Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held February 9th, 2008

At: The Executive Plaza Hotel, North Road, Coquitlam, B.C.

 

 

In Attendance:

 

Alistair Beaton

Capt. Andrew Korek

Capt. Donald Tranter

Capt. Ieuan Lampshire-Jones

Capt. Mike Fothergill

Capt. Ralph D’Rozario

Cecil Noronha

Darryl Martins

George Patterson

James Moser

Kenneth Allkins

Kenneth Rorison

Laurie Langill

Pat Haliburton

Ram Sudama

Richard Smith

Roy Sluyter

 

Guests:

 

Capt. Geoff Harris

Capt. Talal Skouti

 

Regrets:

 

David Atkins

Philip Oldham

Sid Pearce

Tim Amy

 

 

1) Call to Order:

 

Alistair Beaton called the meeting to order at 11:15 hours.

 

2) Agenda:

 

 The Agenda for the Meeting was read by the Members who had individual copies at each place setting. Capt. Jones pointed out a typo in the date of the Annual General Meeting which read 2007 instead of 2008. After changes had been made, Capt. Jones proposed to accept the Agenda as corrected. This was seconded by Capt. Andrew Korek and all present voted in favour.

 

3) Minutes of Previous Meeting:

 

Members chose to read individual copies of the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on February 10th, 2007.

A motion to accept the minutes as read was proposed by Richard Smith, seconded by Capt. Don Tranter and all present voted in favour. 

 

4) Directors’ Reports:

 

-          Membership Director’s Report:

 

Pat Haliburton stated that in 2007 there had been 5 enquiries for AMSBC Membership. Membership packages had been sent out and responses were awaited.

 

Alan Hart, James Moser, Peter Strathdee and Capt. Ivan Pichugin had been accepted as Members in 2007. Colin Vidian Jones and Don Kimura will be accepted as Members very soon.

 

Certificates and stamps for all new Members will be procured and presented at the earliest.

 

The current Membership is as follows:

 

 -             05 Honorary Members

 -             30 Ordinary Members

 -             04 Probationary Members

 

-          Financial Report:

 

 Roy Sluyter read the Financial Report for the year ending January 31st, 2008. Copies of the report were available for each Member present to review and comment upon.

 

As of January 31st, 2008 the AMSBC had a balance of $5354.09 in the savings account.

 

The chequing account balance on January 31st, 2008 was $2369.76

 

A copy of the Financial Statement is attached and will be posted on the website at the earliest.

 

5) Acceptance of Financial Report:

 

Alistair Beaton asked the Members present to review the Report for comments. No comments were made.

 Motion to accept: Capt. Ralph D’Rozario

Seconded: Kenneth Allkins

Voted: All in favour

 

6) President’s Report:

 

Alistair Beaton read out his report which was well received by all present. The President thanked all the Members and the Board of Directors for their support, dedication and hard work. He went on to mention the numerous Events that the AMSBC had been involved with in the year 2007 and those planned for 2008.

 

The detailed report is attached and will be posted on the website at the earliest.  

                               

7) Committee Reports:

 

None

 

 

8) Election of Office Bearers:

 

Capt. Ieuan Lampshire-Jones handed out the Nomination forms and called for nominations from the Members present according tom the by-laws. Capt. Ralph D’Rozario’s name was added to the Nomination List from among those present.  Following the vote, a brief recess was called while George Patterson and Capt. Jones counted the votes.

 

After about 15 minutes, Capt. Jones announced the names of the 5 Members voted to the Board. He then asked for and received permission from the President to destroy the ballots.

 

The 5 Members elected were:

 

Alistair Beaton

Capt. Donald Tranter

Richard Smith

Roy Sluyter

Cecil Noronha

 

The elected Members had a brief meeting to elect the President and Vice President.

 

Alistair Beaton was elected as President of the Association and Richard Smith was elected as Vice-President.

 

Roy Sluyter agreed to continue as the Treasurer, Cecil Noronha agreed to continue as Secretary and Capt. Don Tranter opted to serve as Director at Large. The Board agreed to nominate Pat Haliburton as Membership Director, subject to his consent.

 

The Board returned to the floor and announced the Office Bearers to the Members. Alistair Beaton asked Pat Haliburton to continue as Membership Director and he kindly consented to do so.

 

Richard Smith then asked that the proposed Budget for 2008 be accepted as presented in the Financial Report. This was seconded by Capt. Ralph D’Rozario and all present voted in favour.

 

10) Repeal of any Association Rules:

 

None

 

11) Close of Meeting:

 

George Patterson pointed out that Building Inspectors were to become a Regulated body of professionals according to a recent news broadcast. He suggested that this could be an opportune time for the Board to try for Regulation for Marine Surveyors as well.

 

A general discussion ensued with inputs from Capt. Jones, Capt. Mike Fothergill, Kenneth Allkins and others. The general opinion was to agree with George Patterson’s proposal. Senior Members recalled how earlier attempts at Regulation had been shot down by the Insurance Agencies, Underwriters and the like.

 

At 12:25 hours, Capt. Don Tranter proposed closure of the meeting. This was seconded by Kenneth Allkins and all present voted in favour.

 

Lunch:

 

The interesting discussion about Regulation was interrupted in a timely manner by the Lunch Service which the hotel staff began laying out on the buffet tables immediately after the Meeting was concluded.

 

Members’ wives and other Guests joined the gathering and were well accommodated with extra seating provided.

 

The sit down lunch and lively conversation would have continued indefinitely but gradually died down and changed to rapt attention as the renowned artist John Horton gave his fascinating presentation.

 

Presentation:

 

After a brief introduction by Pat Haliburton, John Horton began his presentation on the life of Capt. George Vancouver and his historical voyages along the West Coast of Canada. The audience was captivated by the subject matter and the manner in which it was presented. No one left their seat and everyone’s attention stayed riveted till the end – even those who had seen the presentation before.

 

After the presentation, Capt. Jones thanked John Horton on behalf of the AMSBC and  everyone agreed that it had been a wonderful experience.

 

Members started to disperse around 14:30 hours after the presentation as another AGM successfully drew to a close.