Unit 228 Board of Directors and Co-ordinators 

President                             Shirley Bent
Vice President                      Denis Parsons
Secretary                             Peter Doig
Treasurer                             John Barber
Unit Membership                   Shirley Bent
Electronic Contact                 
Recorder                              Nancy Jacobson
STAC Co-ordinator                Mel Johnsen/Fraser Coull
Tournament Co-ordinator      Carolle Armour
NAOP Co-ordinator               
Web Master                        Francis Gaudino/Fraser Coull
Busines Manager                  Francis Gaudino

                         UNIT 228 MARCH 4 MEETING MINUTES (pending)

Present: Shirley Bent, Carolle Armour, Peter Doig, Tracey Fuhr, Mel Johsen (guest)

 Regrets: Nancy Jacobson, John Barber, Denis Parsons, Dennis Trevisanutto each submitted a                   written proxy or voting

Meeting was called order by Shirley Bent at 12.05pm

1. Agenda was approved.
2. Minutes from October 16^th meeting approved by Peter Doig, seconded by Carolle  Armour.
3. Business arising from minutes: Rookie-Master game put on hold until Shirley confirms with Francis.
4. Treasurer’s Report: Shirley reported or John Barber that our bank balance is $ 7607.00.
5. Sectional May 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th : Carolle  reported the schedule and fees as listed                                                   

 Friday, May 3^rd  499 pairs and open pairs single session at  1:00pm

Saturday, May 4^th  Don Henry Memorial and 499er games at 10:00am and International pairs and 499er games at 2:00pm.

Sunday, May 5^th Stratified Open teams at 10:00am and 2:00pm.

Fees will be $10.00 per game on Friday, $15.00per game on Saturday or $25.00 if playing both games, and $30.00 for Sunday team games. Non ACBL members pay $4:00 extra per game or register freely or 120 days. Lunch will be provided on Saturday and Sunday as well as coffee and snacks at all games.

6. Nap: Club is running Nap games this year and they are scheduled  for June,10^th and 26^th, July 8^th and 24^th and August 12^th and 28^th.
7. New Business:  Mel reported that Lucy Laframboise is donating a trophy in memory o Rollie Laframboise to be presented annually to the winners of the annual sectional  team games. Mel will consult with Lucy and take care of getting the trophy.
8. Next Meeting: May 27 at 12:00pm.
9. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 12:55pm.

 

 UNIT 228 AGM Minutes October 30, 2023 

Executive Present: Shirley Bent, Denis Parsons, Carolle Armour, John Barber, Nancy Jacobson, Peter Doig.

Meeting was called to order by Shirley Bent at 1:05pm

1. Approval of Agenda: Moved by Joy Warkentin and seconded by Mel Johnsen.

2. Minutes from November 14 ,2022 AGM: Moved by Peter Doig and seconded by Carolle           Armour.

3. Treasurer’s Report. John presented a written report indicating a yearly loss of   $229.00 and a year end balnce of $7607.00. Moved by Denis Parsons and    seconded by Gabe      Deprophetis.

4. Sectional: Shirley reported that 54 tables participated in our 2023 sectional. She           thanked Carolle Armour and Nancy Jacobson organizing and running the     sectional. She also thanked Fraser Coull and Mel Johnsen for directing the games. Shirley announced            that Fraser and Mel are also taking the Director upgrading course. The 2024 sectional is        scheduled for May 3/4/5. Trophies: Shirley announced and/or presented the following Trophies:

                                    Helen Shields ( most points at sectional) to Don Cattani     

                                    Don Henry ( first sectional game on Saturday) to Mary                                                                     Henderson and Jim Hobson

                                    Pat Curtis Pairs ( Helen Shields 2022 winners) Gloria Bortolussi                                                       and Joy Warkentin.

 5. NAP: Shirley announced that 56 tables participated in the six games the unit                sponsored. The district game is scheduled on Saturday November 18 at 10:30am and        3:00pm  for those who qualified. These games are on-line and the fee is $20.00 US .

