M I N U T ES Of The Regular Board of Directors` Meeting No. D14
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M I N U T ES Of The Regular Board of Directors` Meeting No. D14
M I N U T ES Of The Regular Board of Directors’ Meeting No. D14-08 Held on February 23, 2015 At the Aurora Seniors Centre 90 John West Way, Aurora, ON Presiding: Charles Sequeira, President Directors Present: Charles Sequeira, (President) Carol Hedenberg (Vice President) Louise Miller (Treasurer) Ruth Church, (Secretary) Jim Abram Ron Coe, Jan Freedman Frank Leone, Don Stevenson Staff Member: Karie Papillon, Seniors Coordinator Members Present: Marie Leone Minnutes Recorded by: Ruth Church, Secretary Call to order: - A quorum being present, the President declared the meeting open to transact business at 13:00 pm. On motions duly moved, seconded and carried it was resolved that: D14-08-01 Moved by C.Hedenberg/F. Leone That the Agenda be approved as distributed. Carol Hedenberg requested the addition of one item Under New Business: b) Pickle Ball petition 1 The agenda was approved as amended. D14-08-02 Moved by: C.Hedenberg/L.Miller That The Minutes of the Regular Meeting held January 19, 2015 be approved as distributed. Carried Carried D14-08-03 Presentations/Delegations: Nil D14-08-04 Business from Previous Meeting a) Proposed amendments to By-Law #1 1.03.02 Term of Office: there was discussion about the possibility of a Director remaining on the Board for two consecutive terms and/or until his/her successor has been duly qualified and elected. At present there is no mechanism in place to determine who would stay on the Board if no replacement was found – i.e. if only 2 new Directors are elected but 3 Directors have reached the maximum of 6 years. This will need to be addressed in the future. Moved by L.Miller/F.Leone That By-Law 1.03.02 be amended to read: Each Director shall be elected for a THREE (3) year term, to expire at the third subsequent Annual General Meeting following election and/or until his/her successor shall have been duly qualified and elected. No Director shall serve more than TWO (2) consecutive terms, but such Director shall be eligible for re-election after an absence on ONE (1) year. Carried 1.05.04 Caucus Meeting and 1.10.03 Appointment of Principal Officers: it was pointed out that By-Law 1.05.04 and 1.05.01 are redundant as the same information is in By-Law 1.10.03 Moved by L.Miller/J.Freedman That By-Law 1.05.04 be eliminated and that 1.10.03 be amended to read: The principal Officers shall be elected by the 2 newly constituted Board of Directors from amongst the Directors at the Caucus Meeting to be held prior to or during the Annual General Meeting. Carried b) 2015 Nominations Committee Report Jim Abram, Chair, reported that Louise Miller and Eric Stangl have agreed to be on the Nominating Committee. Moved by J.Abram/C.Hedenberg That the 2015 Nomination Committee consist of Jim Abram, Chair, Louise Miller and Eric Stangl Carried Nomination Procedures; procedures will follow those previously approved. The advance poll will be held April 30, 2015 with regular voting to take place from Friday May 1 to Friday May 8 with the closing time on Friday May 8 to be changed to 11p.m. Motion to accept these procedures: J.Abram/J.Freedman Carried Notice for Newsletter: Jim will provide Karie/Andrew with the text to be included in the March Newsletter providing the dates and amended times for voting. Motion to accept the notice for the Newsletter as discussed: J.Abram/J.Freedman Carried c) Update re. Membership Sign-in System Louise provided the following update: Cost to date is $9,668.24 – budget is $10,000 The sign in screen will be installed at the front desk on Friday March 20 and launch day will be on Monday March 30, 2015. Reception Volunteers will use the sign-in system for the week prior to launch – Mar 23-27. This will allow us to have a trial period and also to enable the Reception Volunteers to become familiar with the system so that they can assist other members once it is implemented. 3 There will be an article in the March Newsletter Notice Board stating picture taking sessions will be on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Friday from 10 am to 2 pm E-flash reminder to come to have your picture taken will be sent on March 9th and March 28th. Week of March 23-27 all posters around the Centre will inform the members of the upcoming launch on March 30 MOVED by F.Leone/L.Miller That the verbal update regarding the Membership Sign-in System be received. Carried d) Agenda for meeting with Al Downey (March 9 1:00 pm) The following items were identified: Ventilation system in the Woodshop Agreement with Town for 2016-2021 Use of outdoor Pickle Courts and at AFLC Pickle Ball petition June 26 staff meeting – possible use of West MacKenzie Hall by Parks & Recreation staff Charles has drafted the agenda for the meeting and it has since been e-mailed to all Directors. D14-08-05 Seniors’Coordinator’s Report (Attached) Information items: Newsletter deadline was February 20 at 9:00 am The upcoming nomination process will be used for the Board page for the March Newsletter. Seniors Community Grant Program – Karie will be submitting a proposal for a grant (approx.. $6800) under this program for training for ASA volunteers – 10 for York Region Food Safety Training (PROTON) and 32 for Standard First Aid/CPR (including AED) certification. 