Annual General Meeting Sunday June 22nd, 2014 Best Western Plus Mariposa Inn & Conference Center Orillia, Ontario ONTARIO CURLING ASSOCIATION 1400 Bayly St., Office Mall 2, #2B, Pickering, Ontario L1W 3R2 Phone: 905-831-1757 Toll Free: 1-877-668-2875 Fax: 905-831-1083 E-mail: [email protected] Annual General Meeting Best Western – Mariposa Inn, Orillia – Hermitage Ballroom Sunday, June 22, 2014 10:00 a.m. AGENDA 1. Opening Remarks – Gord Gark 2. A Minute of Silence – Joan O’Leary James (Jim) Uffelman Curler – K-W Granite Club Edward Ferghuson Curler – K-W Granite Club Stan Paluck Curler – Glendale Golf & Country Club Shirley Salkeld Curler – Tam Heather Curling & Tennis Club Ken Houlahan Curler – Tam Heather Curling & Tennis Club Bob Martin Curler – Ottawa Curling Club Jack Bryans Curler – Brampton Curling Club Edith Amos Curler – Ayr Curling Club Frederick Janke Curler – K-W Granite Club Arthur Bowes Curler – Burlington Golf & Country Club Owen Smith Curler – Glendale Golf & Country Club Bill Pritchard Curler – Sun Parlour Curling Club Larry Shuker Curler – Grimsby Curling Club Dan Yamasaki Curler – High Park Club Anna-Marie Greentree Curler – Oshawa Curling Club Bruce Carruthers Curler – Brampton Curling Club Robert Leatham Curler – Ilderton Curling Club James Foster Curler – Meaford Curling Club John Glenn Past President – OCA Harold Peltzer Curler – Peterborough Curling Club Gord Terry Curler – Peterborough Curling Club Marilyn Thompson Curler – K-W Granite Club Bert Baragar Curler – Highland Country Club Ross Oldham Curler – Tam Heather Curling & Tennis Club Clint Haist Curler – Glendale Golf & Country Club Barry Cole Curler – Sun Parlour Curling Club Michael Dunphy Curler – Glendale Golf & Country Club Don Lynn Curler – Bradford Curling Club 3. Report of the Credentials Committee – Joan O’Leary 4. Approval of Minutes – Sunday, June 23, 2013 & Sunday, April 27, 2014 5. CCA Greetings – Hugh Avery (CCA Governor Chair), Peter Inch (CCA Governor) 6. Reports . Director of Women’s Competitions – Linda Lott . Director of Youth Competitions – Lynn Anderson . Director of Men’s Competitions – Doug McNulty . Director of Development – Grant Allman . Director of Rules Committee – Scott Shaw • Director of Publicity & Promotion – Joanne Pomalis • Director of Finance Report – Carole Dietrich 7. Report on the Ontario Curling Council – Joan O’Leary 8. By-Law Amendment Discussion and Proposal – Joanne Pomalis/Linda Lott 9. OCA Member Club Assistance Fund (MCAF) – Stephen Chenier 10. Report of the Nominating Committee – Joan O’Leary 11. Election of Executive Committee & Appointments 12. New Business . 13. Presentations to Retiring Executives – Joan O’Leary 14. Presentations to Incoming Executive Members – Joan O’Leary 15. Presentation to Outgoing Past President – Gord Gark 16. Chair’s Remarks – Gord Gark 17. Presentation to Outgoing President – Gord Gark 18. Termination ONTARIO CURLING ASSOCIATION 1400 Bayly St., Office Mall 2, #2B, Pickering, Ontario L1W 3R2 Phone: 905-831-1757 Toll Free: 1-877-668-2875 Fax: 905-831-1083 E-mail: [email protected] The meeting of the Executive Committee, and the Annual General Meeting were called to order at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 23, 2013 at the University of Guelph, University Centre – Room UC103 in Guelph, Ontario. PRESENT Executive: Joan O’Leary Gord Stockdale – Zone 3 Susan McKnight Jack Buttery Jim Parker – Zone 4 Jake Higgs Ian McGillis Grant Allman – Zone 5 Gord Gark Maureen Condon – Zone 8 Scott Shaw Jeff Hulse – Zone 9 Dale Curtis Laurie Rose – Zone 10 Lynn Anderson Dave Gowan – Zone 11 Carol Dietrich Bryan Hawkins – Zone 12 Joanne Pomalis Kelly Moran – Zone 14 Doug McNulty Jim Elliott – Zone 15 Linda Lott Staff: Doug Bakes Terri Collicott Margaret Butler Executive Director Executive Assistant Dave Hutchison Tom Ward Angela Smith Other Guests: Bonnie MacEachern Bryan Wilson Carroll Wilson Kathy Ryan Allan Brunt Maureen Condon Graham MacEachern Colin Sinclair Peter Inch Rob McKinlay Barb Hulse Gail Todd Tom Sinclair Michele Gower Joni Bakes REGRETS Kevin Payne Donna Morrison Jim Maddin Richard Dobbs Rick Helm Frank Willoughby OPENING REMARKS Joan O’Leary welcomed everyone to the 2013 Annual General Meeting of the Ontario Curling Association and thanked everyone for their input at the workshop on Saturday. 