Annual Report
David Royle, President
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View Minutes from April 26, 2025 Annual General Meeting
Message from President David Royle
The Toronto Club’s Annual General Meeting was an uplifting event for the 150 members who came to Georgetown’s Gellert Centre on April 26. The pre-lunch started with entertainment from the North Halton Community Singers. Following lunch, best-selling author Adam Shoalts gave a shock and awe presentation of his solo canoe travels in Canada.
Following lunch, Treasurer Margaret Corner reported that the Club is in good financial shape. President David Royle highlighted some new programs that were introduced over the last year which included a trail race for ultra-runners, a youth initiative and the launch of a trail angel program. He congratulated the trail maintenance team for a great year of bridge-building and in general keeping the trail well groomed. He also noted a very successful bus and winter coach program that exceeded expectations in terms of turnout.
We’ve loaded a bunch of photos to the Club’s Facebook page (photo album).
Two leaders of the Halton Hills Chapter were recognized for their outstanding service: Sara Maedel and Angelika Sommer. The Todd Bardes volunteer recognition award was presented to the Trail Maintenance team consisting of Laurent Thibault, Neal Stein, Paul Vanhanen, Mark Pottruff, Ian Grindall, and Bradley Stevens. The Nina Carlisle volunteer recognition award was presented to Madalena Vanderkooy for her years of service as hike leader, board member and E-Notes editor. A significant milestone was reached when Dave Paape was presented with his 30-year certificate for his work in trail maintenance, and his help in biodiversity, land stewardship, and supporting work parties.
David Royle introduced a new slate of board members for the 2025-26 term. Of the 16 members, 10 are returning while six are new to the board. David said he is thrilled to have added a very talented group in those serving for their first time. They are complemented by a team of experienced board representatives that are returning. To view the board team and profiles of our newest board members, you can go to our website here.
April 2025 Directors’ Package Contains the following:
- Minutes of the 2024 TBTC Annual General Meeting
- Reports from your TBTC Board of Directors
- 2024 Financials and 2025 Budget
- Election of the 2025-2026 TBTC Board of Directors
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