Welcome To Paddle Canada!s | Pagaie Canada!s Annual General Meeting Saturday November 20, 2010 at 2pm EST via Conference Call & Online Webinar
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2010 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING DRAFT AGENDA Saturday, 20 November 2010 2 pm EDT
1. Welcome and Introductions
Blair Doyle, President
2. Call to order
2:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time) Blair Doyle, President
3. Approval of the Agenda
Motion to approve the agenda. m/ s/ r/
4. Approval of Minutes
Motion to approve AGM minutes of 27 September 2009 m/ s/ r
5. Business arising from past AGM Minutes
All motions from 2009 have been dealt with.
6. Reports:
A. President!s Annual Report Motion: To receive the President!s Annual Report m/ s/ r/ B. Past President and Regional Directors! Reports (Past President and Regional Directors) Motion: To receive the Regional Directors! Reports (filed separately with a short verbal report) m/ s/ r/ C. Committee Chair Reports Motion: To receive the Committee Chair Reports (filed separately) m/ s/ r/ 7. Acceptance of 2010 Interim Financial Statements (Treasurer)
Motion: To receive the 2010 Interim financial Statements m/ s/ r/
8. Appointment of the Accountants (Treasurer)
Motion: To appoint Howard Allen & Partners as Paddle Canada accountants to provide a Return Engagement for 2011 m/ s/ r/
9. 2011 Paddle Canada Budget (Treasurer) 2
Motion: To accept the proposed 2011 Paddle Canada budget m/ s/ r/ 10. Elections 2010, Report from the Nominations Chair (Past President)
Motion: To accept the nominations. m/ s/ r/
11. New Business
A. Board Motion. To acknowledge and thank our out-going Board members, for their outstanding commitment and contribution to Paddle Canada during their respective terms. m/ s/ r/ B. Motions from the Floor 12. Next Meeting 13. Adjournment
Motion to adjourn at m/
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Draft Minutes Paddle Canada Annual General Meeting Sunday, 27 September 2009 Meeting held at the Madawaska Kanu Centre, Barry’s Bay, and, via conference call Present: Voting Members: Blair Doyle, Vice President Eric Williams, Past President Alan Stanley, Prince Edward Island Jamie Maillet, New Brunswick Bill Talbot, Quebec Rick Wise, Ontario Alex Stuit, Nunavut James Hilland, Manitoba Viki Cirkvencic, Saskatchewan Priscilla Haskin, Alberta Doug Taylor, Secretary, British Columbia
1. Welcome and Introductions
Other Paddle Canada members and guests including but not limited to: Graham Ketcheson Katherine Holman, President Paddle Manitoba Michael Pardy Scott Stewart David Johnston Luc Peterkin Mike Allen Mick Lautt
Call to Order by Blair Doyle Vice President: 1645 EST
2. Approval of Agenda m/Williams s/Stanley r/carried To approve the agenda for the 2009 Paddle Canada Annual General Meeting. 3. Approval of the 2007 Annual General Meeting (AGM) Minutes m(Eric Williams)/s(Blair Doyle)/carried To approve the minutes of the 2007 Paddle Canada Annual General Meeting 4. Business arising from past AGM Minutes All motions from the 2008 AGM have been dealt with. 5. President’s Annual Report m/Wise s/Cirkvencic r/carried To receive the President’s Annual Report. 6. Board Executive and Regional Directors Reports m/Williams s/Haskin r/carried To receive the Executive and Regional Directors’ reports.
