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The Mayne Island Community Centre is an ideal venue for community events, programs and private functions such as weddings and parties. ft. of event space.
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"Your Centre, Your Community" The present structure is about 2400 sq. ft consisting of the Main Room and Social Room which offer approximately 1220 sq. The Main Room will seat 60-70 at tables or in rows for meetings and performances, while the Social Room, with its gas fireplace, offers a cozy lounge ambience for smaller meetings. For the summer months, a marquee tent system is erected on the hexa

gonal side deck, and attached at the large steel and glass door in the Main Room to add 1220 sq. of additional space, accommodating wedding banquets of 120. Everything is on one level, and wheelchair accessible. The commercial-grade kitchen can service the Main Room via a pass-through, and is equipped with a comprehensive catering inventory. Out in the ‘back forty’ is our deer-proof Community Garden, featuring a Pat Hennebery cob garden shed, and organic plots plumbed for drip-irrigation with rainwater from the roof-catchment system. Also at the Community Centre are the tennis courts. Coming soon is the Daycare Centre behind the tennis courts. The Community Centre is committed to providing affordable event space for relevant programs and activities open to the community.

11/04/2024

The Mayne Island Community Centre Society currently has an employment opportunity for a Cleaner. This is a part time position which is approximately 30 hours per month and flexible hours. Please email [email protected] for more information.

10/11/2024

Have you been wanting to start painting/drawing/creating (again)? Do you need some informal instruction on how to get started? Or do you just need a time and place to get together and begin creating each week?
The Monday Painters meet at the Community Centre on Monday afternoons from 2:00 to 4:00. Some sketch, some paint, some collage or create cards. It’s a time to just make art, perhaps to inspire for the rest of the week, or just to spend two hours a week practicing and creating. As people have inquired about lessons we’ll be offering some guidance, introductory lessons. We’ll begin meeting from October 21 to Dec. 16. The cost is $25 for the two months, plus a MICCS 2024 membership. You can register on the MICCS site or bring payment on October 21. Contact Dell at [email protected] for more information.

10/09/2024

When the Mayne Island Community Centre was built, there were plans made for a possible extension of the building in the future. Adding on to the current building to create additional spaces that would be useful and beneficial to our Mayne Island Community is very exciting. If you are interested in participating in a working group to design a survey to obtain community feedback on what a Phase Two could look like for the Mayne Island Community Centre, please email [email protected] by October 20, 2024. Thank you.

09/13/2024

The Mayne Island Community Centre is the perfect venue to celebrate your child’s next birthday! The facility rental is a 2 hour minimum at $27 or $12 per hour. The insurance cost is
approximately $10-$15. Please email for further details at
[email protected].

07/30/2024

Attention community courts users, we've had multiple reports of people playing sports outside the 9am-7pm open window. Out of respect for our neighbors in the long warm days of summer, we feel we need to be a little more strict in enforcing this policy so we are going to be locking the courts at 7pm and unlocking them at 9am.

05/06/2024

Tru Value gift cards are available for purchase in $50 and $100 amounts. The money will go directly to help replace the stove at the community centre. Email [email protected] to get yours while supplies last!

05/03/2024

The stove at the Community Centre needs replacing. If you would like to donate toward this worthwhile cause, please e-transfer to [email protected] or mail a cheque payable to “Mayne Island Community Centre Society” to Mayne Island Community Centre Society, 493 Felix Jack Road, Mayne Island, BC, VON 2J2. A charitable donation receipt will be issued.

02/22/2024

Yoga Nidra

The translation of Nidra is sleep.

Winter is the perfect time to cultivate the benefits of this ancient, meditative practice. Dropping into a deep state of conscious relaxation, moving awareness from the external world to the internal reduces brain activity, supporting the release of anxiety and stress.

This class is rejuvenating and nourishing for mind, body and spirit.

4 weeks Tuesday Feb 27th - March 19th 7:00 – 7:50pm, Fee $40

at the Community Centre with Donna Williams.

01/26/2024

All MICCS members in 2023 and 2024, who selected to receive email correspondence, will receive the survey by email by Feb 3, 2024.

01/22/2024

Thanks to Lisa Siddons, the MICCS website has been refreshed! You are invited to review our improved website at mayneislandcommunitycentre.com. While you are there, you may want to renew your membership for 2024 and review how easy it is to access the MICCS meeting documentation (About the Centre > Board > Documents).

12/27/2023

The squat rack has arrived so come and get your lift on at the MICCS Fitness Centre!

Just check the calendar on the website to ensure there is no other activity scheduled. You can come to the Fitness Centre anytime except half an hour before and after a scheduled event. The Fitness Centre is available for a $5 drop-in fee or $35 monthly fee with an active membership.