6. Elections: Denis Parsons and Nancy Jacobson have agreed to remain on the executive for        two more years. Moved by John Stephens and seconded by Gloria Bortolussi to accept         their nominations.

7. Adjournment: Shirley adjourned the meeting at 1:20pm

 

UNIT 228 October 16 Meeting Minutes (pending)

Present: Shirley Bent, Denis Parsons, Carolle Armour, Nancy Jacobson, John Barber, Peter                       Doig, Francis Gaudino

Absent: Dennis Trevisanutto

Meeting was called to order by Shirley Bent t 12:00pm

1. Agenda was approved by Carolle Armour and seconded by Nancy Jacobson.
2. Minutes from June 12^th meeting approved by Peter Doig and seconded by Denis Parsons
3. Business arising from minutes: AGM date has been changed to Oct 30 from Nov 13.
4. Treasurer report: John Barber presented a written report stating a net loss of $229  as of September 30 with a bank balance of $7,607.
5. Sectional: Carolle reported that the Sectional dates are set for May 3,4,5, 2024. She also recommended that sectional fees be $10 for games on Friday and Saturday except for those playing a single game on Saturday the fee will be $15. Fees for Sunday team games remains at $30. Move by Nancy and seconded by John to accept this fee structure.
6. NAP: Shirley reported that 56 tables competed at the 6 games in June. July, and August. The District round is tentatively set for November 18^th at 10:30 am and 3 pm for those qualified. Games are on-line and the fee is $20.
7. AGM: Trophies to be presented:        Don Henry Memorial  for club championship                                                                        winners, Mary Henderson and Jim Hobson                                                                              Helen Shields Memorial for most points at                                                                            Sectional, will update Shirley regarding winners.         

                                                            Pat Curtis Memorial AGM winners from 2022.                                                                      Francis will udate Shirley regarding winners.

8. Elections: All current members present are willing to remain on UNIT board. Shirley will check with Dennis Trevisanutto regarding his wishes.
9. New Business: Francis reported that our club is allowed to have 24 sanctioned unit championship games next year. We already have our 6 sanctioned NAP games and Francis asked Shirley to ask our club to request 18 more sanctioned games for next year. These sanctioned games allow for much silver and red points.

Helen Shields Rookie-Master Game to be discussed at our next meeting.

10. Next Meeting January 22th, 2024.
11. Meeting adjourned at 1:00 pm.

 

UNIT 228 Minutes April 5^th Meeting

Present: Shirley Bent, Carolle Armour, Denis Parsons, Fraser Coull, Peter Doig

Absent: Nancy Jacobson, John Barber, Denis Trevisanutto

Meeting was called to order by Shirley Bent at 12:00pm

1. Agenda was approved by Peter Doig and seconded by Denis Parsons
2. Minutes of December 5^th meeting was approved by Carolle Armour and seconded by Denis Parsons.
3. Business arising: new NAP dates are Mon June 12, Wed June 21

   Mon July 10,   Wed July 19

   Mon Aug 7       Wed Aug 16

4. Treasurer Report: Denis  Parsons reported for John Barber that our bank balance as of April 1^st was $ 7012.
5. Sectional May 5,6,7: Coordinator Carolle  Armour gave update on planning.

      Sectional is downgraded and points will be 80% silver and 20% black

      ACBL table charges are $ 4.84 per table

      No 2 consecutive games on Saturday

      Non ACBL members will pay $ 4.00 extra per game, or can join ABCL 4 month free membership

      Carolle asked for $ 300 float for expenses, $ 200 for snacks, and $100 for tip for lunch servers, which were all approved. 

      Swiss Teams must play both AM and PM games

     

6. New Business:

Shirley reported from District 2 meeting that that our club is doing well with game turnouts and that the District has cancelled novice on line games.Fraser announced that he plans to have 2 practice team games before the Sectional, dates to be announced .Fraser gave explanation regarding 1 section vs 2 sections at regular club games

7. Next Meeting June 12  12:00PM .
8. Adjournment: Moved by Peter Doig , seconded by Denis Parsons to adjourn.

Unit 228 TBDBC Meeting,

 Unit 228 Annual General Meeting Tuesday October 22, 2019 (Draft)

1.  On Tuesday October 22nd, the annual meeting of Unit 228 was held at West Thunder Community Centre.  The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by President Shirley Bent.

