Minutes of the
Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors
MINUTES of the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of
District 2 of the American Contract Bridge League held at the Doubletree by
Hilton, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ontario on Saturday,
April 3, 2010 at 9:00 a.m.
PRESENT:
Joan Richardson
Sally Rewbotham
Douglas Fisher
Shirley Galler
David Chiasson
Gunnar Kristiansen
Marc Langevin
Don Lough
Robert Hanly
Nicholas Wong
Robert Burns
Pat Simpson
A quorum of directors being present, the meeting is
regularly constituted and a waiver of notice signed by all of the above named
directors shall be annexed to the minutes.
The President, Joan Richardson, took the chair, and Flo
Belford acted as Secretary.
1.
Approval of minutes
a) Motion by Pat
Simpson, seconded by Nicholas Wong,
That the minutes of the Agenda Planning
Committee meeting held on April 10, 2009 be accepted.
Carried
b) Motion by
Shirley Galler, seconded by David Chiasson,
That the minutes of the Annual Board of
Directors meeting held at 9:00 a.m., April 11, 2009 be accepted.
Carried
2.
Letters from Auditor
Motion by Nicholas Wong, seconded by David Chiasson,
That we dispense with the reading of the
Auditor’s letters.
Carried
3.
Financial Statements
Gary Westfall, Auditor reviewed the financial statements,
and advised that our financial position is better than last year.
Last year we had to cash some debentures to cover expenses.
Question was asked about the general trend of our finances, and Gary
responded that we usually break even.
Question was asked if the ACBL has guidelines regarding District
finances, ie. balance. Response was
that the ACBL does not have any policies or guidelines regarding this.
Motion by Shirley Galler, seconded by Nicholas Wong,
That the statement of financial position
of the Corporation as of December 31, 2009 and the statement of income, net
assets and cash flow for the year ended on the said date be and the same are
hereby approved and adopted, and any two of the Directors be and they are hereby
authorized to evidence such approval on behalf of the Board by signing the said
balance sheet.
Carried
4.
Remuneration of Auditor
Gary Westfall was asked to leave the room.
Moved by Shirley Galler, seconded by Robert Burns,
That the sum of $400.00 be paid to G. J.
Westfall for acting as auditor of the Corporation for the year ended December
31, 2009.
Shirley Galler proposed the following amendment,
That the sum of $500.00 be paid to G. J.
Westfall for acting as auditor of the Corporation for the year ended December
31, 2009.
Robert Burns agreed to this amendment.
Motion as amended was carried
5.
Annual Meeting of Members
Moved by Shirley Galler, seconded by Don Lough,
That the annual meeting of Members of the
Corporation be held at the Doubletree by Hilton – Toronto Airport, 655 Dixon
Road, Toronto, Ontario on April 3, 2010 at 9:30 a.m.
Carried
6.
There being no further business the meeting then terminated.
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Chairperson
Secretary of the Meeting