OMVA Swap Meet & AGM March 12th 2016

[Les Fisher]

Hello to all OMVA members. I hope you all had a safe and Happy New Year.
As previously posted we are having are Annual General Meeting and swap meet on the 12 of March 2016. The location is 15 Wright Ave, Acton, Ontario. That is the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 197. The doors will be open to the public at 8:00 am. All the swap meets seem to well attended as this is a great opportunity for us to meet each other and perhaps new members. You will perhaps find the one hard to find part that were seeking!

Please be ready to start the AGM between 11:00 and 12:00. The meeting should take about 30 minutes. I will be posting a full agenda along with a notice to update the constitution. This is the first AGM in a while I we have some important duties to take care of and I hope all attend.
Les...

[david moore]

Les
Could I ask why everything for the swap meet has to be closed up so early in the day - presumably 11:00am? There are OMVA members, quite a lot of them, who live in Kingston and points east. To get to Acton by 8:00am even in good driving weather is a bit of a challenge. Why not have it going on 'til say 2:00 pm then the AGM? That would give us non-greater TO guys a chance to participate. I have quite a lot of bits I could bring.

OMVA seems to follow Queen's Park - if you live out over the eastern horizon, you can s#d off as my Brit friends would say! Just joking!

I have asked previous administrations about this and never got a reply.

[Bob Carriere]

.....what about us guys from Ottawa.... we have to leave the week before in case of storms.......

I beleive the next Fall meeting is at the Big Apple near Barry's residence.....

See you on the 401.....

Cheers

[Les Fisher]

The message says the meeting will start between 11:00 and 12:00 not 11:00. We can start the meeting anytime the majority wants. My thought was if we wait until say 1:00, many may not stay. The club is to serve all of us, so if we want to start later then it will! In so far as travel distance I have no issue with driving to the U.S. to a rally or swap meet. I do understand that I may not be norm. So if the club would like to have a swap meet or rally in a different area of Ontario then, as long as someone wants to run it I am sure the other executive members would behind it. We would need to approve the date and location. I do think Barry's place would be a great place to hold a swap meet ! Lol.
Les...

[Les Fisher]

As It turns out the hall is rented until 12:00 noon. It has always been rented until 12:00 noon. So the AGM will start shortly after 11:00. Sorry for any confusion this may cause, but we need to have an AGM to allow the executive to move forward on our behalf.
Thanks.
Les...

[chris vickery]

Just a thought, since the Hall is rented only until Noon, could the AGM not take place in the Lounge at the Legion? I am sure the bar there would be more than happy to have a few extra Customers...