2. A minute of silence was held in memory of Irene Lougheed who recently passed away.  This was done at the end of the meeting when more members were present.

3. Mel Johnsen  read the minutes of the annual meeting for the 2018 year.

4. Errors or omissions. 

 A motion was made by Denis Parsons and seconded by Nancy Jacobson to accept the minutes as read.  All in favour.

5. Treasurers report was  given by John Barber. Copies of the report were distributed to members.  The current balance for 2019 is $7,927. The net income for the year was $591.00

A motion was made to accept the Treasurer report by Rolly Laframboise and seconded by Murray Crane

6. Awards

Pat Courtis 2018 winners were Ross Cody and Tim McCormick

Don Henry Memorial 2019 winners were Cliff Campbell and David McLellan

7. Sectional 2020 

Carolle Armour discussed details of the Sectional tournament to be held at West Thunder Community Centre May 1st-3rd 2020.  This is registered as a downgraded tournament.  This means that a) We can use our own Director

                     b) Instead of 100% , points credited will be 65%

Memberships:

There are three scenarios:

1. If you are an active ACBL member, you can play at no extra cost.

2. If you were never a member, you can buy a temporary membership for $10.  This will allow you to play at any tournament for one month. If you decide to change that membership to a permanent one, you will have to pay the difference.

3. If you previously purchased a temporary membership or let your regular membership lapse, you will need to pay an extra $4.00 per session.  You may not renew the temporary membership a second time.

             ACBL membership is $60.80 for one year.  You can register on line of call the ACBL  

             @ 1-800-264-2743         

            Tournament prices will be lower next year.

1.  Pair events will be $10.00 per person instead of $12.00

2. Team event will be $108.00 for two sessions instead of $120.00

            The tournament schedule will be posted in the back of the monthly schedule starting in February.  West Thunder will be providing both Saturday and Sunday lunches.

8.  New Business

There was no new business raised

9.  Elections:  Members on the board currently are Shirley Bent, Mel Johnsen, John Barber, Nancy Jacobson, Carolle Armour, Denis Parsons and Marilyn Stewart.  A call was made for anyone interested if a vacancy arose. Mel Johnsen’s and Carolle Armour terms are up but they agreed to stay on the board.  No new nominations or volunteers were forthcoming, thus elections were closed.

Correction made by 

John Barber re correct expiry dates for directors:

2020- John Barber, Shirley Bent and Nancy Jacobson

2021 Denis Parsons and Marilyn Stewart

2022 Carolle Armour and Mel Johnsen

 

10. The board will determine the positions of board members at their next meeting November 21st at 11:00 a.m. at West Thunder Community Centre.

11. Meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m.

                    

 UNIT 228 MINUTES May 16, 2019 

A meeting of Unit 228 was held at West Thunder C.C. on May 16 , 2019. The meeting was called to order at 11:10am by President Shirley Bent.

ATTENDING :

Shirley Bent, Mel Johnsen, Marilyn Stewart, Carolle Armour, Denis Parsons, John Barber, Joy Warkentin .

ABSENT:

Nancy Jacobson

AGENDA:

Moved for approval by Denis Parsons and seconded by Carolle Armour to accept agenda. Carried.

REPORTS:

TREASURER :

John Barber: There is $11,524 in the bank, with outstanding cheques from West Thunder C.C. and director fees from the sectional tournament .

Last years tournament showed a profit of $500.00

Moved by Marilyn Stewart and seconded by Mel Johnsen to adopt the minutes as read. Carried.

Sectional Tournament :

Carolle Armour: 

The sectional was huge success thanks to the hard work by Nancy Jacobson, Marilyn Stewart and Carolle Armour.

The attendance was 104 1/2 tables compared to 103 1/2 tables from 2018. 

The 499ers were encouraged to play and play they did.

There were  some problems with people walking in off the street and not being able lock the cloakroom . 

