and chairing tips, developed by the Aging in Place Committee (2013).

Follow these rules of order to ensure that your co-op meeting run smoothly.

Some helpful tips to deal with different challenges and make meetings run smoothly (redesigned 2019).