12/23/2023

Message from the New MICCS President, Wayne Peace:

I would like to thank the members of the Mayne Island Community Centre Society (MICCS) for electing me to the Board. I have subsequently been selected by the Board to be President of the Society. I plan to serve diligently with the intent to have as many members as possible use our facilities as frequently as possible. Please forward constructive suggestions to [email protected]

Another note, if you are able, please join my wife and I in making a charitable donation to the MICCS. You may be aware that our endowment value has declined substantially in the past 2 years so that the revenue available may decline. Donations will help us continue to run and expand the services and facilities available.

Finally, membership in the society is on a Calendar basis and ends Dec 31rst. Please renew in January to continue supporting and using our wonderful facilities.

Wayne Peace
President
Mayne Island Community Centre Society

12/21/2023

NOTICE re: Proxy Voting Working Group

At the AGM on December 3, the voting practices were discussed, in particular the use of proxy votes on behalf of members who could not make the AGM. As a result, it was agreed that a small working group of members would review and consult with members about our current practice and provide recommendations for change. Current practice, in accordance with the MICCS bylaws, is that anyone can become a member and that voting by proxy is allowed.

The BC Societies Act requires that any change with regard to how membership is defined or voting by proxy will need a change to our bylaws, and a change to our bylaws requires a special resolution which must be passed by a 2/3 majority. Any special resolution will have to be circulated to the members with the notice of a general meeting, which must be at least two weeks in advance.

As a member you will be consulted on the definition of membership and proxy voting practices. The working group will use this feedback to develop resolutions for the special meeting. In terms of timelines, we hope to have the working group’s report and recommendations distributed to members by mid-March 2024 and a meeting held in April 2024 before the next AGM.

If you are interested in participating in the working group, please contact the board by emailing [email protected].

There will be other working groups formed to discuss changes to the constitution and minutes process and an email will go out about those in due course.

Sincerely,
MICCS Board

11/30/2023

MICCS AGM - CHANGE OF VENUE - MAYNE SCHOOL

Thank you to anyone/everyone who helped us get the school secured for this Sunday, December 3.

Registration to attend the AGM is still at the Community Centre from 9:30-12. The AGM will be at Mayne School from 1:30-3:30, doors will open at 1:00.

PLEASE NOTE: There will not be registration or new memberships taken after noon either at the Centre or at the School. Only registered members who are picking up their ballots at the door will be attending. Please do not come to the School at 1pm expecting to register or become a member as this is not the process we are following.

There are no MICCS bylaws dictating how to run an AGM. Our process is in place based on learnings from previous years and feedback from members.

Thank you,
MICCS Board

11/25/2023

Continuing "COUP" Rumours

There continues to be rumours about a "COUP" at the 2021 Mayne Island Community Centre Society (MICCS) AGM. (A coup is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organisation or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership by force.) Very dramatic – but that didn’t happen. Registered MICCS members democratically elected 5 Directors into 1 vacant and 4 appointed positions.

Prior to this, on June 14, June 22, and August 30 of 2021, MICCS members sent Requests for Information (RFI) to their Board - no information was EVER received. BC Society members are to receive Society documents within 14 days of a RFI as per sections 24-27 of the BC Society Act.

BECAUSE MICCS Directors ignored the BC Society Act and the rights of the members of the Society, members sought a leadership change for better transparency and proper governance of the Society.

On June 14, 2021 members wrote to the MICCS Board, “…we will be nominating members to the Community Centre Board at the next AGM so it would be prudent to prepare for an election”. This was FIVE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE AGM.

Perpetuating the lie that the MICCS Board was taken by surprise by the large turnout of MICCS members at the 2021 AGM only adds to the discontent within our community.

Our “Digital Document Filing Project” is 95% complete. This link will take you to ALL the documents mentioned above as well as MICCS Monthly Meeting minutes and other public documents on our website - read for yourself.

This project has been important to the Board's continued commitment to transparency and proper governance of our Society. If you have any questions after reading related information, please contact [email protected]

Sincerely,

Catherine McNeill, President
Board of Directors
Mayne Island Community Centre Society

11/18/2023

NOTICE - The MICCS 2023 AGM will be held on Sunday, December 3rd from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm at the Mayne Island Community Centre - doors will open at 1:00 pm. Registration to be held the same day from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. This NOTICE is available on our website with supporting documents.

