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2005 Annual Meeting | |
| ANNUAL MEETING - December 2, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||
| MINUTES OF MEETING | |||||||||||||||||
| The meeting was held at the Canada Museum of Science and Technology at 8:10pm. Chris Teron served as the Chairman.
Notice of the meeting was published in AstroNotes one month in advance and there was a quorum of members in attendance.
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| 1. | Adoption of Minutes of the 2004 Annual Meeting | ||||||||||||||||
| A summary of the minutes was given by Chris Teron. It was moved by Rick Wagner and seconded by Hilderic Browne that the Minutes of the 2004 Annual Meeting be approved.
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| 2. | President's Report | ||||||||||||||||
| The President, Debra Ceravolo, sent her regrets that she could not attend the meeting. She prepared a written report of the highlights of the year that was published in AstroNotes. Copies were also circulated at the meeting. Chris Teron paraphrased the report. | |||||||||||||||||
| 3. | Secretary's Report | ||||||||||||||||
| The Secretary will take the President's Report, update it at the end of the year, and submit it to the National Office. | |||||||||||||||||
| 4. | Treasurer's Report | ||||||||||||||||
| The Treasurer, Stephen Nourse, circulated the financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2005 and presented the highlights of the statements to the meeting. He commented that membership revenue was down slightly even though membership levels remain steady. This was caused by a new procedure with the National Office accepting multi year renewals. This will even out over a few years. Before depreciation, the Centre had a small loss of $369, which should not cause alarm. The amount of depreciation is reducing annually as SmartScope assets decrease in book value. After depreciation, the Centre had a loss of $10,882. The Centre's term deposits are strong and will allow the Centre to finance the upcoming General Assembly without borrowing from the National Office. In summary, the Centre remains financially healthy.
It was moved by Brian McCullough and seconded by Barry Matthews that the Financial Statements for the year ended September 30, 2005 be approved.
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| 5. | Fred Lossing Observatory Report | ||||||||||||||||
| The Observatory Director, Al Seaman, presented his report on the operation of the Observatory. In particular, he commented on the re-construction of the RA drive on the 16" telescope that should give it many more years of service, and a major clean up of surplus equipment. | |||||||||||||||||
| 6. | SmartScope Report | ||||||||||||||||
| Chris Teron reported that Doug George has assumed the position of Director of SmartScope and is heading a new push to get it operational and available to more people to use. The observatory will be included on a tour for people attending the GA in May 2006, which provides a good target date for operations. | |||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Awards | ||||||||||||||||
| The Meeting Chair, Chuck O'Dale, announced and presented the award for the 2005 Observer of the Year to Rick Wagner. The 2005 award for AstroNotes Article of the Year goes to Rob Lavoie for his March article on lunar sketches and will be presented at a future meeting. | |||||||||||||||||
| 8. | Election of Officers, Councillors, Meeting Chair and National Council Representatives for 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
Prior to the meeting, the Nominating Committee, represented by Hilderic Browne, nominated the following people for election:
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| 9. | Appointment of Auditor | ||||||||||||||||
| It was moved by Stephen Nourse and seconded by Chuck O'Dale that David Potter be approved as the auditor for the year ending September 30, 2006. Mr. Potter is in the process of reviewing several past years at the same time.
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| 10. | Adjournment | ||||||||||||||||
| It was moved by a large show of hands that the meeting be adjourned at 8:40pm.
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