ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MAY 4, 2025
04 May, 2025
ICELANDIC MEMORIAL SOCIETY O F NOVA SCOTIA
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MAY 4, 2025
LEGION HALL UPPER MUSQUODOBIT
1. Attendance: 1 7 people.
2. Welcome: Ken Burrows and Marcy Tilford welcomed the guests. We all remembered Glenda
Burrows who passed away last fall.
3 . Minutes of April 20, 2024. Copies were distributed by Marshall Burgess. Minutes approved
by John Higgins and Bonnie Price.
4. Presidents Report: Ken Burrows reported on the building o f the gazebo at the memorial cairn
in memory of Dolly Belmore and Glenda Burrows. Treatment o f the log cabin. Mowed the grass
there.
5. Brochures: Copies have been made. A package was left at the box at the cair site.
6 . Website: Julie Battist along with her sister Daphne Egilsson renewed our membership as a
gift. Ben Hunter is the webmaster.
7 . Treasures Report: Bonnie Price. Total income was $5,297. Donations in memory of Glenda
Burrows amounted t o $2,445. Total expenses was $1,219. Closing balance o f $4,078. Moved
by Marshall Burgess and seconded by Bev Redden.
8. Membership Report: Bonnie Price: Lifetime i s 16. Single is 19. Family is 14. Honorary is 2,
Total of 51.
9. Atlantic Tours. Kate Marcek i s tour coordinator for Atlantic Tours and Travel. They planned
to travel to Markland in August 2025.
10. Markland Walk: June 7 , 2025. Lunch at Bev and Harley Reddens cabin. Ken Burrows
handed out water bottles to all present.
11.Snorri Program; Cancelled for 2025. Daphne Egilsson looks after this program.
12. Lockeport Settlement: Marshall Burgess mowed the grass at East Green Harbour and planted
flowers at the historical sign.
13. Fall Newsletter: Please submit any articles.
14.. Guest Speaker: Dr. Marcos Zentelli. He gave a wonderful talk on conditions in Iceland i n
the 1870s and why people left to come to Markland and Kinmount. He is a retired geologist who
last taught at Dalhousie University.
15.. Election; President i s Ken Burrows and Marcy Tilford as co chairs. Vice President i s
Marshall Burgess. Treasurer and Membership is Bonnie Price. Members at Large are Wayne
Scott, Julie Battist and Myra Jerome. Approved b y Harley Redden and seconded by John
Higgins.
16. Lunch: Thanks to the Legion Hall for letting us use their hall. Thanks also to Birgir
Robertsson from Iceland for sending in a box of kleiners (Icelandic donuts). He has a bake shop in Stellarton.