Minutes of the
Annual Meeting of the Members
MINUTES of the Annual Meeting of the Members 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 9:30 a.m.
PRESENT:
REPRESENTING Ontario Unit 166:
Joan Richardson, Sally Rewbotham
REPRESENTING Manitoba Unit 181:
Shirley Galler, Doug Fisher
REPRESENTING Sault International Unit 282:
David Chiasson, Gunnar Kristiansen
REPRESENTING Northwest Ontario Unit 228:
no reps
REPRESENTING Quonta Unit 238:
Marc Langevin
REPRESENTING Trent Valley Unit 246:
Nicholas Wong, Don Lough, Robert Hanly
REPRESENTING Southwestern Ontario Unit 249:
Robert Burns, Pat Simpson
being a quorum of the Members of the Corporation.
Also present:
Gary Westfall, Auditor
The President, Joan Richardson, took the Chair and Flo
Belford acted as Secretary of the meeting.
A quorum of Members of the Corporation being represented by
Proxy and all of the Members, all of the Directors and the Corporation’s auditor
having waived notice of meeting, the Chair declared the meeting regularly
constituted.
1.
Minutes of Last Meeting
Motion by Nicholas Wong, seconded by David Chiasson,
That the minutes of the meeting of
Members held on April 11, 2009 be approved.
Carried
Business Arising
from the Minutes
Thunder Bay Unit 212 does not want to host the 2011
regional tournament they were allocated.
Sudbury Unit 238 would like to host this regional.
Motion by Nicholas Wong, seconded by Doug Chiasson
That the Thunder Bay Unit 212 regional in
2011 be awarded to Sudbury Unit 238.
Carried
2.
Financial Statements
Gary Westfall, Auditor presented the Financial Report as at
December 31, 2009.
Motion by Nicholas Wong, seconded by Robert Burns,
That we dispense with the reading of the
auditor’s letter.
Carried
Motion by David Chiasson, seconded by Marc Langevin,
That the statement of financial position
of the Corporation as at December 31, 2009,
the statement of income and expenses and net assets, and cash flows for
the year ended on the said date be and the same are hereby approved and adopted.
Carried
3.
Election of Directors
Joan Richardson, Chair declared the meeting open for
nominations.
Motion by Nicholas Wong, seconded by Shirley Galler,
That I nominate as directors for the
ensuring year:
Sally Rewbotham
Carol Bongard
Joan Richardson
Lorna Johnson
Douglas Fisher
Shirley Galler
Roman Smolski
Jane Smith
David Chiasson
Gunnar Kristiansen
Larry Hansen
Francis Gaudino
Brian Thomas`
Marc Langevin
Nicholas Wong
Don Lough
Robert Hanly
Pat Simpson
Robert Burns
Tom Ramsey
There being no further or other nominations, the Chair
declared the nominations closed. No
member having demanded a ballot, the Chair, with the approval of the meeting,
declared those nominated to be elected by acclamation as directors of the
Corporation, to hold office until the next annual election of directors and
until their successors are elected or appointed, subject to the provisions of
the Corporation’s by-laws.
4.
Appointment of Auditor
Motion by David Chiasson, seconded by Nicholas Wong,
That G. J. Westfall, C.A. be and he is
hereby appointed auditor of the Corporation to hold office until the next annual
meeting of Members at such remuneration as may be fixed by the directors and the
directors be and they are hereby authorized to fix such remuneration.
Carried
5.
President’s Report
Joan Richardson thanked everyone for allowing her to remain
President for this past year. She
encouraged the members to work as a team.
6.
Confirmation of Proceedings
Motion by Robert Burns, seconded by Marc Langevin,
That all by-laws, contracts, acts, and
proceedings of the board of directors of the Corporation enacted, passed, made,
done, or taken since the last annual meeting of the members as set forth or
referred to in the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors (which have
been produced to this meeting for inspection) or in the financial statements of
the Corporation submitted to this meeting, be and the same are hereby approved,
ratified, and confirmed.
Carried
There being no further business the meeting then
terminated.
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Chairperson
Secretary of the Meeting