1 A MINUTE OF SILENCE Jack Buttery asked everyone in attendance to stand and observe a moment of silence for fellow curlers, friends and others that passed away since our last Annual Meeting including: Kathy Anderson Stephanie Atkinson Margaret Brackett Jim Broomfield Rose Broomfield Iola Buttery Donald Coverly John Doty Kevin Fanjoy John Fraser Jack Gibbons Dennis Hewitson Del Hickling Jim Hope Denis Huard Shorty Jenkins Robert Marshall Ron McGill Barry Middleton Bob Morrison Chuck Shane Betty Shea Ren Slumskie Dale Toombs Toni Verbik Lorne West John Whyte Pit Chiu REPORT FROM CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE Jack Buttery reported that there were 29 voting members present at the Annual General Meeting being held today on the 23rd of June, 2013, plus an additional 14 guests and 6 staff members for a total of 49 people in attendance. Joan O’Leary indicated that the following executive had appointed proxy votes. Kevin Payne to Ian McGillis Donna Morrison to Joan O’Leary Jim Maddin to Lynn Anderson Richard Dobbs to Jeff Hulse Rick Helm to Doug McNulty Frank Willoughby to Jack Buttery APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made to approve the minutes of the June 24, 2012, Annual General Meeting as circulated. Moved by: Kelly Moran Seconded by: Jim Elliott CARRIED REPORTS Director of Women’s Competitions In her role as Director of Women’s Competitions, Linda Lott highlighted the following items: There was a decrease in the number of teams entering events 2 The STOH event will be making changes in 2015 This past year was year 2 of 2 levels of play at Masters Thanks were given to club reps and volunteers Thanks were given to the office staff A motion was made that the Director of Women’s Competitions report be accepted as submitted. Moved by: Linda Lott Seconded by: Scott Shaw CARRIED The Women’s Players Representative Sue McKnight was asked to make a motion regarding the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. A motion was made that the Scotties competition be a 10 team round robin event for the year 2015 and beyond. Moved by: Sue McKnight Seconded by: Scott Shaw Colin Sinclair spoke to the motion and indicated that this is a huge opportunity to bring women’s curling and curling in general into the public eye and hopefully begin the equalize the opportunities between women and men. CARRIED Director of Youth Competitions In her role as Director of Youth Competitions, Lynn Anderson highlighted the following items: Congratulations to all youth provincial, regional & zone teams Overall entries were down slightly Female entries remained stable The introduction to the youth waiver posed few problems Thanks to the volunteers and officials Thanks to the staff A motion was made that the Director of Youth Competitions report be accepted as submitted. Moved by: Lynn Anderson Seconded by: Gail Todd CARRIED Lynn also reported on the Gore School Curling Championship. It was a successful year with this being the 65th anniversary of the Gore School Curling Championship It was hosted by the Haliburton Curling Club 120 teams participated this year Guest speakers were Chantal Lalonde and Danielle Inglis 3 Jack Cox was in attendance and threw the ceremonial rock The 2013-14 Gore will be held at the Galt Curling Club on Feb. 13-15, 2014 The 2014-15 will be held by the Woodstock Curling Club The budget took a hit but championship remains healthy Registration fees will be increased to $100.00 for next year Thanks to Doug, Margaret & Tom for all their help and support A motion was made that the Gore Report be accepted as submitted by Carlos Gregorio, Chair of the Ontario School Committee. Moved by: Lynn Anderson Seconded by: Gord Stockdale CARRIED Director of Men’s Competitions In his role as Director of Men’s Competitions, Doug McNulty highlighted the following items: Decreasing trend in numbers, overall down by 31 with the largest drop seen by the Senior Men The Men’s tankard held in Barrie was won by Glenn Howard Howard finished 3rd in Edmonton Brier Howard Rajala from Rideau finished 2nd overall at National Seniors Thanks to all volunteers and the office staff A motion was made to approve the report of the Director of Men’s Competitions as written. Moved by: Doug McNulty Seconded by: Rick Helm CARRIED Development Report Dale Curtis reported on the Development Report submitted by Doug Bakes and highlighted the following: Corporate partners were recognized and thanked The Ontario Sport Awards were held on April 18th and TV Cogeco was honored with the Corporate Sport Citation Award The ice team was recognized and thanked 2 loans were dispersed from the Member Club Assistance Fund with the total outstanding sitting at $144,00 – 17 clubs have taken advantage of this fund since its inception Jordan Mark was the recipient of the 2013 John McCrae Scholarship award and John was thanked for his 14 years of supporting this award. John will be retiring his name from this award The TV coverage this past year was excellent ALTUS tax service has been well received to date with $500 repayable to the clubs only if the club is successful in having it’s assessment reduced Thanks were extended to the OCA staff Thanks to all the OCA clubs 4 . A motion was made to approve the Director of Development report as submitted. Moved by: Dale Curtis Seconded by: Doug McNulty CARRIED Gail Todd asked if anyone has benefitted from the ALTUS program and Doug indicated that he will not know until the fall. Director of Finance Report In her role as Director of Finance Carol Dietrich reported on the audited financial statements for the Ontario Curling Association for the year ending May 31, 2013.