Our 2025 annual general (AGM) will be held:
at 4:40pm on Wednesday, March 18, 2026
at Room 111 – 409 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, V6C 1T2
The main order of business will be to elect the Directors of the BCGS and review the past year’s activity. Our bylaws allow for between 4 and 7 Directors. Four current directors are standing for re-election. No new directors are standing for election.
We are inviting interested persons to nominate themselves for election to join the Board of the BCGS. Please indicate your intent to do so by 23h59 on Monday, March 16, 2026. All names of prospective candidates will then be included on a revised AGM notice to be emailed out the following business day if any changes are required.
The BCGS directors standing for election are:
| Chair | Ross Polutnik | SJ Geophysics Ltd. | |
| Vice-Chair | open | ||
| Treasurer | Kalen Martens | SJ Geophysics Ltd. | |
| Scholarship Coordinator | open | ||
| Technology Specialist | Dominique Fournier | Mira Geoscience Ltd. | |
| Director at Large | Griff Jones | Tetra Tech | |
| Director at Large | open |
The following directors will be stepping down from their positions. The executive would like to thank them for all their hard work and contributions to the BCGS.
- Kyle Patterson (Vice-Chair)
- Francis Jones (Scholarship Coordinator)
- Shawn Letts (Director at Large)
We would like to remind you there are two classes of voting members in the BCGS:
- General member. An annual fee of $20.
- Student members. Free membership upon demonstration of enrollment in a post-secondary program at an accredited educational institution.
In order to participate in the vote, you must be a paid member. If you have paid your 2025 or 2026 member dues you are eligible to vote. You can pay your member dues online via our website or pay in cash at the AGM. Eligible students, as defined above, are entitled to vote. Please contact the executive at info at bcgsonline.org to be added to the official member list.
If you have paid or renewed your BCGS membership in the past few months, then your 2026 dues have been paid.
If you are unsure of your current membership status please send us an email (info at bcgsonline.org) and we’d be happy to check for you.
The AGM is open to all BCGS members and non-members of the geophysical community.