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May 2009 1North Star

In This Issue

1 Commander’s Corner

2 Notice of AGM

3 Nominating

Committee Report

5 Safe Boating Week

7 AGM Registration

8 AGM Information

10 Cruisin’

11 Environment Report

Commander’s Corner

As my term draws to a close, I have reason to remember many good moments.

When I took over this job I realized I had some big shoulders to stand on; past

Commanders, all continue to bring their unique stamp to the position. I set myself

a few objectives, and am happy to say they have been met.

First I wanted to enhance the relevance of District in the eyes of the Squad-

rons. I have attempted to do this with the “Share Day” where Squadron Bridge

officers could spend some informal time with their counterparts in other Squad-

rons, and with the corresponding District officer. This was a success, but I have to admit the pizza helped. In addition I have started a “Commander’s Blog” on our

VIND website to periodically publish a paragraph or two of timely issues relevant

to our District.

The second objective was to increase the awareness of environmental issues, and put VIND on the environmental map as it were. With the input of some very

talented people, this too has happened.

It has been a rewarding experience, particularly seeing first hand the amaz-

ingly hard work, talent, hours, and dedication the huge number of volunteers in-

vest in to making CPS work. And this applies to Squadron, District, and National

levels.

Thank you all – you did your work well.

Don Butt, AP

District Commander Don Butt AP

1160 Ritchie Road

Gabriola BC V0R 1X3

[email protected] 250 247-7804

North Star

Editor: Jeff Hale AP

Ballenas Squadron

[email protected]

2 May 2009North Star

District Nominating Committee

NOTICE OF AGM VANCOUVER ISLAND NORTH DISTRICT

To: The Members of Vancouver Island North District

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Dress Code: Greys/Blazers

TAKE NOTICE that the Annual General Meeting of Vancouver Island North District will be held at The Royal Canadian Legion on May 29-30, 2009 at Chemius for the purposes of:

(a) receiving and, if thought fit, approving the Reports of the Officers of theDistrict;

(b) receiving and, if thought fit, approving the Financial Statements of theDistrict for the twelve-month period ending March 31, 2009, and the Reportof the Squadron/District Auditor thereon;

(c) electing the Officers of the Squadron/District;

(d) appointing the District Internal Audit Review Committee;

(e) considering such further and other business as may properly come before the

meeting.

The Report of the District Nominating Committee is attached to, and forms part of, this Notice. Under District Regulation 12.1, any further nominations must be made by way of a petition, in writing, signed by not less than

5 Members of this District who shall confirm the consent of their nominee to stand for election. The petition must be filed with the District Secretary not less than 2 days prior to the date of this Meeting.

DATED this 1st day of May, 2009

District Secretary



Vancouver Island North District

Report of the District Nominating Committee

May 30 2009

1. The Vancouver Island North District Nominating Committee nominates the following for election as District Officers for 2009/2010:

District Commander Sheila Boutcher [Nanaimo]

501 Greenbriar Place 250- 756-9227 Nanaimo, B.C. V9T 4E8 [email protected]

District Executive Officer Clifford Miller [Cowichan} 2687 Matthew Place 250-743-7030 Mill Bay, B.C., V0R 2P2 [email protected]

District Training Officer Peter Bolton [Cape Lazo] 324 Curtis Road 250-890-0554 Comox, B.C, V9M 3W1 [email protected]

District Administrative Officer Nancy De Gagne [Ballenas] 500 Belson Street 250-954-1334 Parksville, B.C., V9P 1B8 [email protected]

District Secretary Diane Hutton [Nanoose]

1295 Point Mercer Drive 250-752-9209 Qualicum Beach, B.C.,V9K 2K5 [email protected]

District Treasurer Bill Farmer [Nanaimo] 436 Nottingham Drive 250-758-8812

Nanaimo, B.C., V9T 4T1 [email protected]

District Public Relations/ Rod McLachlan [Mount Brenton]Marketing Officer 12505 Rocky Creek Road 250-245-7600 Ladysmith, B.C., V9G 1M6 [email protected]

District Membership Officer Brian Cromp [Mount Brenton] 3901 Linton Circle 250-245-8620 Ladysmith, B.C., V9G 1Z1 [email protected]

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2. The District Nominating Committee also nominates the following members for election as District Officers, who, if elected, will have the duties indicated next to their names, assigned to them by the District Executive Committee pursuant to District regulation 10.2[b].

