Canada Day is very soon, so come in your best Canadian attire and bring your family & flags to celebrate Canada Day at the Canadian Club Pancake Breakfast & AGM (Annual General Meeting) on Sat 03 Jul 2021. Please find all the details below.

If you know of any other Canucks who may wish to attend, then please do share these event details.

Pancake Breakfast

Buffet Pancakes, Bacon & Eggs, Sausages, Peaches, Juice, Tea & Coffee, and of course lots of Canadian Maple Syrup.

The Pancake Breakfast is a great way to celebrate Canada Day, catch up with everyone in the club, review the past year, plus select the club committee for Jul 2021 to Jun 2022, so more great events can then be planned for the year ahead.

Deadline for RSVP & Prepay is Sat 26 June. Low costs for both the breakfast & membership options.

At the Pancake Breakfast there will also be some Gift Basket Raffles of North American goods. Tickets will be $2 each or 3 tickets for $5, and raffles will be drawn at the event so remember to bring some cash for the raffles.

When:

• Saturday 03 Jul @ 10:00am (event start).

• Doors open at 9:30am. Recommend arriving at 9:30am to have the opportunity to catch up with everyone. Breakfast served from 10am.

Where:

• The Remuera Club, 27-33 Ohinerau Street, Remuera, Auckland.

• Entrance is behind the main building, follow driveway around to the right of the club building. Plenty of free parking is available at the venue.

Event Cost:

• Adults (11 years+):

  • $17 with a membership renewal or new

  • $23 without a membership renewal or new

• Children 5-10 years:

  • $10 with a membership renewal or new

  • $12 without a membership renewal or new

• Children under 5 years:

  • Free

Great opportunity to bundle a membership for Jul 2021 - Jun 2022 with the pancake breakfast.

Club Membership Dues:

We encourage everyone to join the club as a paid member. Membership entitles you to be eligible for discounts to club events, and supports the club’s hosting of many great events, prizes draws, and website. All Canadian Club memberships are due to be renewed on Jul 01 2021 and can be paid online.

• Individual (Canadian): $12

• Family (Canadian): $24

The Canadian Club of NZ membership page (https://www.canadianclub.nz/home/membership) has all the details offered by each membership option.

RSVP & Pre-Payment:

• By Sat 26 Jun:

• The club must confirm numbers to the venue in advance, so we need to have your RSVP & Pre-payment by end of day on Saturday 26 June.

• RSVPs after this date may not be possible as venue needs finalised numbers for catering.

• Please include in your RSVP the number of people in your party, their first & last names, and if any children are included then their age.

• Email RSVP to: canadianclubnz@gmail.com

• Pre-payment by internet banking is required for this event please.

• Payment will not be accepted at the door.

• Cancellations made after Sat 26 Jun are non-refundable as the club will have committed numbers to the venue.

• Club account:

  • The Canadian Club of New Zealand: 01 - 0129 - 0088533 - 00

  • Once payment has been made, please include your surname with the payment details and also notify the club by email at canadianclubnz@gmail.com , so we can reconcile & confirm receipt of payment to you.

Annual General Meeting

The Canadian Club of New Zealand Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be also be held on Sat 03 Jul 2021 at the Remuera Club, 27-33 Ohinerau Street, Remuera, Auckland.

The AGM will follow the pancake breakfast which starts at 10:00 am. The AGM will not start before 11:00 am.

We have vacancies on our club committee. If you can spare some time and can give something back to your club, we’d love to see you put your hand up.

Please give it some thought and contact us if you want to find out more about what's involved.

For the Annual General Meeting (AGM) the following Officers and Executives are elected annually:

• Officers: President, Vice-President, - Secretary, Treasurer, Events Coordinator

• Executives: Committee including Social Media Coordinator, Prize Coordinator

• Please let Cary Young, Club Secretary at the Canadian Club know by email by Sat 26 Jun if you wish to register interest in a specific role as an Officer or be on the committee in a general capacity as an Executive.

• Registrations of interest for election by any Individual, or Family Member (aged 18 or older), must be received by the Secretary by Sat 26 Jun: canadianclubnz@gmail.com

Prior to the AGM, the Club Secretary will email a list of all nominations to the members. If there are insufficient nominations received by/on Sat 26 Jun, then further nominations may be received at the AGM.

• Only members who are named on the Membership List as at Jul 03 2021 will be entitled to vote. All others are still welcome.

Agenda:

• Welcome

• Apologies

• Jun 2020 AGM Minutes

• Matters Arising

• Annual (President's) Report

• Financial (Treasurer's) Report

• Election of Officers:

  • President

  • Vice-President

  • Secretary

  • Treasurer

  • Events Coordinator

• Election of Executives:

  • Committee, including Social Media Coordinator/s, Prize Coordinator

• Meeting Close

Standing again for election are:

• Warwick Beadle: President

• Syd Ward: Vice-President

• Avrill Burchell: Prize Coordinator

• Bill McCutcheon: Social Media Coordinator*

• Cary Young: General Committee

*Bill has fulfilled the social media role recently, however is open to this being taken on by someone else, and will remain on as part of the general committee.

Standing down from the committee are:

• Anne-Marie Ward: Treasurer (due to club role time limit)

• Jess Raymond: Events Coordinator (due to work commitments)

• Miranda Linton Young: Secretary (due to work commitments)

• Erika Lackey-Ruwald, Patrick McGrath, and Gary McElroy: Committee (due to work commitments)

Big thanks to Anne-Marie, Jess, Miranda, Erika, Patrick, and Gary for their time & effort with supporting the club committee.

If you can help to fulfill any of the roles above, or wish to join the committee in a general capacity, then please register your interest by Sat 26 Jun to: canadianclubnz@gmail.com or raise your interest at the breakfast/AGM on the day.