BYC Annual Meeting
November 11th, 2006
Present: 65 members in good standing, 30 = a quorum.
1. Welcome – The Commodore thanked everyone for coming. Meeting started at 1700 hrs. He explained the process for the election, since this is the first year using the Nominating Committee. He then introduced the Nominating Committee. He explained members eligible to vote are those who have paid the annual dues by June 1st.
New Business – the Annual Election
For Commodore: John Niewenhous said the Committee has interviewed two qualified candidates for the position of Commodore. John asked if there were anymore nominations from the floor. There were none and therefore the nominations were closed. The Committee asked each of the candidates to introduce themselves. Bruce Tait went first, followed by Lee Oldak. Members were then asked to cast a ballot and they were collected. The count was 35 for Lee Oldak and 30 for Bruce Tait.
For Vice Commodore: Laura White has agreed to run again for Vice Commodore. No one stood to run against her. Steve Brennan made a motion that the Secretary cast one ballot, which was seconded and all approved. The Secretary then cast one ballot for Laura White to maintain the position of Vice Commodore.
For Secretary: Chris DiSunno has agreed to run for the position of Secretary and the Nominating Committee finds him qualified to do so. Chris said a few words about himself. No one stood to run against him. Gayle made a motion that the Secretary cast one ballot, which was seconded and approved by all. The Secretary then cast one ballot for Chris DiSunno to take the position of Secretary.
For Treasurer: Bill Burford has agreed to run for the position of Treasurer and the Nominating Committee finds him qualified to do so. No one stood to run against him. Gayle also made a motion that the Secretary cast one ballot, which was seconded and approved by all. The Secretary then cast one ballot for Bill Burford to take the position of Treasurer.
For 3 yr. Director – Sharon Horn has agreed to run for the position of Director for the 3 year opening and the Nominating Committee finds her qualified to do so. No one stood to run against her. A motion was made that the Secretary cast one ballot, which was seconded and approved by all. The Secretary then cast one ballot for Sharon Horn to take the position of Director for a term that will expire 12/31/09. The other Director positions for the same term, were filled by the officers that were stepping down: Fred Stelle, Debbie Skinner and Gayle Pickering.
For 1 yr. Director – Nancy Neumann has agreed to run for the position of Director to fill the position vacated by Chris Dowling and the Nominating Committee finds her qualified to do so. No one stood to run against her. Peter made a motion that the Secretary cast one ballot, which was seconded by Fred and approved by all. The Secretary then cast one ballot for Nancy Newman to take the position of Director for a term that will expire 12/31/07.
For 1 yr. Director – Mark Webber has agreed to run for the position of Director to fill the position vacated by John Niewenhous and the Nominating Committee finds him qualified to do so. No one stood to run against him. A motion that the Secretary cast one ballot, which was seconded and approved by all. The Secretary then cast one ballot for Mark Webber to take the position of Director for a term that will expire 12/31/07.
Fred asked the Directors to introduce themselves, which they did.
One last order of business is to elect the member of the Nominating Committee to be elected from the membership. Audrey nominated Darcy to remain in this position for the following year and Gayle seconded the motion. Darcy agreed and all voted in favor.
John made a motion to adjourn the meeting and was seconded by Peter seconded. Motion carried and the meeting was adjourned.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Deb Skinner
posted by Breakwater 11/24/2006 09:52:00 AM
THE VOTES ARE IN..........
Your new BYC Board of Directors for 2007
- Commodore Lee Oldak
- Vice Commodore Laura White
- Treasurer Bill Burford
- Secretary Chris Disunnno
Directors
- Fred Stelle
- Bruce Tait
- Audrey Niewenhous
- Gayle Pickering
- Peter Dyner
- Sharon Horn
- Dan Kalish
- Jane Babcook
- Debbie Skinner
- Barry Browning
- Mark Webber
- Nancy Neumann
posted by Breakwater 11/13/2006 01:53:00 PM