Recent Pride News

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

The application period for Entertainment and entries in the Pride Parade or exhibitors at the Pride Festival is now closed.

We are overjoyed by the amount of interest in Pride and can't wait to select our line-up for this season. A huge thank you to all of those who applied!

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Did you know?

Vancouver Pride Parade attendance exceeds the population of its host city, the City of Vancouver, and is the only Pride Parade in the world which can make this claim.

Now that is something to celebrate! 

A Message from the President

To members of the Pride community,

Let me begin by thanking the community for coming out to the March 11th special general meeting. At the meeting, members addressed the voting irregularities at the January 21st Annual General Meeting (AGM), and appointed an interim board to organize a fabulous Pride for Vancouver in 2012. A new election will be held before December 15th and we encourage the LGBTTQ community to get involved, volunteer, and join the Board.

I would like to recognize outgoing President Ken Coolen for his tremendous contributions to our society. Ken was on the board for over six years, serving as President for the past three years. I would also like to recognize the contributions of two outgoing board members, Monika Whitney and Shawn Ewing, who both served on multiple terms on the board.

The majority of the 2011 board has returned to serve on the interim board. I am proud to announce Chrissy Taylor as Vice-President, Bernard Leclair as Treasurer, and Ray Lam as Secretary with Raigen D'Angelo, Rick Leonovich, Debbie Oon, Tim Kraumanis and Trevor Ashcroft as Directors-at-large. The interim board can appoint up to three more people to the board and I would encourage anyone interested to contact me at president@vancouverpride.ca.

The society, powered by our dedicated volunteers, and talented staff, supported by the Board will produce a world-class Pride celebration for our community. We will also engage our members in a comprehensive bylaw review to ensure a fair election at the 2012 AGM.

To get Pride back on track for the 2012 celebrations, we need your help. We would like to encourage those who volunteered in the past to join us again and those who haven't, to volunteer and get involved. Pride belongs to our community and there's nothing more rewarding than giving back. Having a whole lot of fun along the way doesn't hurt either!

In Pride,

Tim Richards,
President

Have you Liked Us on Facebook Yet?

The Vancouver Pride Society Facebook fan page has a number of issues, articles, events posted daily about all things LGBTTQ. Check us out and don't forget to like us!

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