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April 2004 Board Meeting
(posted April 16, 2004)
The Board of Directors held their monthly meeting on Wednesday April
14, 2004 at 7:00 p.m.
Following are a few brief highlights of the Board Meeting :
- Items carried
over from the previous meeting :
1) Interac and or Visa/Mastercard : No activity since last meeting; 2)
Chair Repairs Donations procedure : a simple procedure has been
developed to coordinate with Jerry Brown; 3) CFB furniture
auction : Guy talked to Jerry but nothing is available yet, subsequent
to the meeting our contact with the CFB Ladies league identified that
they may be able to acquire some of their lockers; 4) Ice
Schedule for 2004/2005 season : Garry Parker brought version one to be
reviewed during the Membership & Draw committee report..
- Correspondence
received :
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From the CCA : none.
- From the MCA : Request for completion of Annual Statistics Report for
2004/05 : Vic to reply in June; Request for list of Club members
passed away since May 2003 : Vic to reply in June; info re application
for MCA Capital fund, Nomination form for MB Curling Hall of Fame,
Request for donation of prizes for auction at to MB Hall of Fame
Dinner, poster for and Request for prize donations for MCA Golf Day :
filed: Request for submission to Bonspiel Brochure for 2004-2005 season
: passed on to Guy; Reminder to submit nominee for IG/MCA
Volunteer award: filed .
- From AWCC : None.
- From others : Letter from MB Gaming Control Commission including
license for 04/05 : posted in bar area, poster : filed,
Application form for notification of executive changes for next season
: Vic to reply in June, gambling addiction brochures :
filed; cc of donation by Hart Kapitoler to the CCA in the name
Deer Lodge ( chair refurb.); obit for Past President Harold Clubine :
sympathy card sent; response via email to ice maker at Beaver Curling
club re our use of Jet Ice : Pat Doyle supplied info for the email.
- House &
Finance Committee report :
-Treasurer Bruce Kerr presented the financial update as at the
end of March. The current Profit & Loss report shows a very
strong cash position although we still have additional expenses to
include before the end of this season. The Board decided to make
another balloon payment against our mortgage.
-Committee chairperson Ian Mahon reported on other House
& Finance Committee
activities. The ice facilities have been shut down effective April
7th. A walk through was done with our ice maker and everything
looks ready for the summer. We plan to get a work crew together to
remove the last traces of paint from the ice field. Other summer work
will include replacing the carpet along the south end of the
arena. It is very old and shedding fibers. There is also some work to
be done with the wood along the bottom of the east wall of the
arena.
- Membership &
Draw Committee :
- Chairperson Guy
McLachlan reported on activities since last meeting.
- Men's Leagues : All the league and playoff competition is
complete. Guy highlighted all the winners. Please
reference our home page Latest News
items with posted dates of March 25 and April 3 for the details. The
trophies have been engraved and individual awards for each of the above
team members have been picked up. Presentation will occur at the men's
wind up this Friday April 16.
We have already received deposits from at least one new men's team for
next season.
- Associate Leagues : All but one league has already returned deposits
for next year. The last one should be in shortly. -A special
meeting is taking place next week with representatives of the CFB
Ladies league to address their requirements.
-Garry Parker’s first draft of the ice schedule was given an initial
review. Several more drafts and reviews are expected as this is a
very complex job.
- We finally received our 2004-2005 ice allotment from the MCA and we
were awarded the Target Junior Men's and Junior Women's Zones which run
from December 2. 2004 to December 5, 2004. In addition we were awarded
the Christmas Youth Bonspiel for December 27 and 28 of 2004.
- Entertainment
Committee Highlights
-Chairperson Ian Brown reported the Men's Windup
on April 16. The final details are being worked on. The main
course will be roast beef.
- Promotion &
Publicity Committee :
There was no committee report this month.
- Junior Curling
The chair for the committee ,Gail Cabana-Coldwell reviewed her written
report. The three Junior curling leagues ended the season with
their windups, which were held at the club on Saturday Apr. 3 and 4,
2004.
This year, the Monday Jr and Bantam leagues held a joint windup on
April 3, with the Little Rocks having theirs the next day. Of the 16
Little Rock curlers, 14 attended the windup, many with parents in tow,
for on and off-ice work. Coordinator Kelly Macdonald conducted a fun,
curling-related version of TV’s Jeopardy game and everyone had a great
time.
The joint Monday-Bantam windup was a bit more of a
challenge. An unfortunate double booking of our facilities
made for a mad scramble, but an eventual accommodation for all
parties. With the season ending just before spring break, attendance at
this wind-up was a bit disappointing; about 35 kids attended plus lots
of their parents. Those that did turn up for the wind-up thoroughly
enjoyed the “HotShots” competition, and of course the pizza and soft
drinks afterwards. For the 2nd year, the St. James Optimists made
a donation to cover the cost of league trophies and prizes for the
HotShots event.
The four coordinators – Kelly Macdonald, Doug Bauer, Dave Johnson, Russ
Duffy – and Gail are meeting in a couple of weeks to plan next season,
refine the registration and marketing processes and to set a
registration date.
The proposed later start time for the Juniors on Monday for next year
is not going to work for them according to a poll. They are
instead looking to move to a Sunday 5-7 p.m. time slot similar to some
other clubs around the city.
There will be an attempt made in the ice schedule to accommodate more
time slots for the Bantams. This may be possible if they can make
use of Sunday afternoon slots on some weekends where Saturday is booked
for weekend bonspiels.
- Other Items of
Interest
- A mail out plan re notifying league members and shareholders about
the Annual General Meeting and Men's Golf/Registration day was
discussed. The plan was acceptable to those present.
Curling application forms will be included for those that participated
in any one of the Men's leagues this year.
- On May 4 the executive will gather to set the meeting schedule
and dates for special events for the 2004 - 2005 season.
- The next Board meeting is Tuesday May 18, 2004 at 7
p.m. .
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