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7. Appointment of the Accountants m/Stanley s/Williams r/carried
To appoint Howard Allan & Partners as Paddle Canada Accountants to provide a Return Engagement for 2009/2010. 8. Acceptance of 2009 Interim Financial Statements m/Stanley s/Stuit r/carried To receive the Interim 2009 Financial Statements. The Treasurer noted that our financial position was not strong. 9. 2010 Paddle Canada Budget Because of the change of year-end for financial reporting, the 2010 budget will not be ready for several months. This item was withdrawn from the agenda 10. Elections 2009, Report from the Nominations Chair Eric Williams m/Williams s/Wise r/carried To accept the nominations of: Priscilla Haskin, Alberta; Jamie Hilland, Manitoba; Corey Locke Newfoundland and Labrador; and Alex Stuit, Nunavut. New Brunswick and NWT remain vacant. The election of Officers of the Board will take place at the October Board meeting. Secretarial note: All Officers of the Board were asked to retain their usual posts until the next Board meeting, 14 October 2009. 11. New Business A. Board Motion: m/Williams s/Stanley r/carried To acknowledge and thank our outgoing President, Richard Alexander for his outstanding commitment and guidance to Paddle Canada during his term as President and over the past seven years as a member of the Board. m/Haskin s/Taylor r/carried To have Eric Williams stay on as an Officer of the Board, as Past President B. Motions from the Floor: m/Stuit s/Wise r/carried To extend an invitation to Northern kayak clubs to sit on the Board of Paddle Canada as Regional Members. Paddle Canada to waive fees for NWT and Yukon for a trial period of one year. 11.
Next Meeting. To be determined by the Board
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Adjournment m/Williams r/carried To adjourn the 2009 Paddle Canada Annual General Meeting.
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Paddle Canada President Annual Report November 2010 This has been a busy year for your Paddle Canada with the change to an Executive Director, we have really taken off on the communication and modernization front. Graham has done an exceptional job to create efficiencies at the office. Being able to respond to members needs is where he shines and being member driven it becomes a win-win. Regular communication through "Current Strokes" is essential to build a paddling community nationally and being able to manage modern technologies like our website and database. You will see the board has been very active through committees and in their various provinces too. It is always a pleasure to coordinate a crew of folks that is interested growing the sport of paddling nationally. As I have noted before, the multiple ideas that flow during meetings on how to boost PC and paddling is the challenge to nail down to reality and action in board meetings. That is a stark contrast from when we were set-up as an association of provinces looking after our own turf. Our population is a transient and national one with global awareness in 2010. I believe getting the membership involved is essential to enable an on the ground understanding and endorsement for projects and activities. This year our programs took off and you will see we have grown, the new website proved itself this year through its automaticity. We are discussing taking more control of the presentation portion of the site. According to our provider, the database set-up in one of the most complex that exists due to our multiple levels and connections. It rivals some really big corporations I am told. For the coming year we are working on a partnership with Scouts Canada and have run into some insurance challenges. This has been a barrier in the past to connect the two organizations. The benefits that will result to connecting to youth and leaders to PC and paddling best practices are exponential. It is in comprehensible that insurance companies can have so much control and barriers to getting kids in boats and having fun. The essence of future paddlers and our heritage even rests here too. I participated in the Atlantic Symposium locally and its hosting committee. We have struck a Symposium Committee within PC and plan to meet at the end of this month to define these events connection to PC on a responsibility and alignment basis. They have proven to be excellent networking and professional development opportunity for instructors and general members. Enabling these across the country is important as the more we come together, the more we truly nationalize our practice. I submitted articles to Kanawa over the past year. I will admit generating these are not a forte of mine, and it can take a spark for me to generate. I know Anne Baxter gets on me early to submit or 'spark' me. We are reviewing where these products (Water walker, Kanawa and the Calendars) sit with PC as most of you got the survey. I would like to thanks Anne for an excellent magazine and her relentless pursuit to get Kanawa, our voice, out to the membership and public. Finally, I want to thank all the members of the Board of Directors for Paddle Canada, Doug Taylor BC, Priscilla Haskin AB, Viki Cirkvencic SK, Jamie Hilland MB, Jamie Maillet NB, Alex Stuit NWT, Rick Wise ON, Corey Locke NF, Alan Stanley PEI and Eric Williams our past president. Also of course our administrator, Graham Ketcheson who helps keep us on the right wave............. Respectfully submitted,
President, Paddle Canada, November 2010
PADDLE CANADA
PAGAIE CANADA
Executive Director!s Report - Graham Ketcheson It!s been a busy year since the start of my office term January 1, 2010. Over 1300 phone calls have been answered on the 1-888 hotline and over 5000 emails replied to. Here are some of the highlights of successes and challenges: •
E-Newsletter Mailing List for !Current Strokes" grew from 3000 to 6500 in last 11 mths due to more frequent updates from our database
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Website Upgrades & Functionality Added to Database o " dozen unfinished items from original 2009 contract with our web company M5I were completed (online voting, showing owing invoices, auto reports to instructors to report courses and pay invoices, instructor mentorship tracking, auto emails to course participants post courses) o The new levels of the Big Canoe Program was added to database to permit new instructors to register courses o Automated reports now go out to all Regional Member Associations so they can track courses being run in their provinces. o Added Patrons of Paddle Canada page which includes Patrons Paul Mason, Kevin Callan, David Suziki and Becky Mason.
