Notice of Annual General Meeting

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Written by Loyd Olson

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club will be held on June 20, 2017 at 7:00 pm in the upstairs lounge. A reminder that anyone over 18 who pays dues to curl at the AMCC is now a member who is eligible to participate.

Director reports will be sent out closer to the date of the meeting. League Conveners - please remind your "non-connected" members to attend.

Agenda:

1. Call meeting to order and confirmation of Quorum (AGM Quorum:  Article V.01 - Quorum at all Meetings of Members will be 20% of the eligible voters or 15 eligible voters, whichever is less.)

2. President Welcome and Report

3. Approval of Minutes of the last Meeting of Members (AGM 21 June 2016)

4. Reading and consideration of correspondence

5. Report on actions arising from the minutes of the last Meeting of Members;

6. Other unfinished business;

7. Club Manager Report;

8. Director Reports;

9. Presentation and Approval of Audited Financial Statement

• 2017-2018 Budget

10. New Business

• Board Nominations;
• Selection of Auditors, Banking Institution, and Lawyer;
• Notice(s) of Motion;
• Other;
• Approval of Board actions for past year.

11. Adjournment

Business of Curling

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Written by Kevin Nakonechny

Even as the end of the 2016-17 curling season has passed, AMCC volunteers remain hard at work preparing for next season (and beyond).

Loyd Olson (Club President), Paul Batchelor (Club Manager), and Kevin Nakonechny (Webmaster) were among delegates from a minority of Winnipeg curling clubs, and several rural Manitoba curling clubs of all sizes, in attendance at the Business of Curling seminar on April 21-23 at the Best Western Plus Winnipeg Airport hotel.

Sponsored by Curl Manitoba and presented by Curling Canada, formal presentations by full-time curling experts from across Canada covered topics in the following broad areas:

Attracting new curlers

• Curling 101 (a curling introductory follow-up to "Rocks and Rings," which was presented at AMCC this year for the first time)
• Adult Learn to Curl
• Social Media Buying
• Building Capacity

Servicing our customers (everybody who sets foot in our facility - to curl or not) better

• Scraping, stones, water, paint
• Bonspiels
• Delivering Superior Customer Service
• IMF Registration System

Tools and techniques for making our curling club financially sustainable (without simply raising membership fees every year!)

• Risk Management
• Energy Conservation
• Volunteers

Informal networking and discussion of success / failure stories between seminar attendees also provided an invaluable learning experience.

What does this all mean for AMCC? - exciting possibilities for the future of our Club and all of the people it serves. Further details will be shared through the Board in the weeks and months to come; attendance at this year's AGM is highly encouraged, if you are curious for a sneak peek.