Annual Meeting

According to the by-laws of Northern Community Mediation (NCM), “A regular annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held during the first quarter of the year for the previous fiscal year. All meetings shall be held at such time and place as shall be selected by the Board of Directors.”

Traditionally, NCM holds its annual meeting in January. The 2025 annual meeting reporting on the 2024 fiscal year was held at noon on Thursday, January 16 at City Park Grill in Petoskey, Michigan. President Mitch Brown called the meeting to order and then had those  in attendance introduce themselves. He then recognized the incoming board members Kristin Hasse, Kirstyn Horan and Bill Meengs, who were unanimously approved,  followed by expressing appreciation for the contributions of the outgoing board members Mark Andresky and Jenny Brower.

The minutes of the 2024 Annual Meeting were unanimously approved, and Executive Director Jane Millar gave the Treasurer’s Report in the absence of Treasurer Mark Andresky.The 2025 officers were announced: President Mitch Brown, Vice-President Cyndy Tonkavich, Treasurer Bill Meengs, Secretary Suzanne Kanine and Member-at-Large Judy Zorn.

It was moved and seconded to change the last sentence in Article 2, Section 2.2 of the bylaws from “Any person having served two (2) consecutive terms of office as a Director regardless of length of term shall be ineligible for election as a Director for two (2) years thereafter.” to “Any person having served two (2) consecutive terms of office as a Director regardless of length of term shall be ineligible for election as a Director for one (1) year thereafter.” This change was  unanimously approved.

The Annual Report for 2024, which is available on the NCM website, was then presented by Executive Director Dr. Jane Millar.

The 2026 annual meeting will be held at noon on Thursday, January 15 at City Park Grill in Petoskey.