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Minutes of Meetings for 2005

Present: Bill, André, Lorne, Keith, Dave Alex

1. Approval of the Agenda

2. Minutes of Previous meeting approved (Lorne/Alex)

3. Reports

a. Commander. None of last years Graduates of the Boating Course have received their memberships and some 2003 members also not included. This means that these folks have not received a form to renew their membership. Bill to pressure HQ for certificates to be presented at the AGM as well as membership cards to be sent to these individuals. Andy considered this a major blunder on HQ’s part as we have submitted the names. All Bridge felt this was a serious and urgent matter.

b. Finance. March is our year end and our financial statements have been sent out for audit.

c. Training. Francois Legault DTO has been sent our “numbers” for the last quarter. We had nobody taking courses during this period. See item #5 as well

d. MAREP

e. Port Captain. Although absent, Darry previously advised the Bridge that he was moving this year from the New Liskeard to Haileybury Marina, but would continue Port Captain duties in conjunction with Doug either as Port Captain or as Deputy. Bill will ask Matt Duke if he would consider being the Port Captain in New Liskeard.

f. See AGM

g. PR

h. Women On Water Course to take place Saturday July 9th. So far Temagami Marine is only corporate sponsor and they will be brining an appropriately sized, stable vessel with them for on water training. 24 is perhaps an ideal number to train. As the water portion of the course took longer, the trailer backing and general safety portion of the course may be scheduled differently.

4. Correspondence

RP (Registered Provider) of the Boat-Pro Course. Moved by Alex, Seconded by Lorne that Skip Connett of Canadian Venture Camp on Lake Temagami and Vic Desjardins be approved as RP’s - Carried.
Connett buys his materials from Toronto and teaches his own staff boating safety and we receive a $4.00 spin-off to TTPS

5. Training Ideas

a. Refresher course on Lake Temiskaming Chart still to be drafted. Perhaps a fall project.

b. GPS Course. Perhaps John Henderson of John’s Tackle Box could find someone to teach such a course as there is a demand.

c. TTPSS members to take Boat Safety Inspection training. It was hoped CCG (Canadian Coast Guard) could provide training on the same day as the GPS course. June 25th tentative date. Saturday to be how to do courtesy inspections and Sunday on how to give safe boating presentations. Not much interest in the Sunday venue by Bridge.
Ideally, inspections should be early morning and at the beginning of the boating season. Because of certificate upgrading and training new people we need to get at the inspections promptly after June 25th. Bill to ask if CCG will bring inspection material with them so we don’t have to wait until end of season for materials

6. Annual General Meeting

May 28, 2005 at the Haileybury Golf Club. Charge for the hall is $25.00/hour. Muffy’s menu settled. Golf club to make the profit on the bar. It was decided that no speaker is preferable to a poor one and if nobody can be found to speak we will skip this item at the AGM.
Rate of $25.00/person. Invitation with accompanying boating dates and news circulated, revised, and will be printed May 10.

7. District Annual General Meeting 2006

May 13, 2006 is too early in the season for our area as ice may have just gone out. Anne-Marie has found that there are not suitable facilities available for May 27, 2006. Board felt that since we wish our TTPS to put on a memorable weekend we need to have the right facilities and time or not do it at all. .
This item on hold but at the moment it does not look like we will be hosting this event.

8. Power Point Projector Purchase

Bill has approached Peter Wong who suggests that we not rent out a projector. Bulbs are $400-500 each but do last 4000 hours if not abused. It is possible that a previous user has no problems with the projector but packs it up improperly resulting with the next renter liable for bulb replacement. Wong suggests it is not necessary to pay more than $2000 as any high price just brings more features which are not essential. 800x600 resolution sufficient. On top of this a laptop would have to be purchased. We note that HQ would pay for ½ of this from their “Foundation Fund”.
Lorne noted that Linda Cote from South Temiskaming Community Futures Development Corporation has a projector available for free. Suggest we borrow STCFDC’s until we see if there is high usage of a projector or not.

Next Meeting: Early September 2005