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Annual General Meeting Minutes

PADDLE ALBERTA AGM 2019 Minutes

Goals and Business plan 2019 – 2021

Audited Financials 2018

Paddle Alberta Policies

Volunteer Management

Dispute Resolution Policy

Conflict of Interest Policy

Concussion Protocol

Paddle Alberta – Board & Committee Directors

Our volunteer Board/Committee Directors and members are what help make Paddle Alberta the great organization it is. Their passion for getting people out paddling and the paddling environment is what makes them so great for the job. If you enjoy recreational paddling, instructing, or passionate about paddling environment sustainability, volunteering for one of Paddle Alberta’s sub committees; Safety & Touring, Education, or Environment is a good start. Anyone can volunteer for committee, just contact Paddle Alberta.

Our Board and Committee Directors are elected for 1 year terms at our Annual General Meeting in Spring of each year.

Board of Directors & Staff

Terry Konyi

President

At a young age Terry’s Scout group was donated 6 tandem canoes and his love for paddling was ignited. Terry has paddled throughout Ontario and central Alberta and his first summer camp job was as a Canoe Specialist. Terry is now the Director of YWCA YoWoChAs Outdoor Education Centre and has been working in the camping industry for 12 years where he loves to introduce youth to the outdoors, especially waterfront activities.

Amanda Mercer

Vice President

I started paddling …when I was in high school in 1998

My first overnight trip was an 8 day trip in Temagami Ontario

My favorite trip meal is…Egg McMuffin breakfast over the fire… anything over the fire really!

Provinces I’ve paddled in: Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, BC, New Brunswick,

My local Club: the Borealis Canoe Club

My favorite paddling memory happened when I was guiding in Johnstone’s Straight. Our group had decided to go out for an evening paddle and headed out towards Robson Bite Ecological reserve when a resting line of about 12 Orca’s passed right under our kayaks.

Hannah Koslowsky

Enviornment Director

I started paddling when I was 2 years old… if that counts as paddling 😉 My family did a canoe trip each summer.

My first overnight trip was a 3 day trip down the Spanish River near Sudbury, Ontario.
My favourite trip meal: Does GORP (Good Old Raisins and Peanuts) count as a meal?
Provinces I’ve paddled in: Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, British Columbia
My local club: Borealis Canoe Club

My favourite paddling memory: Dawn paddles! It’s tough to get up that early in the dark and with the bugs swarming, but it is so worth it when you experience the sunrise and morning calm from the water. I try to do one each trip, particularly if I’m with someone who has never experienced it before.

Karla Handy

Program Services Coordinator

I started really paddling in college. My first overnight trip was a 2 day trip on the Bow river Calgary to Carseland. My favorite trip meal is my egg and ham breakfast bagels. Provinces I’ve paddled in are BC, Alberta and Manitoba. My local clubs are the Bow Waters Canoe Club and Paddle Junkies. My favorite paddling memory is…that’s a tuff one… I love the Kootenay river and I’m always dreaming about fishing and paddling it every year as much as I can.

Matt Steele

Safety & Touring Director

bio coming soon

Natalie Armbruster

Secretary

bio coming soon

Lana Madsen

Education Director

I started paddling when I was 20

My first overnight trip was an 11 day trip in Central AB (Blackstone to Edmonton)

My favorite trip meal is soup

I’ve paddled in: Nova Scotia, Alberta, Yukon, Northwest Territory, British Columbia, Yukon.

My local Club Rocky Canoe Club

My favorite paddling memory is paddling on the Nahanni at twilight.

Silvia Koslik

Treasurer

I started paddling in 1986

My first overnight trip was a 5 day trip in Sweden

My favorite trip meal is chicken curry with rice

I’ve paddled in: Nova Scotia, Ontario, Labrador, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Yukon, Northwest Territory, British Columbia.

My local Club Bowwaters Canoe Club

My favorite paddling memory is the epic ride in 4th canyon on the Nahanni.

"You can't cross the water merely by standing and staring at it."

– Rabindranath Tagore

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