District Marep/Youth Officer Ron Mayhew [Ballenas] 721 Foxtail 250-248-4819 Parksville, B.C., V9P 2S3 [email protected]

District Supply Officer David Gilbert [Ballenas] 755 Ermineskin Avenue 250-248-4399 Parksville, B.C., V9P 2L5 [email protected]

Assistant Training Officer Betty Pearson [Mount Brenton] 3640 Seaview Crescent 250-245-5544

Ladysmith, B.C., V9G 2A1 [email protected]

Assistant Training Officer Fred Sankey [Cape Lazo] 1836 Fern Road 250-338-0061

Courtney, B.C., V9J 1W8 [email protected]

Assistant Training Officer Alexa Stochmal [Nanaimo] 117 Lakeview Crescent 250-390-3805 Nanaimo, B.C., V9T 6G8 [email protected]

Roster Editor Kay Meldrum [Ballenas] 4301 Eva Road 250- 757-2306 Bowser, B.C., V9P 1G7 [email protected]

Webmaster Bob Derksen [Gabriola Island]

1150 Berry Point Road 250-247-9792 Gabriola Island, B.C., V0R 1X1 [email protected]

District Port Captain/ Don Hurd [Mount Brenton]Environmental Officer 320 Roland Road 250-245-7961 Ladysmith, B.C., V9G 1X8 [email protected]

North Star Editor Jeff Hale [Ballenas] 240 Butler Avenue 250-248-9196 Parksville, B.C., V9P 1K9 [email protected]

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3. The district Nominating Committee also nominates the following member for appointment by the members as Auditor of the District:

P/D/C Walter Turch [Nanaimo] 125 Sand Piper Road [250-756-2603

Nanaimo, B.C., V9V 1H5 [email protected]

4. The District Nominating Committee advises that, if elected, the Nominee for Commander intends to appoint the following members:

District Historian Joannne Farmer [Nanaimo] 436 Nottingham Drive 250-758-8812

Nanaimo, B.C. V9T 4T1 [email protected]

Roster Advertising Rod McLachlan [Mount Brenton]Co-ordinator 12505 Rocky Creek Road 250-245-7600

Ladysmith, B.C. V9G 1M6 [email protected]

5. The Nominating committee also advises that:

a] the following member will serve on the District Executive Committee and the District Council by virtue of his position as immediate Past District Commander, and does not require election or

appointment:

P/D/C Don Butt [Gabriola Island] 1160 Ritchie Road 250-247-7804

Gabriola Island, B.C. V0R 1X3 [email protected]

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North America Safe Boating Awareness Week May 16 thru May 22CPS Safe Boating Awareness Week June 6 thru 14

Safe Boating Week



b] the following members will serve in the following positions by virtue of their past or current

positions and do not require election or appointment:

USPS Liaison Officer P/D/C Don Butt [Gabriola Island] 1160 Ritchie Road 250-247-7804

Gabriola Island, B.C., V0R 1X3 [email protected]

PMD Liaison Officer P/D/C Don Butt [Gabriola Island] 1160 Ritchie Road 250-247-7804

Gabriola Island, B.C., V0R 1X3 [email protected]

VISD Liaison Officer P/C Clifford Miller [Cowichan] 2687 Matthew Place 250-743-7030 Mill Bay, B.C., V0R 2P2 [email protected]

Government Liaison Officer P/C Clifford Miller [Cowichan] 2687 Matthew Place 250-743-7030 Mill Bay, B.C., V0R 2P2 [email protected]

c] Pursuant to District Regulations 9.15.1 the following members will serve on the District Nominating committee for 2009/2010 by virtue of their position, and do not require election or appointment:

P/D/C Don Butt - Chairperson [Gabriola] P/D/C Ray Orr [Cowichan] D/C Sheila Boutcher [Nanaimo]

Respectfully submitted,

Signed by the Committee members April 25 2009

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P/D/C Ray Orr P/D/C Barb Hoffstrom D/C Don Butt Chair Nominating Committee


Registration Form

Vancouver Island North DistrictConference 2009 & Annual General Meeting

May 29th to May 31st, 2009Royal Canadian Legion Branch 191 – 9775 Chemainus Road, Chemainus, BC

The business meetings and AGM are open to all members at no cost. Registration is not required forthese meetings and members are encouraged to attend. Registration deadline is May 15th, 2009.Register prior to April 6th, 2009 to be entered into the EARLY BIRD DRAW. The prize is a credit on yourregistration fee up to a maximum of $50.00.

Friday, May 29th: 1800 – 2000 hours Registration1900 – 2100 hours Meet & Greet (cash bar)

Saturday, May 30th: 0900 – 1200 hours Annual General Meeting and Council Meeting1200 – 1330 hours Lunch (cash bar)1330 – 1530 hours Regular meeting of the Squadron Representatives1800 – 1900 hours Dinner reception (cash bar)1900 Dinner

Please PRINT – information will be kept confidential.

