2011 SPRING ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

May 26, 2011

The Spring General Meeting of the Chilliwack Curling Club was held on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at the Chilliwack Curling Club. President Larry Legault called the meeting to order at 7:35 pm. There were 32 members present.

Minutes:

Motion:

Moved by Dick Allan, seconded by Dave Stephenson

That the Minutes of the 2010 Spring Annual General Meeting be adopted. Carried

President’s Remarks: Larry Legault

It has been an honour to serve as president of the Chilliwack Curling Club over the last two years. It has been a wonderful, but tiring, experience The 2010 Olympics resulted in a tremendous amount of exposure for the sport of curling and we, as a club, were able to capitalize on this interest. Our membership increased over 13% this year while other clubs in the Lower Mainland have continued to struggle. We should be proud of our club’s continued success.

I would like to thank my fellow board members and all the members who have volunteered the time and labour over the year – the ladies in the kitchen, the volunteer bartenders, clinical/junior instructors, 50/50 sellers, and the work parties. I would like to thank the outgoing members of the Board for their contributions – Peter Lui, Jane Arden, Lenneke Bowles, Darryle Leavesley, and Chris Godwin. I would like to thank the staff, led by Bruce, for their efforts over the year.

Financial Report:

Keith Britz presented the financial report on behalf of Meyers, Norris & Penny.

Copies were given out to members for review.

Motion:

Moved by Wayne McAlpine seconded by Russ Knutson

That the financial report be adopted as reviewed. Carried

Question concerning how long City of Chilliwack is going to let us operate at this location.

There are 2 years left on our lease.

Manager’s Report: Bruce Renwick

The club had another very successful year with most leagues up and new leagues started with interest in new leagues for next season. We definitely capitalized on some of the Olympic interest and we ran a “Learn to Curl” session on Sunday evening which morphed into a full draw after Christmas. To the members, who gave up their Sunday nights to help the club a big thank you. We issued just under $4000.00 in club bucks this season which translates to just under 2000 volunteer hours from March of last year until the beginning of March this year. This commitment by members helps us keep our costs under control.

We hosted the PCMCA/BCIMCA Provincial championships and the Master’s under the guidance of chair Larry Sigurdson we showed once again that Chilliwack Curling Club hosts nothing but first class events. Although we aren’t scheduled for any events for next season, we have been asked by CurlBC to host the Ladies’ play downs the first week of Dec. (still needs Board discussion).

The Pro Shop had another good year with sales now approaching the $30,000.00 mark. With all the new curlers and all the club bucks we should see this number rise. Goldline products were tried this year and were well received so we will expand their line with some higher end shoes as well as those knick knacks for Christmas and Birthdays for that curler on your list. The bar also had a good year with the curlers having fun as well as a couple of darters. There are not many in the industry that can boast that their sales were the same after the change in the drinking and driving laws. This was achieved by more people drinking fewer drinks which overall balanced out to the same numbers as last season. This shows that it is becoming more and more the place to come and have a few drinks with your friends even on the nights you don’t curl. We are working on adding a night menu to the bar for next season which hopefully will result in an increase over last season’s sales

By making it more attractive to stick around and socialize.

We have a number of rentals this summer. There is quite a few more than last summer which was quite quiet. There are no major projects planned for maintenance this summer. A few minor fix ups to be done so will be holding a couple of work bees thru the summer. Keep your eyes peeled for the emails and come out and give a couple hours of your time.

I would like to thank a few people that have done things that may not get recognized, all the volunteers that come out to support your club whenever and for whatever you are needed for. You only get back what you give in anything in life. Thanks to Glen Ford for opening the club on Sundays for practice ice also Peter Lui for helping build a strong junior program which is the foundation of our future and Jane Arden and Lenneke Bowles for their countless hours as Secretary and Treasurer and all Board members for their time doing club activities.

And last our outgoing president Larry Legault for all the many, many hours he puts in around here doing the website, setting up the POS system, Bonspiels, Building and Maintenance etc…by far the most enthusiastic and hard working president the club has had in a while. He has definitely set the bar pretty high for the next president.

We had the pleasure of playing on some of the best ice in all of BC last season. Extra time and wages were spent on the cold side of the glass. During Dave’s well deserved days off, Mark Guthrie was trained to do the scraping and put many hours in hot mopping in order to keep the ice clean. As well Kris and Lou washed and cleaned the home ends each night. Unfortunately Dave has decided to move back to Ont. to work for next season. We have hired a young man from Prince Albert, Sask. Named James Michayluk to make our ice for next season. He is really looking forward to coming to our club and has family ties in the area. I look forward to working with him and I’m sure you will all welcome him to the club. The staff on this side of the glass will remain the same.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Draws & Bonspiels:

The bonspiels and draws were good this past year.

Bonspiels were well received with 30+ teams participating in each.

Next season we are planning a 50+ bonspiel in the early fall.

Social:

This committee organized the Top Dog contest, Drain/Tap the Keg, Halloween Dance and golf tournament this year.

Juniors:

The junior league had another successful year. Marie Mailloux will be running the junior league on Tuesdays next season.

Donna Allan will be running the Little Rockers on Thursdays next season.

Elections: Bob Burke

A call for nominations to fill the five vacancies was made. Six members allowed their names stand for election.

Lenneke Bowles Bobby Neid

Wendi Prinse Gord Jackson

Dave Stephenson Ron Magneson

Elected 3 yr term: Lenneke Bowles Bobby Neid

Gord Jackson Wendi Prinse

Elected1 yr term: Ron Magnusson

Directors returning: Kara Biersteker Andre Anglehart

Kim McLandress Neil Sulkers

Larry Legault Gary Roberts

Adam Dyck

Motion:

Moved by Gail Simpson seconded by Gord Jackson

The election ballots be destroyed. Carried.

Appointment of Accountants:

Motion:

Made by Maxine Burke seconded by Russ Knutson

That the Club continue with MNP as accountants for the upcoming year, 2011-2012. Carried.

Larry Legault adjourned the meeting at 8:20 pm.