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PaddleCanada.com - Ownership of paddlecanada.com is soon to be reality. We are in the process of transferring the domain at the moment. Thanks to Instructor Member Tony Palmer for his assistance in obtaining this and future domains like paddlecanada.ca and .org.
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Environment Committee - Jay Morrison stepped forward last winter offering to Chair an Environmental Committee for PC which was approved by the board.
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Strategic partnership formed with PaddlingInstructor.com promoting each others services and filling some of the resource needs of our instructor membership. We also obtain server space through this agreement with PaddleBuzz.ca for future website expansion.
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New partnership membership with Leave No Trace Canada to promote each others goals, mandates and organizations.
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We are over half way through entering/updating 2008 course data online thanks to five instructor members (Maureen Lamb, Barry Golemic, Ralph Kennedy, Peter Kasurak, & Jim Penistan)
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Promoted Paddle Canada with a table/ booth at almost all the spring / summer MEC Paddlefest events nationally (Victoria, Edmonton, Alberta, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax) Thanks to all the directors and volunteers who helped make this happened. Special thanks to to Paddle Alberta for support at the Calgary event. We also had a small booth at an Ontario Rapid Media organized event called Parlmerfest in May. •
Paddle Canada Logo and Name were approved for Canadian Intellectual Property and fees submitted for registration.
• Course participant comments on our courses have been very positive for the year. It!s encouraging to know the instructors are really exceeding most people!s expectations - instructor members are to be commended! View some of the best comments at paddlingcanada.com - http://www.paddlingcanada.com/courses.asp •
Special Events! This summer I personally was invited and attended the ACA"s annual summer banquet on Sugar Island in 1000 islands, Ontario and will continue foster relationships with our US counterparts and find ways we can work more closely together. I also attended a Paddle for Peace event in Ottawa with Environment Chair Jay Morrison and PC Patron Becky Mason part of 1st Nation"s Chief William Commanda"s celebration in honour of the UN”s International Day of Peace.
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Industry Partnerships - We are very pleased about our new partnerships we now have with : o Outdoor Research (www.outdoorresearch.com) o Level Six (www.levelsix.com) o Northwater (www.northwater.com) o These companies provide exceptional product discounts to Paddle Canada instructors. We hope you continue to make use of these purchasing programs. o Others discounts are in the works with other outdoor industry manufacturers and service providers
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Transport Canada Boating Safety Class Contribution Program - Paddle Canada applied for $ 33,000 in funding under this program to help promote and further its existing and new programs nationally next year. Application was submitted on Nov. 1, 2010 and approvals announced March 2011. Thanks to Eric Williams, Blair Doyle, Rick Wise for their help and advice. A special thanks goes out to Anna Mallin (instructor member and retired lawyer) for editing and advising.
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National Trail Leadership Round Table - November 23-25, 2010 - Banff Alberta, hosted by Trans Canada Trails and Parks Canada. PC was formally invited to attend and we accepted. A travel/accommodation bursary from hosts was obtained to send Alberta Regional Director, Priscilla Haskin to the conference. We look forward to reporting back on this event.