A $50.00 gratitude was given to Judy Wrigley for the great help she did to ensure everything ran smoothly .

DISTRICT REPORT:

Shirley Bent:

There was a motion to change the number of delegates to one per thousand members in a unit ; this was defeated. Unit 228 can send two.

The District wants to have their own STAT week to raise money for a novice program.

The District has lost a tournament director and are looking for people who be willing to become TA's (tournament assistants).

The fee to write the exam is $50.00. Most  units will pick up the costs.

Next years meeting will be April 10,2020 , Shirley Bent and Marilyn Stewart will attend.

NEW BUSINESS:

A sanction for next years sectional will be applied for and local directors will be used. This will reduce costs substantially.

The Unit and the Club will be arranging classes in the fall for newcomers and 499ers. 

Sault Ste Marie Regional has been cancelled .

The next meeting will be on Thursday Sept. 5, 2019, at 10:30 a.m.

Moved for adjournment at 12:10 p.m. by Denis Parsons and seconded by John Barber. Carried.

UNIT 228 MINUTES April 11, 2019

A meeting of Unit 228 was held at West Thunder C.C. On April 11, 2019 . The meeting was called to order at 11:05 am by President Shirley Bent .

 

ATTENDING:

Mel Johnsen ,Denis Parsons, John Barber, Marilyn Stewart, Shirley Bent , Nancy Jacobson, Joy Warkentin.

 

AGENDA:

Moved by Denis Parsons and seconded by Marilyn Stewart to accept the agenda. Carried.

 

TREASURE:

 

John Barber: There is $8,074,00 including the rebate from the ACBL for membership fees. 

Moved by Shirley and seconded by Marilyn Stewart to accept the report. Carried.

 

Tournament:

 

Nancy Jacobson reported the luncheon on Saturday $6.50 a person and pizza on Sunday , from Frankie's Pizza. All games will be $12.00 a person per session and $120,00 for the Swiss Teams on Sunday.

 

Ace of Club Shambrom certificates will be given out between sessions on Saturday.

Shirley Bent will check to see if we have to run a GNT game.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

 

Indiscretions should be addressed.

A discussion was held about using local directors for the sectional tournament next year. The silver points would still be available but only 65 percent of what we normally would get.

Entry fees would drop , director cost would drop and the costs are in Canadian dollars.

Looking into having a split regional.

The winners of the Helen Shields Rookie / Master were Denis Parsons and Nancy Wyrot- Martin.

Next meeting May 16, 2019.

Moved to adjourn at 12:05 pm by Denis Parsons and seconded by John Barber. Carried

UNIT 228 MINUTES JANUARY 23, 2019 

A meeting of  Unit 228 was held at West Thunder C.C. on January 3, 2019. The meeting was called to order at 11:15 am. by President Shirley Bent.

ATTENDING:

Shirley Bent, Mel Johnsen, Marilyn Stewart, Carolle Armour, Denis Parsons, John Barber, Joy Warkentin.

REPORTS:

Minutes of November 22, 2018 were read and moved by John Barber and seconded by Marilyn Stewart to be adopted as read. Carried.

Approval of agenda was moved by Denis Parsons and seconded by Marilyn Stewart. Carried.

TREASURER:

John Barber: There is $7249.00 in bank and membership rebate is forthcoming from the ACBL.

North America Pairs will be played Wednesday , February 16 and 23.

NEW BUSINESS:

District 2 meeting will be held April 19 in Toronto with Shirley Bent and possibly Denis Parsons representing our Unit.

We are hoping to present Mini and Ace of Clubs awards this year.

Sectional Report:

Carolle Armour:

Carolle would like the Club to put the sectional tournament dates on the March and April calendar.

Next meeting will be April 11 at West Thunder C.C. at 11:00 am.

Moved for adjournment at 11:50am by Carolle Armour and seconded by Marilyn Stewart. Carried.

 

UNIT 228 MINUTES NOVEMBER 22, 2018

A meeting of Unit 228 was held at West Thunder C.C. On November 22 ,2018. The meeting was called to order at 11:45 am by Denis Parsons.

