ATTENDEES
- Chair - Neil Keown – Calgary
- Co-Chair - Cody Spencer – Lethbridge (phone)
- Secretary - Andrew Baisley – Calgary
- Treasurer - Tom Habib – Edmonton
- Member at Large – Katie Morrison – Calgary
- Member at Large – Don Meredith – Edmonton
- Member at Large – Shawn Morrison - Edmonton
Member at Large – Kurt Megarry – Lethbridge (absent)
AGENDA
- Start Meeting, 10:05 AM
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Quorum:
- 66% board members are present, and 100% of executive members
- 23 general members in attendance
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Report of the Officers:
- Current initiatives include:
- post-NCNT work with AEP
- Porcupine-Livingstone
- Importance of individual member weigh in/feedback
- BHA to provide high level overview
- Current initiatives include:
- Castle
- Question asked to how much work completed?
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How has the hunting process been (2017 season) conducted in Castle (ie. have there been any issues)? Specifically the Provincial Park portion
- Neil to follow up with contact
- Bighorn
- Standing committee participant- we are still trying- told to wait
- Dean B - Comments are not coming out of Rocky- down south
- In terms of park designation, BHA promoting Wildland Park Status- Hunting focus
- Comment: Asking for push more for wildland proportion
- Bighorn Area is dealt with, no matter what government, BHA is nonpolitical.
- User conflict, what do we mean by this? Taking an educational stance on this to the other user groups.
- How do we as a group be that good public face?- non hunter education
- Can we lobby for government for educational signage? BHA working to build those partnerships with government to see how we can assist them.
- Are these two concepts in contradiction to one another? Hiding /respectful hunting and educational signage?
- Membership has a great opportunity to lead this educational role on the landscape, we have a great role to play in this.
- Social media perception: explanation of how the BHA feed is managed. Perception and help with recruiting to pull folks in.
- Youth education- BHA Rendezvous is putting on these events. Bring back these learnings from Rendezvous, and board will discuss how to implement these learnings for Alberta.
- Wildland / Dogs
- Was largely at the discretion of the CO’s,
- BHA in discussion with AEP on this matter- Neil to provide update in one months’ time.
- Foothill Stream Crossing Partnership
- Will be a call for help among membership
- What kind of crossings to be included? Will get details on this as they become available (in about 1 months’ time).
- Alberta Prairie Conservation Partnership (under discussion)
- Will be another call to action for membership.
- Upcoming raffles (Yeti/Savage)
- BC chapter will do the import of the rifle across the border
- Potential difficulty for raffles in Alberta for these prizes
- Enforcement
- Any feedback (about Report A Poacher, or CO officers), membership should pass along to board, which can get sent to AEP
- Report A Poacher (RAP) line to be used for any public land use abuses.
- Potential rebranding required so outdoor community knows to use the phone number/app/website.
- BHA to communicate this to the membership- reminder email before hunting season.
- AEP data driven, so the reporting of offences is very important. No calls into RAP, then the perception is no issues exist in those areas.
- AHEIA – hunting mentorship
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Who finds the people who are interested in the hunting and fishing?
- People referred to various organizations from companies.
- BHA to provide mentors who would go through the AHEIA instructor programs.
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Who finds the people who are interested in the hunting and fishing?
- Pint night, bring non-members in.
- Food/Field-to-table type events, as another avenue to bring in members (I.e. Hank Shaw)
- Brewers brought into the BHA fold on collaborations- wider reach in user groups.
- ACA
- Working with their executive to explore conservation projects, as well as membership
- South Region Public at Large representative, cannot be a BHA board member, but BHA membership is fine.
- Antelope Fencing Project
- Deferred from Wildfire- limited notice for BHA to provide volunteers.
- BHA will stay in the loop for this program in the future.
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Presentation of the Financial Statements
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USA vs CDN website funds question:
- If US website- we see no dollars
- If in .ca website, it all stays in Canada
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USA vs CDN website funds question:
- Alberta looking at organizational structures for other groups (Ducks Unlimited, Trout Unlimited, Delta Waterfowl) as example.
- Election of the Board Members
2017-2018 Board of Directors
Katie Morrison – Calgary |
Kurt Megarry – Lethbridge |
Kevin Van Tighem – Calgary |
Shawn Morrison – Edmonton |
Nick Peso – Calgary |
Don Meredith – Duffield |
Rob Taylor – Lethbridge |
Kyle Thomas – Fort McMurray |
Neil Keown – Calgary (Executive) |
Tom Habib – Edmonton (Executive) |
Andrew Baisley - Calgary (Executive) |
Cody Spencer – Lethbridge (Executive) |
- Nick, Don, Rob, and Kevin have stepped down effective April 8, 2018
- Nominated members by Neil Keown, who confirmed that they meet BHA bylaw requirements.
- Mark Stenroos, consensus vote (board members, and attending members)
- Jordon Foote, consensus vote (board members, and attending members)
- Cornel Yarmoloy, consensus vote (board members, and attending members)
- Levi Whitney-Williams, consensus vote (board members, and attending members)
- Jeff Maclean, consensus vote (board members, and attending members)
2018-2019 Board of Directors
Katie Morrison – Calgary |
Kurt Megarry – Lethbridge |
Jeff Maclean – Calgary |
Shawn Morrison – Edmonton |
Jordan Foote – Calgary |
Cornel Yarmoloy – Calgary |
Levi Whitney-Williams – Lethbridge |
Kyle Thomas – Fort McMurray |
Mark Stenroos - Calgary |
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Neil Keown – Calgary (Executive) |
Tom Habib – Edmonton (Executive) |
Andrew Baisley - Calgary (Executive) |
Cody Spencer–Lethbridge (Executive) |
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Election of the Officers
- No change in officers for 2018
- Vote on Resolutions
- No resolutions for 2018 were brought forward
- Open Floor Session:
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AFGA relationship, status.
- Reached out to executive, no response.
- Coordination with Fishing Chair on angling issues
- BHA advertising limited, financial constraints currently. Plan currently is to let our actions be our advertising in this near term.
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Ask the question to AEP on why retention of bear meat is not a current requirement?
- Follow up in 4-6 weeks
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Discussion on hunting elk in Elk Island
- Status update from Tom H. No decisions made currently.
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Are there membership objectives for the upcoming year?
- Short Answer, no. Grow and improve our impact.
Adjourn meeting, 12:10 PM