Minutes of the General Meeting held September 20th, 2006

The Mission to Seafarers, Vancouver, B.C.

 

 

In Attendance:

 

Capt. Ieuan Lampshire-Jones

Capt. Don Tranter

Laurie Langill

Roy Sluyter

Darryl Martins

Cecil Noronha

 

Regrets:

 

Alistair Beaton

Richard Smith

Capt. Ralph D’Rozario

Capt. Augustine Rebello

Ken Rorison

Pat Haliburton

Philip Oldham

 

1) Call to Order:

 

Roy Sluyter called the meeting to order at 19:05 hours.

 

2) Agenda:

 

The Agenda for the Meeting was read by Roy Sluyter. The Members present were asked if they had any items to add. No items were added to the Agenda.

 

The motion to accept the Agenda as presented was proposed by Capt. Don Tranter, seconded by Cecil Noronha and all present voted in favour.

 

3) Minutes of Previous Meeting:

 

The minutes of the previous General Meeting held on May 17th, 2006 were read by Roy Sluyter. The motion to accept the minutes as presented was proposed by Cecil Noronha, seconded by Capt. Don Tranter and all members voted in favour.

 

4) Old Business/Matters arising from the last General Meeting:

 

The matters arising from the minutes of the previous General Meeting were briefly discussed by the Members present. Some of the opinions expressed are as follows:

 

·         The letter from the President to the Chamber of Shipping with an updated list of Members had not been sent. The President was to be informed of this matter. The Members would be informed of subsequent outcome at the next General Meeting.

·         There had been no further information regarding the Seminar on Port Security that had been proposed by the Naval Officers Association.

·         Capt. Lampshire-Jones and Darryl Martins stated that they had not received their Stamps. Both Members were informed that this would be checked and rectified as necessary.

 

5) Executive Highlights / Director’s Reports:

 

·         Membership Director’s Report:

 

The Membership Director was unable to attend and sent his regrets.

 

Laurie Langill submitted 2 applications for new members and these were received by Cecil Noronha to pass on to Pat Haliburton.

 

·         Treasurer’s Report:

 

Roy Sluyter reported that as of August 31st, 2006, the balance of funds in the ING Direct account was $5,089.83 and the balance in the chequing account was $1,028.26.

 

Only 2 members had yet to pay their dues for 2006; these were Capt. Mike Fothergill and Capt. Paul Urbanski.

 

The AMSBC had paid $2,407.50 for the advertisement in the 2006 BC Ports Handbook. The final cell phone bill of $161.38 had been paid as well as $257.99 to Superior Stamp and Stencil for Members’ stamps. A donation of $800.00 was made to the Mission to Seafarers for use of the Meeting Room for 2006.

 

The Minutes of the Directors Meeting held on September 15th, 2006 was read out by Roy Sluyter and the resulting discussions are recorded below.

 

6) New Business/Any Other Business:

 

AMSBC Advertisement in Ports Handbook:

At the Directors Meeting it was proposed that the next advertisement in the BC Ports Handbook would be reduced in size to save costs. It was suggested that the advertisement would emphasize the Association name, logo and website. Members were reminded that the website had been up graded to include individual’s details as well as their areas of expertise. Richard Smith was to be thanked for his efforts in effecting this change.

 

The design and characteristics of the advertisement would be decided at a later date and Members were encouraged to send in their ideas. 

 

The motion to make the advertisement more cost effective (reduced in size to a quarter page) was proposed by Roy Sluyter, seconded by Capt. Don Tranter and all present voted in favour.

 

Representation at Seminars:

Members were informed of the Canada-Asia Maritime Conference to be held in Vancouver in October 2006. The cost of attending this conference was to be around $900.00 and Members were asked to express their views on whether the AMSBC should sponsor a representative to this conference.

 

There were no volunteers to represent the Association at this conference and the consensus of opinion was that the AMSBC could be spared the expense.

 

Sponsorship of forthcoming Events:

Members were informed that the Fall Seminar of the Nautical Institute was scheduled for October 28th. At the earlier meetings it had been decided that the AMSBC would sponsor one of the NI seminars and accordingly would spend $250.00 towards sponsorship of this event. This was agreed by all present.

 

 Boat Cruise:

Alistair Beaton had conveyed that tickets were still available for a boat cruise for those who had missed the earlier event in August. It was proposed that a joint venture could be organized with the Company of Master Mariners.

 

Capt. Don Tranter met with the CMM and stated that they were agreeable to the proposal. The tentative date for this boat cruise would be set for the first week in December. It was suggested Alistair should finalize these details with the CMM.

 

Other Business:

·         Ken Rorison conveyed that his address on the AMSBC website is wrong and should be corrected. This has been noted and the change made as soon as Richard Smith returns from vacation.

·         If any other Member requires corrections to be made to their personal information on the website, kindly convey the changes to Richard Smith or Cecil Noronha.

 

7) Adjournment:

 

 The meeting was adjourned at 19:45 hours.

 

NOTICE

 

The next General Meeting of the Association of Marine Surveyors of British Columbia will be held at the Mission to Seafarers on November 15th, 2006 at 19:00 hours.

 

The Mission to Seafarers (Flying Angel Club) is located at 401 East Waterfront Road, which is the port services road south of Vanterm (container terminal). Access is via the railroad overpass at the north end of Main Street. At the ‘T’ junction at the north side of the overpass, turn left (east) and the Mission to Seafarers is on the left (400 yds)