ATTENDING :

Denis Parsons , Mel Johnsen , John Barber , Nancy Jacobson , Marilyn Stewart  Shirley Bent.

REPORTS:

The minutes from September 4 , 2018 were read and moved by John Barber , and seconded by Shirley Bent and seconded by John Barber to be adopted . Carried .

TREASURER:

A report by John Barber showed a bank balance of $7,199.00 . Moved by Shirley Bent and seconded by Nancy Jacobson : Carried .

NEW BUSINESS :

The executive for 2019 will as follows.

PRESIDENT:               Shirley Bent

VICE PRESIDENT :     Denis Parsons

SECRETARY:               Mel Johnsen

TREASURER  :            John Barber

NAP/ CNT:                   Marilyn Stewart

TOURNAMENTS:        Carolle Armour / Nancy Jacobson 

DISCIPLINARY :           Nancy Jacobson 

CLUB PRESIDENT:      Joy Warkentin (non voting)

CLUB MANAGER.         Fraser Coull (non voting)

January 23/30 2019 will be a two sessions North American Pairs unit championship with gold points for overall winners.

February 13 2018 will be a STAC team game.

There will be a GNT team event a date is yet to be determined . 

Next meeting will be January 3 , 2019 at 11:00am 

Moved to adjourn at 11:55am.

UNIT 228 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OCTOBER 23, 2018 

The general meeting of Unit 228 was held Tuesday October 23 , 2018 at West Thunder Community Centre.

The meeting was called to order at 6:20 pm by president Denis Parsons.

A moment of silence was held for members who passed away in 2018 .

The minutes of 2017 were read and moved by Darlene Milkovich and seconded by Gloria Bortolussi to be accepted as read. Carried.

TREASURE REPORT:

John Barber presented the treasurer report showing a surplus of $7,336.00.

Moved by Liz Landry and seconded by Shirley Bent and accepted. Carried.

AWARDS:

               Pat Courtis .                     John Barber and Anne Harper

               North American Pairs :    Roland Laframboise and Cliff Campbell.

               Grand National Teams:    Dave Mclellan, Cliff Campbell, Roland Laframboise.

                                                          Ross Cody and Don Domansky.

               Helen Shields:                   Roland Laframboise and Cliff Campbell .

                                                           Most master points from the sectional

                                                             tournament.

               Don Henry Pairs:               2017 Ross Cody and Roland Laframboise .

                                                           2018 Tim Toderash and Don Cattani.

NEW BUSINESS :

The next sectional will be held on May 3,4,5,  2019 at West Thunder Community Center.

The nominating committee chaired by Shirley Bent put forward the following names for the new executive : Marilyn Stewart and Denis Parsons.

Francis Gaudino thanked the board for their hard work.

Meeting adjourned at 6:40 pm.

 

Unit 228 Meeting Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2018 

A meeting of unit 228 was held September 4, 2018 at West Thunder  C.C. and was called to order at 11:05 a.m.

 

ATTENDING :

Denis Parsons , Mel Johnsen , John Barber , Shirley Bent , Nancy Jacobson , Fraser Coull , Joy Warkentin

REGRETS:

Steve Russo, Carole Armour, Francis Gaudino (past president)

 

REPORTS :

 

Minutes of June 12, 2018 were read and moved by John Barber and seconded by Shirley Bent to be adopted. Carried

 

TREASURER :

 

A report by John Barber and showed a bank balance of $7,255.00. Moved by Nancy Jacobson and seconded by Mel Johnsen . Carried

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING :

 

There will be coffee and desserts for the AGM meeting at 6:00 pm October 23 and bridge to follow. This is a two session event . The seconded session will be October 30 .

Denis Parsons and Marilyn Stewart were nominated to the board .

 

NEW BUSINESS :

A per diem of $150.00 was approved to Shirley Bent and Francis Gaudino for attending the district meeting in Toronto.

The President will remind all players about the cost to play in our Sectional Tournament .

A guide on how to run a sectional tournament was handed out by Nancy Jacobson.  This information will be e-mailed to Fraser Coull and Mel Johnsen.

Adjourned at 11:48 am.

