“DRAFT”
Minutes of Unit 194 Annual General Meeting Halifax
April 15, 2021 via Zoom
Present: Linda Tuff, Maureen Donovan, Brian
Delong, Fran Delong, Art Donahue, Lydia Prange, John Dow, Jim Kirby, Marilyn
Bennett, John Olsen, Elizabeth Legacy, Gerry Callaghan, Marilyn Rudolph, Virginia
Giza, Michael Covey, Katherine Chapman, Marjorie Wandler, Dave Etter, Rob
Williams, Anne Hughes, Jack, Scott Rappard, Frances
DeLong, Ron O’Brien, Tim Margolian, Jane Fillbee, Leo
Weniger, Leslie Ruggles, Julie Small, Priscilla Kenny, Bilgin Batman, Don
Wright, Joanne Lynds, Roy Perry, Jean MacKenzie, Jamie Muir, Bruce Watson, Julie
Williams, Bill Halliday, Dan Landry,
Alan Thompson, Audrey MacGillivary, Anne Hughes, Kathie
Macnab and several others arrived after call to order.
Call to
Order 5:08 P.M by Linda Tuff
Motion: Approval of the minutes from the
Annual General Meeting of Unit 194, November 2019, was made by Marilyn Bennet
and seconded by Lydia Prange.
President’s
Report: ( see full report at the end of this document
).
There were no penalties incurred regarding
cancellation of any of the tournaments scheduled for 2020/2021.
The ACBL has sanctioned the Valley tournament
for September 2021 subject to local restrictions and guidelines.
Linda expressed the appreciation of the Board
for the retiring Board members including, Maureen Donovan, Mike Tanner, Lydia
Prange and Bill Knoll.
Edgar Blinn is retiring, and Linda expressed,
on behalf of the Board, her sincere appreciation for Edgar’s outstanding
dedication to Unit 194 and bridge in general.
Treasurer’s
report:
Gerry Callaghan gave the Treasurer’s report.
(see attached)
We are up to date with our GST filings.
There is only one tournament included due to
Covid cancellations. The February 2020 Halifax tournament had a profit of
$2,222.00. Currently there is a surplus of $54,000.
It was noted that the Can- At funds are no
longer separate because of the HST filings. Assets were combined on September 18,
2020.
Motion: Jim
Kirby moved that the Financial statement be approved. This was seconded by Art
Donahue, all approved.
Proposed Changes to the Unit 194 By-Laws:
There were a number of By-Law issues arising
from the cancellation of the Maritime Bridge Line. As such, the following By-Laws,
6.3 and 7.8 have been amended.
The Maritime Bridge Line Editor to be replaced
by the Webmaster.
Motion: This was
moved by Art Donahue and seconded by Dave Etter.
Bill Halliday is
currently the Webmaster and has kindly agreed to take this on.
New
Business:
Leo Weniger, The District representative,
reported that the ACBL is making organizational changes that he believes are
significant. These changes will be effective as of 2024.
Some of the changes include:
Districts will be combined and there will be
elected Representatives. There will be 13 Regional Districts.
Due to the great disparity in voters among
districts, Leo felt it was very imperative that we investigate this matter and
determine what action if any, should be taken. It was suggested that Leo and
Kathie attend the next Unit meeting for a full discussion.
Appointment
of the Auditor:
Motion: Jim
Kirby moved that David Etter be appointed the Accountant for the Unit. This was
seconded by Art Donahue.
Nomination
Committee Report: presented by Jim Kirby (attached)
The slate
of candidates to represent Unit 194 are:
Executive
Jim Kirby, President
Brian Delong, 1st
V.P.
Elliot Kaizer, 2nd V.P.
Secretary - Jean
Mackenzie
Treasurer - Gerry
Callaghan
Past President: Linda
Tuff
Area Representatives:
Counties of Yarmouth, Shelburne and Digby: Paulette Mitchell
Counties of Queens and
Lunenburg: John Olsen
Counties of Annapolis,
Kings and Hants: Fran Delong
Cape Breton: Irene
Jones
Counties of Pictou and
Antigonish: Ron O’Brien
Counties of Colchester
and Guysborough: Marylyn Rudolph
Halifax County: Art
Donahoe
Halifax County: Tim
Margolian
Halifax County:
Elizabeth Legacy
Avalon Peninsula of
Newfoundland: Marilyn Bennett
Newfoundland and
Labrador excluding the Avalon Peninsula: Marilyn Bennett
Ex-Officio Non Voting:
The Unit Tournament
Chair – John Dow
The Can-At Chairs – M.
Donovan, Linda Tuff and Gerry Callaghan
The Webmaster – Bill
Halliday
The Zone 1 Director of
the CBF
Motion: Jim Kirby moved to accept the new
slate of Board Members. Seconded by Art Donahue.
Linda Tuff,
President thanked all attendees for taking the time to attend.
Adjourned:
5:40 PM.
Respectively Submitted, Maureen Donovan, Unit
194, Board Member
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Unit
194 President’s Report
Annual
General Meeting, April
15, 2021
In 2020 and
there were no tournaments held due to Covid restrictions. A small glimmer of light is at the end of the
tunnel as the ACBL has sanctioned our Valley Sectional, Oct 1-3, 2021, subject
to Provincial Health Guidelines. Simply
obtaining the sanction offers hope yet as a Unit we may still face may hurdles
relating to in person play. Will players come? What will the new protocols be?
Many questions for the new and returning board members of Unit 194.
The Unit held
virtual Zoom board meetings in April 2020, June 2020 and in February 2021. Items
discussed included: The Unit did not suffer any financial penalties when the
sectionals and Can-At were cancelled. Revision of the
By-Laws as the Maritime Bridge Line is no longer in existence. Organizing the
AGM and appointing the Nominating Committee.
The Zoom meetings offered the board an easy way to communicate, and I
suspect, will be quite useful in the future.
I would like to
thank those board members who are retiring for their time and dedication to our
board: Maureen Donovan, Bill Knoll, Mike Tanner, Joan Gillam
and Lydia Prange. Also, Edgar Blinn has retired from Directing. All members
will certainly miss Edgar as he has been a fixture on our tournament scene
forever. We thank him for his dedication to bridge and hope to see him at the
table when we resume playing.
I will remain
on the board as Past President for the next two years and look forward to
working with the current and new board members. Collectively I am confident we
can work towards a bright safe future for all bridge players.
Respectively
submitted,
Linda
Tuff