Highlights of the Director’s Meeting held March 13^th, 2006

St. James Well Pub, Newport Village Centre, Port Moody, B.C.

Attendees:

Alistair Beaton

Richard Smith

Roy Sluyter

Pat Haliburton

Capt. Donald Tranter

Cecil Noronha

Call to Order

The meeting commenced at 12:00 hours.

Items of Discussion

1) Board Meetings:

The Members present agreed to hold the Board Meetings 1 hour before the General Meetings at the Mission to Seafarers. This will be the venue and timing for the next Board Meeting and will continue if the option is suitable.

2) Honorary Membership:

Richard Smith proposed that George Patterson be considered for Honorary Membership of the Association. George has been a long and trusted member of the AMSBC and was the Treasurer for a number of years.

The motion was seconded by Cecil Noronha and all present voted in favour.

The decision will be conveyed to all Members at the General Meeting of the AMSBC on March 15^th, 2006 at the Mission to Seafarers. It was also decided to issue an Honorary Member stamp to George. At this point, Richard Smith enquired whether Capt. Lampshire-Jones had an Honorary Member stamp and it was agreed that he would be issued one as well if he did not already have it.

3) Misuse of AMSBC stamp:

Alistair Beaton informed the Members that the AMSBC stamp was being misused by certain individuals in Victoria. There is legal action against said individuals in progress at this time and the lawyers involved against these individuals had informed Alistair about the matter.

Alistair has written to these individuals informing them of further legal action if they do not immediately stop misrepresenting themselves as Members of the AMSBC and using the stamp. He has also asked them to return the stamp and any previous Membership Certificate/s in their possession.

4) Registration of Association:

It was decided to leave this process with the lawyers for the current term. The formalities for registration for the following year and subsequent periods could be done on line. Richard Smith offered to contact the lawyers for an update on the state of affairs.

5) Public Notification:

Richard suggested that the list of Executive Members be published in the relevant section of publications such as The Vancouver Sun, Harbour & Shipping and Business in BC. He also offered to make the necessary enquiries to follow up with this proposal.

6) Naval Officers Association:

Alistair Beaton informed all present of his attendance at the AGM of the NOA and his meeting with their President and Board Members. It was suggested by Alistair that the AMSBC and NOA develop an affiliation whereby members could attend each others’ functions and this was agreeable to Grant Smith, the President of the NOA.

The AMSBC Board Members agreed to this proposal and Alistair will be presenting the same to the members at the General Meeting.

7) Letter to Chamber of Shipping:

Alistair Beaton offered to write a letter to the Chamber of Shipping giving a list of current Members of the AMSBC. The CoS has recently come up with a list of recognized members who would be considered for the 5 year Port Pass. It was noted that the AMSBC was not on the list.

Conclusion:

The Directors Meeting concluded around 13:30 hours.