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FRÉTTIR • NEWS
New Board for INL/NA
At its Annual General Meeting on May 4th, 2003 in
Edmonton, AB, the INL/NA adopted fífteen resolu-
tions on its future direction, and elected a new
board. Paul Westdal is the new president.
Elva Jónasson
Outgoing
Communications
Director
WlNNIPEG, MB
After a wonderfully jam-
packed weekend of presen-
tations, meetings, entertain-
ment, gala dinners, featured
speakers, it was good to see the
large number of representatives
from across Canada at the 84th
Annual General Meeting of the
Icelandic National League of
North America. Chaired by
Sigrid Johnson who, as the out-
going President, gave a brief
but concise report of the previ-
ous yeai's. She then turned the
chair over to Paul Westdal for
the Resolutions being presented
for ratification.
Paul Westdal and his Future
Directions Committee, which
included Ray Johnson, Elva
Simundsson and Brian
Gudmundson, had in-depth
meetings with most, if not all,
of- the various chapters in
Canada and the United States to
obtain and record their desires
for the “Future Directions” of
the INL/NA. All of the informa-
tion had been compared, sifted,
organized, and simplified into
fifteen resolutions for the mem-
bers to discuss and approve or
reject. After much lively discus-
sion, and with wording revi-
sions in a few areas, a good
majority passed all fifteen of the
resolutions. The second of the
three options set forth as fund-
ing options for the proposed
budgét was passed, again with a
slight claiification in wording.
Other business presented at the
meeting was dealt with as nec-
essary before the Nominations
for the Slate of Officers began.
Newly elected to the
incoming Board of Directors
for the year 2003/2004 are:
President, Paul Westdal; Past-
President, Sigrid Johnson, both
of Winnipeg; First Vice-
President, Walter Sopher,
Edmonton, AB; Second Vice-
President, Harley Jónasson,
Winnipeg; Treasurer, Rosa
Johnston, Gimli, MB; Financial
Secretary, Brian Gudmundson;
Marketing/Promotion, Leslie
Paulson, Winnipeg; Conven-
tion, Laura Sigmundson, Gimli,
MB; Membership, Gunnvör
Ásmundsson, Winnipeg;
Cultural & Youth, Arlene
Brandson, Lundar, MB;
Communications, Katherine
Taverner; Home Exchange,
Judy Thorsteinson, Winnipeg;
MB, Intemational Visits, Joan
Eyolfson Cadham, Foam Lake,
SK; Directors at Large: Curtis
Olafson, Mountain, ND; Claire
Eckley, Minneapolis, MN; Iris
Torfason, Calgary, AB; Lyle
Hillman, Minneapolis, MN.
Continuing as Executive
Secretaiy is Helga Malis.
Regional Directors, who
are not elected, but rather
selected by the region, are:
Fred Bjarnason, British
Columbia; Gwen Mann,
Alberta; Stella Stephanson,
Saskatchewan; Laura Sigmund-
son, Manitoba; Garry
Oddleifson, Ontario and
Quebec; John Rutford,
Minnesota and North Dakota.
Following the Election of
Officers, outgoing President
Sigrid was presented with a
bouquet of flowers.
Under the combined head-
ing of Interlake Chapters,
Selkirk, Arborg and Lundar will
be responsible for hosting the
85th Convention of the INL/NA
at Hecla in 2004. Make your
plans now to attend. This
dynamic group intends to live
up to the wonderful event that
we experienced in Edmonton
this year. Future conventions
are scheduled for Vatnabyggð
and Victoria.
Paul Westdal as the incom-
ing President briefly addressed
the meeting and gave Bob
Rennie, the Edmonton Chapter
President, the opportunity to
make the closing remarks for
this most successful event.
Kvennahlaup í Winnipeg í júní
Sign up for the First Annual Women’s Run
to be held in Canada
Since 1990 Kvennahlaup has
been held annually in
Iceland. In the first year it ran in
eight towns in Iceland and over
2,500 women participated.
Since then it has been held every
year. In 1999, 22,000 wornen
participated in eighty different
places, including Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, the Faroe
Islands, Germany, Belgium,
Luxembourg, Spain, the United
States, Mozambique and
Namibia.
Kristín Jóhannsdóttir wants
to see Canada added to that list,
so this year there will be a
Kvennahlaup in Assiniboine
Park in Winnipeg on June 21 st
at 9:30 am. This is the same day
that the run will be held in
Iceland.
The run is three kilometres
long. But no one will be keep-
ing time. As Kristín says,
“Everyone can go at her own
speed, whether that means mn-
ning, jogging, walking or being
pushed in a wheelchair or a
stroller. The main idea is that
everyone cornes to the finish
line with a smile on her lips.”
Cost is $20. That pays for a
t-shirt, a gold medal for each
and every participant, and
drinks.
Let Kristín know by May 27
if you wish to participate. E-
mail her at to register. Let her
know your name and t-shirt size.
If you don’t register early,
you can still run. Youjustwon’t
get a t-shirt and gold medal. She
has to order those from Iceland.
And Kristín adds, “If you
can’t run or walk, but would like
to come out and help us, it
would also be great to hear from
you as we will need people to
give out t-shirts, medals and
drinks. Also, if you want to loan
us your husband for that purpose
it would be great, for even
though the guys are not allowed
to run, they are certainly wel-
come to come and help us.”
PHOTO COURTESY OF ROBERT ASGEIRSSON
Participants at the Edmonton INL/NA Anual General
Meeting
Norðurljós Hits the Jackpot
Bob Rennie, President of
Norðurljós, Edmonton’s
chapter of the Icelandic
National League, received
good news the other day.
They are $70,000 CAD richer.
The club was successful
in getting approval to partici-
pate in a casino this year, fol-
lowing the example of the
Leif Eiríksson Club in
Calgary and the Stephan G.
Stephansson Club in
Markerville. Once the books
were balanced, $70,000 was
the Club’s shai'e.
Bob says, “It took a great
deal of work to get the Alberta
Gaming and • Liquor
Commission to approve us for
inclusion on “the wheel.” We
waited two and a half years
for our tum and now must
wait another two years for the
next one. We had to name
intended targets for our
spending. ... AGL wants us to
spend the rnoney in Alberta
and strong convincing support
is required, but not necessari-
ly acceptable, for out of
province expenditures. ...'
Calgary have told me that this
is like being on welfare and
'being told how you can spend
your allowance.
It took forty-three volun-
teers to work two days at the
casino. Our volunteers ranged
in age from eighteen to
eighty-three years of age. I
aixanged it so that no one
worked more than one shift,
except myself, Gilbert and
Richard because we had posi-
tions of responsibility. I am
so very proud of the level of
volunteerism which we have
in our Chapter front all ages.”
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