Lasqueti Last Resort Society minutes from 2024
posted for Richard Chesham
LLRS AGM Sunday June 29Th. 2025 11:00 AM here’re last years minutes.
June 22, 2024 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: LASQUETI LAST RESORT SOCIETY
1. Call to Order: President Marilyn Darwin, 1:30pm
2. Present: 9 of 12 current board members
(Richard Chesham, Tom Carter, Darcy Pascall, Tim Peterson, Don Dempster, Gwen Bigsby,
Mary Hurlburt, Marilyn Darwin, Sandy Morrison)
and 6 members of the public (Ray Lipovsky, Karl Darwin, Marti Wendt, Doane Grinnel, Ian
Rusconi, Cilia King)
3. Approve AGM minutes of June 24, 2023
Motion to approve: Mary Hurlburt
Seconded: Gwen Bigsby
MOTION PASSES
4. Financial Report for year December 31, 2023: Sandy Morrison, Treasurer
Net income of $8,286. We’re still trying to get the exact figures for switching to the new
propane boiler. $26k wages in 2023, $32k in 2022.
Karl: I’m curious on the breakdown between diesel and propane because the generator has to
run to circulate the propane, and I understand the diesel generator is running considerably
more. I’m curious if you can supply a difference in the use of the generator from 2022 to 2023.
Sandy: in 2022 propane was $5855. in 2023, it was $10,155. Diesel was $6,800, is $10,400.
Tim: I’m not seeing any depreciation in the buildings and equipment.
Sandy: Our accountant doesn’t take depreciation yearly, and I don’t know why. She operates
with 100% writeoff at time of disposal or equipment failure.
Doane: Is there money coming in from LIAS and LINC?
Sandy: Yes, it just isn’t itemized in this report. It’s under Health Centre Revenues along with
respite rentals etc.
Motion to accept the Financial Report: Doane Grinnell
Seconded: Ray Lipovsky
MOTION APPROVED
5. General Reports
● Health Committee (Mary)
○ LifeLabs has gone completely silent on us since their change in management.
I’ve had several emails to them with no responses.
○ qRD handles capital expenses for health, and VIHA handles healthcare, so
we’re in a black hole for who claims responsibility for us. We’ve written a letter
to qRHD at the suggestion of regional director Andrew Fall asking them to
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: LASQUETI LAST RESORT SOCIETY
advise us on who can help us with acquiring services.
○ Marilyn, Dianne, and Mary have started looking at palliative resources on the
island, and are generating a plan and guidebook for palliative use of the respite
after the precedent-setting palliative care experience we were happy to be able
to provide last year.
○ New equipment for the health centre over last year includes a new bed for the
respite suite, sharps containers, and a changing table for the primary restroom,
(which is the only one on the island).
● Maintenance & Operations (Darcy)
○ Couple hiccups this year, as is always the case with installing a new system.
We had some issues with the diesel generator when we lost the electronic
control device, and had to manually operate it for some time while waiting for
that part to come in.
○ The propane system is working as it is supposed to except for some control
plans in the duplex. We have a new plan revolving around replacing some
in-line equipment.
○ We spent a little more than usual on training because we had two employees
rotate through the maintenance department last year
○ There were some water issues, which are recurring when Pete’s Lake performs
their system flush. We’re working on making the system more robust, since it is
currently highly taxed by the increase in residents.
● Open Comment Period
6. Election of Directors & Officers
● President – Marilyn Darwin, by acclamation
● Vice President – Mikaila Lironi, by acclamation
● Secretary – Gwen Bigsby, by acclamation
● Treasurer – Sandy Morrison, by acclamation
● Liaison director for Magic Mountain Co-op – Tom Carter, by acclamation
● Directors at large – Ron Abrahams, Richard Chesham, Don Dempster, Mary Hurlburt,
Darcy Pascall, Bev Finch, by acclamation
● Special thanks to Tim Peterson for having been a member for so long.
7. Adjournment:
The Chairperson adjourned the meeting at 2:07 PM.
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