Thank you for the opportunity to work for the Paddle Canada board of directors, it!s committees, the regional member associations, and the membership on a whole. It has been a pleasure and look forward to working on new challenges in 2011. Sincerely,
Graham Ketcheson Executive Director, Paddle Canada Paddle Canada AGM 2010 - Saturday November 20, 2010
Photos Courtesy of Paddle Manitoba & 1000 Island Kayak Company
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Total: 1324
Full Member 288
Member Only (no kanawa): 71
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Instructors: 965
Instructors Total: 965
Male: 655
Female: 310
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Instructors by Discipline
River Kayak 35
Sea Kayak 417
Canoe
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Total 542
994
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The Individual Paddle Canada Members The recreational paddling enthusiasts, who wants to get the most enjoyment out of the sport ! (And likes supporting PC and what we do).
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Total Individual Members: 359 -
26% Female &
74% Male
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Paddle Canada Programs - 2010 Skill and Instructor Courses
Instructor Courses:
174
Skill Courses:
781
Total:
955
Total Participants:
3827
(skill & instructor courses)
"Michael’s presentation of the material was delivered with great clarity in a very respectful, relaxed, inclusive and friendly way which encouraged interaction and questions. Thank you Michael and thank you Paddle Canada for a much needed and much appreciated course." Anne C. - Sea Kayak Level 1 Skills "Glad to see Paddle Canada is making headway again. It's obvious a great deal of work has gone into modernizing the material and the organization. From my experience on this course I'd say you're definitely on the right track." Karonne Lansal - Moving Water Canoe Skills Introduction Solo Paddle Canada AGM 2010 - Saturday November 20, 2010
3377 participants took the 781 Courses offered nationally or 4.32 people per course 450 Participants took 174 Instructor courses nationally or 2.58 people per course Paddle Canada AGM 2010 - Saturday November 20, 2010
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Total Skill Programs Offered: 781
River Kayak: 16
Sea Kayak: 397
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Canoeing: 368
Instructor Development Clinic May 2010, Alberta - hosted by Paddle Alberta and Paddle Canada.
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Past President!s Report Annual Meeting Saturday 20 November 2010 Teleconference 1. Paddle Canada 2010 Elections Report As Past President I chaired the Paddle Canada 2010 Board of Directors election process. Thanks to our Executive Director Graham Ketcheson and President Emeritus Kirk Wipper, OC, for their assistance and counsel in this process. 2. Paddle Canada Insurance I monitored and effected the renewal of Paddle Canada!s program liability insurance package in July of this year, and processed the many certificates of cross insurance that were required. I also had several telephone meetings with our Broker Mr. Gord McCool of the Standard Insurance Brokers, Kenora, Ontario, on matters of concern such as new benefits and insurance certificates. Now that our Executive Director is up to speed, this file was passed on to him in the third quarter of 2010. I continue to support him as required. We continue to explore on line self serve liability insurance coverage for activities not covered by Paddle Canada!s program policy, and to seek out opportunities to work with some major Canadian youth groups who currently can not be involved with Paddle Canada programs due to the requirements for "waiver! forms by both parties. 3. Rideau Roundtable Paddle Canada owns two each of "canot du nords! (25!) and "canot du maitres!(36!), and their respective trailers (each carries two like canoes). These vessels were donated to the Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association (CRCA), Paddle Canada!s predecessor organization, in the 1970!s and "80!s. While the boats are Paddle Canada!s, the “canot du nord!s” came with the stipulation that Paddle Canada involve the donor, the National Capital Commission (NCC), if we ever disposed of them. The "Rideau Roundtable! continues to maintain and store these vessels for Paddle Canada in return for the right to use them for their "not for profit! eco tourism activities on the Rideau Canal and property and liability insurance coverage. Paddle Canada!s Agreement with them regarding continuing use of
