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Shareholder Election Term Results for 49th Annual Meeting
To Shareholders:
On October 26, 2023, the Superior Court of Alaska ruled in favor of the Yak-Tat Kwaan, Inc. Shareholder Meeting that was duly convened on September 23, 2023. This order confirms the election of the nine candidates identified on the solicited green proxy. The election results were reported by appointed Election Inspector Alex Blue and verified by Yak-Tat Kwaan’s legal counsel. Your newly elected Board of Directors are the following:
Directors Votes Term
Violet Sensmeier 20,806.17 3-YEAR TERM
Jennethan Kaufman 20,668.26 3-YEAR TERM
Marry Knutsen 17,103.57 3-YEAR TERM
Amanda Bremner 16,272.32 2-YEAR TERM
Keith Howard 14,835.79 2-YEAR TERM
Rose Gildersleeve 14,113.92 2-YEAR TERM
John P. Buller 13,947.07 1-YEAR TERM
Jay Stevens, Jr. 13,688.21 1-YEAR TERM
Meda DeWitt 12,479.18 1-YEAR TERM
Cameron James 584.5
Write-ins (Quorum) 7,367
Total Votes 151,866
As your new Board Directors, we intend to guide our Corporation in a direction that maximizes our opportunities and assets in a way that honors our traditional values and allows us to be in good relationship with our homelands.
We further intend to engage meaningfully with community and regional partners to find solutions to our shared challenges. Through strategic collaborations, we can bring mutual benefit and positively affect our Shareholders and community.
We are excited about these opportunities and will be working to ensure that all of our shareholders are informed of developments that will impact our Corporation's growth and success. We understand the importance of transparency and open communication and are committed to keeping our shareholders informed every step of the way.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: The Yak-Tat Kwaan, Incorporated seeks proposals for internal auditing services
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
The Yak-Tat Kwaan, Incorporated is seeking a qualified and experienced auditor to conduct a comprehensive examination of our financial records and transactions over the last three years. The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from qualified firms to provide internal auditing services for our village corporation subsidiary.
Proposal Deadline: December 6, 2023 by 3 pm.
Please direct questions and proposals to: meda@yaakwdaatkhwaan.com
Gunalchéesh,
Amanda Bremner
Corporate Secretary
49th Annual Shareholder Meeting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10/02/2023 UPDATE ELECTION OF NINE NEW YAK-TAT KWAAN, INCORPORATED DIRECTORS
Amanda Bremner and Jay Stevens have asked the superior court of Alaska, Third Judicial District at Anchorage, to confirm the results of the Yak-Tat Kwaan Incorporated Annual meeting of shareholders held on September 23, 2023. Certain law firms retained by the hold-over directors continue to recognize the holdover directors as the Corporation's governing body. None of those law firms sent a representative to Yakutat for the shareholder meeting.
Yak-Tat Kwaan Incorporated was ordered by the superior court to hold its Annual Shareholders Meeting on September 23, 2023, as a result of court action by plaintiff shareholders Amanda Bremner and Jay Stevens. On the date of the meeting, a quorum was established, and nine new directors were elected. A tenth candidate, Cameron James, graciously withdrew his candidacy to expedite the process of moving forward toward the future. Former Chair Verna Henniger was present for the voice vote confirming the election.
The newly elected directors are:
Amanda Bremner
JP Buller
Meda DeWitt
Rose Gildersleeve
Keith Howard
Marry Knutsen
Jennethan Kaufman
Violet Sensmeier
Jay Stevens
Pursuant to the Bylaws of Yak-Tat Kwaan Incorporated, the elected directors met to organize after the shareholder meeting. A resolution confirming the appointment of officers is attached. We eagerly await the hold-over directors and their law firms to join us in building a future for Yak-Tat Kwaan Incorporated, the shareholders, and the community of Yakutat.
Gunalchéesh!
Confirmation of Appointment of Officers Resolution
48th Annual Shareholder Meeting
Here you will find PDF files related to the 48th Annual Shareholder meeting. The packet, corrections to the packet, letter to postpone the meeting to April, and the proxy page.
47th Annual Yak-Tat Kwaan Shareholders Meeting
Here is the information for joining the virtual ZOOM shareholder meeting. See the protocols and agenda below. Please call the Kwaan Office if you have any issues accessing the webinar on Zoom.
Topic: Yak-Tat Kwaan, Inc. 47th Annual Shareholders Meeting
When: Jan 30, 2021 01:00 PM Alaska
Due to social distancing and limits on congregating in person, our annual shareholder meeting is being
held remotely via teleconference on Zoom this year. There are many ways for Shareholders to participate,
including this Webinar, livestream on the web, and dialing in by telephone to listen. The agenda includes
the election, with videos of candidate speeches, an open shareholder Q&A session, and finally the
announcement of the results.
