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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Saturday, June 11, 2011 Richmond Curling Club BOARD OF DIRECTORS TOTAL VOTES: 16 President: Jim Mann Region 6: Debbie Judzentis (alternate) Past Pres.

1 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Saturday, June 11, 2011 Richmond Curling Club BOARD OF DIRECTORS TOTAL VOTES: 16 President: Jim Mann Region 6: Debbie Judzentis (alternate) Past Pres. Terry Vandale Region 7: Pat Cotter Vice-Pres.: Marnie Jepsen Region 8: (Mike West) Mike West Region 9: Ken Albrecht Region 1: Gerry Foster Region 10: Tony Pisto Region 2: Tom Mann Region 11: (Marnie Jepsen) Region 3: Donna Stuike Region 11: Liz Goldenberg Region 4: Dave Merklinger Region 11: Bev Oldham Region 5: Ron Phillips Region 11: Lynne Jambor MEMBER FACILITY VOTING DELEGATES TOTAL VOTES: 22 Region 1 Mel Lungle Grand Forks Region 11 Dale Gregory Coquitlam Region 3 George Horner Penticton Bill Fowle GEWC Jim McCaffery Kelowna Tony Malyk Langley Joyce Kuzyk Oliver Gary Sutcliffe Marpole Region 7 Brian Fisher Kamloops Katherine Johnson Mission Region 8 Sue Sharock Esquimalt Wolf Renner Peace Arch Dorothy Wright Glen Meadows Del Bauming Richmond Lena West Juan de Fuca James McLeod Port Moody Kathy Mackenzie Victoria Irwin Lee Royal City Region 9 Chris Grelson Kerry Park Art Kuiper Tunnel Town Teri Palynchuk Nanaimo George Opacic Vancouver DIRECTORS HOLDING MEMBER FACILITY VOTES: TOTAL VOTES: 7 Region 1 Region 6 Debbie Judzentis (2) Smithers, Burns Lake Region 2 Terry Vandale Elkford Region 7 Pat Cotter McArthur Island Region 3 Donna Stuike Summerland Region 8 Region 4 Region 9 Region 5 Region 10 Tony Pisto Comox Region 11 Liz Goldenberg North Shore Winter Club MEMBER FACILITY VOTING DELEGATES ON TELECONFERENCE LINK: TOTAL VOTES 1 Region 4 Scott Kyllo Vernon Region 11 Wendy Prinse Chilliwack, non-voting delegate Region 10 Mare Michell Comox, non-voting delegate OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN ATTENDANCE: Jim Day - Kamloops Lawrence Woytowich Glen Meadows Len Stewart Juan de Fuca Lorraine Gagnon Kerry Park Fred Rumo Nanaimo Kellie Rice Nanaimo Denise Wood Nanaimo Tracy Hill Golden Ears Winter Club (GEWC) Deb Pound Marpole Jim Schuman Richmond Lesley Hruby Royal City Garry Gelowitz Kelowna Janice Ainsworth Comox Wayne Harris Comox Deb Pound (Alternate Director) Vancouver Chris Daw (Alternate Director) Vancouver Tracy Sones Abbotsford Al Kersey Cloverdale Doris Torrance Cloverdale Barry Ayers Coquitlam Samantha Siu Richmond Vince Miele Richmond Don Fisher Richmond Gordon Arai Vancouver

2 Team Brown Vernon Team Armstrong Team Jurgenson Norm Allen Kelowna Bill Tschirhart Victoria Lyndon Little - special guest Elaine Owsnett Delta Thistle Wayne Petrie Port Moody Connie Gelowitze Kelowna Jack Bowman, Chair, CCA Victoria Lindsay Shannon Golden Ears Winter Club Linda & Darryl Kirton Abbotsford Rob Garf Chantel McConachie Coquitlam John Shea John Shea Insurance Brokers John Crabb Port Moody MINUTES 1. Call to Order Jim Mann, President TIME: 1:30 PM 2. Confirmation of Quorum Jim Mann QUORUM ESTABLISHED Jim Mann confirmed quorum had been established 3. Approval of the agenda Jim Mann To approve the agenda as distributed and leave open for additions. MOVED: Gerry Foster SECONDED: Donna Stuike 4. Approval of Minutes of Annual General Meeting of June 12, 2010 Jim Mann To approve the minutes of the Annual General Meeting of June 12, 2010 MOVED: Ken Albrecht SECONDED: Pat Cotter 5. President s remarks and Introduction of the Board Jim Mann President Mann introduced the Board of Directors and recognized the new incoming Directors as follows: Mel Lungle, Region 1 George Horner, Region 3 Jim Day, Region 7 Chris Daw, Region 11 President Mann recognized the contributions made by outgoing Directors and presented each with a plaque of recognition from Curl BC. Outgoing Directors are as follows: Gerry Foster Region 1 Donna Stuike Region 3 Pat Cotter Region 7 Bev Oldham Region 11 President Mann reviewed the goals and objectives of the Board of Directors over the past year and the progress made on each to date. He also discussed the key challenges faced by the Board this past year. Curl BC Annual General Meeting, June 11, 2011 Page 2 of 10