Unit 228 Minutes June 12, 2018

 

A meeting of Unit 228 was held June 12, 2018 at West Thunder C.C. and was called to order by President Denis Parsons at 11:07 a.m.

ATTENDING:

Denis Parsons, Mel Johnsen, John Barber, Nancy Jacobson, Shirley Bent, Carolle Armour, Fraser Coull, Joy Warkentin .

Reports:

Minutes of April 10, 2018, were read and adopted by John Barber and seconded by Carolle Armour. Carried.

 

Treasurer:

A report by John Barber was presented and showed there is $7,443.00. A profit of 

$500.00 was made from the tournament. 

Moved by Shirley Bent and seconded by Nancy Jacobson.

NEW BUSINESS:

Next year’s sectional tournament will be held May 3,4,5, 2019 at West Thunder C.C.

The name International Fund Game cannot use the word fund.

A program for all events will be sent to ACBL.

There will no longer be a Women's Pairs game; it will be changed to 499ers.

Friday afternoon and evening games are International Pairs and 499ers Pairs and are separate events.

Saturday is the Don Henry Memorial Pairs two sessions with a 499ers Pairs in the afternoon.

Sunday is a two session stratified event with a play through.

 

Stat levels are open 2500 +

                                  B 1000 to 2500

                                  C 0 to 10000

The Unit is asking Nancy Strachan to direct.

Each session on Friday and Saturday will be $12.00 each and Sunday $120.00 per table.

Non-members will be able to buy a temporary membership for $10.00.This will be good for one month. For lapsed memberships, a fee of $4.00 per session will be charged. Moved  by Denis Parsons and Seconded by Shirley Bent.

 

NEW BUSINESS

An honorarium of a $100.00 for the web site was assigned to Tim McCormack.

Sault Ste Marie will hold a regional tournament in July 2019 chairperson is Arleen Smith.

Chairpersons for next year’s sectional tournament will Carolle Armour and Nancy Jacobson and Marilyn Stewart partnership.

The unit annual meeting will be a two session event on Tuesday October 23 and 30 with a meeting at 6:00 p.m. on October 23 with dessert and coffee.  Shirley Bent and Nancy Jacobson are coordinators.

Committee for board members will be looked after by Shirley Bent.

Next meeting will be Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at West Thunder C.C.

Meeting adjourned at 12:00.

 

Minutes of Unit 228 Meeting

Tuesday 17 March 2015 Columbus Centre

 

 

Attending:  Francis Gaudino/President, Tracey Fuhr/Secretary, Marj Elliot/Treasurer, Tim McCormack, Marilyn Stewart, Steve Russo, Fraser Coull

 

Regrets:  Gloria Bortolussi

 

Francis Gaudino called the pizza supper meeting to order at 5:30p

 

Marj Elliot gave the Treasurer’s Report; the Unit currently has $11696.18 less Travel Fund monies (approx. $3277) to be transferred to the club (which will be transferred back to the Unit to be used for the Fall Split Regional).  Also fees are still owing to the District for our last Regional, approx. $600.  It was decided that $100 gift card to Lot66 would be presented to Harvey Loewen for review of our books, with thanks for past audits.

 

Sleeping Giant Sectional—May 1-3, 2015 @ the Oliver Road Rec.  Hospitality = pizza, sandwiches, loaves.  There will be a Rookie game prob 0-100.  Francis to take tables over.  Unit members in attendance will help with set-up etc.; there will be no specific convener.  Marilyn still has supplies remaining from last year’s tourney.  Francis to e-mail the schedule to Tim to post on the website.

 

New Business

Unit Rep to Toronto District meeting:  after a call to members for names for the hat, Tracey was drawn Fri 13 March for April 3-4 meetings … future draws to take place in January to allow for more planning for the delegate.  Cheques for $150 each were written to Tracey and Francis to cover costs; Airfare will be reimbursed by the District.

 

Discussion to have the Annual Pat Courtis back on a Sunday in November, possibly 2 sessions.  Tim & Steve will be the co-conveners; possibly at Victoria Inn; less-expansive menu.

