June Meeting and AGM Report
7 June 2024
On June 6th, 67 club members met for our tenth Annual General Meeting. Before the business
portion of the meeting, we listened to a powerful presentation from guest speaker Kathleen Ann Kelly, a retired nun who worked as a nurse midwife in the slums of Peruvian villages and cities for almost three decades, at the same time as a turbulent revolution embroiled the country. Kathleen, who lives in the Comox Valley, recently wrote Where Dogs Dwell, her memoirs of those years.
After her presentation, we watched a great little video of events and
activities over the past year, all put together by Steve Ray. Registration Director Donald Bourne drew eight door prize tickets for gift certificates to the Griffin Pub and Gladstone
Brewery. Interestingly, before the draw began, Donald revealed that he had
never won a door prize himself, and then proceeded to not win anything again.
Door Prize winners:
Gladstone Brewpub: Lindsey Sparks, Alan Brown, Steve Ray, Dorothy McGinn
Griffin Pub: Debbie Haynes, Barry Russell, Linda Leslie, Tony Nicol
AGM:
We had achieved quorum (25% of our membership), so the business portion of the AGM then followed. Treasurer Dorothy McGinn presented a financial statement for the past year and a budget for the coming year, and both were approved. Dorothy noted that due to increased technology costs in the coming year, membership fees would see a marginal rise to $40. Past President Alan Brown presented the proposed Management Committee for the coming year, which was approved.
With that, the meeting was adjourned. Our next meeting is on Thursday,
September 12 — have a great summer!
7 June 2024
On June 6th, 67 club members met for our tenth Annual General Meeting. Before the business
portion of the meeting, we listened to a powerful presentation from guest speaker Kathleen Ann Kelly, a retired nun who worked as a nurse midwife in the slums of Peruvian villages and cities for almost three decades, at the same time as a turbulent revolution embroiled the country. Kathleen, who lives in the Comox Valley, recently wrote Where Dogs Dwell, her memoirs of those years.
After her presentation, we watched a great little video of events and
activities over the past year, all put together by Steve Ray. Registration Director Donald Bourne drew eight door prize tickets for gift certificates to the Griffin Pub and Gladstone
Brewery. Interestingly, before the draw began, Donald revealed that he had
never won a door prize himself, and then proceeded to not win anything again.
Door Prize winners:
Gladstone Brewpub: Lindsey Sparks, Alan Brown, Steve Ray, Dorothy McGinn
Griffin Pub: Debbie Haynes, Barry Russell, Linda Leslie, Tony Nicol
AGM:
We had achieved quorum (25% of our membership), so the business portion of the AGM then followed. Treasurer Dorothy McGinn presented a financial statement for the past year and a budget for the coming year, and both were approved. Dorothy noted that due to increased technology costs in the coming year, membership fees would see a marginal rise to $40. Past President Alan Brown presented the proposed Management Committee for the coming year, which was approved.
With that, the meeting was adjourned. Our next meeting is on Thursday,
September 12 — have a great summer!
