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Message from the CHAIR

to our valued members: a summary of

the 104th annual general meeting

DAVID CAMPBELL he Annual General Meeting of the LBMAO The board also initiated a search for a company
LBMAO President Twas held in a virtual format on Thursday, May to develop an App to replace the existing LBMAO
19, 2022. The Board reported on the financial directory and the App was introduced in the fall
position of the association; a new chair was of 2021. More about the App in Dave Campbell’s
elected; there was a summary of the activities of editorial.
the association in the past year; and we had an Dave also commented on the financial position
insight into the upcoming year for events, etc. of the Association as of September 30, 2021, the
First item on the Agenda - Ken Forbes, Past year end.
Chair and acting Chair gave a tribute to Ron Schell
who had taken a leave of absence due to ill health The key highlights were as follows:
and sadly passed away in March of 2022. Ken also • Association had a surplus of $90,939 vs. a
expressed the board’s sincere condolences to the deficit of $(11,351) the previous year.
Schell family on behalf of the board, employees • Government wage and rent subsidies, as well as
and members of the LBMAO. reduced operating costs and wage reductions,
Next, Dave Campbell, President contributed to the surplus.
of the LBMAO, presented a summary
"One of the key of the association’s activities during • Some income streams such as directory
advertising were lower due to switching to the
items for the the 2020-21 fiscal year. With the App platform and start-up costs to develop the
government protocols in place
membership to throughout the year, all activities App.
vote on was the such as golf, Cool Car Ride, bonspiel, Dave then commented on the plans for
change to the etc. had to be cancelled as well as 2022 which will include re-introducing 4 golf
our in-class estimating courses. Our
tournaments, the cool car ride and in-class training
bylaws allowing online health and safety and truck programs. Dave also mentioned that the board
safety courses were still available
supplier personnel and extensively used by our has initiated a search for a replacement for his
to be elected to membership. We did, however, offer position of President as he will be retiring once a
new President is in place.
the position of a virtual platform on Zoom to do the Ken Forbes then introduced Rebecca Gravelle,
basic estimating and students were the incoming Chair, and handed her the virtual
Chair." happy to have access for training gavel. Rebecca thanked Ken for his dedication
support. All would have agreed that to the association. At this time, two new board
the in-class training provides better outcomes but members were voted onto the board - Kyle Schell
the virtual training was certainly a viable option. from Schell Lumber (yes, stepping into his dad’s
All courses are now up and running and we are shoes!) and Fred Sweeny from Chemong HHBC.
getting full attendance. A new board was ratified and Barb Schering
One of the key items for the membership to accepted the position of Vice-Chair. Barb will be
vote on was the change to the bylaws allowing the first supplier Chair at the end of Rebecca’s
supplier personnel to be elected to the position term.
of Chair. The board voted on and approved this The meeting then adjourned.
bylaw change and the membership ratified the
changes at the AGM. This amendment to the
bylaws recognizes the contribution that suppliers
make to the association.
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