Dunrobin Community
Association
Annual General Meeting
Mar 11, 2015
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Agenda
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President’s Report
Treasure Report
Website – Internet Usage
Operational Programs
 Hockey: Outdoor, Special Needs
 WC Softball
 Soccer for Kids with special needs
 Zumba Yoga
 Outdoor Rink, City Programs
Ice Rink Report
Volunteers
Canada Day
Nominations and Elections
 DCA Nominations and Reaffirmation of Officers
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President’s Report
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DCA needs some major repairs – mainly outside
Could use some fine tuning with the round up of
volunteers
Locks changes have caused some confusion. It will
get sorted
The ball diamonds infields were refurbished in the
spring of 2014. Sand was added to loosen up the
stone dust. Mixed results were reported due to
settling issues.
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President’s Report
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Activities
 Clean up was done by Sport n Play, DCA members –
thank you!
 West Carleton Fibre Guild continues to meet once per
month – Still going strong!
 Yoga and Zumba continue to run – Very popular
programs – without the trailer community center
bookings were limited during the winter
 Summer Camps - City
 Sport N Play before and after school program
continues to our largest tenent
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Treasurer Report
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A surplus was realized for 2014
Canada Day and Ice Maintenance continues to
be the largest expense by far
The DCA Building Fund is growing and plans to
make some much needed repairs are moving
forward
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Treasurer Report
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Operational Programs
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Outdoor Hockey
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40 kids - increase of 10!
4 teams
5-7, 8-9 and 10-12, 13-15 year olds
The coaches kept the kids involved and engaged even
on the coldest evenings which were not missed
Many thanks to Carole Merritt for coordinating the
outdoor hockey league
They plan on having pizza and medals to wrap things up
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Hockey
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Outdoor Hockey for kids with special needs is in
it’s 4th year
20 children involved – up five from last year
Expecting to grow again next year
A trip to CTC for a skating party with Spartacus
in March provided a fantastic finish
We had many gracious volunteers to help out on
the ice
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West Carleton Softball
Association
Dunrobin Division
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Softball
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49 players summer 2014
3 teams
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T-Ball
Mite
Atom
Squirts
2 coaches
Both diamond were busy Monday to Thursday evenings
Dunrobin was the host to the Atom Fun Day with 6 teams
in participation
Many, many thanks to Lori magically makes all this
happen!
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Softball
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WC league had 21 teams total
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8 atoms, 7 Mites, 6 S/P Boys
12 games over the 6 week season
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Each team played one home and one away game
each week
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Ice rink report
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Excellent ice last year
Very expensive but turn key – as long as we can
afford it we will continue this way
Fantastic year for skating. It’s still going!
The community center paid for supervision this
year – it has it’s pros and cons
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Soccer for Kids With Special
Needs
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30 kids 6-13 year old
5 coaches participated
Year ended with a BBQ n treats party
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Zumba and Yoga
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Zumba - new instructor
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42 participants – 1 volunteer – 1 paid
instructor
Yoga
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62 participants – 1 volunteer – 1 paid
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Canada Day
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Circus Delights was a fantastic show
The fireworks are becoming a signature
for Dunrobin
Face painting, tattoos for kids
Bouncy Houses were back
Attendance was moderate this year
Heavenly Blue provided music for the
festival
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Volunteers
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Goals
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for Youth Volunteers:
Raise visibility and community involvement
Provide job opportunity where referencing is possible
Introduce new social skills (for many kids) that are not electronic
Create sense of pride for accomplishment (reducing vandalism)
Train the trainer is possible (improve self-esteem)
Multiple possibilities where 40hr community service commitment
can be obtained.
Bring new ideas for programs from the younger generation to the
community centre
Learn to cook/clean (for many)
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Nominations - Directors
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Per by-laws, max number of directors
(including executive)=11
Per by-laws, max number of executives=4
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2 year term for directors
1 year term for executives
Must be a director first then can be affirmed
as an executive
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DCA Nomination and
Reaffirmation of Officers
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Present Positions:
President (Open)
 Vice President (Greg Patacairk)
 Treasurer (Tracy Taffinder)
 Secretary (Open)
 Director (Duane Fowler)
 Director (Lori McGrath)
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DCA Nomination and
Reaffirmation of Officers
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Nominations and Elections for 2 year term
Director(s)
Nominations and Elections for a 1 year
term
Executive(s)
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