the canoes requires that the Rideau Roundtable utilize Paddle Canada qualified instructors. The Agreement is up for renewal in 2011. The canoes are available for Paddle Canada use, such as the 2008 David Thompson Brigade, as required. 4. Canadian Safe Boating Council (CSBC) Paddle Canada is a proud member of the Canadian Safe Boating Council (CSBC). Eric Williams is the Paddle Canada representative to the CSBC and was elected "Executive Member at Large! at the CSBC Annual Meeting 26 September in Montreal. The CSBC promotes safe boating across Canada through its "wear the gear! / "wear it! and other safety programs, and is partnered with MADD Canada to bring the no drinking / paddling message to Canada. The CSBC is also involved with the dissemination of “Cold Water Boot Camp”, and the production of “Beyond Cold Water Boot Camp”. The CSBC features an Annual Symposium on boating safety, hosts the “Canadian Safe Boating Awards” in January of each year recognizing those who have contributed in special ways to recreational boating safety in Canada over the past year, and participates in “Safe Boating Awareness Week” (SBAW) in May of each year across Canada. The 2010 SBAW kick off in 2010 featured setting a Guinness World Book of Records record by inflating the most inflatable type personal flotation devices at any one time across Canada, the United Sates, and even Australia. The goal of these activities is to reach out to the "new! in the small boating community, of which paddlers play a big part, to make them safer and more knowledgeable in their water activities. This year the CSBC is introducing a new public domain website “SmartBoater.ca” which hopes to be a source of safe boating information for all recreational boaters. The web site includes much information which should be of great interest to Paddle Canada!s numerous Instructors. We need everyone!s help in making this tool as useful as it can be to the paddling community which we do not normally contact. Check it out. www.SmartBoater.ca 5. Participate Paddle Canada Board of Directors
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6. Kanawa – Continue to submit “Safety Lines” to each edition. Respectfully Submitted
Eric L. Williams
Eric L. Williams Past President - Canoe Tripping Instructor Trainer -Paddle Canada (Ontario)
PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2009-2010 Canoe Kayak Nova Scotia had another active year. This was my second year as president and same for our new staff, Tamara Stephens. She has grown to understand our needs and her role too. We are now through the rapids and looking for more - so to speak. Besides some email list computer rumbles, I am understanding that things are well in hand as she juggles four portfolios that all believe they are important. Our fairly new board continued when compared to years past. Besides engaging in regular business and partaking in annual events you will note soon in the various reports. The cleaned up financial picture from the year past had us prioritizing. This year was a follow through from the previous year when we changed our board structure to address the functionality of what we were truly doing. We updated a very lengthy policy and procedures document. Resulting from that was a succinct conflict of interest policy too, thanks to our secretary that brought an objective approach and process wisdom to us. Our block funding through Health Protection and Promotion Nova Scotia received review this year and resulted in one third reduction. I have met with Dawn at HPP on the how and why's of such and will be better prepared for the next review. We are very appreciative of our working relationship with HPP to further the health and recreational benefits of outdoors through paddling. It is and has been really difficult to get a bearing on just how many folks paddle recreationally in NS and Canada for that matter. We will be working on just how to capture what influence we have directly and mostly indirectly to the recreational paddling public. Some of the new energy on the board had us focusing on some newer projects like the sponsorship program that was successful this year in assisting members improving themselves. Others that will be reported like National Canoe Day and a connection to the National Canoe Museum, Water Walker festival, and the Atlantic Canada Paddling Symposium continues to shuffle up to differing locations in the maritime's. Trying to build back our canoe instructor capacity and resources occurred with a canoe tripping offering in NFLD. Working more with our Atlantic Canadian provincial partners has begun and we can do lots more here too. The CKNS Board of Directors were active in their portfolio`s , but we can always get more input from the membership as this is your association. It was grand to see alot more support at events and hope that trend continues. We are always in awe of the relentless energy and interest of our champion on environmental issues, providing CKNS connections on water access through private lands, portage maintenance and attending meetings to give paddling’s perspective on prospective wilderness protected properties. Paddle Canada, nationally, has grown further with the hiring of an Executive Director last year. Their AGM is forthcoming and it has been a solid year of growth and stabilization for them. CKNS continues to support the need for a strong and effective national voice in Paddle Canada. Finally, I want to thank all the members of the Board of Directors for Canoe Kayak Nova Scotia for their energy, time and paddling passion throughout the year. Recognized at this time are all