3 Board Goals : Migrate to a Governance model that is policy driven, instead of an Operational one Implement a Board committee structure that allowed committees to do the work of the Board for whole Board approval Reduce the size and authority of the Executive Committee Addressing long discussed changes in playdown structures Changing the balance of perceived focus from competition to curling development Stabilizing our financial operations and growing revenue Establishing a long-term legacy fund to begin reducing dependency on Government Board Accomplishments: Governance Model about 75% complete Committees now bringing proposals to the Board for consideration Executive no longer have elected Secretary and Treasurer, and function like other committees Playdowns ongoing process but positive change has been undertaken and is being implemented Focus significant work in participation programs such as Capital One Rocks & Rings Finances revenue growth and positive reports Legacy Funding established the Curling for Life Endowment Fund Board Key Challenges: Governance complete policy transition Communications improvements between owners and association Working Relationships improvements between owners and association Bylaws and administrative structure initiate a detailed review 6. Introduction of special guests Jim Mann Jack Bowman, Chair of CCA Board of Governors 7. Presentation and Approval of the 2010/11 Financial Statements Marnie Jepsen, Vice-President Treasurer Marnie Jepsen presented the audited financial statements and reported a surplus of $68,475. The Auditor offered a clean opinion and no management recommendations. MOTION: To accept the financial statements for 2010/11 as presented. MOVED: Pat Cotter SECONDED: Bev Oldham Curl BC Annual General Meeting, June 11, 2011 Page 3 of 10

4 8. Appointment of the Auditor for Marnie Jepsen That we accept the recommendation to retain the services of D & H Group LLP, Chartered Accountants, as auditors for the year MOVED: Donna Stuike SECONDED: Lynne Jambor 9. Motion on Bylaw Changes Jim Mann That the recommended changes to the Curl BC Bylaws be accepted as presented by the Board of Directors MOVED Terry Vandale SECONDED Mike West President Mann reviewed the proposed changes three areas of potential change: membership classes; gender status; and, general terminology. An explanation of each proposed change was provided by President Mann and can be found in the attached documentation detailing each bylaw change. 10. Motion on Life Membership Liz Goldenberg In recognition of his lifetime of participation in the sport of curling: 1964 World Men s Championship (Lyall Dagg Team) 1976 Induction into BC Sports Hall of Fame as part of the Lyall Dagg Team, 1977 BC Men s Championship (Roy Vintners Team), 1978 BC Men s Championship title (Bernie Sparks Team), 2001 Recipient of Curl BC Volunteer of the Year Award 29 Years Coaching Blind Curling teams won a Western Canada Championship The Awards Committee recommends that Leo Hebert be awarded Life Membership in Curl BC. MOVED: Liz Goldenberg SECONDED: Ken Albrecht 11. New Business Jim Mann There was no new business to discuss 12. Canadian Curling Association a. Update Jack Bowman, Chair, CCA See attached copy of report by Jack Bowman b. Events Neil Houston, Events, CCA See attached copy of report by Neil Houston 13. Annual Operational Report Scott Braley, CEO Curl BC Annual General Meeting, June 11, 2011 Page 4 of 10

