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The meeting agenda is as follows:
Approve Minutes of 2020 Annual Meeting
Reading of the ByLaws (Bylaws - https://vfafa.org/membership)
Vote on Incorporation
President's Update
Election Of Officers:
     Vice President and Treasurer (two year terms)
     Secretary (one year remaining in a two year term)
Adjournment

Please note the following regarding the 2021 Annual Membership Meeting:
The meeting will NOT be recorded.  Only members present at the meeting (via telephone or video call) will be allowed to vote.  

Membership is defined as:
Upon payment of dues, general membership shall be conveyed to foster parents, kincare providers, foster adoptive parents, private agencies, an association or organization of foster parents, social service workers or citizens interested in advocating for the goals of the Association. (VFAFA Bylaws Article 3, Section 3.1 (c), as amended 4-14-2018.)

Voting on open officer seats will be done via Survey Monkey and tabulated by a third party.  All members voting from a single household will need to be present at the meeting and provide the Executive Board an individual email address for each voting caretaker.  Should a separate email address not be available for each voting caretaker, note as such below.

Dues for 2021 are $30 per household and can be paid at: https://vfafa.org/membership (bottom of page).

Per the bylaws, dues for 2021 are due on the last day of the VFAFA Annual Conference.  That date this year is March 13th, 2021.  Also per the bylaws, members who paid dues in 2020 will also be allowed to attend and vote at the 2021 Annual Meeting. (VFAFA Bylaws - Article 7, Section 7.1, as amended 4-14-2018.)

Per the bylaws, those self-nominating or being nominated from the floor for open officer positions must pay their 2021 dues prior to accepting the nomination for the office.  (VFAFA Bylaws - Article 4, Section 4.1, as amended 4-14-2018.)
All officers shall:
a) Either be licensed or formerly licensed foster parents and/or kincare provider in the State of Vermont and/or have served as Board members.
b) After leaving office, each officer shall deliver all books and/or records to the incoming officers before the next meeting.
c) The offices of President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer shall be for a two- year term which shall commence at the first Board meeting following the Annual Meeting.
d) In the absence or inability of an officer to complete his/her term as elected, the Board members shall select an individual to serve in place of such officer until the next Annual Meeting.