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  2019 Lunch and Annual General Meeting     




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The Venue

Beach Club Resort

Our 2019 Annual General Meeting was held at the Beach Club Resort in Parksville, on March 9th. 




Lunch Room

dining room

Branch president Steve Cowan awaits arrival of members.

Arms of Steve Cowan


discussion around table

Sir John Cave-Browne-Cave, Laurie Patten, and Steve Cowan have a high-powered executive discussion.

Arms of Steve Cowan Arms of Laurie Patten Arms of Sir John Cave-Browne-Cave


two ladies talking at table

Jennifer Cave-Browne-Cave and Judy Cowan have a chat.




Shirley Greenwood with her walker Laurie Patten

Venerable past board members come out on a beautiful Spring day to attend the AGM.  Laurie was a past president, treasurer, and Blazon editor, and Shirley was our long-time events director.

Arms of Shirley Greenwood Arms of Laurie Patten


banner of Sir John Cave-Browne-Cave

Off to the side of the screen is Sir John's banner.

Arms of Sir John Cave-Browne-Cave


food table

Here is the buffet area almost ready to go.




Lunch

diners at table 1

Clockwise starting from the left: Steve Cowan, Gary Mitchell, Judy Cowan, Jennifer Cave-Browne-Cave, Sir John Cave-Browne-Cave.

Arms of Sir John Cave-Browne-Cave Arms of Gary Mitchell Arms of Steve Cowan


diners at table 2

Clockwise starting from the left: Denis Ostercamp, Brian Hutchison, Connie Mayers, Shirley Greenwood, Darren George.

Arms of Shirley Greenwood Arms of Brian Hutchison


diners at table 1

With a Spring sun blazing in, we have, clockwise starting from the left: Don Mayers, Laurie Patten, Tom Mercer, John Neill.

Arms of John Neill Arms of Laurie Patten


The Greenwood Lecture

Steve Cowan and Sir John Cave-Browne-Cave

After a delicious lunch, Steve introduces Sir John as our guest speaker.  Sir John is not only a BC branch member but also the secretary of the Vancouver branch.

Arms of Sir John Cave-Browne-Cave Arms of Steve Cowan


Sir John Cave-Browne-Cave standing beside screen

Sir John begins his very enjoyable talk on his family history, which goes back about eight hundred years.  He mentioned that, since his family has almost always been well established, he had no difficulty in finding reliable information, unlike the experience of most family historians.  The evolution of his arms was particularly interesting.

Arms of Sir John Cave-Browne-Cave


Steve Cowan presents to Sir John Cave-Browne-Cave a shield plaque

Steve presents to Sir John a shield plaque as a token of the Branch's appreciation for his talk.

Arms of Steve Cowan Arms of Sir John Cave-Browne-Cave


Annual General Meeting

John and Steve sitting at table

After Sir John's presentation, Steve opened the meeting and gave his annual report, summaryzing the branch's activity for 2018.  This was followed by the treasurer's report, given by our treasurer, Don Mayers.

Arms of Steve Cowan Arms of John Neill


Gary standing in front of screen

Next, Gary Mitchell took over to conduct the selection of the board for the coming year.  Since there was only one nomination for each position, all positions were filled by acclamation.  The new board is shown below: 

Arms of Gary Mitchell
Position   Name  
President Steve Cowan (incumbent)
Vice-President Tom Mercer (incumbent)
Secretary Gary Mitchell (incumbent)
Treasurer Don Mayers (incumbent)
Blazon Editor John Neill (incumbent)
Webmaster Lee Van Horne (mid-term)
Director David Hjalmarson (mid-term)
Director Lesley Patten (mid-term)
Director Darren George (mid-term)

The position of the Ex-officio Nominations Officer is currently vacant.







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