Fair Vote Canada's National Council (board of directors) held its annual face-to-face meeting in Ottawa on Sunday, June 12, following the Annual General Meeting.

There is a tidal wave of interest in electoral reform following the recent federal election, in which thousands of Canadians discovered for the first time that a political party can win a "majority" government with less than 40% of the votes cast (never mind the 40% of Canadians who don't even bother to vote).

The new board discussed a variety of exciting plans for upgrading the operations of the organization and moving forward on the campaign for electoral reform, capitalizing on this surge of interest.

One important order of business was to elect the new Executive Committee. The Council decided to elect both a President, who will deal with policy, communications, and fundraising, and a Chair, who will be responsible for internal organization.

Here is the new Executive Committee:

President: Shoni Field
Vice President: Andy Blair
Chair: Sean Geobey
Treasurer: Bronwen Bruch
Secretary: Wilf Day
At large: Kelsey Wagner