The 40th Annual Meeting and Dinner of the Association took place on June 15th, 2006 at the Westin Hotel
in Halifax in conjuntion with the meetings of the Canadian Maritime Law Association, the Canadian Institute of Marine
Engineers, the Canadian Board of Marine Underwriters, the Eastern Admiralty Law Association and the New
Directions Conference. At the Annual Meeting the following individuals were elected:
Chairman: Claudio Verconich
Executive Committee: Tony Brain (Chairman), Ron Eldridge, Bill Kyle
Rules of Practice Committee: Ian Fraser (Chairman), Maurice Gesner, Gordon Gibbons
Membership Committee: Bill Kyle (Chairman), Ron Eldridge, David Holden
Advisory Committee: John Cantello (Chairman), Ian Fraser, Tony Brain
Secretary: Rui Fernandes

Annual Meeting and Dinner 2005

The 39th Annual Meeting and Dinner of the Association took place on May 25th and 26th in Mont Tremblant Quebec.
At the Annual Meeting the following individuals were elected:
Chairman: Maurice Gesner
Executive Committee: Ian Fraser (Chairman), Tony Brain, Ron Eldridge
Rules of Practice Committee: David Holden (Chairman), Ian Fraser, Gordon Gibbons
Membership Committee: Tony Brain (Chairman), Bill Kyle, Ron Eldridge
Advisory Committee: Bill Kyle (Chairman), John Cantello, Neil Dennis
Secretary: Rui Fernandes

New Executive

At the 38th Annual Meeting and Dinner held on June 10th, 2004 in Toronto the following individuals were elected:
Chairman:     Maurice Gesner
Executive Committee:    Bill Kyle (Chairman), Peter Boucher, Ian Fraser
Rules of Practice Committee:  Dennis Fitzerald (Chairman), Tony Brain, Gordon Gibbons
Membership Committee:    Ron Eldridge (Chairman), Tony Brain, David Holden
Advisory Committee:    Neil Dennis (Chairman), Ian Fraser, John Cantello
Secretary:     Rui Fernandes
 

Annual Meeting and Dinner June 10th, 2004

The 38th Annual Meeting and Dinner of the Association will take place on Thursday June 10th in Toronto Canada.
Annual Meeting: Royal & SunAlliance Amphitheater, 10 Wellington St. East
Toronto,  9am to 12 noon. Panel "The Future of General Average" and Annual Meeting to follow.

Annual Dinner: Royal Canadian Yacht Club (on Toronto Island)
Access: RCYC Boat Launch, 263 Queen's Quay E. (at the foot of Parliament St.) Tender departs at 5:45 pm and 6:15 pm. Cocktails 6:00. Dinner at 7pm.

Tickets can be obtained from the Association Secretary

November 2003

Our Chairman represented the Association at the U.S. Maritime Law Association meetings in Boca Raton, Florida.
 

October 2003

Our Chairman attended the U.S. Average Adjusters Annual Meeting and Dinner on October 1st, 2003 in New York. On October 16th and 17th he attended the
annual meetings and dinner of the European Association of Average Adjusters.

Rui Fernandes, Stefano Cavallo (AIDE Chairman), Tony Brain (Canada), David Taylor (U.K. Chairman)
 

June 2003

The Association held its 37th Annual General Meeting in Toronto on June 5th, 2003 on the motor vessel "Obsession III".
A copy of the proceedings. is available at aaac2003.htm.
 

June 2002

The Association held it 36th Annual General Meeting in Montreal on June 13th, 2002 at the St. James Club.

The following distinguished guests were present:
     a) Mr. Howard McCormack, Chairman of the Association of Average Adjusters of the United States and Past President of the U.S. Maritime Law Association.
     b) Mr. Tim Madge, Chairman of the Association of Average Adjusters of the United Kingdom.
     c) Mr. Hiide Lahaje, President of the European Association of Average Adjusters
     d) Mr. Jim Gould, President of the Canadian Maritime Law Association
     e) Mr. Claudio Verconich, Vice-President of the Canadian Board of Marine Underwriters
     f) Mr. Ikuya Fujii, Chairman of the Association of Average Adjusters of Japan
     g) Mr. John Wiele, President of the Association of Maritime Arbitrators of Canada

A number of business matters were addressed at the Meeting:

1.    By-Law Article IV Section 1 was amended to allow a Chairman of the Association to sit for two consecutive one year terms if elected at a Business Meeting of the Association.
2.    By-Law Article III Section 1 and Section 2 were amended the requirements for full and associate membership of the Association. The junior member category has been replaced with "associate member". The criteria for associate members has been changed to allow flexibility in membership while maintaining required standards of practice.
3.    Rule of Practice 7 dealing with Air Freight was adopted.

Chairman Peter Boucher delivered his address to the Association. Peter spoke about the value of average adjusters in today's marine industry and the opportunities that exist for growth.

Mr. Rui M. Fernandes was elected as Chairman of the Association for 2002-2003.

A full report of the 2002 Annual Meeting will be published and mailed to members in the near future.

The Association will hold its 37th Annual General Meeting and Dinner in Toronto on Thursday June 5th, 2003.