 

We are slated to have another Split Regional 16-20 September 2015:  looking for ok from Linda Lord of Barrie.  Suggestion to give out-of-towners first session free as an incentive (last Split Regional was 17-22 Sept 2013).  Francis to provide the Budget (approx. $10,000 all in). Thank you to Tony Tarsitano who was instrumental in getting us the Italian Hall on Algoma as our playing site.

 

Tim McCormack is running a great Education program; thinking of Wednesdays in May.

 

Unit Trophies to be repurposed:  Tracey will take pics and list.

 

 

 

Next Unit meeting – Tues 21 April 2015 - 6p KC (pre Sectional)

Minutes of Annual Unit 228 Meeting Saturday 8 November 2014 Columbus Centre   Francis Gaudino called the meeting to order at 9:10a; 30+ attended the delicious breakfast; this was a Breakfast meeting because of a lack of available facilities.  Dick Courtis was invited to represent the Courtis family but was unable to attend.  (8-1/2 tables played - 17 tables in 2013).   A Moment of Silence was held for the Members we lost in 2014: John Sihvonen Ron Uvanile Jean Morrison Wendy Jones Evelyn Murray Bob Geddes   Francis read last year’s Annual Meeting Minutes: accepted by Carol Anderson, seconded by Chris Moss, passed.   Marj Elliot gave the Treasurer’s Report, copies were available on the tables; there was a substantial loss at the Sectional, mostly due to Hospitality.  Report accepted by Marj, seconded by Roland, passed.  Judi was asked if Harvey Loewen would review our books, with thanks for past audits. Financial Position: Balance sheet as of 30 Sept 2014 - $12243 unaudited   Sleeping Giant Sectional—Many thanks to Marilyn & her team for tourney hospitality and organization.  We lost $1300.  Next Sectional to be 1-3 May 2015, Francis to book the space, prob Oliver Road Rec.  Discussion about hospitality (maybe a pot luck or members bring something)   New Business Discussion to have the Annual Meeting back on a Sunday, possibly 2 sessions. We are slated to have another Split Regional:  either July 2016 with London OR Oct/Nov with Niagara  (last Split Regional was 17-22 Sept 2013) The Unit will stop administration of the Travel Fund and give approx. $3000 to the Club; the Club will stop donations to the Unit Tim McCormack is running a great Education program; suggestion to give some $$$ to his program   Nominations   Francis Gaudino – President – acclaimed Marilyn Stewart - acclaimed Tracey Fuhr - Secretary Marj Elliot - Treasurer Tim McCormack Steve Russo Gloria Bortolussi – Club Manager Fraser Coull – Club Rep Thanks to Larry for many years of service. Unit Trophies to be repurposed:             Past Winners:   GNT                                        14 June 2014           Ted Landry, Mike St.James, Don Cattani, Jim Hobson   Sectional                               25-27 April 2014 Fri aft Int’l Pairs                                                        Steve Russo & Jim Hobson Fri aft Women’s Pairs                                              Sharon Merits & Marjorie Doyle Fri eve Int’l Pairs                                                      Tim McCormack & Roland Laframboise Fri eve 299ers                                                           Mary Dolcetti & Lynnette Oja Don Henry Pairs 2 sessions                                  Steve Russo & Tim Toderash Sun Open Swiss Teams                                         Susan Cressman, Ken Cressman                                                                                     Steve Russo, Tim Toderash Sun 299er Swiss Teams                                        Joy Warkentin, Susan Guerard                                                                                     Julia Ready, Judy Frasca  Overall Points Winner - Steve Russo   NAP                                        23 Nov 2013             Tracey Fuhr & Jim Elliott   CWTC                                                2 Nov 2013                Delina Hay, Gloria Bortolussi Judi Loewen, Adela  Mitchelson   AGM Pat Courtis                  27 Oct 2013               Tim McCormack & Larry Hansen   COPC GNT   New Life Masters Greg Menuz Al Houston Jim Elliott – Bronze Life Master too Plaques to be presented at a future date as none were in attendance

Last updated : 16th Mar 2015 19:18 EDT