5 Scott thanked Jim Mann for serving and volunteering on Board Curl BC Staff gave overview of Operational level accomplishments for season 14. Awards Liz Goldenberg Presentations of plaques made to the Award Winner as per the following chart of nominations received and award recipients: Team of the Year Masters Team of the Year Anita Cochrane Coach of the Year Wally M Lot Official of the Year Junior Female Athlete of the Year Junior Male Athlete of the Year Female Athlete of the Year Male Athlete of the Year Athlete with a Disability of the Year Sponsor of the Year Club of the Year Customer Service Club Volunteer of the Year Janette Robbins (Builder) Award Pat Kennedy (Long Service Volunteer) Award Elsie McKenzie (Youth & Jr Curling) Award Friendship Award Team Corryn Brown (winner), Team Jim Cotter, Team Tom Buchy, Team Garry Gelowitz Team Garry Gelowitz (winner) Coach Bill Tschirhart (winner), Len Stewart, Cindy Tucker, Ken Brown Linda Kirton (co-winner), Rob Garf (co-winner), Donna Butler Corryn Brown (winner), Brandi Tinkler Jonathan Gardner (winner), Kyle Anderson Roselyn Craig (winner), Sasha Carter Dale Hockley (winner), Kevin Folk, Tom Buchy, Jim Cotter Gary Cormack (winner), Chris Daw Twin Anchors Houseboats (winner), Kruger Canada Products Inc (Scotties), CIBC Wood Gundy, Pyramid Building Supplies Kimberley Curling Club (winner), Gibsons Curling Club NOT AWARDED Lindsay Shannon, GEWC (winner), Marie Cooke (Kerry Park), Luci-Anne Tremblay (Kamloops), Ross Milward (Lillooet), Juanita Wannamker, Carol Skytte & Carol Hickman (Gibsons), Tracy Zandee (Oliver), Orval Stanley (Kimberley) Joyce Kuzyk (winner), Kelli May (Nelson) Norm Allen (winner), Bill Carr, Joyce Kuzyk, Leo Hebert Michele Baratelli, Abbotsford (winner), Anna Siemens (Salmon Arm), Luci-Anne Tremblay (Kamloops), Kelli May (Nelson), Kent Gilchrist (co-winner), Lyndon Little (co-winner) 15. Adjournment at 4 PM Jim Mann MOVED: Donna Stuike Curl BC Annual General Meeting, June 11, 2011 Page 5 of 10

6 Report of the Governance and Strategic Planning Committee on ByLaw Changes Motion: Subject to the approval of the Registrar, be it resolved that the Board of Directors recommends the following changes to the Curl BC Bylaws to the membership at the Annual General Meeting: Amend Bylaw Part 1 paragraph 1. to add Item h. to read: h. Governor shall have the same meaning as Director as defined in the Society Act. Amend Bylaw Part 2 Paragraph 4 from: 4. Membership in the society shall be divided into three classes, namely: a. Member facilities b. Life Members c. Honorary Life members Amendment September 16, 2006 To 4. Membership in the society shall be divided into five classes, namely: a. Member facilities b. Life Members c. Honorary Life Members Amendment September 16, 2006 d. Affiliated Curlers e. Affiliated Associations Add a new Bylaw Paragraph 10 and renumber the subsequent paragraphs accordingly: 10. Any association or organized group whose primary purpose is the advancement or development of the sport of curling, whose members are affiliated curlers and who is not eligible to become a member facility may apply to the directors for membership in the society and on acceptance by the directors as an affiliated association. Affiliated associations shall be entitled to all the privileges of membership in the society, save and except voting at any meeting of the society. Amend the current bylaw paragraph 12 from: 12. Each member facility shall annually submit to the society a list of all curlers participating in regularly organized curling activities within its facilities. to: 12. Each member facility shall annually submit to the society by the date set by the directors a list of all curlers participating in regularly organized curling activities within its facility. These curlers shall be affiliated curlers and shall be entitled to all the privileges of membership in the society, save and except voting at any meeting of the society (except as a delegate). Curl BC Annual General Meeting, June 11, 2011 Page 6 of 10