There are several ways for shareholders to join, listen, and participate in the meeting:
● Join the webinar via Zoom to see and hear video, and make comments and ask questions
Webinar ID: 863 6435 7530
Passcode: Shared in your letter, or call Kwaan office for passcode
○ The Zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86364357530
● Dial in by phone via one of the provided numbers to listen in to the proceedings
888-475-4499 (Toll Free)
AGENDA
1:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER
WELCOME BY CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD
INVOCATION
INTRODUCTIONS
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Minutes of Prior Annual Shareholders’ Meeting
3. President’s Report
4. Audit Report
5. Inspector of Elections and Quorum Report
6. Explanation of Voting Procedures
7. Nominations
8. Candidate Speeches
9. Voting Registration Closes – 3:00 p.m.
10. Balloting Period Ends – 3:30 p.m.
11. Question and Answer Session
12. Report of Elections Results
13. Benediction
14. Adjournment
Protocol for YTK Annual Meeting
We want to assure that everyone can hear and to be fair to all our shareholders who participate in this first ever Yak-Tat Kwaan virtual annual meeting. The rules below are intended to promote transparency, to provide an avenue of participation for our shareholders even though we cannot meet together and to conform with special rules adopted by the Alaska Legislature for virtual annual meetings. In order to fulfill those goals, the following protocol must be followed and will be enforced:
Only Shareholders May Participate
Per the Rules of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, only shareholders may attend the meeting.
No Gathering
This year, because of the health threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic, we will not be gathering in one place.
Virtual Participation
The rules stated below are intended to provide our shareholders with the next best thing to a gathering: virtual participation where everyone can learn about our corporation’s activities over the last year.
Rules for ZOOM Participation
A link for video for those with computers and smart phones and a toll-free phone number for telephonic participation to call in for those without computer or smart phones, has been supplied.
Please mute your Zoom connection if participating by computer. If participating by phone, you will automatically be muted by Zoom.
The Yak-Tat Kwaan Board will appear on your screen if you are using Zoom.
We will have technical support online and telephonically (907-784-3335) only between 11 and 1. Technical support is there to assist you in joining the meeting, either via computer or telephonically on Zoom if you run into problems.
Only the Zoom video link and Zoom telephone will be available
General Rules of Decorum
Shareholders are requested to hold their questions and comments until the Question and Answer period of the meeting.
All participants must be recognized by the President, hereinafter known as “Chair” before speaking. This rule applies to motions as well as comments and questions.
In so much as possible, Roberts Rules of Order will govern the general conduct of the meeting.
Conduct of Election
The duly sworn and independent Inspector of Election will be on Zoom as well to observe the virtual aspects of the meeting and review the final vote reconciliation prior to certifying the results.
When the chair announces the closing of registration, shareholders who have not yet voted by ballot or proxy and are present in Yakutat will have 30 minutes deliver their ballots to Upstairs of Kwaan Plaza.
Candidates’ Speeches.
Each candidate is given 3 minutes to speak to the shareholders.
No visual aids are permitted.
Each Candidate must appear virtually, either via Zoom video or Zoom telephone.
Specific Rules of Decorum during Question-and-Answer Period.
Participants must submit written questions via email to tisraelson@ytkcorp.com
Alternatively, participants using ZOOM should indicate their request to be recognized by raising their hand
Raise your hand and wait to be called on; when called on, unmute and ask your question, then please immediately mute your screen.
Do not interrupt another speaker. We want everyone who wants to speak to do so freely and without interruption.
Be respectful
Rules applicable to both written and Zoom-video questions
All questions must be addressed to the Chair
Keep your questions to the point;
Only one question at a time;
Your question must follow the following format:
Your location (e.g. village or city and state)
Your name
The question: Be as concise as possible. Remember, only one question at a time. Once you have asked a question, you must wait for its response before posing another question.
We will answer questions in the order received.
Questions that violate the rules, are unrelated to the meeting or the business of the meeting, may involve personnel issues, or contain offensive language, will be ruled out of order.
Shareholders who have already spoken, either in-person or online, wait until all other questioners have had a turn to speak on a given matter before asking a second question or making a comment.
After Adjournment
We will post all appropriate questions that have been received during the course of the meeting, and the Corporation’s answers on the Annual Meeting page of the website as soon as is practical after the meeting.
We will archive the Annual meeting and make it available upon a shareholder’s request for a period of (1) month after the adjournment of the Annual meeting.
By Order of the Board of Directors
