Minutes of 2009 Annual General MeetingANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING Sunday
August 2, 2009 Call to Order: 10:00 am, 32 cottages represented. Quorum established Acceptance of minutes from 2008
annual meeting -no business coming from the minutes REPORTS President: Dave
Golem -welcome to the
membership attending meeting -turnover of the
position to new president Incoming President: Steve Churchill -greetings to the membership, -wants to keep this a strong
association with the help of membership -focus on events to involve everyone
on the lake -everyone’s participation is encouraged Treasurer: Glenda Opsahl -financial statement reviewed for
the fiscal year of Sept 1 to Aug 31, 11 mos. ytd. -GICs are obtaining 4.1% which is
excellent for the current worldwide situation -assets include $1000 prepaid
insurance and T-Shirt inventory of $1000 -PayPal account is now set up to
help collect membership dues. -small deficient at
this point due to most expenses already covered and membership fees still being
collected; expect to be in excess by Aug 31 -fundraising from
t-shirts and various events are strong -there were no
significant differences in the annual expenses -report will be
included in the fall newsletter Membership: Marlene Pollard -119 cottages are paid up with more
to come in from canvassers -thanks to all the canvassers for
their hard work at collecting the fees -5 cottages used pay pal to pay up
their memberships, encourage everyone to look at that option. -2 members received their 50 year
membership certificate; Matthews family, cottage #169 and Truscott family
cottage #170 Social: Carolyn Dobson 10:30 -Road clean up - many thanks to those who participated in the road
clean up on July 11th. Volunteers were: North Road – Emma
& Dave Anderson, Pat & Ian Fraser, Judy Platt, Greg Stolte, P.J.
Marshall, Ann Brown, Marlene & Ron Pollard
-Regatta
2009 - the Regatta was once again a huge success, many thanks to all the
cottagers who came out and participated
despite the rainy weather. Thanks also go to the following: Wendy Butler and Janice Sargent - recorded
and organized the participants Dean Dobson and Randy Simmons - organizing
the boats at the starting line Dean Butler - printing Steenburg
Lake T-shirts Pat Simmons and Marlene Pollard –
assisting with sales Steve Churchill and Rick Churchill
- barbeque -Fun Run 2009 – after a successful
2008 event with over 60 registrants, expectations are high that the 2nd Annual Fun
Run will be even more successful, it is scheduled for August 16th,
2009. T-Shirts – sales continue to be strong, volume discounts apply and
a “hoodie” style has been added to the line-up
Movie Night – many thanks to Anthony Genovese and family who hosted
ever “drive in” movie theatre at
his dock. Popcorn included. Municipal
Affairs: Gary Goodfellow -no news to report -water quality is still good -testing is being done when someone
is going by the Old
Business: High
speed internet – Anthony Genovese -Sympatico dial-up service is available in our area,
and there was an unpublished local access phone number for Sympatico in Coe
Hill. The number was posted in the -Anthony tested Rogers WiMax, and the tower in Apsley it
too far, so it isn't an option. -the
new Rogers Stick technology, the Bancroft area merchants have seen a return
rate of >90%. So it isn't a very good choice. -Satellite
remains an expensive, but workable solution. Further, the signal can be
shared using antennas. Some on the lake are already doing this. -discussed
the possibility of radio towers on the lake, and encouraged people to complete
the survey on the Internet on the website. New Business: Election
of Officers -Incoming President –
Steve Churchill -Vice President –
Anthony Genovese -Membership – Marlene
Pollard has agreed to continue -Social Programmes –
Carolyn Dobson has agreed to continue with the assistance of new volunteers -request for
volunteers in order to continue bringing lots of activities to the membership;
those who stepped up were Jimmy Nevins, Amanda Burke,
Pat Simmons, Chris Langman, Tom Little, Wendy Butler Suggestions
for Additional Activities -membership requested
to provide input, contact any member or go online to use any of the addresses
of the executive committee Distribution of Door
Prizes:
Motion to Adjourn: 11:30 am |
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