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Saskatoon Bridge Club Newsletter<br />
EXPANSION AND RENOVATION - DREAM TO REALITY<br />
By June Ogilvie<br />
These days, every time I walk into the Bridge<br />
Club I am overcome with the feeling of how<br />
spacious, bright and airy it is. The membership,<br />
the Executive, the Building Committee and many<br />
others created this wonderful atmosphere.<br />
The first step towards having the Club as it is now was the amalgamation of the three<br />
Clubs, namely The Club (evening), The Branch (afternoon), and The New Horizons<br />
(Monday morning seniors). Through collaboration and information sessions a new<br />
Constitution was written and approved by the membership in July 2003. A new<br />
Executive was elected. To work as one Club it was necessary to complete financial<br />
statements for each <strong>club</strong> for the period October 1, 2002 to July 3, 2003. Another<br />
financial statement was completed for the period ending September 30, 2003 to show<br />
the financial position of the Saskatoon Bridge Club and was presented to the Annual<br />
General Meeting in December of 2003. It was at this meeting the Membership requested<br />
the Executive to proceed with the process for an expansion.<br />
In January and February, 2004 the Executive worked on identifying our needs and<br />
outlining the steps required to reach our objectives. A Building Committee was<br />
appointed. The Committee included Barry Prokop, Rand Burlingham, Doris Hassel and<br />
Lew Heuchert. They were supplied with the Terms of Reference and things were<br />
underway.<br />
In the early stages one of the major realizations was that we not only wanted to expand<br />
the Club to meet our growing needs, we also needed to renovate the original structure,<br />
particularly to insulate the walls and ceiling.<br />
June Ogilvie – Past President<br />
In the spring of 2004, an architect was selected, preliminary<br />
plans and a budget prepared. During the late summer we<br />
held several information sessions to inform and to get input<br />
from the membership. On October 17, 2004 we held a Special<br />
Meeting to request approval to go ahead with the Project and<br />
to obtain authorization to spend up to $400,000. on the<br />
project.<br />
SASKATOON DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB<br />
3041 Louise Street, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7J 3L8<br />
306-373-3077 www.<strong>saskatoon</strong><strong>bridge</strong><strong>club</strong>.ca email: <strong>bridge</strong>.<strong>club</strong>@usask.ca<br />
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