members of the 2010 Board: Brian Anderson, Chris Lockyer, Andrew Foran, Jane Duplant, David Ripley, Jan Lapierre, Wayne Gillis, Dusan Soudok, our past president Jim Colwell and for a brief while, Peter Horne. Also of course our administrator, Tamara Stephen, who helps keep us on the riding the wave............. Respectfully submitted,
CKNS President, 16 November 2010 DIRECTOR OF CANOE INSTRUCTION REPORT 2009-2010 The following is a chronological overview November 2009–2010. I would like to thank our CKNS administrator for taking the time to work through the complex layers of the position. x x
December: reviewed the applications for Paddle School: Canoeing Director and supporting instructors. January: Updated our CKNS instructors list for canoeing. This was done with the assistance of Paddle Canada (in particular, Graham Ketcheson) x February: Held planning meeting with the Directors for the Canoe School June 2010. x March: Secured a location for Canoe School—Richmond Academy. x April & May: Organized a canoeing instructional day—province wide for Physical Education teachers unable to attend the last October 23, 209 as part of the Physical Educators Professional Development Day. 14 teachers x May: answered a number of inquiries regarding Paddle School and instruction. I linked active instructors to groups in their Geographic areas. The CKNS Administrator was part of each response. x June: Peter Dowd, Director, one apprentice (Andrew Foran), 2 assisting instructors (Steve Cook and Brian Anderson) hosted the Canoe School portion of the combined Paddle School in Richmond County. The school had seven candidates. This years Canoe School followed the new Paddle Canada program and these candidates earned their Waterfront Instructor’s certification. x September & October: Developed a Service Learning program that allowed youth in grade 10 to access the waterfront program with the support of practicing teachers in physical education to practice teach earning their Waterfront certification. This program has realized 50+ youth from Cape Breton, Guysborough, Afton First Nations and in the spring this program will move into the Truro and surrounding area. x From November to November: I supervised and participated in the Bursary Program supporting active instructors in gaining further certification in needed skill areas, attended the regular scheduled board meetings, developed a new paddle club—Paddle Antigonish that allowed community members of all ages to participate in weekly paddles at no cost, and held a number of skills clinics (WaterFront, Canoeing Basics, and Introduction to Lakewater, Canoe Tripping) throughout the year at no cost or cost recovery (park fees, travel).
Respectfully submitted by Andrew Foran, Standards
DIRECTOR OF KAYAK INSTRUCTION REPORT 2009-2010 This was the first year for this position. I was pleased to be in the position and being able to help out on the CKNS board. Highlights from the 2010 Season x
The season kicked off with the Atlantic Paddle Symposium. May 14-16 Lake Charlotte Eastern Shore. The event was a huge success. We had 56 registered participants. Dates have been set for the 2011 event. It will be held in Newfoundland May 20-23. Please visit www.atlanticpaddlesympsoium.com for more details.
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Successful completion of the first Join Canoe and Sea Kayak instructor course was run this year by CKNS. We were pleased that the course ran, we hope that in the 2011 season that we can get more sea kayak instructor candidates to come forward o participate in the course.
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CKNS ran two free Sea Kayak Clinics this year in the Halifax and with the help from Rising Tide expeditions a third one was run in the Cape Breton area.
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I still see a void in the white water kayak courses. If you are interested in becoming an instructor please let me know. I would be more then willing to help get a courses going in Atlantic Canada.
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We would also like to get more input from the White water community. How can we help promote events, paddles and social events?
