Nouvelles de la FCNQ / wMŒns2 gnC5nq5 / FCNQ News
La coop la plus améliorée de 2014: Kuujjuaraapik-Whapmagoostui: Charlie Tukkiapik, Elaisa Masty, Mary Qitirsimik. ᐱᐅᓯᐅᒥᒋᐊᕐᓂᐹᖅ ᑯᐊᐸᒃ 2014ᒥ: ᑰᑦᔪᐊᕌᐱᒃᒍᐊᑉᒪᒎᔅᑐᐃ: ᓵᓕ ᑕᒃᕿᐊᐱᒃ, ᐃᓓᓴ ᒫᔅᑎ, ᒥᐊᔨ ᕿᑎᕐᓯᒥᒃ Most Improved co-op of 2014: Kuujjuaraapik-Whapmagoostui: Charlie Tukkiapik, Elaisa Masty, Mary Qitirsimik.
Every year, the Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec (FCNQ), Ilagiisaq’s general assembly gathers the 15 board
of directors and 14 delegates from each of
the cooperatives who sit together and discuss the direction Ilagiisaq will take in the
coming year. Each member of the board
of directors is elected locally, and carries a
mandate of 12 months. It is the time that
the annual election of the Executive Committee also occurs. The general assembly is
the forum where all issues of importance to
the 14 cooperatives are addressed.
This year the general assembly occurred
April 13 – 17 in Inukjuak, along the Hudson
Bay coast. Stormy weather kept Kangiqsujuaq representatives and a couple of others
from participating but the meeting began
without delay. After the welcome from the
Inukjuak council members, a moment of
silence was observed for the late President
Eli Elijassiapik, who had recently passed
away. Aliva Tulugak chaired the first day of
the meeting as Vice-President for Hudson
Bay and introduced the importance of the
FCNQ Transport Subsidy. This initiative
was begun in 2013 so that each cooperative
could have a program to help reduce costs
of certain items at their store. Each member cooperative uses a portion of its 1%
local tax to create the Transport Subsidy
Fund and the FCNQ contributes an equal
amount each year. The FCNQ has set aside
a provision of $400,000 so as to support the
cooperatives to run the Transport Subsidy
to the advantage of the cooperative members. The cooperative decides first by making a resolution and by selecting the items
whose prices are to be reduced.
An issue in recent years has been about
the co-op stores not being able to sell the
current year model of Bombardier snowmobile due to the Northern Stores exclusive dealership on them. Co-op members
have been regularly asking to purchase this
preferred model of snowmobiles but, for
now, members are able to purchase previous years’ models from their local co-op
stores.
Every one of the FCNQ divisions provided reports for their ongoing work. The Finance department reported on the financial
situation for 2014, Information Technology
reported on ongoing projects to provide
Cable Television and internet through the
co-ops, the Co-op Management Support
reported on all the cooperative associations’
financial situations, Petro division brought
updates on the Fuel tank farms that were
built in Kangirsuk and its purchase and
distribution of fuel to the communities.
FCNQ subsidiaries such as FCNQ Construction and FCNQ Voyages presented
positive reports as well. The Communications and Public Relations office presented
the new FCNQ website, which is trilingual,
that you are invited to take a look at: www.
fcnq.ca, with its bold new look. You may
visit it to gain a better understanding of the
cooperative movement.
The FCNQ assembly handed trophies for
Best Performing Co-op, and the Most Improved. The criteria for selecting the winners are financial ratios that include working capital ratio, inventory turnovers and
store gross profit among others. Winner
for Best Performance for 2014 was again
the Inukjuak Cooperative Association, it
has been three times in a row they win this
trophy. The Most Improved Trophy was
passed to the Kuujjuaraapik Cooperative
Association for 2014, and was transferred
from the Quaqtaq Cooperative Association
who had won it in 2013.
Lastly, the board of directors first meeting took place during the last day of the
assembly in which an election for the Executive Committee happened. There are
five members of this Committee, one who
serves as President, two of which serve as
Vice-Presidents serving the two coasts of
Nunavik, and two regular members. The
new mandate of the respective positions
elected were : Aliva Tulugak of Puvirnituq,
Charlie Tukkiapik of Quaqtaq as VP Ungava, Sarollie Weetaluktuk of Inukjuak as VP
Hudson, and Alacie Aupaluk of Akulivik
and Bobby Baron of Kangiqsualujjuaq.
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