MANITOBA ASSOCIATION OF COTTAGE OWNERS INC.
P. O. Box 281, Station Main, Winnipeg, Mb. R3C 2G9

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Minutes of Meeting
Date:Tuesday, August 17th, 2004
Time:6:00 P M
Location:Garden City Canad Inn, 2100 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg
Present:Gary Dunlop, Pat Dunlop, Daryll Hyslop, Barb Hyslop, Shirley Nixon, Rene Comeault, Dave Crabb, Doug Neal, Lorraine Neal
Regrets:Jim Neufeld, Bill Russell

1. Call to Order
President Neal called the meeting to order at 6:10 P M. Doug also made the sad announcement that Director Terry Kane, who represented the cottagers of Clearwater Lake had passed away August 14th 2004. He also stated he had telephoned Mrs. Kane and expressed the condolences of the MACO executive. A sympathy card has also been sent on behalf of the executive.

2. Adoption of Agenda
Moved by Daryll Hyslop, seconded by Rene Comeault that the agenda is adopted with the following additions under New Business:b)Notice of Annual General Meeting
c) Speaker for AGM
Motion Carried

3. Adoption of Minutes of Previous Meeting of July 20th, 2004
Moved by Pat Dunlop, seconded by Lorraine Neal that the minutes of the previous meeting of July 20th, are adopted with the correction: "Regrets" should have included Gary Dunlop.
Motion Carried.

4. Delegation - Prairie By-Law Enforcement
The expected delegation did not attend.

5. Financial Report
a) Financial report
In the absence of Treasurer Bill Russell, President Doug Neal presented the Financial Report showing a bank balance of $2,940.12.
Executive members questioned the numbers shown under the Total debits and the credits. The numbers shown don't seem to compute. Doug to contact Bill for clarification of same.
b) Payment to Stan Malec re Web-space and domain name.
Moved by Lorraine Neal, seconded by Dave Crabb that MACO pay Stan for the Web-space ( Canadian funds, $11.44 per month, x 12 = $137.28 + $41.53 for Domain name = $178.81) upon receipt of the corrected invoice.

Motion carried.

6. Correspondence sent
a) Letter ready to send to Professor Gordon Goldsborough of the University of Manitoba, an expert on wetlands, requesting he speak at our Annual General Meeting in October.
b) Much discussion revolved around who we will choose to invite to speak at our AGM in October. It was decided we definitely will ask Professor Goldsborough, we will have Honorable Minister Steve Ashton, Water Stewardship, as our Keynote speaker and we should try to have someone from Manitoba Hydro speak to us regarding lake levels in the province. Lorraine to write letters to suggested parties. MACO has not heard from Mayor Sam Katz, so should be investigating someone else.

7.Correspondence received (attached)
a) Shoreline Talk
b) Letter of regret from Honorable Peter Bjornson (unable to attend our AGM in October)
c) CCPCA
President Neal read a letter from the CCPCA outlining their need for the full $500 payments from all provinces. CCPCA is also requesting that a cottage organization undertake the cost of operating the CCPCA office and staffing. Several options were outlined. CCPCA is unwilling to allow less wealthy provincial associations to pay lesser fees.
Moved by Dave Crabb, seconded by Gary Dunlop that MACO decline membership in the CCPCA as MACO cannot afford the full $500 cost. Further that MACO has asked the CCPCA to revisit the dues structure; a committee has been struck (Dave Crabb was placed on this committee) and nothing has been resolved in this regard.

Motion Carried

A letter will be written to the CCPCA advising of MACO's resolution.

8.       Old Business
a) MACO Brochure
Lorraine produced 100 copies of the newly minted MACO brochures. Several were distributed to Rene Comeault, Gary and Pat Dunlop and Dave Crabb.
b) Letter to Fisheries and Oceans re partnering with cottage associations
Tabled till autumn.
c) Land problem ( Rene Comeault)
Rene reported that a further proposal for a land swap was submitted by the landowner to Conservation. A favorable resolution is expected in this unfortunate situation.
d) Date: October meeting
It was noted that the October meeting date had to be changed to Tuesday, October 12th,as the Canad Inn could not accommodate MACO on the suggested Wednesday the 13th.

9.     New Business
a) Lake Winnipeg Stewardship Board presentation
With such a large portion of the province of Manitoba being part of the watershed of Lake Winnipeg, it was decided that MACO should definitely participate in this opportunity to be heard.
Dave will prepare a presentation to be submitted to the Lake Winnipeg Stewardship Board. The deadline for submission is November 1st. Dave suggested he will write an outline and email it to all executive members for their input.

10.      Directors Reports
a) Daryll and Barb Hyslop
Daryll and Barb attended a meeting for Mascanow Drive Cottage Association. They have decided to join MACO. Thanks to Daryll and Barb who imparted a lot of information to this group.
b) Shirley Nixon
Shirley reminded everyone to begin gathering items for the Silent Auction at the AGM.

11.      Date of Next meeting
     The next meeting will be held on Tuesday September 21st, at Canad Inn, 2100 McPhillips Street.

12.      Adjournment