Member Name:

(last name) (first name)Squadron:

Bridge Position:

Name as you wish it to appear on your Name Tag:

(remember to include: P, AP, JN, N )Accompanying Person’s name(s) for Name Tag:

Mailing Address:

Contacts: ( )

(phone) (email)

Function Number and Description Quantity Unit Price Total CostFriday, May 29th “Meet & Greet” x $10.00 $Saturday, May 30th Lunch (cash bar) x $15.00 $Saturday, May 30th Reception and Dinner x $30.00 $Complete package savings if registering for all 3 functions above x - $5.00 - $Saturday, May 30th Accompanying Persons Tour w/lunch x $15.00 $

TOTAL: $

Please make cheques payable to: “Mount Brenton Squadron VIND AGM”Mail to: P/D/C Sue Loveless, 425 Davis Road, Ladysmith, B.C. V9G 1V3


VIND 2009 AGM and Conference - 1

VIND 2009 AGM and Conference

COMM I T TEE CONTACTS

Registration:P/D/C/ Sue Loveless425 Davis RoadLadysmith, B.C. V9G 1V3 – Phone 250-245-5048Email: [email protected]

Committee Chair:Kristina Hornett – Phone 250-245-4523Email: [email protected]

VIND Representative:Clifford Miller – Phone: 250-743-7030Email: [email protected]

Mount Brenton Power & SailSquadron Welcomes YouOn behalf of the Vancouver Island North District andMount Brenton Power & Sail Squadron we look forwardto seeing you in Chemainus May 29th – 31st, 2009. Wehope this newsletter will provide you with informationthat will enhance your weekend.

ChemainusChemainus is a small community of approximately4,000 people and is located south of Ladysmith, BC. Itis heralded as "the little town that did" and is knownworld-wide as the largest outdoor art gallery. Withthirty-three larger-than-life historic paintings in thisopen air gallery Chemainus attracts over 300,000visitors annually.

2009 AGM and ConferenceThe venue for this year’s AGM and Conference is theRoyal Canadian Legion, Branch 191, located on thecorner of Chemainus Road and Legion Street (seemap). This year’s theme will have a Celtic flavour andwill include professional piping performed by our veryown member Rhonda McIntosh.

AccommodationsPlease make your own reservations for attendance atthe Annual General Meeting and Conference.

Best Western Chemainus Festival InnThe Inn opened in the spring of 2005 and offers superbsuite-style, pet-friendly accommodations for long andshort term stays. They are 100% NON-SMOKING andoffer complimentary continental breakfast, convenientparking, and high-speed internet. Location: 9573Chemainus Rd, Chemainus, BC. Tel: (250) 246-4181Fax (250) 246-4181. Toll Free: 1-877-246-4181.Email: [email protected] booking your reservations please let them knowyou are a member of CPS and you will receive theirdiscounted rate of $128.00 / night. They have agreedto set aside 15 rooms for members to register for butthey will be held only until April 15th. Therefore if youattempt to reserve after that date your reservation willbe subject to space availability.

MoorageFor any of you who may require moorage theChemainus Municipal Dock is located adjacent to theBC Ferry Dock which provides service to Thetis andKuper Islands. Moorage is based on a first come firstserve basis and you should phone early to securespace. Please contact Harmon’s at 250-715-8186.The rate per foot is $1.10.

Recreational VehiclesChemainus Garden RV Park

The RV Park is a beautiful 34 acre garden propertywhich is located within walking distance of Chemainus.There are over 90 treed camping and RV sitesavailable and include a recreation hall, Laundromat,children’s playground, showers and electrical outlets.Rates are based on double occupancy. Full service(includes water, sewer & electricity) from $26.00 to$35.00 per night. Basic service (no water, sewer orelectricity) from $16.00 to $20.00 per night. Location:3042 River Rd, Chemainus BC. Tel: (250) 246-3569.


1800-2000 Registration – Royal Canadian Legion

1900-2100 Meet & Greet (cash Bar)

0900-1200 AGM and Council Meeting

1000 Accompanying Person’s Tour

1200-1330 Lunch (cash bar)

1330-1530 Regular meeting of Squadron Reps.

1800-1900 Dinner Reception (cash bar)

1900 Dinner (entertainment, dancing, andcash bar)

0900-1100A working breakfast meeting for thenew Bridge members at the MountBrenton Golf Course.

Your hostess will meet you at 1000 at the entrance tothe Legion and will provide you with maps and otherinformation to make your visit memorable. At yourleisure stroll through the quaint town site of Chemainusand enjoy the many amenities available. These includethe world famous Murals, shops, horse drawn carriagerides, museum, parks and more. The group will meetfor lunch at the Willow Street Café at 1200 noon.

Saturday evening’s entertainment shall be provided byRay Johansen and Rick Haug in the dynamic pair"Double Play". These musicians are also members ofthe larger band "Ray and the Rockets". They featuremusic from the 50's and 60's and will not want to bemissed.