7 Amend the current Bylaw paragraph 21 from: Each member facility in good standing shall appoint one female and one male delegate to attend and represent the facility at all meetings of the society, but each set of female and male delegates shall together hold only one vote at meetings. Each member facility shall inform the secretary of the society in writing of the names and addresses of its female delegate and its male delegate prior to the commencement of any meeting. to Each member facility in good standing shall appoint one delegate to attend and represent the facility at all meetings of the society. Each member facility shall inform the secretary of the society in writing of the name and address of its delegate prior to the commencement of any meeting. Amend the current Bylaw paragraph 22.e from: The respective member facilities within regions 1 through 10 shall elect one female and one male region representative and shall further each elect one of those region representatives as directors of the society. to The respective member facilities within regions 1 through 10 shall elect two region representatives and shall further elect one of those region representatives as a governor of the society. Amend the current Bylaw paragraph 22.f from: The member facilities within region 11 shall elect four female and four male region representative and shall further elect four of those region representatives as directors of the society. to The respective member facilities within region 11 shall elect eight region representatives and shall further elect four of those region representatives as a governor of the society. Wherever they appear in the current bylaws: o Director shall be amended to Governor ; o Directors shall be amended to Governors ; o Board of Directors shall be amended to Board of Governors ; o President shall be amended to Chair ; o Vice President shall be amended to Vice Chair ; o Chair shall be amended to Meeting Chair. Curl BC Annual General Meeting, June 11, 2011 Page 7 of 10

8 Rationale At the January Board meeting, the Board approved looking at bylaw changes addressing three areas of potential change: Membership classes; Gender status; and General terminology. Membership Classes The bylaws currently define three membership classes: Member facilities (the voting members); Life members (non-voting); and Honorary life members (non-voting). The objective in this area was to look at a membership class to include affiliated curlers i.e., curlers affiliated with a member facilities in good standing or a curler participating in regularly organized curling activities within a member facility as well as a membership class to include other curling associations as recognized in policy such as BC High School Curling, Fireman s Curling, BCIMCA, PCMA, BC Stick Curling Association, etc. This is also going to be required to satisfy changing requirements at the national level and potentially provincial government level recognizing and accounting for individuals. As section 7(2) of the BC Societies Act states that A society may have non-voting members but their number must not exceed the number of voting members and as it is our intent that the member facilities remain as the voting members, the addition of these two other class as non-voting members requires a waiver from the Registrar. A letter has been sent to the Registrar requesting a waiver on this requirement similar to that of other Provincial Sport Organizations (PSOs). Gender Status The current bylaws require member facilities to send one female representative and one male representative to each meeting (although together they only have one vote) and also to elect an equal number of male and female regional representatives. While this was a requirement during the merger of the BCLCA, BCICA and PCCA, member facilities and regional meetings have requested that the gender requirements for club delegates and regional representatives be eliminated and that only one delegate need represent a member facility. General Terminology In line with the Board s direction to become a governance board instead of an operating board, the terminology stated in the bylaws should be modified to be consistent with governance terminology. Curl BC Annual General Meeting, June 11, 2011 Page 8 of 10

Report to Curl BC Annual General Meeting June 11, 2011 It is with great pleasure that I present this report to CURL BC on behalf of the CCA Board of Governors.

9 Report to Curl BC Annual General Meeting June 11, 2011 It is with great pleasure that I present this report to CURL BC on behalf of the CCA Board of Governors. Over the past five years I have had the privilege to serve as your liaison and have enjoyed the opportunity for consultation and dialogue. Now in my final year on the CCA Board and as the Board Chair I am pleased to attend your AGM once again. The CCA Board and CEO Greg Stremlaw have had a very busy year. Our success on the world curling scene was fantastic 5 gold and 2 silver out of 10 international championships - what more could you ask for. We also saw increased traffic on the CCA s primary website ( with over 10,000,000 page views this past season. The CCA also launched a comprehensive social media platform (face book, twitter, you tube) which increased our profile to the curling world. TSN reported that the 2011 Brier was the most watched overall Brier in history. Viewership was up 13% from last year. Similarly, the Ford Men s World Championships were the most watched Worlds in Canadian television history. A brief outline of this year s activities, in no order of importance, is Curling Assistance Program (CAP), initiated this year, received 142 applications; 28 affiliated curling centres were recipients. British Columbia successful applicants received about $29K representing over 10% of the available funds. Progress has been made on having important CCA documents translated in both official languages; To date, the Board Policy Registry, the CCA s Business Plan & Organizational Strategy, and the CCA s audited financial statements have all be added to the extensive documentation that is published in both official languages. Tim Horton s Sponsorship Contract has been renewed for the Canadian Men s Championship ( ) and Canadian Curling Trials ( ) Ford Sponsorship Contract has been renewed to Jet Ice was signed as a national business partner of the CCA Dominion Insurance was negotiated to extend their national sponsorship agreement and to be the CCA s exclusive insurance provider. All other national title and presenting sponsors as well as supplier contract extend through the 2012 season with some to 2015 and more in final negotiations as we speak. The inaugural Winter Youth Olympics will take place in January 2012 at Innsbrook, Austria. The four young Canadians who will represent Canada are Emily Gray, PEI, Corryn Brown, BC, Derek Oryniak, Man., and Thomas Scoffin, Yukon. Helen Radford was appointed as the CCA coach. I had the pleasure of meeting these fine young people at the Ford Men s Worlds in Regina 7 they will be great ambassadors for Canada! The CCA s NCC begins on June 16, 2011 and the CCA AGM concludes the proceedings on Saturday June 18, 2011 with a very full agenda and several notices for consideration. On a different note, the brand new Canadian Sports Hall of Fame will open its doors on July 1, 2011 at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. This is very exciting for curling as we were selected to have one of seven main statues on the second floor. Sandra Schmirler was chosen as our key athlete for the statue. If you are vacationing in Calgary, drop by the centre and let me know your impressions. This is just a brief synopsis of our year. Thank you for the opportunity to attend your AGM and present the World Championship banners to our Gold Medalists! Yours in curling, Jack Bowman Chair: Board of Governors Canadian Curling Association Curl BC Annual General Meeting, June 11, 2011 Page 9 of 10