Other Kayak events run this year: MEC Paddlefest is always a great event each year. This event normally runs the first Saturday in July. Many local vendors bring boats for demo as well as several clinics are run. Keep an eye on the MEC website for next year’s event. Coastal Adventures Sea Kayakers meeting always draws about 100 local paddles for a two day event. The first Day is choice of day trips. The second day is a number of skills clinics. Plenty of Paddle Canada sea kayak training courses were run this year. We would like to thank all the instructors putting there time in to help promote safe paddling in Nova Scotia. If you have any suggestion please feel free to call me (902) 247-5095 or drop me an e-mai;
[email protected] Christopher Locker
DIRECTOR OF EVENTS REPORT 2009-2010 Sport & RV show report March 19 - 21 2010 We set up on Thursday afternoon,March 18. Jane lent us a table and helped set up the displays.Thanks to all those who volunteered their time to help at our booth; Ian Guppy,Peter Mumford,Wayne Gillis,Eric Flanders, Marcus Goodick,plus Mary and myself.Overall the numbers were down from 2009 ; 150 vs 300 ,but the show was one day shorter this year.However we did well for sales at our booth; $78 in maps and $110 in memberships 4 individual,1- 3 year individual and one family 3 year. Also two people took applications with them.The 3 year individual membership was purchased by Sherman Hines.Thanks to blair,Jane and Chris for providing videos to play at our booth.For children,we displayed rough sketches of a canoe,kayak and paddles,with parts labelled. When the named a part we gave small containers of jellies or cans of chips(the chips were left from Tent Dwellers) As a show special(unadvertised) we gave a CKNS hat with the purchase of a membership at the show. Waterwalker Film Festival Report 2010 The venue was great; MacMechan auditorium at the Killam library,Dalhousie University.There was a large screen and very good sound.Attendance was just under 50 (46) including board members.We ran a little overtime;starting at 7 pm and finishing at 10:50 pm.We showed a total of 8 films ( 4 min to 48 min)and took an intermission to serve refreshments(water, juices and cookies) We sold 20 maps and one membership.Jane handed out copies of our recent newsletter and a new revised CKNS brochure (which she had put together Thursday) Special thanks to Marcel Maessen for being our MC,Dave Ripley for arranging the venue,Tony Duplante for an outstanding job of operating the AV equipment, Jane Duplante and Mary Anderson for taking care of the admission and map sales money. Jane also looked after purchasing the refreshments and setting up same at intermission. Next time we do this event,we will advertise earlier and place posters in locations close to the venue.(which will probably be at Dal) National Canoe Day Report June 26, 2010 Many thanks to Jane and Tony Duplante for organizing activities for this event The Faibanks centre on the Shubie canal offered opportunities for both inside and outside activities.Jane had obtained materials for crafts that were fun for children to do while being educational about canoe history and paddling. We set up the CKNS booth and the National Canoe Day banner as well as the Paddle Canada flag.Outside we planned a canoe paddle through the deep cut to the lake and back , a bounce house and snow cone machine set up. We did have a few visitors,including two or three families,whose children enjoyed playing in the bounce house and especially doing crafts indoors with Jane.Due to events in HRM that day combined with uncertain weather,participant numbers were lower than we anticipated. However those of us who were there enjoyed the day.A special thanks to Steve Cook for coming to do his canoe history presentation. MEC Paddlefest 2010 July 4, 2010 The annual event took place on July 4, 2010 at Graham's Grove in Dartmouth. Many thanks to the volunteers who came to help;Mary Anderson,Jane & TonyDuplante,Karl Lingley,Mike Chisolm,Blair Doyle. We set up our CKNS booth, the National Canoe day banner and the Paddle Canada flag.Visitor traffic to our booth was steady. We sold a few maps, visited some of the other booths, and had opportunities to paddle.MEC was offering instruction clinics as was Chris Lockyer,who spent most of the day on the water,helping paddlers to improve their skills.Some of us had a chance to paddle C1 racing canoes, and managed to stay upright for most of the time.Overall lots of opportunities to paddle many types of boats.I think Blair was thrilled to see his Son do several consecutive kayak rolls.We need to plan