2021 Annual General Meeting

Saturday, February 26, 2022 – 1pm

Link to Official Notice of Meeting (PDF)…

Link to “Meet Your BOD Nominees” (PDF)…

AGM Agenda (PDF)…

President’s Message (PDF)…

2021 Financial Statements (members login to access)…

APPENDIX ‘A’ – Committee Reports 2021 Updated 23-02-2022

The OCTRA 2021 Annual General Meeting will be a Virtual Event taking place on the Zoom Meeting Platform. The 2021 Awards Ceremony will take place at the end of the AGM via Zoom. The Zoom Meeting Invitation will be sent to all current members and posted on the OCTRA Members Only page.

As with our usual practice, non-members are also welcome to attend, but have no voting privileges. An announcement will be posted on the OCTRA Website and Public Facebook page inviting non-members to contact the OCTRA Secretary to request an invitation to the Zoom meeting.

The AGM Meeting Agenda and other meeting information will be posted on the OCTRA Website and emailed to the Membership in the near future, in accordance with the standard timelines.

OCTRA Committee Chair Vacancies

OCTRA currently has vacancies in two of it’s committee chair positions. We are seeking volunteers for the positions of Education Committee Chair and Publicity & Promotion Committee Chair. These are important roles in the growth and development of our club and we hope that you’ll consider volunteering. Committee chairs receive OCTRA volunteer credits on an annual basis.

Here is a link to the expectations for these two committees (PDF 276 KB).

Please contact the OCTRA Secretary (secretary@octra.on.ca) to express interest.

Competitive intensity VS Rude behavior

A number of years ago OCTRA found it necessary to add some teeth to their Sportsmanship/ Behavior rule in order to protect our dedicated volunteers and officials from verbal abuse. Event Managers were finding it difficult to get volunteers for some key positions because competitors were being rude and using inappropriate language when dealing with them. Our volunteers come out when they are treated with polite respect. Without volunteers we can’t have Events. Many times it has been suggested that every competitor should volunteer at least once the day of a ride.

Why have I brought this to your attention? Because what I saw and heard at our first ride of the season disturbed me. While there were a couple of standout incidents, there was a general increase in the use of inappropriate language and nasty comments that bordered on abusive.

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