Annual General Meeting

1. Call to Order

President Dave McManus called the meeting to order at 12:00 PM.

2. Registration of Voters

All members signed the attendance sheet in order to determine their voting eligibility.

3. Acceptance of Agenda

The agenda was presented. To the presented Agenda, the following items were added under new business:

a)&n= bsp; F= inal 12 Assignments

b)&n= bsp; A= ABO/BNB Affiliation Agreement

c)&n= bsp; M= ileage Rate

d)&n= bsp; G= ame Fees

e)&n= bsp; C= onstitution Amendment

f)&n= bsp; O= fficials Choice Web Site

Motion Bruce Hendry / Adam Humphre= y, the amended agenda be accepted. C= arried

4. Presentation of 2003 AGM Minutes.

Motion Bruce Hendry / Todd Messer = the minutes be accepted as circulated. Carried

5. Reports

President:

Dave McManus read and submitted his report.&nbs= p; The highlights are listed below:

§R= eported on the CABO meetings

§R= eported on the status of our association moving to CIS rules for 2005-2006

§R= eported their would be a clinic in Mon= cton in the fall of 2005 to prepare for the new rules

§T= hanked the Executive for their past efforts

Vice-President: <= /b> Scott Wood read his report indicati= ng it had been a good year with no problems.

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Interpreter: = Seward read and submitted his report o= n his activities since the last AGM, and the highlights were as follows:

§R= eported on where he had spent his time and the evaluation he completed during the p= ast year.

§R= eviewed the previous years Wink Willox award winners

§F= IBA exam and 2002 results.

§R= egional & Final 12 Assignments

§N= ational Assignments

§C= ollege Board

Secretary-Treasurer: Peter DeMerchant presented the audited Financial Statement for the fiscal year ending August 31^st, 2004. Highlights are as follo= ws

§We finished the year in good financial position with a bank balance of $ 2,059= and two term deposits valued at $ 3,037.

6.    Zone Representative Report's

Written Zone Reports were submitted as follows:

§Z= one # 1, Woodstock

§Z= one # 2, Fredericton

§Z= one # 3, St. Stephen

§Z= one # 4, Saint John

§Z= one # 5, Moncton

§Z= one # 6 (South), Miramichi

§Z= one # 6 (Central), Bathurst

§Z= one # 6 (North), Campbellton/Dalhousie

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7.    Intro to Officiating ( Formerly known as Junior Development)

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Ray Tonge submitted his report on the status of Intro to Officiating in the province. <= /p>

8.    BNB:

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President Chuck Beyea submitted a report of behalf of BNB.

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      Motion Brent Stocker / Don O’= ;Neill the reports be accepted as presented. Carried

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9.    Correspondence:

None

10.      =       Old Business:

None

11.      =       Rule Changes:

Dave McManus indicated that if everyone is comfortable with our move to one set = of rules (CIS), the executive would continue with it’s efforts move to t= hose rules. Seward spoke to the ne= ed of our association to raise the level of professionalism and the conduct level= of all of our officials.

12.      =       New Business :

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A)&n= bsp;     R= egional & Final 12 Assignments were discussed.= Don O’Neill registered his zone’s displeasure with not receiving a final 12 assignment per the constitutional guidelines. On behalf of the committee, Dave M= cManus apologized to Zone # 6 for the oversight.&= nbsp; Fran McHugh of Zone # 3 indicated he felt there were problems with h= ow the regionals and final 12 assignments were handled. After much discussion, the committ= ee responsible for these assignments was instructed to use more diligence in t= he future when making these assignments.

B)&n= bsp;     D= ave McManus presented a new proposed affiliation agreement between AABO and BNB= .

Motion Bruce Hendry / Don O’Neill we acc= ept the affiliation agreement between AABO and BNB as presented. Carried

C)&n= bsp;     Mileage Fee – Dave McManus advis= ed the AGM the Executive had passed a motion to increase the travel rate to $ .35/= km, effective immediately

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Motion Bruce Hendr= y / Don O’Neill we accept the recommendation of the Executive/Board to increa= se the travel rate to $ .35/km C= arried

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D)&n= bsp;     A proposed amendment to the constitution to deal with new members that have n= ot passed their written tests but are working minor games to gain experience.<= o:p>

Motion Adam Humphrey / Fran McHugh we table the propose amendment to the constitution pending further study of the situation. Carried

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E)&n= bsp;     V= ice President Scott Wood presented a brief report on our current game fee struc= ture and some of the rates being charged by the other jurisdictions. After much discussion a consensus = was reached that our rates for the age classes are exactly what they should be = and our rates for high school and Men’s are sufficient at their current level.

F)&n= bsp;     VP Scott Wood mentioned Officials Choice as a potential supplier of official’s equipment as an alternative to Honigs. Peter DeMerchant agreed to put a l= ink to their web site on our Officials web site (http://nbaabo.homestead.com/r= ef.html).

G)&n= bsp;    I= nsurance Premiums – There was a discussion about our rising insurance premiums. Peter DeMerchant ad= vised our premiums have increased by 46 % in two years. Dave McManus reported there is a m= ove to try and get our insurance covered at the national level through CABO. He anticipated we will be able to = move in that direction by next year.

David McManus thanked Bruce Hendry and the Woodstock zone for their hospitality.

      Motion Brent Stocker the meeting be adjourned. Meeting was adjour= ned at 2:20 PM