next year for CKNS to offer instruction clinics as well.I thought of it too late this year.Thanks again to Jane & Tony for the campfire in a can to cook hot dogs for all of us. Parks Day Dollar Lake July 17, 2010 Thanks to Mary and Mike Chisholm for volunteering their time at this event. This event was very well attended;probably due to being well promoted by DNR and the Park's people as well as a great weather forecast! Overall we had 77 participants , including families with children.The water level in the lake was very high and enabled access from the footpath into the Stillwater where we usually keep the paddlers for better control.PFD's were borrowed from the Red Cross,and we had 3 canoes (one was used as a safety boat)
The event schedule ran from 10 am until 4 pm,so Mike and I were kept very busy at the water and Mary by herself at the booth was basically overwhelmed by the volume of participants. Thank to the Park's people for cooking hot dogs for us and providing cold drinks.This event has grown in popularity over the years,and although attendance is somewhat weather dependent, we could improve the experience for participants with more volunteer resources.For example we did have participants who were looking for instruction,but who did not own canoes as yet.A free clinic would be possible,with a couple of boats and more volunteers( to look after people who just wanted to go for a short paddle),allowing an instructor to work the clinic. Next year this event will be possible only if we have more volunteers that we did this year. Tent Dwellers 2010 Kejimkujic National Park This event took place August 14,15 and was another fine weather event !! Thanks to all those who volunteered their time to help make a successful event; Mike and Hillary Chisolm,Mary Anderson, Blair Doyle,Neil Lake,Paul Batson, Rod Lake, Steve Cook and Marcel Maessen.We set up our booth on the beach at Merrymakedge as usual,with all the vendors in P1 parking lot,which made for a more compact area for visitors.We did not have alot of traffic until the afternoon, sold a few maps(10 I think) and had 14 CKNS waivers signed for kayak paddling. Blair's two boys could not make it and their enthusiasm for on water games wasmissed I think.Also this year we decided to advertise an actual instruction clinic. This FREE to participants clinic was "Canoe Basics Tandem Skills",registered with Paddle Canada.We filled the clinic(10 participants),had a good mix of male and female as well as a wide age range.Paul Batson(who became a new instructor this year) helped make the clinic a success.Also thanks to Mike and Hillary for being on the water as safety and to Marcel for his valued input during the clinic,and to Neil for helping to place buoys.Steve Cook managed to go for a paddle(thanks to Neil who transported Steve's canoe to and from the beach)as well as a swim. Sunday was the floatilla paddle from Jake's to Kedge Beach and the lake was flat calm.The floatilla got underway as sheduled at 9 am,with about 20 boats,including a very full voyager canoe from the park.Jonathan lead the crew and did some great commentary.Joe paddled with Blair and took a ton of pictures.The real crowds came at about 10:30 - 11:00 am at Kedge beach,where easily 150 - 200 folks took in the "Canoe Dance" performance by Peter and Sue who had kindly agreed to display their solo skills.I addition there were drumming and other park presentations. By the way I forgot to mention the Friday night sky gazing to see shooting stars at the beach and the group campsite. Overall a great weekend! Monthly Paddles: May 1 Wallace River May 30 Shubenacadie River Cleanup July 11 Lower Prospect Area July 17 Shelter Cove August 22 Blue Rocks September 18 McNabs Island Cleanup October 2 Sambro Pennant area Weekly Paddles: June 3: Lake Charles Shubie Park _ Fairbanks Center June 10: Northwest Arm Flemming Park, near Dingle Tower June 17: Morris Lake Tim Horton’s, Portland by Superstore June 24: Kearney Lake Tim Horton’s, Kearney Lake Rd near Exit, 102 July 8: Long Lake South Centre Mall, Herring Cove Rd July 15: MicMac Lake Graham’s Grove, near Superstore, July 22: Frasers Lake Tim Horton’s St Margarets Bay Rd, Timberlea, Exit 3, 103 July 29: Fisherman’s Cove Parking Lot, Fishermans Cove, Eastern Passage August 5: Lake Charles Shubie Park – Fairbanks Center August 12: Nine Mile River Tim Horton’s St Margarets Bay Rd, Timberlea, Exit 3, 103 August 19: Admiral Cove MacDonalds , Bedford (to shore rd, long cove put-in) August 28: Papermill Lake Tim Horton’s, Bedford Hwy/Hammonds Plains Rd
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