The Mississauga 55 Plus Carican Group President’sReportforSeptember2021- September2022
To the members of the board ofmanagement of the Mississauga 55 + Carican group
and members, I bring greetings and best wishes to all. Firstly, as has been
announced previously to members, Iwil not be seeking re-election as President of the organization. I do again express my sincerest thanks and deep appreciation to
the officers and members for their solid and unwavering support during my terms in office. It has been a pleasure and honour to be of service to society, humanity and the organization. Iwill continue to render support, advice, input, assistance and help as requested. Iwill take on the role of past president as provided in the Constitution.
The period underreview, continued to be negatively impacted by thethroes of the Covid pandemic. The Covid pandemic, as we may be aware, affected every area of our existence. We do know that the government at every level, businesses and other social groups and organizations were also impacted negatively. As reported in the
last period, we resumed our in-person meetings at our meeting location at the Churchill Meadows Library and Older Adult Community Centre at 3801 Thomas Street in Mississauga in October of 2021.
At the restart, we followed the protocols for Covid set in place by the government authorities. As a result of these actions, some of our social interactions were impacted. As changes and relief to the protocols were removed, we were able to restore some of the accustomed and traditional activities starting in March 2022. We do thank the management and staff of the centre for their ongoing and solid support and cooperation.
The use of Zoom technology was continued, as well as in-person meetings on Tuesdays. Members unable to attend in person were afforded the opportunityt o
participate in our meetings. We did however experience technical difficulties which resulted in our inability to continue to provide this outreach service to those members. I do recommend to the incoming board That we do look into the subiect matter and that we purchase the necessary equipment to reintroduce the service.
Our thanks to our Secretary Rita Challenger, Irene Halliday, our Assistant Social Coordinator and Jerry Halliday, our vice president who played key roles in this endeavour.
Attendance
During the period under review our average attendance was 43 members per session. Attendance has been impacted by aging, mobility, distance, transportation,
family commitments and medical appointments. It is a subjectwhich we are constantlyreviewing for remedies.
The Board of Management
The board of management of the Mississauga 55+ Carican group for the period ending September 2022 are as follows:
President
Vice President Secretary
Assistant Secretary
Treasurer
Public Relations
Assistance Public Relations Officer Social Coordinator
Assistant Social Coordinator Health Coordinator
Trustees Internal Auditor
Orlander Marshall Jerry Halliday
Rita Challenger Betty Pottinger Roy Maynard Wilma Francis Lorna Noel Pearline Clarke Irene Halliday Norma Carter
Gloria Davis, Frank Smith Leroy Nelson
*Lots Gooding serves as Special Advisor regarding Treasury Matters
I do want to thank every member of the Board for their dedicated work and contributions to the Organization. Ithank our Secretary, Rita Challenger, for her
tremendous and selfless work and contributions to the group. She has worked tirelessly in this m o s t critical role.
Roy Maynard is thanked for taking on the role of Treasurer for the group.
We do thank our Trustees Gloria Davis and Frank Smith and our Treasury Advisor Lots Gooding for their dedicated roles.
To our retiring Social Coordinator, Pearline Clark, we offer our thanks to her for her role in setting up our programmes and special activities. The programmes prepared and presented are quite beneficial to the group. Lots ofwork and time went into her tasks. She shall be missed by every member. We extend thanks and God’s blessings. We do know that Pearline will continue to be of great assistance to the group.
Financial
Our finances were impacted negatively due to the impact of covid. With the decline in attendance numbers, our contributions declined as well. Monies were expended for special events which were offered by the club. We continued to expend monies