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The Guelph/Wellington Seniors Association
A non-profit organization based at the
Evergreen Seniors Community Centre
http://www.gwsa-guelph.ca
Ross Knechtel - Webmaster
Directors & Officers
— President tba
— Vice-President tba
— Secretary tba
— Treasurer tba
Directors
Jean McClelland Kerry Detlor
Athar Khan Adam Rutherford
The Sentinel Team
Carol Croft — Adminstrator, Printer
Linda Green — Editor, Printer
George Hughes, Ken Pagniez — Printers
George Smith — Delivery Supervisor
Bill Shephard, Ray Miller — Part-time
Assistants
Don Hillman — Mentor
All of the above GWSA members
are Volunteers.
GWSA Community Support Services Staff
Maryanne Wilford — Manager
Pat Gage — Administrative Assistant
Margaret Iutzi — Move Well Co-ordinator
Molly Roberts — Eat Well Co-ordinator
Sophia Podrozny — Eat Well Co-ordinator
Paula Frappier — Outreach Co-ordinator
All others working for CSS
are GWSA Volunteers
City Staff
Adam Rutherford — Program
Manager
Tracy Benson — Customer Service Clerk
Tonie Sacchetti — Recreation
Co-ordinator — Senior Services
Samantha Ferrier — Recreation Co-ordinator
— Volunteers
Jocelynn Desroches — Chef
Janice Walls, Brian Treleaven — Assistant
Cooks
Kim Barton — Facility Maintainer
Lorne Wollis — Cleaner
Harvinder Marjara, Farial Hashimi, Nathan
Luck, Mary Loudoun — Customer Service
Clerk II
Lynne Briggs — Manager of Recreation
Services
All others working at the Evergreen
are GWSA Volunteers
E S C C
A City of Guelph Recreation Facility run in
partnership with the Community Services Department
of the City of Guelph and the Guelph/
Wellington Seniors Association
683 Woolwich St., Guelph, ON, N1H 3Y8
Tel.: 519-823-1291 / Fax: 519-823-8972
Hours: 8:30 am to 4:00 pm M-F
(closed Statutory Holidays)
Read The Sentinel on our website,
www.gwsa-guelph.ca
ISSN: 0383 817X
Hello GWSA members:
We are happy to report that the United Way has reinstated funding
for GWSA to run CSS programs for another year. Pending a review
of GWSA’s governance and successful program delivery outcomes
in March 2020, we will receive the third year of funding from our
previous award.
Over 140 members attended the special Membership meeting held
Monday, May 13, in the Evergreen Centre Auditorium. Attendees
came to cast their votes for new Directors and a collection of member
-initiated motions. Thank you to everyone who helped with meeting
setup and logistics.
The meeting opened with a statement from the Directors who remained
after the April 24 resignations. They spoke of their commitment
to more openness and transparency in routine governance matters
along with their desire to involve GWSA members in future discussions
about major policy changes. Members elected six new
Interim Directors nominated by the remaining Board:
Becky Fiedler – Computer Mentoring, Quilting Group, and
special technology projects as needed
Ken Fugler – Canoe Club President
Ann Grant – Volunteer with CSS Gentle Exercise Program
Roger Stevens – Member of Canoe Club and longtime volunteer
with CSS Outreach
Mike Woof – Sound technician for special events
Ross Knechtel, a previous Board member, was nominated from
the floor.
After the election of the new Interim Directors, everyone’s attention
turned to the motions provided by the Save CSS campaign. The
motions addressed the establishment of a trustworthy proxy voting
process for the 2020 AGM; a recommitment to term limits for Directors;
and, of course, support for Community Support Services. Another
motion reminded the Board that GWSA is a membership organization
and instructed the Board to revise Governance documents
to more accurately reflect that fact and to increase transparency.
Members voted to pass all motions and the new Board immediately
agreed to begin working under the new rules.
If you would like to help shape the future direction of the GWSA,
please consider volunteering for one of the organization’s committees.
You’ll find committee descriptions and a form to indicate your
interest elsewhere in this month’s Sentinel.
Your new Board will be hard at work preparing for the AGM on
the 25th of this month. We hope to see you there!
NOTE: Disclaimer—The Sentinel and the GWSA do not necessarily agree
with or support statements in the Sentinel made by advertisers, or submissions
by writers. Do you like what you see here in The Sentinel? Stop by the Evergreen
Seniors Community Centre at 683 Woolwich St. to get more! Single issues
(or an extra copy) are available at the Front Desk at the cost of $3.00 each + HST.
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