Five new directors were elected to the 2016 Board of Directors at the Annual Election Meeting on November 25 at the Royal Botanical Gardens.
Congratulations to Nik Bucalo, Kathy Della-Nebbia, Lou Piriano, Andrew Robertson and Bob Van de Vrande on their election to the Board.
The election of officers has already taken place. Your 2016 Directors will be:
Kim Alvarez, President
Lou Piriano, President-Elect
Jack Loft, Vice President
Donna Bacher, Immediate Past President
Ann Forbes Arndt
Nik Bucalo
Kathy Della-Nebbia
Gary Herron
Peter Holgate
Paul Martindale
Andrew Robertson
Bob Van de Vrande
The new Board has been sworn in and will take office January 1, 2016. Watch January’s edition of REALINFO to learn more about your Board members!
Other meeting highlights:
- Karan Barker Scholarships were presented to four students
- RAHB members approved Bylaw amendments which:
- added a definition of “Meeting of the Members” to the list of definitions in Article 1;
- removed the appointment of a Regional Commercial Network (formerly Regional Commercial Council) member to the RAHB Board of Directors;
- removed the requirement for a Burlington member on the RAHB Board of Directors,
- changed the terms ‘President’ and ‘President-Elect’ to ‘Chair’ and ‘Chair-elect’ and removed the position of Vice-President; and
- removed and amended references to changes previously made to Section 7 of the Bylaw.
- The motion to amend the RAHB Bylaw to remove the requirement for three Brokers of Record or Managers on the RAHB Board of Directors was defeated.
All amendments pertaining to the makeup of the RAHB Board of Directors will take effect for the 2017 Board.
- The 2016 Board of Directors was sworn in by RAHB Past President and Area 2 RECO Director Rebecca Ryder.
Winners!
- Winner of the 2016 RAHB dues draw was Sheila MacKenzie (Right at Home Realty)
- Winner of a last-minute donation of tickets to the November 25 Buffalo Sabres hockey game was Bob Deamude (Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services)
It has been an honour to serve as chair of the RAHB scholarship in memory of Karen Barker. Karen’s legacy of serving others lives on. Presenting scholarship dollars to the sons, daughters, grand sons, and grand daughters of our members and staff should make us all proud. Every year the talent of our youth is recognized at our election meeting. If you missed it, mark your calendars for next years meeting and get your loved ones application in.
Jamie, thank you for your tireless efforts to make RAHB, the best board in the Province to belong to. Karen was an unbelievably dedicated employee, starting from the bottom and ending up as our Ececutive Officer, for far too short a time. We all miss her greatly, and your involvement with her scholarship proceedings is not only a testament to Karen, but also you your efforts.
Again, Thank You
Bob Outlaw
1990 President