4 Decision Items a) Letter of Support for submission for Seniors Community Grant Agreed by general consensus that ASA will provide a letter of support to accompany the submission for the Seniors Community Grant by the Seniors Coordinator as noted above. Ruth to work on this with Karie. b) Booking by Al Downey of West McKenzie on Friday June 26 from 12 to 2 pm Motion: J.Freedman/D.Stevenson To defer decision re Al Downey’s direction to book the West McKenzie to be used as a rain location for a staff BBQ Carried c) Request re Volunteer Appreciation Evening Motion: C.Hedenberg/R.Coe That ASA agree to the following for the Volunteer Appreciation Evening: Use of popcorn machine Provision coffee service – staff will take care offset up and clean up Donation of 2 12-visit activity cards, 2 Budget Bistro cards, and 2 Movie passes to be used as prizes Carried d) Confirmation of E-flash procedures The procedures as outlined in the Staff Report were confirmed by general consensus. Moved by: C.Hedenberg/R.Church That the Seniors Coordinator’s Report be received. Carried D14-08-06 Treasurers Financial Report to Jan. 31, 2015 (attached) Louise Miller distributed and reviewed the Report Consisting of Balance Sheet, Statement of Operations to January 31, 2015. Louise also distributed a draft of the Balance Sheet to December 31, 2014 with comparative figures for 2013 5 Moved by C.Hedenberg/J.Freedman That the Financial Report to Jan. 31, 2015 be approved as distributed. Carried Committee Reports By-Law Review Committee – nil report Executive Committee – nil report D14-08-07 Finance Committee – nil report It was noted that Derek Murray has resigned from the Finance Committee. Finding a replacement for Derek was referred to the Finance Committee. D14-08-08 Membership & Volunteers Report C. Hedenberg presented a verbal report on the status of the list of volunteers to be invited to the Volunteer Appreciation Night. 152 names are on the list that was made up from the lists submitted by each of the program convenors etc. a) Moved by: C.Hedenberg/J.Freedman That the verbal report from the Membership & Volunteer committee be received. Carried D14-08-09 Operations & Activities – Attached Carol reviewed the Report of the meeting held February 10, 2015 that resulted in the following action: a) Moved by D.Stevenson/R.Church That approximately $250. be approved for the purchase of 9 additional pen kits and 30 cases for the pens being produced for the Maple Leaf Forever program. Carried The following was provided as information since the expenditures had already been made b) Costs associated with the Pickle Ball Tournament of $30 and c) Purchase of replacement two Rummikub games costing $60. 6 d) The request for funds to recover the 2 small tables in the Pool Room was deferred. Frank Leone will discuss the project with Paul Pandolfi Moved by D.Stevenson/R.Coe That the O & A report be received with the exception of Item #2 (recovering of pool tables). Carried D14-08-10 Social Committee Report – Nil report D14-08-11 Special Events Report - Attached Jan Freedman presented and reviewed the report of the Meeting held February 5, 2015 which resulted in the following decisions: a) Motion by: R.Church/F.Leone That the budget for the Black Tie Gala be appoved as submitted and that the initial payment to the caterer be issued as soon as possible. Carried b) Motion by: C.Hedenberg/L.Miller That the bar for Men Can Cook be set up in the kitchen at the serving window Carried c) Motion by: J.Freedman/D.Stevenson That the replacement small forks, dessert spoons, and milk and cream jugs be approved. Estimated cost is $300 Carried d) Motion by: D.Stevenson/J.Abram That $500 be approved for the cost of the mobile sign advertising the Spring Sale and the Holiday Bazaar Carried D14-08-12 Sponsorship Committee – Attached Jim Abram presented and reviewed the report of the meeting 7 Held February 6, 2015. Moved by: J.Abram/F.Leone That the report of the Sponsorship Committee be received. Carried D14-08-13 Vice-President Report: Attached Carol noted that the Volunteer hours for January /15 are 1980.5 This represents an increase of 350+ hours (22%) over January of last year Also attached is the Monthly Attendance Summary for January, which shows Total attendance for January 2015 of 4,208 Moved by: J.Abram/R.Coe That the Vice-President’s report be received Carried D14-08-14 President’s Report: Attached Charles reviewed the report which resulted in the following: a) No one has as yet come forward to head up the proposed booth for the Annual Street Festival. Olga Kisch is unable to coordinate the ASA booth. ASA participation may not be feasible. b) Seniors Provincial Community grant – no one has come forward with a grant proposal. As noted above, Karie is putting in a proposal to provide training for ASA volunteers. c) Congratulations to Jim Abram on grant application submission, ASA recipient of $ 750 to be used re: volunteer appreciation. d) Update on Sport in Aurora –AGM. No ASA volunteer member in attendance. Jim Abram will be involved, on behalf of ASA, re project CS4L at the request of Ron Weese, President, Sport in Aurora Moved by: C.Hedenberg/D. Stevenson That the President’s Report be received. 8 Carried D14-08-15 NEW BUSINESS a) Board Page for February 2015 Newsletter The Nominating Committee will provide the information on the nominations procedures for the Board Page D14-08-16 Adjournment: 15:55 hours Next Board Meeting: Monday, March 23, 2015 at 1:00pm 9