The food is provided by the Lady’s Auxiliary of theChemainus Royal Canadian Legion who have anexcellent reputation for home cooked style meals.


The day held a lot of promise. The skies around Parksville were clear, and there was a moderate northwest wind. The forecast was for the winds to swing to light southeast, so Sai and I hooked the boat up to the truck for a Deep Bay launch. Susanne was working in her studio on some custom tile sprigs.

We rolled up the Inland Highway, keeping an eye on the clouds rolling over the mountains to the south. It looked

like the possible showers were developing, and the possibility of thundershowers was in the forecast. My gut told me that we were fine, and should go ahead with the day as planned. After all, the sun was still shining on us as we put in.

There was a low chop on the water as we passed Chrome Island and made our way to Norris Rocks. We were looking for the fishermen’s bane, the seal! Sai was visiting from Japan, and wanted to see us much wildlife as possible. There were a couple on the rocks, with a few more milling about in the water. We zipped over to the Flora Islets where there more of the same. Then we went back around Tribune Bay for a short tour of the fabulous beaches, on across the Strait to Lasqueti Island, down Sabine Channel, and over to Secret Cove. All the while, the

storm over the mountains was building a magnificent thunderhead.Secret Cove was hot, and as we puttered up the fingers, we passed several people swimming. The water felt quite warm at the surface. Sai marveled at the beauty of the cove. I marveled at the size of the yachts tied up there! We stopped at one of the marinas to get a chocolate bar and take a break.

After topping up the tank, we headed down to Smuggler’s Cove, still enjoying the sunny, calm afternoon. Then we nipped across to the south shore of Lasqueti Island and followed the shore to False Bay, swung out to Sisters

Island, then headed straight across to Baynes Sound. The cloud was now obscuring the sun, and it looked like it would be nip and tuck as to whether or not we would arrive in the rain. The mountains were not visible through the rain sheets, but that seemed to be a little to the east of Deep Bay. As we neared Norris Rocks, I spotted some

splashes off our Starboard, and altered course to intercept.

A humungous pod of Pacific White-Sided Dolphins was feeding and playing. As we approached, I slowed to a stop, so as to not get too near, and possibly hurt one. As we sat there, the pod seemed to expand, and the next

thing we knew, they were everywhere around us. There was well in excess of eighty animals! Some would do tail stands, some leapt out of the water, some seemed to be

chasing fish, twisting and turning swiftly in circles.

Some came directly at the boat, submerging on one side

and coming up on the other. They must have gone fairly deep, because I could not see them in the water as they

passed under.

It was a good 20 minutes before the last of them moved

on, and we could make slow progress toward Chrome

Island without catching up to the pod. Riding up the sound

and around into Deep bay we were under the edge of the

black storm cloud. The top no longer had the anvil, as much

as we could see, but the rain was very visible. We pulled out, secured the boat on the trailer, and headed for the

highway. By the time we crossed the rail line, it had started to spit. Once on the Inland Highway, it was only minutes until we were in a torrential downpour that continued all the way home. Meanwhile, we could see a nice, calm, sunny Strait of Georgia!

Jeff HaleBallenas Cruisemaster

Cruisin’


Environment Officer

1. Boating Course - Environmental content

News from the recent national training meeting in April indicates that finally the Boating Course will be getting updated and additional environmental content. This additional training material may come in the form of mate-

rial in the main student notes, or may come in the form of an appendix to the course notes. In either case it will

be a welcome and much overdue addition to the course, thanks to the efforts of our recently appointed National

Environment Officer.

2. The “Grey Water “ issue

As most members are aware, there has been an ongoing controversy and concern over the past few months with

respect to the provinces’ indicated plans to enforce Section 13 of the Environmental Management Act (EMA). More specifically, they had indicated that they intended to apply it in coastal marine areas. If this were applied and enforced, it would require that all boaters have holding tanks for their grey water.

The good news is that the Minister of the Environment, after extensive lobbying, has sent formal letters to all in-

terested parties stating that the only planned enforcement is to be in the Shuswap/Mara Lakes system at this time. In addition, he states that the province has no intention of applying this section to coastal marine areas either now

or in the future.

There are still concerns, however, among the boating public that the government may change their mind in the fu-

ture, and to this end some boating lobbying groups are continuing to apply pressure to the government to change

the legislation to exclude any possible application to ocean marine areas.

We CPS members, as responsible boaters, should nevertheless attempt to minimize our grey water impact on

the marine environment, and to that end you can watch this publication for future articles on “environmentally

friendly” approaches to minimizing grey water impact.

3. The “new” Pollution (sewage) Regulations.

Members should not forget that new pollution regulations came into effect in May 2007, with most effects not impacting the average boater until May 2012.

For a summary of these new regulations and a link to the formal text, look at the VIND website under “reports”.

Don Hurd

VIND Environment Officer


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