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Starshell ‘A little light on what’s going on!’ Volume VII, No. 61 Winter 2012-2013 National Magazine of The Naval Association of Canada Magazine nationale de L’Association Navale du Canada www.navalassoc.ca Starshell can be viewed in full colour in pdf format. Starshell Go to http://www.navalassoc.ca and click on the link. ISSN 1191-1166 National Magazine of The Naval Association of Canada Magazine nationale de L’Association Navale du Canada ON OUR COVER… www.navalassoc.ca The Flower-class corvette HMCS Barrie in June 1945. According to the caption PATRON: HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in Ken Macpherson and Marc Milner’s book, “Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1939-1945” (Vanwell 1993), the naval photographer captioned this shot: HONORARY PRESIDENT: H. R. (Harry) Steele “HMCS Barrie, corvette at play, June 1945.” Public Archives Canada PA184198 PRESIDENT | Ken Summers, [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT | Jim Carruthers, [email protected] Past PRESIDENT | Jean-Claude Michaud, [email protected] IN THIS ISSUE… TREASURER | Derek Greer, [email protected] 3 2013 NAC AGM & Conference - Victoria, BC BOARD MEMBERS | Branch Presidents 4 From the Bridge - Naval Affairs: A NAC Responsibility NAVAL AFFAIRS | Richard Archer, [email protected] 5 The Front Desk HIstORY & HERItaGE | Dr. Alec Douglas, [email protected] 6 China Resurgent with Editor’s Note of Contrition HONORARY COUNSEL | Donald Grant, [email protected] 7 NAC / NOAC Regalia and Kit Shop ARCHIVIST | Fred Herrndorf, [email protected] 7 Endowment Fund Report AUSN LIAISON | Fred F. Abbott, [email protected] 8 Endowment Fund Donation Form CHAIR ENDOWMENT FUND | Brooke Campbell, [email protected] 9 Schober’s Quiz #60 COORD. 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Non-members may subscribe by sending 1871 Primrose Crescent, Kamloops, BC V1S 0A5 $15 in Canada, $20 elsewhere for each subscription to the Executive Director. Phone 250-314-1284 • Fax 250-314-1286 • [email protected] 2 Starshell | Winter 2012 -2013 Register now for the 2013 NAC AGM in Beautiful Victoria, BC! Thursday, June 6th to Sunday, June 9th, 2013. Members will find a Registration Package included with this issue of Starshell At The Inn at Laurel Point The Inn at Laurel Point is giving us a special rate of $149 (plus taxes) per night. This is available from three days before the conference until three days after. Bring your partner and have a vacation in Beautiful British Columbia or enjoy an Alaska cruise. Check it out: http://www.laurelpoint.com The program includes: • A full day conference on Friday, June 7th, entitled “ASIA PACIFIC: Its Impact ON CANADA AND THE RCN.” This will include expert high-level speakers from the navy, government, industry and academia. • Conference Reception and NAC Dinner. • For partners, a program which includes a winery tour (complete with tasting and lunch) and an intimate tour of North America’s oldest (after San Francisco) Chinatown. • Meetings of the National Executive and Board of Directors, and our Annual General Meeting. Afterward: • Travel from Victoria to Seattle on the “Victoria Clipper” (a high-speed catamaran). For more information see http://www.clippervacations.com/victoria/ • Sail in the “Golden Princess” – http://www.princess.com/learn/ships/np/ – from Seattle to Alaska, enjoy the glaciers in Tracy Arm Fjord, calling at Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway; and, • Returning to Seattle on Sunday, June 16th, or disembark at Victoria the evening before if you prefer. F For further Information and On-Line Registration just go to www.noavi.ca and follow the link. F Winter 2012-2013 | Starshell 3 FROM THE BRIDGE KEN SUMMERS, NATIONAL PRESIDENT | [email protected] he Naval Association of Laws. Looking at potential areas of concern, we must re- Canada is a national non-profit view closely those areas regarding membership as well as organization. Recent fed- membership voting with a view to ensuring that our By-Laws eral legislation known as the adequately address the requirements of the Act. TCanada Not-for-Profit Act came into So what is our plan? effect in October 2011, and as a result Our Executive Director, as a first step, has prepared a draft ALL federally registered associations like the Naval Associa- revision of our By-Laws that potentially meets the require- tion of Canada must obtain under the legislation a “Letter of ments of the Act. This was sent to all Branch Presidents early Continuance” to continue as a non-profit organization or be in January and was discussed during a teleconference on dissolved. January 16th. To achieve this we must review our Letters Patent and our There were, understandably, obvious concerns and mis- By-Laws to ensure we comply with the Act. As pointed out by conceptions on how, and the extent to which, this Not-for- a good initial look at the effort required by Winnipeg Branch, Profit Act applied to the Naval Association of Canada. this “should prove relatively easy but somewhat tedious.” It was agreed that all Branches would review the draft revi- The crunch for us is that our action MUST be approved by sion as well as the requirements of the Act and forward com- our membership at our June AGM so that we can submit our ments to the Executive Director by the end of January. These Letters of Continuance to meet the filing deadline in 2014. would be compiled and circulated to all with a view to having So, what is really required? another teleconference on this issue at the end of February. Firstly, there needs to be a drafting of the Articles of the The goal is to have a completed set of documentation that Corporation (read Association). This is standard boiler plating can be discussed within Branches during April/May and sub- information such as the Association’s name, where registered, sequently be presented to our membership at the June AGM number of directors, association’s purpose, any restriction on in Victoria for their approval. activities, membership criteria and distribution of property on Prior to presenting at the AGM, a legal review will be un- dissolution. This should not present any problems. dertaken. Thus, by June we should be in a position to finalize Secondly, the Association’s By-Laws have to be reviewed the submission and send it to Industry Canada before the to ensure they are compliant with the Act. There are only two 2014 deadline. By-Law provisions that are mandatory — membership criteria As a subsequent undertaking, we would once again revise and notice of meetings to the membership entitled to vote. our Guidance Manual in due course to be consistent with This needs to be looked at carefully and should not be a sig- the revised NAC By-Laws and contain largely administrative nificant problem either. issues. The major effort will, however, be required to review our Ladies and gentlemen, this is something NAC must do if it By-Laws to ensure they are not in conflict with the “default is to remain a non-profit organization … we have no choice; rules” in the Not-for-Profit Act.
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