Fwd: AGM Kamloops Thursday, August 19th 7:30pm BE THERE! please!

[John Holmwood]

We should give our proxy to Trudy as I believe she is the only Lumby director attending the AGM.

John

----- Original Message -----
From: Andy Pfeiffer <APFE...@sd19.bc.ca>
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 8:54 pm
Subject: AGM Kamloops Thursday, August 19th 7:30pm BE THERE! please!
To: Trudy Kemper <mwke...@telus.net>, 'Barry Rubner' <dbr...@telus.net>, 'Dale Calder' <ladie...@yahoo.com>, 'Wayne Elke' <wce...@shaw.ca>, sheilagh.l...@telus.net, co...@sunlite.ca, kcl...@summer.com, 'Obedkoffs' <ob...@shaw.ca>, Amanda Carmichael <Car...@uniserve.com>, Jeff Chesham <jeff.c...@sunwave.net>, Janne Arlt <goldend...@hotmail.com>, Janet Evans <ja...@yahoo.com>, Melissa Koehle <mko...@shaw.ca>, Kevin/Julie Nesdoly <jnes...@telus.net>, John Holmwood <holm...@shaw.ca>, Neil Crofts <crofts...@shaw.ca>, Golden Dolphins <goldend...@hotmail.com>, Sandy&Rich Gauer <sandr...@gmail.com>, thewhitep...@hotmail.com, kcava...@nvit.bc.ca, Howe Family <dlf...@telus.net>, wild...@telus.net, wbra...@ocis.net, brandt...@telus.net, Patty Allison <alliso...@yahoo.ca>

> Hello and thank goodness Regionals is behind us!  A special
> thanks goes
> out to Barry Rubner and Wayne Elke who had hours and hours of
> work to do
> Sunday night/Monday morning in order to get our results to the BCSSA
> office in time!  Well done boys!
>
> I'd like to take this moment to implore every club president or
> designateto PLEASE attend the annual BCSSA AGM on Thursday,
> August 19th at 7:30pm.
> There'll be dancers, slot machines, and barrels of something
> locals call
> "Kamloops Scotch"!
>
> OK, there'll be none of that, but this is your chance to make a
> meaningfulimpact on our organization.  The BCSSA has had
> significant changes and
> turmoil over the past two years, and its imperative that your
> club is
> represented at this meeting.  The AGM documents are posted
> on the website
> right now.  Among the interesting tidbits to note is that
> in 2008 the
> provincials cost over $100,000.  That dropped to $84,000 in
> 2009.  Our
> provincials should continue with this trend downwards! (these
> numbers seem
> alarming but they don't factor in all the revenue that provs
> brings in --
> you can find that in the financial statements online too!)
>
> Another interesting thing is that in 2008 the budget reveals
> that the
> BCSSA had a net loss of $79,000.  In 2009 that was reduced
> to a net loss
> of $31,000.  This year the BCSSA actually had no loss at
> all but had an
> income of over $8,000 (and that is WITH the 'unrecovered' money
> that went
> 'missing' after last year's provincials plus the various
> lawyer's fees
> that have accompanied that issue).
>
> The size of the provincial board continues to be reduced as are costs
> across the board.
>
> With the financial health of our organization starting to
> recover, the
> BCSSA also continues to foster positive relationships with Swim
> BC and BC
> Water Polo.
> In addition there are several MAJOR positions up for election at
> Thursday's AGM including President, VP, D. of Competition,
> Marketing/Member Services, and Sec/Treasurer.  If you wish
> to support Neil
> Wuolle and his work as prez, BE THERE.  If you wish to see
> Neil move on to
> better things BE THERE.
>
> Blah, blah, blah,  I could ramble on for a while longer
> but, hey, I was
> trying to spare you the reading of the forty or so pages on the
> internet.
> The point is, club presidents, be there on Thursday night or designate
> your VP to be there (you can also designate another club member
> but I
> think that might need a signed letter from your prez -- I'll get
> information to you on that a bit later).
>
> I'll get off my soapbox now.  (It's time to pour myself
> three fingers of
> "Kamloops Scotch" and go to bed!)
> Over and out,
> Andy Pfeiffer
>
>
>