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reports from corporate governance land


Tesla's Annual Meeting Makes Elon Musk Look... Good
Tesla's Annual Shareholder Meeting and Cyber Roundup 2023 was so good that I almost forgot about Elon's bad side!
Doug Chia
May 23, 2023


Guardians of the VSM Galaxy, Vol. 2
For the second consecutive year, Disney put in the effort to make its VSM exciting.
Doug Chia
May 19, 2023


Virtual Shareholder Meetings: Don’t Ghost Me!
Projecting transparency at the annual meeting is a small but easy way to help you build trust.
Doug Chia
May 10, 2023


Attending Pfizer’s Virtual Shareholder Meeting on an iPhone
I decided to attend Pfizer’s virtual annual meeting on my phone...
Doug Chia
May 5, 2023


Virtual Shareholder Meeting as a Safety Measure?
What happened at Walgreens' annual meeting last week will make companies think hard before going back to in-person meetings.
Doug Chia
Feb 3, 2023


How to Build the Perfect Virtual Annual Meeting
Companies can create a worthwhile VSM experience for its shareholders without much extra cost, effort, or potential for complications.
Doug Chia
Dec 15, 2022


The Shareholder Poet
In what may be an annual meeting first, a shareholder proponent recited an original poem to present their proposal.
Doug Chia
Dec 15, 2022


VSM Proposals: Soup and Crackers
The virtual shareholder meeting related proposal votes are in, and the results are interesting.
Doug Chia
Dec 8, 2021


Update on VSM-Related Proposals
The SEC staff has posted the letter it sent to Brinker International regarding The Humane Society's VSM shareholder proposal.
Doug Chia
Oct 4, 2021


The Virtual Annual Meeting Shareholder Proposals!
The SEC staff appears to have flipped the script on shareholder proposals about virtual shareholder meetings.
Doug Chia
Sep 28, 2021


"VSMs on 'Autopilot'… Is that Legal?" (from the OPTIMIZER)
A reaction to my previous post about pre-recorded virtual annual meetings from The Shareholder Service OPTIMIZER.
Doug Chia
Jul 24, 2021


If An Annual Meeting Takes Place In the Woods…
How virtual can a virtual shareholder meeting be and still be called a meeting?
Doug Chia
Jun 21, 2021
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