10 Report to Curl BC Annual General Meeting Submitted by Neil Houston, CCA There are 3 important national and international events in the 2011/2012 season in BC that while creating great exposure for the sport, will cause some challenges with the number of people required to stage events and scheduling challenges for all of the playdowns that take place. I think that everyone knows that in order they are the Canada Cup, Continental Cup and the Canadian Seniors. The first 2 are televised on TSN and I know that the committee for the Seniors understands how important having a television presence would assist them in various areas. For the 2 Cups, there will be a lot of tv airtime showcasing BC. For the Canada Cup there will be 12 Hours and for the Continental Cup there are 30 hours. These are the type of hours that other sports are envious of and something that we have to and want to continue to strive for, for a number of reasons. These include the overall profile of the sport, the inclusion of high-profile companies through sponsorship programs, the involvement of volunteers and the increased participation at the Club level. All 3 of these events are important to us for specific reasons. The Canada Cup has an important role in the qualification process towards ultimately the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. The Continental Cup was originally begun as a request from IOC to the WCF to stage something other than just World championships which is what other sports do. One of the results from the Continental Cup and the success of 2010 is that the IOC is prepared to accept another curling discipline into the Games when the WCF submits their request. As for the Seniors, a lot of us are eligible for this competition and so no more need be said. The Seniors is the most competitive competition in the CCA championships over the last number of years. As things are always evolving, the CCA event managers have been discussing new ways to integrate Championships and curling clubs. At the moment, there are two avenues that are being explored. In recent times, there has been an increase in the interest of the Cool Curling competitions that occur at championships. For those that don t know, these are curling shuffleboard competitions that occur most days in the Patch with daily cash prizes being played for and a championship game on the final weekend with 600 to the winner. What we are working on this summer, it to get Cool Curling into the clubs so that each club can have a representative attend the championship and compete against the other club champions. The individual winners would receive money and the club that the individual represents would receive a cash prize as well. The other competition is similar in concept but will be an on-ice hot shots competition with similar cash prizes offered as well. The reason for trying to engage clubs more is to ensure that the curlers in each club know about the event with the hope being that ticket sales will make their intended targets. The more spectators that attend events will lead to better chances of financial success of events which leads to more funds remaining in the local community which can be used to further develop the sport. If things come together as hoped, clubs will be notified during the summer of the details of these initiatives. Curl BC Annual General Meeting, June 11, 2011 Page 10 of 10

Curl BC AGM JUNE 9, 2013

Curl BC AGM JUNE 9, 2013 BOARD OF GOVERNORS Chair Terry Vandale Region 6 Gord Judzentis Region 7 No rep Vice Chair Marnie Jepsen Region 8 (Mike West) Vice Chair Mike West Region 9 Ken Albrecht Region 1 Mel Lungle Region 10 Mare