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

Minutes of meeting
Date:Tuesday, July 20th, 2004
Time:6:00 P M
Location:Garden City Canad Inn, 2100 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg
Present:Daryl Hyslop, Barb Hyslop, Shirley Nixon, Pat Dunlop, Bill Russell,
Doug Neal, Lorraine Neal
Regrets:Jim Neufeld, Terry Kane, Rene Comeault, Dave Crabb

1. Call to Order
President Neal called the meeting to order at 6:40 P M

2. Adoption of Agenda
Moved by Lorraine Neal, seconded by Bill Russell that the agenda is adopted as presented.

Motion Carried.

3. Adoption of Minutes of previous meeting of June 15th, 2004
Moved by Shirley Nixon, seconded by Bill Russell that the minutes of the previous meeting of June 15th, 2004 are adopted as presented.

Motion Carried.

4. Delegation
Mr. Don Rocan, Manager of Safe Drinking Water - Regulations Bill 36
Mr. Rocan attended the meeting and provided information regarding Bill 36 and it's regulations. Items touched on included: municipal insurance, Giardia, Cryptosporidium, licensing of public water systems, contaminants, (i.e. 1 gallon of gasoline will contaminate 1 million gallons of water), disinfection, laboratory identification.
Mr. Rocan expects that MACO will receive copies of the regulations for our perusal within the next month. Mr. Rocan's e-mail address is drocan@gov.mb.ca
Doug thanked Mr. Rocan and he left the meeting at 9:00 P M.

5. Financial Report - Bill Russell, Treasurer
Treasurer Bill Russell presented a financial report showing a balance in all accounts as of July 19th, of $3001.04
a) Cox Morris Insurance
Moved by Daryl Hyslop, seconded by Shirley Nixon that MACO pay Cox Morris Insurance $350
Motion Carried.
b) Payment for Don Rocan's dinner
Moved by Lorraine Neal, seconded by Pat Dunlop that MACO pay Canad Inn $8.53 for Mr. Rocan's meal.

Motion Carried.

Moved by Bill Russell, seconded by Daryl Hyslop that the Treasurer's report is accepted as presented.

Motion carried

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6. Correspondence sent
Letters that have been written and sent (to Minister Peter Bjornson, Minister Steve Ashton, and Mayor Sam Katz) regarding requests for attendance at the AGM in October were presented for information.
President Neal noted that Minister Ashton has confirmed his attendance at the AGM and has requested a letter outlining our expectations and giving him a detailed agenda. Lorraine to send follow-up letters.

7. Correspondence received
All correspondence received was circulated for information.

8. Old Business
a) MACO brochure
Moved by Shirley Nixon, seconded by Daryl that we make 100 yellow copies of the brochure on Doug's printer. Doug to be reimbursed the cost of the cartridges.

Motion carried.

b) Letter to Fisheries and Oceans - re partnering with cottage associations -
Tabled pending more information
c) Land Problems - Rene
Tabled - Rene not present
d) Cox Morris Insurance
This item dealt with in financial report

9. New Business
No new business

10.Director Reports
a) Bill Russell
Bill provided the executive with beautiful draft copies of business cards he has produced on his computer. He requested that everyone edit their cards for errors or omissions. He has also produced membership cards for associations and individuals. Thank you Bill!!!
b) Barb and Daryl Hyslop
Barb and Daryl are presenting MACO information to the Mascanow Cottage Association on August 7th, 2004
No further reports were presented.

10. Date, time and location of next meetings - for your convenience these are the dates of the next meetings.
Tuesday, August 17th
Tuesday, September 21st
WEDNESDAY, October 13th

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, Saturday, October 23rd, 2004

11. Adjournment
On a motion by Daryl Hyslop the meeting adjourned at 9:55 P M

Information: There is now a Whiteshell cottager Website with a link to the Coalition. www.whiteshellcottagers.com
There's some interesting information on the site - check it out!