Please read the NOTICE prior to sending any questions to [email protected]

11/15/2023

NO Rumours - JUST Facts

To Whom this may concern,

The Mayne Island Community Centre Society (MICCS) filed a "Notice of Claim" in the Victoria Registry on 05-Sep-23. Defendants are: Adrian Gowing, Carol Ashwell, Bruce Roberts, Robert Wilband, Bernie Peets, Sharon Bunnin, Judy Wolfe, Laurie Cooke, and William (Jon) Sanders. This claim is for "breach of trust, conversion, debt, and damages" in the amount of $24,078.

A "Notice of Settlement Conference" has been scheduled for January 10, 2024. "A settlement conference provides both parties in a legal dispute with the opportunity to sit with a BC Provincial Court judge to explore ways to settle their case without going to trial." MICCS has asked for accounting of Society funds so we can hopefully resolve issues.

MICCS is an incorporated, non-profit, charitable, society and is registered to remit ITCs (reimbursable tax credits) to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) using a registered GST number. All committees/programs under the financial umbrella of MICCS benefit. The BC Supreme Court decision (see MICCS website) confirmed that the MITA/tennis group IS a committee under the financial umbrella of MICCS and not a separate legal entity. MITA/tennis group submitted Financial Statements to be included in MICCS Financial Statements (BC Supreme Court Petition Affidavit #2 of C.McNeill exhibits O-S pgs 135-157).

Claiming GST reimbursements for a committee of MICCS IS allowed. As a CRA GST registrant, MICCS is NOT allowed to remit claims for separate entities that are NOT under its financial umbrella.

With the PRIVILEGE of being an incorporated, non-profit, charitable, society that is a CRA GST registrant comes the RESPONSIBILITY of proper governance. Directors/Leaders have a duty to KNOW and/or do their personal due diligence to LEARN all governance regulations. The MICCS has a duty of due diligence and transparent governance to its members and BC Societies to ask these questions and understand its responsibilities of keeping factual records to the best of its ability. SOCIETY MEMBERS have a duty of due diligence to understand the governance of their Society based on factual records of the Society and to ask questions to have a clear informed vote.

There are questions that MUST be asked/answered as part of the due diligence and transparent governance of MICCS. MICCS must complete all financial matters with the MITA/tennis group and establish a starting point that the MITA/tennis group was a separate entity in their own right outside of the MICCS financial structure.

Transaction details and other information is needed for the following accounts as well as others:

1. "Legal Expense $24,078" Why is this recorded, a committee CANNOT spend legal fees on a legal action against the entity of which it is a committee and administering accounts for.

2. "Resurfacing Account $12,000" Where did the MICCS court resurfacing monies come from (community group grants?) and where did they go (the MICCS community courts have not been resurfaced recently)? Were MICCS CRA receipts written for any donations?

3. "Bank Account $3,726" Is this where the GST ITC rebates were deposited between 2008 and 2021?

4. "Equipment $18,125" Did MICCS remit GST ITC rebates for this equipment? What equipment has been purchased to operate and maintain the MICCS community courts?

5. "GST receivable $743" Is this amount still to be remitted to CRA via MICCS for reimbursement? What goods or services were purchased?

6. "Grants and Donation $16,861" Were the grants for resurfacing the MICCS community courts? Were the donations restricted? Were MICCS CRA receipts written for the donations?

The MICCS Board continues to be committed to transparent governance; all meetings and legal documents can be found on our website. We continue to encourage attendance at our monthly meetings (2nd Wednesday of each month 4:30-6:45 at the Community Centre). Emails can be sent to [email protected]
Sincerely,

Catherine McNeill, President
Board of Directors
Mayne Island Community Centre Society

11/10/2023

As a response to the anonymous paid ad in the Mayneliner, the MICCS Board has written the following to provide up to date information to the writers.

Dear Friends of the Community Centre,

The "ongoing conflict" that was brought against the MICCS concluded on July 26, 2023 with the decision of The Honourable Justice Basran of the BC Supreme Court - found on our website homepage at https://mayneislandcommunitycentre.com/. MICCS continues to move forward as it has been doing for the last 3 1/2 months.

The "slate of candidates" at the 2021 Annual General Meeting were in favour of an ADDITIONAL use of the tennis courts - NOT an alternative.

A "peaceful solution" has been in place since May 2022 - tennis and pickleball players have been sharing the courts - without incident for a year and a half.

The MICCS Board continues to invite its members to monthly meetings and encourages members to ask questions and raise concerns. The volunteer Board is doing its best to stick to monthly meetings - the second Wednesday of each month 4:30 - 6:45 at the Community Centre. Please come and show your support for solving challenges with creative solutions.

Thank you,
Board of Directors
Mayne Island Community Centre Society

Address

493 Felix Jack Road
Mayne Island, BC
V0N2J2

Website

http://www.mayneislandcommunitycentre.com/

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