Minutes
Thousand
Island
Voyageurs
Sackets Harbor
,
NY
–
July 19, 2009
Meeting
convened at
8:49am. All members of the Executive Board were in attendance with the
exception of Joanne Lauzon, VP –
Canada
and National Director.
Former President, Rosie Grigaitis lead the singing of the national
anthems followed by a moment of silence.
The
President, Robert Vanier opened the meeting welcoming all in attendance.
The President also recognized Dave & Lori
Chase for their generous treat at their ice cream shop the evening prior. There
were no new attendees at the rally.
Austin
Slack made a motion to waive reading of the last meeting minutes. It was
seconded and CARRIED. Leo Grigaitis advised there was an error in the
minutes since he had reported an incorrect US Fund balance. The correct
sum was $2968.47. Minutes corrected.
The
President announced that Joanne Halladay-Lauzon, the Chapter’s current
2nd VP –
Canada
and National Director had resigned her position effective immediately.
He further reminded members the next rally will be held in Mallorytown,
Ontario
on the weekend of
September 11, 2009
and encouraged all members to attend for the annual Executive elections.
The
VP –
USA
, Alice Foy reported a rally will take place in Waddington,
NY next year and asked for a 50% reduction in the rally fee, with any financial
shortfall of the event being borne by the Chapter as the Chapter has a
substantial US Fund balance. Further discussion resulted with a motion by
Barb Haig and seconded, to provide a subsidy not to exceed $400.00.
CARRIED.
VP
–
Canada
– No report.
The
Secretary, Gary Grant confirmed a quorum was present for the meeting and
advised membership that a first draft of the Chapter’s Standing Rules
was now available for review by the Bylaw Committee. However, since the
President had not appointed a committee, the point was moot.
Gary
also advised the membership, in the capacity of Webmaster, that there was a
new section in the web site for Crafts, as requested by the lady
members.
The
VP – Membership, Dan Bazinet confirmed there were 73 membership
coaches with 145 members in the Chapter. He encouraged the members to
seek out new members and reminded all the deadline for membership
renewal was October 1st. Dan also reported that the Chapter
did not have a VP-Newsletter Editor and asked for volunteers to step
forward.
The
Treasurer, Leo Grigaitis reported as of July 15, the Cdn balance was
$3596.27 and the
US
balance was $3102.47. Motion to accept the financial report was made by
Nancy Grant, seconded and CARRIED.
National
Director – No Report
The
Alternate National Director, John Foy advised the membership he was now
acting National Director. However, his schedule does not permit him to
attend the Bowling Green Convention. Chris Charney and Lynn Gordon
agreed to represent the Chapter at the event which was approved by the
membership at-large.
Old
Business - VP – Membership, Dan Bazinet, who is also co-host of the
September Rally advised the arrangements at the campground were under
contract as arranged by the former VP –
Canada
and, that the cost of camping was $72 per coach for 3 nights including
Sunday. He further advised he contacted the park and arranged for a two
night rate of $66 for those who had to work the Monday. Camping Sunday
night is included in the rally fee.
Under
new business, Martin Fayette asked for clarity regarding the pilot
project ‘Share Ur Pot’ and how it was going forward. The President
advised the project was still under review and asked for further
dialogue. Gary Grant stated he would put a discussion paper forward on
the web site to move the project along further.
Linda
Vanier announced the re-formation of a ‘Crafts Group’ and advised
further information would follow.
The
President called on member volunteers for various empty executive posts.
A
Motion to Adjourn was presented by Betsy Stoker at
9:28am, seconded CARRIED.
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